Improvements in or applicable to Self-generating Gas or Vapour Burners.
Year: 1889

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Complete Specification Left, 13th Sept., 1890-Accepted, 18th Oct., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Self-generating Gas or
Vapour Burners.
We, ROUGHSEDGE WALLWORK, of the firm Henry Wallwork & Co., of Union
Bridge Iron Works, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Engineers and Iron
Founders, and ARTHUR COLLINGS WELLS, of Manchester aforesaid, and of 102 Midland
Road, St. Pancras, London, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said invention to be as follows:-
Our invention is applicable to self generating gas or vapour burners for which
Letters Patent have been granted to us (No. 2352 A.D. 1888 and No. 6738 A.D., 1889,)
which burners are formed by one or more rings circular or rectangular in which the
flame passes horizontally or nearly so, from the nozzle of the burner through an air
cone, and then through the said ring or rings, and the object of our invention is to
obtain a more perfect and clearer light particularly when petroleum oil is burned,
though our improvements may be used with advantage when tarry oils or other
combustible liquids are consumed.
Our invention consists in combining with burners of the character above mentioned
a removable metal cover which encloses the back part of the burner close up to the
ring or the first ring, if more than one is used, as we prefer, so as to exclude the air,
and in forming one or more holes in the back of the cover (by preference) through
which air may pass to support combustion, this hole or these holes having a cover
which can be adjusted to regulate the quantity of air which is to be allowed to pass
to the burner.
Our improvements are applicable to burners with one nozzle, or to burners with two
or more nozzles.
PETER J. LIVSEY,
Agent,
Improvements in or applicable to Self-generating Gas or
Vapour Burners.
We, ROUGHSEDGE WALLWORK, of the firm Henry Wallwork & Co., of Union
Bridge Iron Works, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Engineers and
Iron Founders, and ARTHUR COLLINGS WELLS, of Manchester aforesaid, and of
102 Midland Road, St. Pancras, London, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer,
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:-
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Our invention is applicable to self generating gas or vapour burners for which
Letters Patent have been granted to us (No. 2352 A.D. 1888 and No. 6738 A.D. 1889)
which burners are formed by one or more rings, circular or rectangular in which the
flame passes horizontally or nearly so, from the nozzle of the burner through an air
cone, and then through the said ring or rings, and the object of our invention is to
obtain a more perfect and clearer light particularly when petroleum oil is burned,
though our improvements may be used with advantage when tarry oils or other
combustible liquids are consumed.

page_text: Our invention consists in combining with burners of the character above mentioned
a removable metal cover, which encloses the back part of the burner close up to the
ring or the first ring, if more than one is used, as we prefer, so as to exclude the
air, and in forming one or more holes in the back of the cover (by preference)
through which air may pass to support combustion, this hole or these holes having a
cover which can be adjusted to regulate the quantity of air which is to be allowed to
pass to the burner.
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Our improvements are applicable to burners with one nozzle, or to burners with two
or more nozzles.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a back end elevation, illustrating the mode of
applying our invention to our single jet ring burner.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation and Fig. 4 a back end elevation illustrating the mode of
applying our invention to our double jet or duplex ring burners.
The single and double burners above referred to are the same as those described in
the Specification of our aforesaid Letters Patent No. 6738-1889, and illustrated by
Figs. 10 and 11, and Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings respectively, and some of the
letters of reference marked upon the figures in that Specification will be used upon
the figures of the drawings illustrating this Specification.
a, the front a', the back ring of the generators; a², the screw plugs; b, the oil
supply pipe; c, and c, the tubes from the generating rings to the jet nozzle d;
e, air cylinder and e¹, cone, gl, grid bars heated by the flame and conducting their heat
to the generating rings a, and a¹.
The movable cover f, is of similar construction and arrangement to the cover
marked f, described in the Specification of our aforesaid Letters Patent No. 2352
'A.D. 1888 with the exception that there are no permanently open air holes f³, as
explained in the said Specification.
We prefer to make the cover f, Figs. 1 and 2 with a back f, of malleable cast metal
having a handle f, and then bend a plate of sheet iron f, to the shape required and
rivet it at one end to the cast iron end plate f*.
There is a hole f2, in the top of the cover to pass over the screw plug (a³)
as described in our said Specification above referred to. The cover f, is intended
to fit close up to the ring a¹, to prevent air from passing to the flame behind
the generating rings, except through a hole 3, made in the back plate f', which
hole can be opened or closed by a plate 5, hinged to the back plate at fo.
By means of the projection f, from the hinged plate 5, it may be moved and the
opening for air may be regulated to produce the best and brightest flame. Any other
kind of valve may be used, and it may be placed on the side of the cover if desired,
but we prefer it on the end plate f, as shown.
The arrangement of the cover f, for the double flame burner illustrated by Figs. 3
and 4 is similar to that above described in reference to the single flame burner
illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2.
The back plate f₁, with its sides f, is large enough to enclose the pipes c, and c¹, in
which the jet nozzles d, are placed as well as the air cylinders e, and cones e¹, the
cover near the rings a¹, being widened out to enclose the double ring a¹, and prevent
air from getting to the flame at its rear except through the hole. f, for air provided
with a regulating valve or door ƒ³.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is.
1. The combination with our ring burners in which the lengthway of the flame
passes nearly horizontally from the jet nozzles, of a movable cover to enclose the rear
of the burner, and exclude air therefrom except what is to pass through one or more
holes provided with a door cr plate or other suitable valve arrangement which can be
moved to adjust the opening for air as required substantially as herein before described
and illustrated by the drawings.

page_text: 2. The combination of a movable cover with the rear of our ring generating
burners, the cover, having one or more openings the area of which for air passing
through it or them, can be regulated to suit the flame substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 and Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings.
Dated this Twelfth day of September 1890.
PETER J. LIVSEY,
Agent.