Improvements in Gas-burners for Burning Gases Rich in Carbon.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gas-burners for Burning Gases Rich in Carbon.
I, WILLIAM THOMAS SUGG, of Vincent Works, Regency Street, Westminster,
London, S.W., Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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The object of this invention is to produce an Argand burner to be used for
burning acetylene and other gases rich in carbon, and mixtures of such gases.
The difficulty in all burners for acetylene gas is, that enough oxygen cannot be
obtained at the point of ignition to cause the combustion of the carbon, in which
acetylene is extremely rich; consequently, the burner becomes quickly clogged
with unconsumed carbon.
In carrying out this invention, the Argand burner may be formed with upwardly
extending walls, both inside and out, and in these walls openings are formed,
which will conduct the air necessary for combustion to the exact point of ignition,
thus ensuring the proper supply of air at the exact point required.
Or I may enclose the Argand burner in a kind of annular dome, by which means
the air will be guided and projected, as it were, onto the burner at the point of
ignition, thus ensuring a complete mixture of air and gas in the proper proportions
to effect the best results.
NEWTON & SON
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Gas-burners for Burning Gases Rich in Carbon.
I, WILLIAM THOMAS SUGG, of Vincent Works, Regency Street, Westminster,
London, S.W., 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:―
The object of this invention is to produce an Argand burner to be used for
burning acetylene and other gases rich in carbon, and mixtures of such gases.
The difficulty experienced in the use of all burners for consuming acetylene gas,
has been that enough oxygen was not obtainable at the point of ignition, to cause
the efficient combustion of the carbon, in which acetylene is extremely rich;
consequently the burners become quickly clogged with unconsumed carbon.
To avoid this clogging of the burners is the object of the present invention.
In the accompanying drawing,
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page_text: Fig. 2 in vertical section, a burner constructed according to this invention, by
the use of which an efficient supply of air is injected onto the gas as it escapes
from the ring of holes in the Argand burner.
The burner is preferably composed of metal and steatite, as in the case of the
well-known "London Argand Burner," A being the metal portion, and B the
steatite portion, which is a bad conductor of heat, and is not liable to corrosion.
The gas passing up by the arms C,C enters an annular chamber in the metal
portion A. This annular chamber extends up into the steatite portion B of the
burner, which is closed by a partition pierced with a ring of holes D, D.
Above this partition the walls of the burner extend for some quarter of an inch,
and thus form an annular chamber E, which is open to the atmosphere.
A little above the partition, rings of holes FF are pierced through the walls
of the burner, such holes inclining upwards, so as to lead currents or jets of air
into the annular chamber E.
The gas, when admitted to the burner, passes in jets through the ring of holes
in the partition D, and mingles with the air admitted by the rings of holes F.
On light being applied to the burner, the gas will be ignited, and the flame
will rest on the top of the chamber E, and, by reason of the ample supply of air
to the gas, a comparatively perfect consumption of the gas will result.
The Argand burner, it will be understood, receives, as usual, the central supply
of air, which passing upwards, will maintain the internal cylindrical character
of the flame, and, by reason of the glass chimney carried by the dome Gor
otherwise, the flame is caused to maintain externally the usual cylindrical form.
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
The construction of Argand burners as described with reference to the drawing,
in which air for supporting the combustion of the gas is allowed to mingle with
the same below the point of issue of the gas from the burner, as and for the
purpose above set forth.
Dated this 21st day of January 1899.
NEWTON & SON
Agents for the Applicant.