Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Feb., 1889
Specification Accepted, 6th Apr., 1889
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide a cheap, efficient and practical burner
to burn hydro carbon oil.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is an end view.
Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through line 1, 1 of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a vertical cross sectional view through line 3, 3 of Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a sectional plan taken on line 2, 2 of Figure 1.
In carrying the said invention into practice I employ a retort A made to the proper
form, shape and size in which is a single apartment or room. In this apartment or
room a continuous channel is formed of such length and shape as may be desired by
forming one or more partitions B, B which extend from the bottom to the top of the
interior of the cavity. C is a tube connected with the interior of the retort descending
therefrom and is attached to the horizontal pipe D; in this pipe are the apertures E.
F is a bracket supported by the tube C, and having one or more arms as desired,
and at the ends of these arms are supported the conical air chambers H immediately
below the retort A and directly over the apertures E in pipe D. I is a pipe leading
from any source of supply to the retort.
The partition B at one end thereof is attached to the vertical wall of the interior
of the retort as at K at or near the inlet pipe I and from this point it winds its way
throughout the interior of the retort so as to require the oil and formed there-
gas
from to travel the longest possible distance within the retort before it passes down the
descending pipe C.

page_text: In Figure 4 is shown the partition and one form of its construction. At the base
of the burner is a lighter pan L.
Oil is fed to the burner from the supply through the pipe I and flows forward in the
direction indicated by the arrows through the continuous channel formed by the
partition B, down through the tube C and appears in the lighter pan L, where it is
ignited and the ascending flame soon heats the retort A above wherein gas is soon
formed and is continuously discharged through the apertures E up through the air
chambers H and against the underside of the retort. This rapidly shooting up
of the gas through the air chambers H causes the air to mix with it, and as
combustion takes place within this air chamber, a continuous stream of flame is
impinged against the retort which carries it to a high degree of heat, consequently
the oil as soon as it comes within the retort is immediately converted into gas and is
kept within this highly heated retort as long as possible.
The retort has no openings through it and therefor it acts in the dual capacity of a
retort and a flame spreader. Between the air chamber H and the retort is sufficient
space for the flame to freely pass as indicated by the arrows.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :-
A hydro-carbon burner having the following characteristics viz.: a retort provided
with means for continuously supplying it with oil and with one or more partitions
for forming a continuous circuituous channel in which the oil is vaporized, a descending
tube connected with the interior of the retort at its upper end and at its lower end
connected with a longitudinal burner pipe provided with one or more apertures, a
bracket supported by the descending tube carrying one or more air chambers at its
ends the said air chamber or chambers being arranged between the burner jets below
and the retort above, and a lighter pan at the base of the burner.
Dated this 26th day of February 1880
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.