Combustion of Gas or Oil, and in Apparatus therefor.
Year: 1885

page_text: Combustion of Gas or Oil, and in Apparatus therefor.
I, WILLIAM GEORGE CANNON, of 106 and 107 London Road, Southwark, in the
County of Surrey, Gas and Hot Water Engineer, and Manufacturer of Hot Water
Apparatus, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
HEATING WATER COILS OR RADIATORS BY THE COMBUSTION OF GAS OR OIL, AND IN
APPARATUS THEREFOR," to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to heat water coils or radiators made in accordance
with a certain invention for which I have obtained Her Majesty's Letters Patent
dated the 29th day of May 1884 No 8395, by means of the combustion of coal gas
or oil.
In carrying out my invention I adapt boilers to the coils or radiators aforesaid,
for causing the water to circulate therein and heat the same.
For this purpose. I prefer to use boilers of the vertical tubular form, with two
tube plates, the lower one being a short distance from the floor line, and the upper
tube plate a suitable distance above the same, with a number of vertical tubes
from the lower plate to the upper plate, passing through both, and fitted steam
and water-tight. Both tube plates are rivetted or otherwise secured to the boiler
shell, which shell is carried down to the floor line, or thereabouts, to form a combus-
tion chamber, and is also carried upwards to form what is usually known as a
smoke box.
When using coal gas as fuel, any ordinary gas burner may be fitted in the
combustion chamber, but I prefer using a Bunsen burner formed as a ring of jets
or saw-cuts in a tube, and so hinged that it may be moved outwards for the
purpose of lighting the same, and then returned to the combustion chamber.for
heating the water in the boiler.
If preferred, a lamp provided with oil or spirit may be used instead of gas, for
the purpose of heating the water.
At or near the centre of the smoke box I fit a water tube, which communicates
with the water in the boiler and also with the upper part of the coil or radiator:
this water tube acts as a flow pipe, and passes through the smoke box, absorbing
and utilising the heat of the gases therein.
The lower part of the boiler is connected with the lower part of the coil, by one
or more return pipe or pipes, and union joint or joints.

page_text: The heated gases pass through the tubes in the boiler to the smoke box, thereby
imparting heat to the water, and to the water tube, or flow tube, in the smoke
box, from whence the spent gases are carried, by a suitable pipe or connection, to
any ordinary flue or chimney.
The position of the boiler, with respect to the coil or radiator, may be varied to
suit the circumstances of the case; being sometimes placed in the midst of a
circular group: in other cases in the midst of a row of heating pipes, and in other
cases at one end, or near one end of such a row; or in any other convenient
position.
I do not limit myself to any particular number of internally heated tubes in
the boiler, or externally heated tubes in the smoke box, as their position and
number may be varied to suit the size of the coil and other circumstances; and
the form and arrangement of the heating surface may be varied.
The heated water ascends from the boiler, through the flow tube, to the top of
the coil or radiator, and the cooled water returns from the lower part of the coil to
the boiler.

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Combustion of Gas or Oil, and in Apparatus therefor.
I, WILLIAM GEORGE CANNON, of 106 and 107 London Road, Southwark, in the
County of Surrey, Gas and Hot Water Engineer, and Manufacturer of Hot Water
apparatus, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
The object of my invention is to heat water coils or radiators made in accordance
with a certain invention for which I have obtained Her Majesty's Letters Patent
dated the 29th day of May 1884 No 8395, by means of the combustion of coal-gas,
or oil
In carrying out my invention I adapt boilers to the coils or radiators aforesaid,
for causing the water to circulate therein and heat the same.
For this purpose I prefer to use boilers of the vertical tubular form, with two
tube plates, the lower one being a short distance from the floor line and the upper
tube plate a suitable distance above the same, with a number of vertical tubes
from the lower plate to the upper plate, passing through both, and fitted steam and
water-tight. Both tube plates are rivetted or otherwise secured to the boiler
shell, which shell is carried down to the floor line, or thereabouts to form a
combustion chamber, and is also carried upwards to form what is usually known
as a smoke box.
When using coal-gas, as fuel, any ordinary gas burner may be fitted in the
combustion chamber, but I prefer using a Bunsen burner formed as a ring of jets
or saw-cuts in a tube, and so hinged that it may be moved outwards for the
purpose of lighting the same, and then returned to the combustion chamber for
heating the water in the boiler.
If preferred, a lamp provided with oil or spirit may be used instead of gas, for
the purpose of heating the water.
At or near the centre of the smoke box I fit a water tube, which communicates
with the water in the boiler and also with the upper part of the coil or radiator :
this water tube acts as a flow pipe, and passes through the smoke box, absorbing
and utilising the heat of the gases therein.
The lower part of the boiler is connected with the lower part of the coil, by one
or more return pipe or pipes, and union joint or joints.
The heated gases pass through the tubes in the boiler to the smoke box, thereby
imparting beat to the water, and to the water tube, or flow tube, in the smoke
box, from whence the spent gases are carried, by a suitable pipe or connection, to
any ordinary flue or chimney.
The position of the boiler, with respect to the coil or radiator, may be varied to
suit the circumstances of the case; being sometimes placed in the midst of a
circular group; in other cases in the midst of a row of heating pipes, and in other
cases at one end, or near one end of such a row; or in any other convenient
position.

page_text: I do not limit myself to any particular number of internally heated tubes in
the boiler, or externally heated tubes in the smoke box, as their position and
number may be varied to suit the size of the coil or other circumstances; and the
form and arrangement of the heating surface may be varied.
The heated water ascends from the boiler, through the flow tube, to the top of
the coil or radiator, and the cooled water returns from the lower part of the coil
to the boiler.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and
ascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which
similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a plan, and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation, of my improved boiler, as
fitted for gas fuel.
Fig. 3 is an elevation illustrating one of the methods of combining the boiler
with my improved radiators, for heating purposes.
a is the shell of the boiler, b is the burner, which is hinged at n, as shewn in
Fig. 1, drawn from under the boiler.. c is the smoke box, d is the flue or chimney.
ee are tubes which pass through the boiler, the lower ends being fitted into the
tube plate i, and the upper ends into the tube plate k. f is the flow tube, which
is united to the coils, as shewn in Fig. 3. g g are the return tubes, which convey
the cooled water from the coil to the boiler. m is the combustion chamber, from
whence the heated gases pass, through the tubes e e, to the smoke box a
The heat is conveyed to the water in the boiler, first by the walls of the
combustion chamber; secondly by the tubes e e, and thirdly by the tube fin the
smoke box to the outflowing, water.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
'Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. The manufacture and use of vertical tubular boilers, heated by the combustion
of gas or oil, substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and
shewn on the drawings.
2. The general construction combination and arrangement of the several and
respective parts, together forming my improvements in heating water coils or
radiators by the combustion of gas or oil, and in apparatus therefor, substantially
as herein before described and shewn on the drawings.