A Gas Light Intensifier by the use of which any Ordinary Gas Burner will Give a Greater Amount of Light.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Aug.; 1892
Complete Specification Left, 17th May, 1893-Accepted, 29th July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Gas Light Intensifier by the use of which any Ordinary Gas
Burner will Give a Greater Amount of Light.
I, JOHN TAIT GUTHRIE of 7 Ashville Terrace, in the County of Edinburgh, in
the Town of Leith, Oxydrogen Lime-light Exhibitor, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:
I make of metal
ring or short cylinder, for attachment to gas burners, by
the use of which any ordinary burner will give a greater amount of light to make
which I proceed in the following manner :-
I make out of any kind of metal, by preference brass or steel, a ring or short cylinder
the diameter of which is large enough to receive a gas burner and about 4 inch
thick by about inch in length, indented about 1 inch from one end (which end
I call the top) to keep it in proper position when fitted to burners in use; or it
may be screwed internally from the bottom to about inch from top for fitting to
new burners; or it may be made in one, and the same part as the burner.
The top part of cylinder may be partly cut away, compressed, or widened, which
has the effect of altering the shape of flame.
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To use which, the cylinder is placed over burner, and either pressed or screwed
down until the top of burner is about inch from top of cylinder; or when made
with the burner, the outlet of gas would be about 3 inch from top of metal.
The distinctive feature of my intensfier is the increased height partly or wholly
round outlet of gas.
And the improvement and advantage claimed for this my invention are these,
that a better light is obtained by about 30 to 50 per cent. while the amount of gas
consumed remains unaltered.
Dated this 23rd day of August 1892
JOHN TAIT GUTHRIE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Gas Light Intensifier by the use of which any Ordinary Gas
Burner will Give a Greater Amount of Light.
I, JOHN TAIT GUTHRIE 7 Ashville Terrace Edinburgh Leith, Oxyhydrogen
Lime-light Exhibitor 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 :—
I make out of any kind of metal by preference brass or steel, a ring or short
cylinder the diameter of which is large enough to receive a gas burner and
about inch thick by about inch in length indented about 1 inch from one end
(which end I call the top) to keep it in proper position when fitted to burners in
use or it may be screwed internally from the bottom to about inch from top
for fitting to new burners; or it may be made in one and the same part as the
burner.
The top part of cylinder may be partly cut away, compressed or widened, which
has the effect of altering the shape of flame.
Referring to the annexed drawings
Figure 1, is an elevation of my invention for attachment to a burner.
Figure 2, plan of same.
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Figures 5 & 6, sectional elevations of modified arrangements in which the
intensifier is formed in one piece with the burner.
Figure 7, plan of Figure 5.
Figure 8, plan of Figure 6.
Figure 9, view of Figure 1 in operation.
Figure 10, view of Figure 5 in operation.
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Referring to Figure 1. a is a cylindrical shaped piece, indented at c and
expanded or widened out to form the sides or wings . This piece a is attached to
the burner d in any convenient manner, such as having a screw thread on the
burner engaging on an internal thread on the piece a.
Referring to Figure 5; in this case the sides or enclosure are formed integral or
in one piece with the body e of the burner d.
Referring to Figure 6. In this case the sides or projections ƒ are formed integral
or in one piece with the body e of the burner d.
Figure 9 represents a burner d fitted with my invention, 9 representing the
-flame.
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In Figure 10 a side elevation of Figure 5 is shown 9 being the flame. By
this means I am enabled to obtain a better lighting effect than by the ordinary
burner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. An intensifier for use with gas burners, consisting of a cylindrical piece having
projecting sides or wings substantially as shown.
2. A burner having projecting sides or wings formed integral with the body of
same, substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 17th day of May 1893.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.