MENTS IN LAMP BURNERS
Year: 1882

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·LETTERS PATENT to Hiram Washington Hayden, of Waterbury in the State
of Connecticut, United States of America for an Invention of
MENTS IN LAMP BURNERS"
IMPROVE-
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Hiram Washington Hayden
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st July 1882.
HIRAM WASHINGTON HAYDEN, of Waterbury in the State of Connecticut, United
States of America "IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMP BURNERS,"
This lamp burner is made for obtaining a large volume of flame and a very
perfect combustion so that the light is clear bright and free from smoke.
Also for lessening the cost of construction so that the burner can be furnished
for much less price than heretofore and at the same time the burner will be strong
and durable.
I make use of two wick tubes placed parallel to and at a short distance from
each other; the lower ends of these tubes pass through and are secured in a base
of sheet metal having a screw or similar connection for the collar of the lamp
reservoir.
The sheet metal of the base extends upwardly and outwardly in the form of
three or more arms that support a perforated plate forming the air distributor and
through which the wick tubes pass. The central perforated portion of this plate
which forms the air distributor is raised so that it may be easily wiped off and
kept clean; and over this air distributor is a removable deflector or dome having
two flame slots, the metal being shaped so as to direct the air upon the two flames
that rise from the wicks.
This deflector is circular at its base and sets around the air distributor upon a
shoulder or off set provided for it, and either tongues, passing through slots, or a
hinge, are used to connect the cone, to the air distributor. The chimney rests upon
the metal that surrounds the air distributor, outside the base of the deflector, and
said chimney is held by springs or other suitable means.
The chimney holding springs pass down outside the edge of the chimney support
and are fastened at the end of the arms. There are holes through the chimney
support for air to pass up between the chimney and the slotted deflector.
This burner is provided with wick raising wheels upon two separate shafts,

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Hiram Washington Hayden in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 31st January 1883.
HIRAM WASHINGTON HAYDEN, of Waterbury in the State of Connecticut United
States of America, IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMP BURNERS,
This lamp burner is made for obtaining a large volume of flaine and a very
perfect combustion so that the light is clear, bright and free from smoke.
Also for
lessening the cost of construction so that the burner can be furnished for much less
price than heretofore and at the same time the burner will be strong and durable.
I make use of two wick tubes placed parallel to and at a short distance from
each other, the lower ends of these tubes pass through and are secured in a base of
sheet metal having a screw or similar connection for the collar of the lamp reservoir.
The sheet metal of the base extends upwardly and outwardly in the form of
three or more arms that support a perforated plate forming the air distributor and
through which the wick tubes pass. The central perforated portion of this plate
which forms the air distributor is raised so that it may be easily wiped off and
kept clean; and over this air distributor is a removable deflector or dome having
two flame slots, the metal being shaped so as to direct the air upon the two flames
that rise from the wicks. This deflector is circular at its base and sets around the
air distributor upon a shoulder or off-set provided for it, and either tongues,
passing through slots, or a hinge are used to connect the cone to the air distributor.
The chimney rests upon the metal that surrounds the air distributor outside
the base of the deflector, and said chimney is held by springs or other suitable means.
The chimney holding springs pass down outside the edge of the chimney support
and are fastened at the end of the arms. There are holes through the chimney
support for air to pass up between the chimney and the slotted deflector.
burner is provided with wick raising wheels upon two separate shafts.
In the drawing
Fig. 1. is a vertical section of the burner.
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2. is a plan of the same.
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3. is an inverted plan and
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This
4. is a partial section through one of the chimney holding springs and the
arm that supports the air distributor and
5. is an elevation of the lamp burner.
The base a. of the burner is made with the screw at b. for attaching the same to
the lamp reservoir. The wick tubes d. e. pass through the base and are secured
thereto at their lower ends. The wick raisers are made of pointed wheels on the
shafts c. c¹. These shafts pass through and are sustained in the upper part of the
base a.
The shaft c'. is longer than the shaft c. in order that its thumb wheel f
may be further away from the burner than the wheel f¹. of the shaft c; this
allows for easily grasping either one of the wheels and moving the same without
disturbing the other.
The arms h. extend outwardly from the top edges of the base a. and they are
secured at their ends to the air distributor plate . This air distributor plate k.
has a flat portion at 2. upon which the chimney rests; it is raised as at 3. and per-
forated for the passage of air outside the cone; it is raised still higher and formed
with a circular shoulder at 4. upon which the base of the cone or deflector l.
rests, and there is a convex surface at 5. which is perforated to form the air
distributor.
The wick tubes pass through and are supported by this air distributor. By this
peculiar construction the air distributor prevents heat being radiated to the base a.
and there is but little conducted to the base by the wick tubes because the space

page_text: around the wick tubes is open and free for the air to circulate as it passes up to the
air distributor.
The cone or deflector is movable and hinged at o. or otherwise held in position,
so that it can be swung back or removed and it is made with two flame slots over
the respective wick tubes; the metal between such slots is V shaped or inclined
in opposite directions so as to direct the air upon the base of the flame and cause a
perfect combustion; air tubes may be provided at x. at the sides of the wick tube
if desired.
Instead of using a crown shaped chimney holder made of an openwork metal
cylinder of numerous springs, I employ in this lamp the flat strips of metal 8.
introduced between the arms h. and the air distributor and secured by the rivets
that hold said arms; these strips are bent downwardly and then upwardly and
curved as shown to form the chimney holding springs and these are located so that
the deflector swings back between two of them.-This lamp is durable, cheap and
reliable, there is but little shadow cast below the burner: the heat of the flame does
not reach the reservoir to any appreciable extent and a brilliant light is obtained
that is free from smoke and under perfect control.
I claim as my Invention
First. The combination with the base a. and its arms h. of the air distributor
supported by such arms, the two wick tubes passing through the base and air
distributor, the wick raiser wheels and the two shafts carrying the saine, the
binged cone having duplex flame slots and means for holding the chimney in
position, substantially as set forth.
Second. The combination with the base and the two wick tubes and the wick
raisers, of an air distributor supported by arms rising from the base and having
the flat portion 2. for the chimney, the perforated portion 3. for the passage of air
outside the cone, the circular shoulder 4. and the convex perforated portion 5. and
the cone or deflector l. having duplex flame slots and a binge for attaching the same
to the air distributor for the purposes and as set forth.
Third. The combination with the perforated air distributor and the two wick
tubes of a removable cone resting at its base upon the shoulder 4. of the air
distributor plate, and the chimney springs attached below the air distributor and
rising above and surrounding such air distributor substantially as set forth.
Fourth. The combination with a removable deflector having duplex flame slots
of two wick tubes and the wick raisers, an air distributor upon which the deflector
rests, and chimney springs substantially as set forth.
Fifth. The combination in a burner of a movable cone having duplex flame slots,
a chimney rest separate from the cone and chimney springs around the chimney
rest substantially as set forth.
Sixth. In a lamp burner having two wick tubes, the combination with the
removable deflector having duplex flaine slots, of an air distributor having a raised
perforated portion within the deflector and a round flat portion 2. for the chimney
to rest upon substantially as set forth.
In Witness whereof I the said Hiram Washington Hayden, have hereunto set
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Witnesses
GEO. H. BENHAM of Waterbury, Conn.,
E. S. HAYDEN
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HIRAM W. HAYDEN (L.S.)