Improvements in Gas Burners for Heating Purposes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Improvements in Gas Burners for Heating Purposes.
I, WILLIAM GEORGE APPLEFORD of N° 74 Bradford Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Manager of Works do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention has for its object improvements in gas burners for heating purposes
which are designed mainly for the purpose of burning gas and air mixed on the
well known principle of the atmospheric burner and consists of gas and flame
guides for distributing the flame in a regular effective and substantial manner with
a minimum consumption of gas and expense in construction. The gas chamber
has no joint and it is impossible for any escape of gas of occur and the gas guides
or cases being removable the interior is easily accessible for cleaning.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto two sheets of drawings upon which
I have illustrated a number of examples of the manner in which my invention may
be carried in practice.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a burner for such ordinary use as heating
kettles, showing the stand A having the flame guides B and the gas guides C.
Figure 2 is a section through Figure 1 on line 1. 2 shewing by arrows the course
of the gas through the gas guides C into the flame guides B.
Figure 3 is a plan of a burner used for those stoves known as kitcheners and
other purposes.
Figure 4 is a section of Figure 3 on line 2. 3.
Figure 5 is a modification showing the plate or stand A sloped to throw off any
liquid or other matter which might boil over.
Figure 6 is a plan of another burner suitable for kitcheners or other such stoves
the gas and flame guides being arranged in this case to equalize the gas all round.
Figure 7 is a section through same on line 3. 4.
Figures 8 and 10 shows application of my invention to ring burners suitable for
grills in this case the rings form the gas guides C.
Figures 9 and 11 are enlarged sections through rings of same at 5. 6.
Figure 12 is for heating household irons and may be made triangular or other
shape if prefered.
Figure 13 is a section through one side of same on line 7. 8.
Figure 14 is a continous burner which may run any desired distance.

page_text: The stand or plate A may be considerably varied in shape or pattern having the
continous V. U. or other shaped grooves B upon its surface and against this surface
are fixed the gas guides C the grooves allowing the atmospheric gas to escape under
freely and at the same time guiding the flame and thereby keeping it regularly
distributed, these gas guides C are supplied from the chamber H which is connected
by the pipe J with an atmospheric burner or other arrangement the gas flowing in
the direction shewn by the arrows in each case and the mixed gas and air is so
distributed by the radiating caps and grooves that a flame of very large surface is
produced.
The gas guides or caps K are fixed with a screw or other arrangement so as to
allow of their being removed for cleaning purposes but I do not confine myself to
this as I may make them complete in on piece the whole forming a safe burner
and reducing the liability of flash back.
I do not confine myself to any particular shape but may arrange the gas guides C
in combination with the flame guides B to suit any particular requirement a number
of which are illustrated in Figures 1 to 14.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I delclare that what
I claim is
In burners for heating purposes the gas guides C in combination with the flame
guides B for the more perfect distribution of the flame as per Figures 1 to 14
substantially as herein set forth.