Year: 1899

page_text: 1, JOSEPH WILKINSON, of Glen, Mill, Burton-in-Lonsdale, in the County of
York, Inventor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to gas burners for buring gases or vapours, such burners
being particularly applicable for use in gassing silk and other fibres.
In the burner preferably used for this purpose the body of the burner has a
recess formed around the supply orifice or orifices, and a cover or hood (preferably
square) with a downwardly projecting rim is provided. This cover tends to return
the flame and concentrate the heat, and also prevents carbon deposit from the burnt
fluff. The side and ends of this burner are left open to facilitate the passage
of the fibres and to allow of its being moved out of contact with the said fibres.
In place of the hood an auxiliary vertical downward pipe may be employed,
causing two jets to meet on the fibres, or a series of such pipes may be arranged
at any suitable angle so as to cause three or more jets or flames to concentrate
on the fibres. When two jets are employed, a tap is provided for regulating the
position of the centre of the flame.
Suitable screws may also be provided to regulate the supply to each pipe or jet.
When it is required to adapt for lighting purposes the gas produced for heating
purposes (as described in the specification of my Patent No. 206909), I employ
a fiat box burner with a series of holes or perforations, and a cover for concentrat-
ing the flame, over which cover is fixed a carbon comb.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.
I, JOSEPH WILKINSON, of Glen Mill, Burton-in-Lonsdale, in the County o
York. Inventor, 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, such as are applicable
for burning the gas described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to
me the Sixteenth day of October 1899 No. 20690, that is to say, a gas having
the highest per centage of air impregnated with a small quantity of vapours

page_text: burner also projects a second pipe N which is bent upwards and arranged in a
line with the pipe L but at a suitable distance therefrom so that the two flames
therefrom will operate simultaneously upon the fibre K which enters the space
and passes between the two ends of the said pipes. Suitable screws O may also
be employed to regulate the supply of gas to each pipe or jet. The burner is
attached to the hollow handle by the boss I for the purposes herein before
described.
At Fig. 7a similar class of burner is shown to that just described, only ar-
ranged for a series of pipes or jets to be employed. In the drawings I have
shown three pipes or jets but this number may be increased say, in groups of
three, as occasion requires.
In this type of burner the vertical downwardly projecting pipe L which
is mounted in the top of the boxlike body portion A of the burner is
arranged about centrally between the two pipes 01 and P which are respectively
mounted in opposite sides of the body portion A of the burner. The outer ends
of the pipes 01 and P are turned upwards as well as inwards in order that the
flames therefrom may meet and impinge against the flame caused by the ignition
of the gas issuing from the pipe L. The burner is mounted upon the hollow
handle by the boss I for the purposes previously described.
At Figs. 9 to 11 the burner is shown in the form of a flat box A to which the
gas is admitted through the boss I and hollow handle J. The upper surface C
of the burner may or may not be recessed and provided with any number of
perforations D. Each two or more holes being arranged at a slight angle to-
wards each other so that the flames will impinge one upon the other.
A cover E
is made to slide upon or is otherwise. fixed to the body portion A of the
burner. The upper edges of the covers are carried a suitable distance above the
upper surface C, of the burner, and they are inclined towards each other, but
do not meet, thereby leaving a central longitudinal space between the said
edges out of which the flame may issue. One of the edges is also made a little
higher than the other. The inclination of the sides of the cover above the upper
surface C of the burner is for directing the flames from the various perforations
towards the central longitudinal opening Q and concentrating them thereat.
The silk or other fibre K to be operated upon is made to pass in the space Q
between the said edges.
When the said burner is required to be employed for lighting as well as
gassing purposes, it may be armed with, say, a carbon comb R as shown at
Fig. 12, or with a mantle or its equivalent. The carbon comb R is shown mounted
upon a wire S, in the usual manner, the ends of which are bent to form the
hooks T by which it is attached and jointed to one of the edges of the cover E.
By this means provision is made for moving out of position when the burner
is only required for gassing purposes. When the carbon comb is placed in
position the lower edge or points of the teeth are slightly below the highest edge
of the cover E, but sufficient space is left to permit of the thread K passing
under the points of the teeth of the carbon comb and the top of the lower edge
of the said cover. When the carbon comb is in position as the flame impinges
upon, the teeth thereof the latter becomes heated for light giving purposes.
It will readily be understood that if a series of the herein described burners
are fixed to, say, a longitudinal pipe they may be employed for singeing fustians
and for like purposes. The means for driving the silk or other fibres across the
flame or flames may be accomplished by machinery of well known construction
and such as is ordinarily employed in the gassing of fibres.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A gas burner constructed substantially as described with reference to Figs. 1
to 3 said burner being provided with a perforated upper surface which is sur-

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Oct., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 4th Dec., 1899-Accepted, 17th Feb., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and in Apparatus for Use in the
Manufacture of an Improved Gas for Obtaining Light, Heat and
Power.
I, JOSEPH WILKINSON, of Glen Mill, Burton-in-Lonsdale, in the County of
York, Inventor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to produce light, heat, or power from mixtures of
benzoline, paraffin, or other suitable volatile oils.
For this purpose I employ a vessel divided vertically into three chambers or
compartments, the central one being preferably for the vapour used for lighting
purposes, and the compartments at each side containing respectively the vapours
used for heat and power, which vapours require a greater proportion of paraffin.
A pipe is connected to each chamber from an air fan with suitable taps or valves,
also each chamber is connected by pipes to the separate supply cisterns contain-
ing the paraffin, benzoline, or other oils.
Each compartment has a layer of cotton wool or other absorbent material
partially filling the chamber, also each compartment has a double arch of open
wirework, also packed or filled with the absorbent material.
The air from the fan is delivered within the archway and above the liquid in
the vessel, so as to drive or carry along with it, through the saturated absorbent
arch, a sufficient quantity of the vapour. After passing through the arch it
passes to the delivery pipe.
When a greater quantity of vapour is required from any one of or all the com-
partments, heat may be applied, and the speed of the fan may be regulated
accordingly.
An outlet pipe is provided in each compartment, with regulating taps or valves
for delivery of the gas as required.
The gas used for producing heat or power is absolutely smokeless, and is
applicable for gas engines, motor cars, and for general purposes.
The gas produced for heating purposes is particularly applicable for gassing
silk and other fibres.
1000
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and in Apparatus for Use in the
Manufacture of an Improved Gas for Obtaining Light, Heat and
Power.
I, JOSEPH WILKINSON, of Glen Mill, Burton-in-Lonsdale, in the County of
York, Inventor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what