A Portable Igniter for Gas Lamps and Gas Heating Apparatus.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June, 1899-Accepted, 8th July, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Portable Igniter for Gas Lamps and Gas Heating Apparatus.
I, FRITZ DEIMEL, of 8, Luisen-Ufer, Berlin, in the German Empire, Mauu-
facturer, 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:-
This invention relates to a portable igniter for gas lamps and gas heating
apparatus, the object of the invention being to obviate the necessity, when lighting
gas lamps or stoves by means of automatically acting devices such as igniter plugs
with or without platinum wire, of fitting such devices to each single lamp to be
lighted as has hitherto been necessary. According to this invention instead of
the fixed ignition device heretofore used a portable ignition arrangement is pro-
vided wherein the igniter plug is suspended in a capsule or basket in a protected
position to prevent its being damaged and also to provide against danger of fire.
For the purpose of effecting an easy ignition the basket is connected to a rod of
suitable length having a handle.
The basket is formed with perforations to enable the gas to easily pass thereinto
and also to enable it to leave the same after passing or flowing by the igniter plug.
For the ignition of illuminating flames the lower part of the protecting basket
or the like for the igniter plug is open and is provided with a bell-shaped exten-
sion which assists the collection of the gas and air mixture but is chiefly designed
in the case of gas lamps, the cylinders of which are provided with protective caps
or other similar fittings, to catch the gas and air mixture flowing laterally from
the slits in the same and to convey it to the igniter plug for the purpose of
ignition. If the above mentioned bell-shaped extension of the protective basket
be dispensed with and the perforated basket be provided with a stopper or plug
at its end to which the rod having the handle is directly secured, the igniter can
serve for the ignition of the flames of cooking stoves.
In the accompanying drawing:-
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of an igniter designed for use with gas lamps.
Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of an igniter adapted for lighting cooking
stoves etc.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of the basket shewn in Figure 2, and
Figure 4 is a view of a detail.
In Figure 1 a shews the protecting basket which is open at its under part and
is provided with longitudinal slots 6, and with the bell-shaped or flaring exten-
sion c upon its lower part. The igniter plug d, which may be fitted with platinum
wire d', is suspended freely in the basket and is secured in a fastening e hung
from the edge of the basket by means of the wire support el.
The collecting bell c is preferably not smooth but is provided with longitudinal
ibs or channels so that the device, when held over the gas cylinder even in an
anfavourable position, still permits the gas current to have access to the igniter
lug. Laterally of the basket there is provided the handle fitting f which in the
case of high hanging lamps, is furnished with a socket connection f¹ in which a
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page_text: The modification shewn in Figures 2, 3 and 4 illustrates the employment of
the portable igniter for cooking stoves. In this case the protective basket a is
manufactured of resistant material and is closed at its end by means of a plug a',
the slits b, however, being still formed in the basket.
Upon the inside of the plug a¹ (see the detail view Figure 4) there is formed
the fitting for the igniter plug and on the outside thereof a small neck into
which the handle f can be screwed.
When employing the device it is held against the gas current which flows
laterally through the slits into the basket a, being compressed in so doing, and
thence comes into contact with the igniter plug which it raises to incandescence
so as to ignite the gas on the outside.
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 portable igniter for illuminating and heating gas flames wherein an
igniter plug with or without platinum wire is suspended in a perforated protective
basket provided with a handle, substantially as, and for the purpose, hereinbefore
described.
2. In a portable igniter of the kind described in Claim 1 the arrangement for
illumination flames wherein the perforated basket is open at its lower part and
is formed at the said part with a flaring or bell-shaped extension which is prefer-
ably channelled longitudinally, the said extension serving to collect the full gas
current even in the case of gas flames provided with cylinders, substantially as
herein before described.
3. In a portable igniter of the kind described in Claim 1 designed for use with
cooking stoves, the arrangement wherein the perforated protecting basket has
a handle fitted to its rear part, substantially as described.
4. The manufacture and use of the improved portable igniters for illuminating
and heating gas flames, constructed substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Tatod tho and dow of Jun 1800
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.