Year: 1895

page_text: WILLIAM BUIST PICKEN Artist 35 Agamemnon Road, West Hampstead N.W.
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
My invention relates to an improved governor gas-burner, of inexpensive
production.
The burner-case I make of brass or other tubing, in two parts. The lower part
is drawn and threaded in the usual way: the upper part, into which is fixed the
tip, fits closely into the lower, no threading being necessary-or the two parts may
be screwed together.
Low down in the lower part of the burner is fixed a disc, or an annular or other
support to the superincumbent governing mechanism, which consists of three parts,
as follow:-
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1. A short hollow cylinder, closed at the upper end, with a narrow flange around
the other and open end, fitting closely into the lower part of the case.
suitable distance from the top of this cylinder are two small triangular holes,
opposite each other.
2. Another hollow cylinder, fitting easily into the first, quite open, at the upper
end, but at the bottom only such opening as may be required to admit the desired
quantity of gas.
3. A sleeve of wire or other gauze, which fits tightly on the outer cylinder,
covering the holes in it.
The cylinders are held in position by the upper part of the burner, when it is
pressed home.
With a given pressure of gas the inner cylinder acts as a float, rising higher
over the holes in the outer cylinder as the pressure increases, thus governing the
expenditure of gas.
By means of the gauze sleeve described, my burner can be made efficient on
approximately the same scale as the ordinary Bray union jet, and at a very small
cost.
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WILLIAM BUIST PICKEN Artist 35 Agamemnon Road, West Hampstead
London, N.W. I do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
5 manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to an improved governor gas-burner of relatively small

page_text: cost of production, designed to combine the best form and quality of the slit-
tip type of burner with entire freedom from fouling, even in burners consuming
only one cubic foot, or one-half cubic foot of gas per hour.
The burner-case I make of brass or other tubing, in two parts. The lower
part is drawn and threaded at one end, in the usual way. The upper part, into
which is fixed the burner-tip, fits closely into the lower, no threading being
necessary. Or the two parts may be screwed together.
Low
This governor is specially constructed for use with my improved burner-tip
(No. 682, 1895), but it may be used with any other tip suitable to the case.
down in the lower part of the burner is fixed a disc having a central opening for
ingress of the gas, or an annular or other suitable support to the superincumbent
governing mechanism, which consists of three parts, as follow:-
1. A short hollow cylinder, closed at the upper end, with a narrow flange around
'the other and open end, fitting closely into the lower part of the case, and resting
on the support above described. At a suitable distance from the top of this
cylinder are two small triangular holes, opposite each other.
2. Another hollow cylinder, fitting easily into the first cylinder described, quite
open at the upper end, but at the bottom only such opening as may be required to
admit the desired quantity of gas, and resting on the same support as the outer
cylinder. In this cylinder is placed the usual bit of muslin or other gauze.
3. A sleeve of wire or other gauze, which fits tightly on the outer cylinder,
covering the triangular holes in it.
The cylinders are held in position by the upper part of the burner, when it is
pressed home. With a given pressure of gas, the inner cylinder acts as a float,
rising higher over the holes in the outer cylinder (through which the governed gas
escapes), and falling as pressure diminishes, thus balancing variations of pressure
and governing the expenditure of gas automatically.
The foregoing is a description of the complete burner as adapted to the particular
sizes (size as signifying the number of cubic feet of gas consumed per hour) for
which it was specially designed. For certain other sizes, additional diffusing power
over the governed gas, in lieu of the "expansion chamber" usually provided, may
be obtained by fixing the ordinary Bray diffuser underneath the burner-tip, as
shown in my drawing, at M. But I reserve the right of substituting for this
diffuser a modification of the sleeve of my governor, shown in the drawing at N N.
In this arrangement the sleeve has a rim at its upper end, of the same gauze
material, two-fold thick, or more, as may be requisite. This sleeve-rim fits easily
into the upper half of the burner-case when the latter is in position, and thus acts
as a second diffuser to the governed gas.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING.
A. A The lower half of the burner-case. BB The upper half of the burner-
case. C The burner-tip. D D The support for governing mechanism. E The
outer cylinder. FF The flange of the outer cylinder. G G The triangular holes
in the outer cylinder, shape and geometrical position of same shown (for
convenience) at H.
TI The ves
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page_text: through a diffuser on emerging from the cylinders, and through another diffuser
before it reaches the burner-tip.
3. The combination of one or both of the foregoing novel features with the
flanged cylinder and its triangular holes as shown, together with the general
5 combination of parts hereintofore described and shown.
W. BUIST TICKEN.