Improvements in Gas Burner Regulators.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 19th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 19th Mar.. 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 11th May, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gas Burner Regulators.
I, FRIEDRICH Lux of 142 Great Portland Street, in the County of Middlesex, Gas
Apparatus Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
By this invention it is intended to make gas burner regulators in such a manner
that they shall under varying pressures, control the consumption of gas at the burner.
They are made in several forms to suit particular circumstances.
When the inlet to the regulator is at the bottom, I make the case in three parts,
each part being screwed to its fellow. In the interior of the bottom there are two or
more holes leading from the inlet into the chamber, and in this chamber is a corrugated
disc having its outer edge turned upwards. The disc has one or more holes in it and
carries a spindle which is attached to it by pressure, in order to avoid soldering. The
upper part of the disc terminates in a hollow conical valve that works up and down
through an orifice in the centre of the upper part of the chamber, which is so formed
as to guide the valve into its place. Over this orifice is screwed a nose piece that
carries the burner, and in the lower part of it there is a horizontal plate having one,
two, or more holes in it. The case at its lower part is provided with a screw, capable
of being operated upon from the outside, and is used to adjust the amount of gas
admitted to the upper part of the disc.
In a modification of this the nose piece is made part of the upper chamber, and the
adjusting screw is at the side of the lower case, the interior of which is provided with
a guide for the moving disc.
When the inlet for the gas is at the top I make the case as follows. The body of
the cylindrical case is made solid. The centre tube is closed both at top and bottom,
each by a removable screwed disc or plug. From the top there are two or more holes
leading into the central chamber. A little below the surface of the top the central
chamber is divided into two by a fixed horizontal disc having a hole in its centre
through which a similar conical valve attached to a corrugated movable disc rises and
falls. Above this fixed disc there are two or more orifices leading from the space
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page_text: between the fixed horizontal dise and the screwed disc or plug. The side of the case
is also furnished with an adjusting screw. Both top and bottom have caps or covers
suitably screwed for connecting them with the inlet for gas and the outlet leading to
the burner.
In a modification of this plan the top removable screwed disc or plug is dispensed
with.
The action of the first and second described plans is as follows. Gas is admitted
from below and flows into the chamber beneath the corrugated disc. It then raises,
and flows round the edge of the disc and through the hole or holes in it to the upper
part, and then escapes through the hollow valve to the burner, the quantity of gas
passing being due to the difference of pressure between that of the upper and lower
sides of the disc,-
-or the pressure necessary to keep the disc raised.
In the third plan the action is much the same but in this case the gas is admitted at
top, flows down the holes in the body of the case, enters the bottom of the chamber,
raises the disc, and escapes by the valve into the space between the fixed disc and
removable screwed plug, and from thence flows down other holes to the outlet.
Dated this 19th day of June 1888.
W. H. BENNETT,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Gas Burner Regulators.
I, FRIEDRICH Lux of 142 Great Portland Street, in the County of Middlesex, Gas
Apparatus Manufacturer, 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 :-
By this invention it is intended to make gas burner regulators in such a manner
that they shall under varying pressures control the consumption of gas at the burner.
They are made in several forms to suit particular circumstances.
In order that the invention may be easily understood drawings are attached hereto.
Fig. 1 being a vertical sectional elevation of the regulator when the inlet for gas is
from the bottom. Fig. 2 a similar view of a modification wherein the regulating
screw is at the side. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional elevation of the regulator where the
inlet for the gas is from the top, and Fig. 4 is a modification of the same regulator.
Each Fig., for the sake of clearness is drawn to about twice linear the natural size.
When the inlet to the regulator is at the bottom 1 make the case in three parts,
namely A, B and C Fig. 1, each part being screwed to its fellow. In the interior of
the bottom there are two or more holes D D leading from the inlet E into the chamber F,
and in this chamber is a corrugated disc G having its outer edge turned upwards.
The disc has one or more holes in it, and carries a spindle H which is attached to it by
pressure in order to avoid soldering. The upper part of the spindle terminates in a
hollow conical valve I that works up and down through an orifice in the centre of the
upper part of the chamber F, which is so formed as to guide the valve into its place.
Over this orifice is screwed a nose piece A that carries the burner J and in the lower
part of it there is a horizontal plate having one two or more holes in it. The case at
its lower part is provided with a screw K capable of being operated upon from the
outside, and is used to adjust the amount of gas admitted to the upper part of the
disc.
In a modification of this seen in Fig. 2, the nose piece is made part of the uppe
chamber, and the adjusting screw L is at the side of the lower case, the interior of
which is provided with a guide M for the moving disc.
When the inlet for the gas is at the top as exhibited in Fig. 3, I make the case as
follows. The body of the cylindrical case N is made solid. The centre tube is closed
both at top and bottom, each by a removable screwed disc or plug O and P. From
the top there are two or more holes or conduits Q leading into the central chamber F.
A little below the surface of the top the central chamber is divided into two by a fixed
horizontal disc R, having a hole in its centre through which a similar conical valve to
those depicted in Figs. 1 and 2, is attached to a corrugated movable disc G, rises and
falls. Above the fixed disc there are two or more orifices S leading from the space T,
between the fixed horizontal disc and the screwed disc or plug. The side of the case
is also furnished with an adjusting screw I. Both bottom and top have caps U or
covers V suitably screwed for connecting them with the inlet E for gas and with the
outlet W leading to the burner.

page_text: In a modification of this latter plan, shown in Fig. 4, the top removable screwed
disc or plug is dispensed with.
The action of the first and second described plans is as follows. Gas is admitted
from below at E and flows into the chamber F beneath the corrugated disc. It then
raises and flows round the edge of the disc G and through the hole or holes in it to the
upper part and then escapes through the hollow valve I to the burner J, the quantity
of gas passing being due to the difference of pressure between that of the upper and
lower sides of the disc, or the pressure necessary to keep the disc raised.
In the third plan the action is much the same but in this case the gas is admitted at
top flows down the holes in the body of the case, enters the bottom of the chamber,
raises the disc and escapes by the valve into the space between the fixed disc and
removable screwed plug, and from thence flows down other holes to the outlet.
This and the preceding form of regulator is specially adapted for application to
¡ntensity burners so much in use.
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. The corrugated rigid disc G with its outer edge turned upwards as herein
described and shown on the drawings.
2. The attachment of the dise G to the stem or spindle H by pressure, as hercin
described.
3. The hollow conical valve I as herein described and shown on the drawings.
4. The guide M as herein described and shown on the drawings.
5. The regulating screws K and I, as herein described and shown on the drawings.
6. The cases N with their caps U and covers V as herein described and shown on
the drawings.
7. The removable screwed discs or plugs O and P as herein described and shown on
the drawings.
Dated this 19th day of March 1889