Improvements in Hydrocarbon Burners.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hydrocarbon Burners.
I, CHARLES STOREY TAGGART, of 43, Bank Street, in the City of Ottawa, in the
County of Carleton and Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, Manager, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object to provide a hydro-carbon burner adapted to
be applied to any form of stove whether for cooking or heating purposes, and to
that end the invention may be said, briefly, to consist in arranging a preferably
horizontal oil receptacle, or series of oil receptacles, communicating with one another
and connecting to said receptacle or receptacles, a conductor of small capacity
adapted to extend beneath said receptacle or receptacles and provided with a
diminutive perforation directly below each receptacle.
Each perforation is provided with a nipple or burner of peculiar construction,
and the oil supply to the receptacle or receptacles is preferably passed through a
filter or cleanser also of peculiar and novel construction, while a novel vertical
flame director is located intermediate of each oil receptacle and the nipple or burner
adjacent thereto, and adjustable to and from said burner or nipple; the whole
being mounted in a suitable portable frame adapted to be located within the
usual fire chamber of any stove, furnace or the like, and the main oil supply carried
in any preferred form of tank suitably supported.
A further improvement consists in supplying air to the fire chamber from a
point adjacent to the floor upon which the stove or furnace rests, and through a
damper controlled passage having its lower end flared.
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My improved nipple or burner consists of a metallic body portion having
vertical conical opening therethrough in which is located an integral lining section
formed preferably of porcelain, the lower end of the body portion being screw-
threaded to take into a screw threaded opening in the upper surface of the con-
ductor beneath each receptacle, said screw-threaded opening being formed and
adapted to retain said lining section against displacement.
A cap is preferably connected to said conductor adjacent to each nipple or burner
upon which said cap may be set when the burner is not required.
The filter or oil cleanser consists preferably of a section of asbestos suitably en-
closed and located intermediate of the oil supply and receptacle or receptacles, such
asbestos being localized relatively to said receptacle or receptacles by means of a
disc of woven wire or the like.
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page_text: I, CHARLES STOREY TAGGART, of No. 43, Bank Street, Ottawa, in the County of
Carleton and Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, Manager, 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:-
My invention has for its object to provide a hydrocarbon burner adapted to
be applied to any form of stove, whether for cooking or heating purposes, and to
that end the invention may be said, briefly, to consist in arranging a preferably
horizontal oil receptacle, or series of oil receptacles communicating with one another,
and connecting to said receptacle or receptacles, a conductor of small capacity
adapted to extend beneath said receptacle or receptacles and provided with a
diminutive perforation directly below each receptacle.
Each perforation is provided with a nipple of peculiar construction, and
the oil supply to the receptacle or receptacles is preferably passed through a
filter or cleanser, also of peculiar and novel construction, while a novel auxiliary
mixing chamber is located intermediate of each oil receptacle and the nipple or
burner adjacent thereto, and adjustable to and from said nipple or burner,
the whole being mounted in a suitable portable frame adapted to be located
within the usual fire chamber of any stove, furnace or the like, and the main oil
supply carried in any preferred form of tank suitably supported.
A further improvement consists in supplying air to the fire chamber from a
point adjacent to the floor upon which the stove or furnace rests, and through a
damper-controlled passage having its lower end flared.
My improved nipple or burner consists of a metallic body portion having a
vertical conical opening therethrough, in which is located an integral lining section
formed preferably of porcelain, the lower end of the body portion being screw-
threaded to take into a screw-t
w-threaded opening in the upper surface of the con-
ductor beneath each receptacle, said screw-threaded opening being formed and
adapted to retain said lining section against displacement.
A cap is preferably connected to said conductor adjacent to each nipple or burner,
upon which said cap may set when the burner is not required.
The filter or oil cleanser consists preferably of a section of asbestos suitably
enclosed and located intermediate of the oil supply and receptacle or receptacles,
such asbestos. being localized relatively to said receptacle or receptacles by means
of a disc of woven wire or the like.
For full comprehension however of my invention, reference must be had to the
accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which like symbols
indicate the same parts, and wherein :-
Fig. 1 is a transverse vertical sectional view of a stove with my invention
applied thereto.
Fig. 2, an enlarged front elevation partly in section of my improved burner.
Fig. 3, a detail longitudinal vertical sectional view of my improved nipple.
Fig. 4, a detail longitudinal vertical sectional view of my improved filter taken
on line 5-5, Fig. 2, and
Fig. 5, a detail view of the disc forming a part of my improved filter.
I prefer to use a series of oil receptacles, and to that end I cast a pipe section 5
with a series of lateral flat-bottomed extensions, two being shown in the present
instance, forming receptacles 6, 6. This pipe is coupled at one end to a pipe 7,
leading from the oil tank 8, preferably by an elbow coupling 9, in which I prefer
to locate my improved filter, which is hereinafter specifically described...

page_text: The other end of this pipe is coupled to the upwardly turned end of a pipe or
conductor 10 of smaller diameter, which extends parallel to and beneath the
receptacles 6, 6, and is provided with screw-threaded recesses 11; 11, directly
beneath the centre of said receptacles, and diminutive perforations 12, 12, con-
centric of said' recesses.
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The nipples, which are located in these recesses, each consist of a body portion 13,
having its lower end screw-threaded, and a conical boring 14 extending longi-
tudinally therethrough. A separate conical lining section 15, formed preferably
of porcelain, takes into said conical borings and, when the nipple is secured in
place in its screw-threaded recess 11, is retained against displacement by resting
upon the portion 16 of the conductor 10, a cap 17, having a protruding section 18,
being provided to close the end of said nipple when it is not needed.
My improved auxiliary mixing chamber consists preferably "of a tubular
section 19 provided with a series of lugs 20 having screw-threaded perforations 21
therethrough, through which the upper screw-threaded ends of a series of vertically
adjustable legs take, while the lower ends of these legs take into a series of sockets 22
formed in the upper surface of a base-plate 23.
This base-plate forms a part of a supporting frame and has a vertical flange
extending from end to end of the sides thereof, and vertical end pieces 24 and
25 formed at their upper ends with recesses 26 adapted to receive and retain the
main casting 5, while the end piece 25 is formed with a vertical slot 27 to allow of
the parts being fitted together.
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My improved filter or oil cleanser consists preferably of a section 28 of asbestos.
which is preferably located in the elbow 9 and localized by means of any desired
form of perforated sections, or, as prefer, by means of a woven wire disc 29, the
side of the elbow being provided with a screw-threaded opening (in order to allow
of access to the filter), into which a screw-threaded plug 30 is adapted to take.
A hydrocarbon burner constructed upon the above principle may be adapted to
be fitted into the fire chamber, or supported upon the grate section (such as shown
in Fig. 1), of any form of stove, but I prefer that the supply of air to the burner be
taken from the lowermost point in the room in which the stove is located, and
to that end I take a length of tubing 31, provided with a damper 32, from a point
preferably in close proximity to the underside of the pipe 5, through the front of
the stove, and downwardly to within a short distance of the floor, where it is con-
nected to the upper end of a flared section 33 resting upon feet 34.
The auxiliary mixing chamber may be dispensed with when the fire chamber in
which my improved burner is located, has but a small and well controlled air
supply, as in such case the fire chamber itself will constitute the mixing chamber.
The auxiliary device is however essential if the burner is located in an open grate
or the like, and it will I consider, at all times, facilitate the burning of the hydro-
carbon and will direct the burning gas and cause the flame thereof to act directly
upon the superheating oil receptacle adjacent thereto, while the adjustability
thereof to and from the nipple allows of the supply of air to said mixing chamber
being regulated.
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. A hydrocarbon burner comprising an oil receptacle, a conductor leading
from said receptacle and extending parallel thereto, and a removable mixing
chamber located intermediate of said conductor and receptacle and communicating
with said conductor, substantially as herein shown and described and for the
purpose set forth.
2. A hydrocarbon burner comprising an oil receptacle, a conductor leading
from said receptacle and extending parallel thereto, and a mixing chamber located
intermediate of said conductor and receptacle and communicating with, and adjust-

page_text: able to and from, said conductor, substantially as herein shown and described
and for the purpose set forth.
3. A hydrocarbon burner comprising an oil receptacle, a conductor leading
from said receptacle and extending parallel thereto, and a removable mixing
chamber located intermediate of said conductor and receptacle and communicating
with said conductor, said chamber consisting of a suitably supported tubular
section, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose set
forth.
4. A hydrocarbon burner comprising an oil receptacle, a conductor leading
from said receptacle and extending parallel thereto, and a mixing chamber located
intermediate of said conductor and receptacle and communicating with, and adjust-
able to and from, said conductor, said chamber consisting of a suitably supported
tubular section, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose
set forth.
5. A hydrocarbon burner comprising an oil receptacle, a conductor leading
from said receptacle and extending parallel thereto, and a mixing chamber located
intermediate of said conductor and receptacle and communicating with, and adjust-
able to and from, said conductor, said chamber consisting of a tubular section
having lugs on the exterior thereof, said lugs being provided with screw-threaded
perforations adapted to receive the screw-threaded ends of supporting rods,
substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose set forth."
6. A hydrocarbon burner comprising one or more oil receptacles communicating
with one another, a conductor leading from said receptacle or receptacles and ex-
tending parallel thereto, a perforation in said conductor located centrally of each
oil receptacle, a screw-threaded recess formed in said conductor concentric of
each perforation, an externally screw-threaded nipple adapted to take into said
recess, and having its interior of conical form, an integral conical lining section
formed of porcelain or the like adapted to take into the conical interior of each
nipple and rest upon the shoulder formed by each recess, substantially as herein
shown and described.
7. A nipple consisting of a hollow body portion and an integral lining section,
formed of porcelain or the like, located within said hollow body portion, sub-
stantially as herein shown and described.
8. A nipple consisting of a body portion, having its interior of conical form, and
an integral conical lining section located within said conical interior, substantially
as herein shown and described.
9. In combination with a hydrocarbon burner, an enclosing casing for said
burner, a tubular section extending from a point adjacent to said burner, through
said casing, and downwardly, and communicating with the upper end of a flared
device, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose set forth.
10. In combination with a hydrocarbon burner, a filter or oil cleanser located
intermediate of said burner and the oil supply, substantially as herein shown and
described and for the purpose set forth.
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11. In combination with a hydrocarbon burner, a filter or oil cleanser consisting
section of asbestos confined within the oil supply pipe and localized by means
of one or more perforated discs, substantially as herein shown and described and
for the purpose set forth.
12. In a hydrocarbon burner, the combination with an elbow coupling having
a screw-threaded opening in the side thereof, and a screw-threaded plug adapted
to take into and close said opening, of a section of asbestos or the like located inside
of said elbow coupling, and one or more perforated discs formed of woven wire
adapted to localize said asbestos, substantially as herein shown and described
and for the purpose set forth.
13. A hydrocarbon burner comprising a pipe section 5 formed with a series of
lateral flat-bottomed extensions 6, 6, and coupled at one end to an oil supply
pipe by means of an elbow coupling 9, said coupling having a
threaded opening in the side thereof and a screw-threaded plug adapted
screw-

page_text: to take into and close said opening; a section of asbestos or the like located
inside of said elbow coupling, and one or more perforated dises formed of woven
wire adapted to localize said asbestos; the other end of this pipe 5 being coupled
to the upwardly turned end of a pipe or conductor 10 of small diameter, which
extends parallel to and beneath the receptacles 6, 6, said pipe or conductor 10 being
provided with screw-threaded recesses 11, 11, directly beneath the centre of said
receptacles, and diminutive perforations 12, 12, concentric of said recesses; an
externally screw-threaded nipple adapted to take into said recess and having its
interior of conical form, an integral lining section formed of porcelain or the like
adapted to take into the conical interior of each nipple and rest upon the shoulder
formed by each recess, and a cap pivotally connected to the conductor adjacent to
each nipple and adapted to close same; a series of mixing chambers located inter-
mediate of said conductor and receptacle and communicating with and adjustable
to and from the nipples of said conductor, said chambers consisting of a tubular
section having lugs on the exterior thereof, said lugs being provided with screw-
threaded perforations adapted to receive the screw-threaded ends of supporting
rods; all of the above being supported upon a frame comprising a base-plate 23
having a vertical flange extending from end to end of the sides thereof and vertical
end pieces 24 and 25 formed at their upper ends with recesses 26 adapted to receive
the main casting 5, while the end piece 25 is formed with a vertical slot 27, this
frame and the parts carried thereby being adapted to be located in a fire chamber;
a length of tubing 31 provided with a damper 32 extends from a point in close
proximity to the underside of casting 5, through the front of the stove, and down-
wardly to within a short distance of the flooring upon which said fire chamber
is supported, and a flared section 33 connected to the lower end of said tubing 3.1
and resting upon feet 34, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 1st day of March 1898.
HARRIS & MILLS,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.