Improvements in Automatic Electrical Gaslighters.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 9th Feb., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
Improvements in Automatic Electrical Gaslighters.
We, WILLIAM NEELY JASKEY, and EDWARD SAMUEL ELSE, citizens of the
United States, residing at Logan, Uttah, in Cache County, U.S.A., Inventors, 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:―
Our invention relates to improvements in automatic electrical gaslighters.
We attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying
drawing, in which—
Fig. 1, is a side elevation of the arm of a gas bracket or pendant fitted up with
our apparatus.
Fig. 2, is an alternate view of fitting the fan to a pendant stem.
Fig. 3, is a front olevation of the burner.
Parts of the figures are broken off for want of space.
at c.
Our invention consists of an automatic electrical gaslighter, having one wiro
from a battery connected on to a gas pipe at the meter, and the other wire a is
connected to a spark coil and running along the arm d" and extending through the
fan support b, the said wire a being insulated, and makes a connection with the fan i
From the fan i the electrical current runs down the fan support b which is
insulated from the elbow d and then through the coil k, electro-magnet I, and coil j
into the magnet e making a connection with the arm at the top of the burner
bolder d'. When the current runs through electro-magnet it causes the arm e to
vibrate against the arm f making spark to light gas. The magnet e is fixed to a
bar p which is loosely pivoted at g to the burner holder d¹; the aforesaid magnet e
vibrates in a slot cut in the disc fixed on the burner holder d. The support of
arme is insulated from the burner holder d'. The cock has an insulated
bushing & breaking the current on the arm d". The plug g' of the cock g has a
projection mextending therefrom and making the connection with the projection n
on arm d extending beyond the insulated bushing h. By turning gas on as shown
in Fig. 1, the projection m from the plug g of the cock g switches the current on
to the projecting arm fon burner holder d' thus making a complete current.
When the gas is turned off the current is broken. Directly the gas is lighted the
heat of the flame raises the fan i, breaking the current at c. When gas is blown
out the fan i falls making complete connection at c and re-lights the gas. The
fan i has a screw weight connected on one end to regulate the pressure and to.
make the fan balance, or nearly so, in order that the flame may raise the
fani for breaking the connection at c. The connections at c and are made of
platinum.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration, and that
the shapes materials and proportions of the parts may be varied in many ways
within the scope of our invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1. In an automatic electrical gaslighter, the combination of an electrical magnet
with the connection fitted to a burner holder, and the cut-off attached to the cock
plug and bracket arm, substantially as herein described and for the purpose

page_text: 2. In an automatic electrical gaslighter, the combination of the fan support fitted
to the elbow cock with the connection at the top of fan support and the pivotted
fan and screw weight, substantially as described.
3. In an automatic electrical gaslighter, the apparatus for passing of a current
through the magnet to cause the arm to vibrate and making a spark to light the
gas, substantially as described.
Dated this 29th day of September 1894.
J. P. BAYLY
18; Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicants.