improvements in Gas Burners.
Year: 1898

page_text: improvements in Gas Burners.
I, WILLIAM GORDON POTTER, of 5, Walberswich Street, South Lambeth Road,
in the County of Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows: —
The
My invention relates to improvements in gas burners, which consist of the base
of the burner being fitted with a regulating bye-pass and a centre draught for the
air to be heated and ascend into the gas through two flat openings, and by this
performance all smoke is consumed. The top part of the air chamber is made to
open and close so as to regulate the current of air. Up the centre of the air
chamber I carry a small spiral tube for the gas supply direct from the tap or gas
cock, the said tube being fitted on the outside of the air chamber in a spiral form
round the air chamber and returned back into the body of the burner.
steatite rings are slightly coned both on the inner and outer faces. The outer
ring is fitted into a brass cup or ring with a gallery which forms the support for
the chimney and globe, so that when the ring is screwed up or unscrewed it opens
or closes the space between the two steatite burners for the purpose of regulating
the flow of gas in the burners. The burner can be used with or without a coil
for heating the gas. On the outside of the burner I fix a chimney with an inner
tube for drawing the air downwards in between the chimney and the inner tube,
by this means a perfect circular white flame is obtained. At the top of the
chimney the air is drawn under a perforated cap and down the inside. The
centre tube may be made of any suitable material.
The burner may be constructed with or without a governor at its base, with the
usual connections.
Improvements in Gas Burners.
I, WILLIAM GORDON POTTER, late of 5, Walberswich Street, South Lambeth Road,
in the County of Surrey, but now of 275, St. Vincent Street, Ladywood, Birming-
ham, in the County of Warwick, 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in gas burners; the nature of the said
invention and the manner in which the same is to be performed or carried into
practical effect will be readily understood on reference to the annexed drawing
and the following explanation thereof.

page_text: The drawing represents a vertical section of my improved gas burner complete
with chimney and other necessary adjuncts.
a is the tap which may be fitted with a bye pass and a regulator of any suitable
known or other construction. b is an air chamber in which the air is superheated.
It is provided with a central draught for the admission of air to be superheated
and discharged into the centre of the flame between two flat discs or surfaces c
and e forming a spreader" for the flame. The disc c is fixed and so made that
the boss of the disc c screws into it so that by turning the top part round the
distance between the two surfaces (and consequently the amount of air supplied
to the inside of the flame) can be regulated.
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Up the centre of the air chamber 6 I carry direct from the tap a a small gas
tube d which then passes to the outside of the said chamber, then circles round
the same so that the gas becomes superheated and is thus supplied to the body
of the burner ee. This is composed of an inner ring e and outer ring e* which
may be formed of steatite or other suitable material the outer ring e being fitted
into a brass capf which forms the support for the chimney g, (and for the globe,
if used) the inner upper edge of the outer ring and the outer upper edge of the
inner ring are slightly coned as shown so that when the brass cap with its
ringe is screwed or unscrewed it opens and closes the space between the lips or
upper edges of the two steatite or other rings or cylinders for the purpose of
regulating the flow of gas and dispenses with the perforated Argand burners
usually employed. But in some cases an ordinary Argand burner may be
employed in combination with a coiled tube d for superheating the gas.
the latter instead of being coiled round the air chamber 6, below the "spreader" c, c*,
as shown, may be carried up through the flame above the chamber either coiled or
otherwise and then carried down again to the burner.
Also
On the outer side of the burner I fix a chimney 9 provided with an inner
tube h drawing the air down between the chimney 9 and the inner tube h thus
heating the same and by this means a perfectly circular white flame is obtained
as the gas is regenerated at two points.
The central gas tube d and the air chamber b may be made of steatite or other
suitable material.
governor " at
The improved gas burner may be constructed with or without a
its base and is to be provided with the usual connections and fittings.
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
First: The construction of a modified Argand burner in two parts screwed
together the adjacent surfaces of which are coned at the top so as to allow of the
regulation of the quantity of gas consumed.
Secondly. The construction of a central air chamber and "spreader" in two
parts screwed together so as to allow of the regulation of the quantity of air sup-
plied to the inside of the flame.
Thirdly The application to a gas burner of the indicated construction of a
central gas supply pipe carried up through the burner (coiled or otherwise) and
flame either above or below the air chamber (or both above and below) so as to
superheat the gas before it passes into the body of the burner, and
Fourthly. I claim the general combination and arrangement of the improved
gas burner, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the annexed
drawing.
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1000
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.