US1110611A - Igniting device. - Google Patents

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L. E. BRANDON. IGNITINVG DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED 00T.16,j1912.

' Patented Sept.15,1914.

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LAWRENCE E. BRANDON, 01E DERBY, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR OF CHE-HALF TO HARVEY W. SILSBY, 0F DERBY, VERMONT.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 15, rate.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE E. BRAN- DON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Derby, in the county of Orleans and State of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Igniting Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same- The present invention relates to devices for igniting the carbon and oxygen gas inside the cylinders of internal combustion engines for the purpose of clearing the cylinders of such residual gases and carbon accumulations, and has for its purpose to provide a device of that character which may be readily carried about in the hand,-

matches or tapers, and there is the further disadvantage that a considerable quantity of the gas is lost. To overcome the foregoing mentioned disadvantages the present invention proposes to ignite the gas by electric sparking, the means for producing which is carried by the device.

With thes and other objects 1n view the invention consists in the novel details of construction and combinations of parts more fully hereinafter disclosed and par 'ticula'rly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis application, in which similar at its other end 3. A pair of'relatively long rated with any inflammable fluid for a purpose presently to be explained. I

The electrical ap aratus for ignition con ,sists of a series of atteries 13 connected by one wire 14 to the plug 15 secured to the cap 2, and from said plug the wire extends through an insulated covering 17 to one member of an ordinary circuit closing de-. vice 16 mounted on the handle. The other wire 18 connects with the primary 18 of a transformer through the wlre 19 and the interrupter 19, after the usual manner. The Wire 19 is connected to the handle 1 through the plug 20, and has terminals 21 and 22 connected respectively to the circuit closer.

16 and the inner end of the conductor strip 4. The secondary 23 of the transformer connects at one end to the wire 19, and at the other end with the wire 24 leading to the handle through the plug 25, and thence through the handle and connects at 26 with theinner end of the strip 5.

In the use of the device the members i and 5 are inserted-inthe cylinder and moved about t-o-the diflerent points where it is desired to ignite the oxygen and carbon, and then on pressing the push button of the circuit closer a continuous spark is obtained across the gap 9 sufficient to ignite the oxygen and carbon, and thereby burn out the .carbon and clean the cylinder.

When it is desired to ignite small particles of carbon in the cylinder, the asbestos or other fiber 12 is saturated. with gasolene small particles of carbon and oxygen gas, as

will be clearly understood.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention, and therefore I at said ga and a device carried by said do not-wishto be limited to such features strips for 0 ding a saturated mass of abexceptas may be required by the claim. sorbent material adapted to be ignited by I claim the sparks, substantially as described.

' 5 In an igniting apparatus, the combination In testimony *whereof, I aflix my signa- 15 of a handle; a pa1r of conductor strips ture',in presence oftwo witnesses.

mounted on. said handle andspaced at one LAWRENCE E. BRANDON. end to form a spark gap; means for closing Witnesses: J and interrupting an electric circult through J OHN 'YOUNG,

10 said conductor strips and causing sparking MOLLIE M. BEALE.

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