Improvements in Burners for Lamps to Burn Solid Paraffin, Napthaline, or such Oils or Hydrocarbons as Solidify at a Low Temperature.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Dec., 1886
Complete Left, 30th Aug., 1887
Complete Accepted, 14th Oct., 1887.
Improvements in Burners for Lamps to Burn Solid Paraffin,
Napthaline, or such Oils or Hydrocarbons as
Solidify at a Low Temperature.
Freeze or
DOUGALD BALLARDIE 54 Kenmure Street Pollokshields Glasgow in the County of
Renfrew do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to improvements in burners of Lamps, for burning
solid hydrocarbons.
The improvements consist in fixing to the flat or circular wick carrier or tube a
burner of copper or other conducting metal, shaped to surround the wick; and at
the top, to be at such a distance from the wick as to admit a free passage of air. The
top to have two or more projections which may be inclined toward the wick tube,
or from it. The bottom of the burner expands or spreads from the wick tube at two
or more places to admit of a greater current of air, and at the parts not so expanded
or spread, it is contracted till it touches, and may be attached to the wick tube; and
by this connection it conducts the heat from the flame to the wick tube which facilitates
the burning of the solid hydrocarbon.
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Chambon 1002

page_text: I DOUGALD BALLARDIE Lamp Maker 40 Kenmure Street, Pollokshields Glasgow,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same 1S
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention relates to improvements in burners for lamps to burn solid or viscous
hydro-carbons; and whilst applicable to the class of lamps in which such hydro-
carbons have heretofore been used, a special object of the improvements is to make
provision for burning such oils or viscous hydro-carbons in lamps of any form, and
for general use.
And in order that the nature and novelty of my said invention, and the mode and
means of putting the same into effect or practice, may be properly understood;
I shall now proceed to describe the several figures on the sheet of drawings which
I have hereunto appended for that purpose; the same reference letters indicating the
same or equivalent parts in all the figures where shown.
Figure 1 is a side elevation, and figure 2 is an end elevation of the burner, as placed
in position on the wick holder or burner tube A.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal section, and figure 4 is a cross section of the burner,
showing the mode in which the burner is attached to the wick holder or burner
tube.
B
The burner may be made of copper, or other good heat conducting metal, and may
be formed of one or more pieces of metal, and shaped to surround the wick holder or
burner tube and at the top B, to be at such a distance from the wick as to admit of
free passage of air, the top to have two or more projections C which may be bent
towards the wick or flame so that they may catch part of the heat then bent out from
the flame so as not to impair its size.
The bottom of the burner D expands at two or more places to admit of a greater
current of air; and at the parts E, not so expanded or spread it is contracted till it
rests on, or may be attached to, the wick holder or burner tube; and by this
connection it conducts the heat from the flame to the wick holder, which liquefies the
hydro-carbon in the lamp, and facilitates the burning thereof.

page_text: 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
1st. The arrangement of a burner for lamps as herein described, and shown in
the accompanying Drawings.
2nd. A burner of a good conducting metal in contact with the wick holder
through which it transmits heat from the flame to the hydro-carbon in the lamp.
Dated this 29th day of August 1887.
DOUGALD BALLARDIE.