Improvements in Vapour Burners.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 17th Oct. 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Vapour Burners.
1, WARREN MAR ABBOTT of 13 Exchange Street, Boston in the County of
Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, United States of America, Gentleman, 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 :-
Of the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a vertical central sectional view (parts being represented in
elevation) of my improved vapour burner, on the line 1, 1 of Fig. 2.
Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same on line 2, 2 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 shows, in section, a modified manner of connecting the water chamber
with the retort or mixing chamber.
Fig. is a cross section, showing a modification.
Fig. 5 is a top plan view of my improved water chamber.
In the drawings, referring to Figures 1, 2 and 5, a designates the drip pan;
b, the jacket seated thereon; c, the retort or mixing chamber; d, the deflector or
spreader arranged upon the retort; e, the water supply pipe; f, the water chamber
in the retort with which the pipe e communicates; , the oil supply pipe com-
municating with the retort; h, the burners; and, the pipe communicating
between the retort and burners for the purpose of supplying the latter with vapor.
The drip pan a is provided at points, preferably at the corners, with a flange j
which extends upwardly outside of the lower edge of the jacket b so as to maintain
the latter in place on the pan, which is serrated or notched at its edge, as at k,
said notches affording means for supplying air to the burners.
The water chamber finstead of being constructed integrally with the pipe e and
provided with a cap, is made as a separate part, screw threaded exteriorly at its
base, as at l, and provided with perforations in its upper end, as at m. This
construction enables the water chamber to be tapped into the base of the retort, as
shown in Fig. 1, and the water pipe e to be tapped into the lower end of the water
chamber, so that in order to gain access to the water chamber it is not necessary to
disconnect the same from the retort (a thing very difficult of accomplishment
since the chamber quickly becomes "hurned on the retort) but the end
mentioned may be accomplished by simply unscrewing the pipe e from the
chamber f
The chamber may be provided with asbestos n, or other suitable material, and
covered with a piece of wire gauze or other foraminous material n', which
provision serves to assist in breaking the vapor escaping from the water chamber
into a cloud or gebula, thus best adapting it to commingle with the oil vapor.
The vapor formed in the retorte is conveyed to the burners through the pipe i
communicating with one end of the retort, which pipe is connected at a central
point with a cross pipe o connecting at its ends with the burners, as is best seen
in Fig. 2.
By having a single pipe to supply the burners with vapor from the retort, and
constructing and arranging it as shown and described, I am enabled to uniformly
supply the burners with vapor and render it unobjectionable to have the burner
placed in other than a level position.
The burners are connected with the cross pipe o so that they may be moved
axially, this construction and arrangement being provided in order to vary the
direction of the flame, which is governed by the course of the vapor issuing
from the apertures p in the burners, and so project the flame with greater or less

page_text: directness against the retort c. In the present instance the burner pipes have a
screw threaded connection with cross pipe o, similar to that by which pipe i is
connected with the cross pipe o.
Instead of connecting the water chamber with the bottom of the retort so as
to stand vertically therein, as shown in Fig. 1, it may be.connected with the end
of the retort and be made to take a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 3, in
which case the oil supply pipe and vapor supply pipe i may be connected with
the bottom of the retort or be otherwise suitably connected and arranged.
In instances where it may be desirable to admit air to the burners from the
centre of the device, the drip pan a may be provided with depressions 9 along lines
adjacent and in proximity to the burner pipes h, and the inner walls of such
depressed portions may be provided with air inlets r, as is shown in Fig. 4. By
thus arranging the air inlets, the flames are more equally and uniformly supplied
with air and they are forced against or towards the walls of the enclosing
covering. In this case the air may or may not be admitted at the outer edges.
Instead of providing a jacket and deflector constructed as separate parts,
formed and arranged as shown in Figures 1 and 2, I may construct the jacket as a
cover for the burners, retort, and their adjuncts, having its upper portion provided
with numerous apertures a, the cover being so arranged that its lower edge will rest
upon the drip pan, as is also shown in Fig. 1, the object of said cover being to
enclose the retort and form a seat or bearing for anything that is to be heated.
It is obvious that various changes may be made in the form and arrangement of
parts shown in the drawings without departing from the nature and spirit of my
invention.
. 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. In a vapor burner, the combination with the retort having oil supply and
discharge pipes, and burners, of the water chamber opening into said retort and
provided with exit apertures, asbestos or similar material in the water chamber,
and a sheet or covering n' of foraminous material between the asbestos and said
exit apertures, as set forth.
2. The herein described improved vapor burner comprising the retort and its
adjuncts, of the parallel burner / connected to sail retort, and the drip pan
provided with a series of obliquely arranged air inlet holes or ports between the
burners, as set forth.
3. The herein described improved vapor burner comprising the retort_and-its
adjuncts, the burners connected therewith, the drip pan, and the removable cover
entirely enclosing said retort and burners and adapted to rest at its lower edge
upon and supported by the drip pan, and provided in its upper part with apertures,
as and for the purpose set forth."
Dated this 14th day of September 1891.