Improved Means of Economising Gas for Lighting and Heating Purposes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Improved Means of Economising Gas for Lighting and Heating
Purposes.
We, JOSEPH TORKINGTON, of 90, Cato Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire
Millwright, JAMES ALFRED EWINS, of 120, Scholefield Street, Birmingham, aforesaid,
Engineer, and CHARLES TORKINGTON, of Kings Norton, Worcestershire, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
Our invention of improved means of economising gas for lighting and heating
purposes consists in arranging a heating chamber in combination with the gas
burner through which chamber the gas passes and by which the gas is heated on its
way to the burner such chamber being heated preferably by the flame from the said
burner. We thus cause the gas to expand before issuing from the burner which
together with its being heated before being ignited causes it to be more effectually
consumed and thus effects a very considerable economy and prevents smoke being
formed.
A single heating chamber may be employed for heating the gas to supply one or
several burners, one or more of which may also be employed for heating the chamber
and our invention is applicable to so called atmospheric burners used for heating
purposes as well as and similarly to ordinary lighting burners.
Various arrangements of a heating chamber and gas burner or gas burners may be
adopted according to the particular use to which the burner or burners is or are being
put. For instance our invention may be applied to a single batswing or other
burner by providing a small chamber a few inches above the burner where it will be
heated by the flame of the gas issuing therefrom. This chamber forms an enlargement
of the gas pipe which supplies gas to the burner such pipe being carried down from
the chamber to the burner; or the heating chamber may have the form of a coil of
pipe or a series of pipes connected together.
ILA 21-11 of Tonu 1887
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants

page_text: COMPLETE SIECIFICATION.
Improved Means of Economising Gas for Lighting and Heating
Purposes.
We JOSEPH TORKINGTON of 90 Cato Street Birmingham, Warwickshire, Millwright,
JAMES ALFRED EWINS, of 120 Scholefield Street Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Engineer and CHARLES TORKINGTON, of Kings Norton Worcestershire, Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—
Our Invention of improved means of economising Gas for lighting and heating
purposes consists in arranging a heating chamber in combination with the Gas
burner, through which chamber the Gas passes, and by which the Gas is heated on its
way to the burner, such chamber being heated preferably by the flame from the said
burner. We thus cause the gas to expand before issuing from the burner which
together with its being heated before being ignited causes it to be more effectually
consumed and thus effects a very considerable economy and prevents smoke being
formed.
A single heating chamber may be employed for heating the Gas to supply one or
several burners, one or more of which may also be employed for heating the chamber
and our invention is applicable to so called atmospheric burners used for heating
purposes as well as and similarly to ordinary lighting burners.
Various arrangements of a heating chamber and Gas burner or Gas burners may
be adopted according to the particular use to which the burner or burners are being
put. For instance our invention may be applied to a single batswing or other burner,
by providing a small chamber a few inches above the burner where it will be heated
by the flame of the Gas issuing therefrom. This chamber forms an enlargement of
the Gas pipe which supplies Gas to the burner such pipe being carried down from the
chamber to the burner; or the heating chamber may have the form of a coil of pipe
or a series of pipes connected together in the following manner. Into the socket
which usually carries the burner for lighting purposes we place a novel way piece
which has suitable passages provided therein for the passage of the Gas from the Gas
supply pipe to the heating chamber before mentioned and connected with an internal
pipe leading from the said heating chamber to the burner which is carried in the
upper part of the way piece before mentioned, in order that our invention may be
more clearly understood and in what manner the same is to be performed we will
now proceed to more particularly describe our Invention having reference to the
accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 represents a single heating chamber for a single lighting burner.
Fig. 2 represents a Duplex or cluster light burner arrangement by which means
any number of lights may be employed and as many heating chambers as desired,
similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

page_text: a Fig. 1 is the heating chamber which may be of spherical form as shewn, or any
desired form. b is the internal pipe leading to the burner d by the passage f. C 1S
the pipe which conveys the Gas from the supply pipe by passage e and G and is
attached to the chamber a in the usual manner.
In Fig. 2 the chamber or (chambers) a is attached to a way piece which may be
constructed for as many lights as required the Gas supply pipe G is screwd into the
way piece at one end and an internal way piece having corresponding pipes b is
screwd into the opposite end in such manner that a space H for the passage of Gas is
left in order that all the pipes c may be freely supplied, the Gas passes along cinto
the chamber a from thence into the smaller internal pipe 6 into the pipe of which
supplies the burner d through pipes upon the Gas being ignited the chamber a
being situated over the burner à becomes heated and the Gas passing through the
said chamber a in the manner described is heated and caused to expand and the
volume is increased.
We may also apply the arrangement just described to burners known as atmospheric
or bunsen burners which may be used for heating and cooking appliances, in such
manner that a portion of the heat from the flame shall be caused to heat the Gas
previous to being burnt in the aforesaid burners as described and set forth.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1. The arrangement and combination of a heating chamber for heating combustible
Gas previous to combustion as herein described and set forth, having reference to
the accompanying drawings.
2. The internal tube or pipe leading from the heating chamber to the burner as
shewn and herein described with reference to the accompanying Drawings.
3. The heating of combustible Gases (used for lighting heating or cooking
appliances) previous to combustion substantially as hereing described and set forth.
Dated this 31st day of October 1887.
CHARLES THOMAS LINFORD,
Agent for Applicants.