USRE8784E - Improvement in vapor-burners - Google Patents

Description

c.- WINTERGERST, Assignor to DUANE & WELLTNGTON.

Vapor-Burner.

Reissuedv July 1, 1879.

m g ll! NPETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON, D, C.

UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE;

OHRISTOPH wm'TEnennsT, OF MOBILE, ALABAMA, ASSIGNOR T0 DOANE & WELLINGTON, on NEW YORK oiTr,

IMPROVEM ENT IN; VAPOR-BURNERS.

Specification forming part'of Letters Patent N 0. 82,262, dated September 15, 1868; Reissue No. 8,784, dated July 1, 1879; application filed April 30, 1879.

duced by the vaporization of light hydrocarbons, such as the petroleum products, at or near the point of combustion, the purpose or object of my improvements being the production of a burner capable of producing a clear strong flame, economical in the consumption of the gas-generating fluid, affording an easy means of regulating the flow of the vapor or gas, and preventing the clogging up of the gas-jet orifice, and one obviating any danger of explosion.

To accomplish all of this the invention consists, essentially, in. combining with the burner a plate, against which the issuing gas is made to impinge as it flows from an orifice controlled by a needle-valve; in combining with a burner having such flameplate and needle-valve a protector calculated to direct and steady the flow of fresh air which is to be mingled with the gas before burning; and in certain peculiarities of construction and new and useful arrangements or combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter first fully described, and then pointed out in the claims. v

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operatio'n, referring to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which drawing forms a part of this specification, and represents a vertical sectional view of my improved burner connected with an oil fount.

A represents the reservoir for the oil, which passes through the tube B into the vaporizingchamber of burner O. The lower end of tube B is shown as packed with lamp-wicking, useful to prevent the oil from passing through too quickly, and to insure a steady flow thereof.

Within the channel of the burner which communicates with pipe B the vaporization of the oil takes place in consequence of the heat communicated from the burning gas or vapor to the walls of said channel; and the gas so generated finds an exit at a small orifice controlled by the needlepointed valve G. From this orifice the gas is directed against the flame-plate D, which not only serves to spread the flame, but to communicate the requisite heat to the vaporizing-chamber.

The screw-valveGr controls the gasjet orifice, so that the amount of gas to be consumed can be carefully regulated; and since the point of this valve projects through the orifice, it also serves to keep it free and clear of obstruction without the necessity of separate picking with a detached instrument, as heretofore practiced in connection with very many styles of vapor-burners.

The admixture of some air with the gasis practically essential, in order to secure economical results; and it is desirable that the current of air induced by the flowing gas-jet should be uniform, and be directed properly toward the gas-current, so as to insure athorough commingling of the two, and obviate the objectionable flickering and unsteadiness of the flame. To provide for this I mount a ring, E, upon the burner, said .ring opening at both ends, and affording a channel through which the gas-jet is directed before being allowed to impinge against plate D. This dc vice E serves to direct the mingled air and gas upon the plate, and it prevents currents of air from disturbing the continued uniform flow of the burning mixture by confining the air-cur rents to certain directions.

The thumb-screw F is useful to divide the current of mingled air and gas and cause it to spread evenly over the plate D. The flamecourse, to be firstheated by any suitable means, after which the heat from the illuminatingflame is sufiicient to maintain the required vaporization.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is r 1. In a vapor-burner of the character herein specified, the combination, with the vaporizingchamber, of a projecting plate connected therewith, and adapted to receive the current of combined air and gas to spread the same, and to conduct heat to the vaporizing-chamber, and a needle-valve projecting through the gasjet orifice, by whichv valve the flow of illuminating-gas may be regulated, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a vapor-burner of the character herein specified, the combination of the vaporizingchamber, the spreading and heat-conducting plate connected therewith, a needle valve mounted thereon, and a gas-jet orifice located therein, the whole being adapted to regulate and control the quantity and direction of the flow of illuminating gas, substantially as shown and described. 7 p 3. In a vapor-burner provided with a vaporizing-chamber and a needle-valve adapted to regulate the fiow of illuminating-gas from said I chamber and to clear the gas-jet orifice, the combination, with the said valved orifice and chamber, of a spreading and heat-conducting plate, located and arranged substantially as shown, so as to receive gas from the one and conduct heat to the other, for the purpose of maintaining a steady illuminating-flame, substantially as set forth.

4. In a vapor-burner of the character herein specified, the combination of the vaporizingchamber, the spreading. and heat-conducting plate connected therewith, a gas jet orifice leading from said vaporizing chamber and controlled by a needle-valve, and an air and gas director located upon the burner, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a vapor-burner of the character herein specified, the combination of the vaporizingchamber, the spreading and heat-conducting plate connected therewith, a gas-jet orifice leading from said vaporizing-chamber, and an air and gas director located upon the plate, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. In a vapor-burner of the character herein specified, the combination of the vaporizingchamber, the spreading and heat-conducting plate connected therewith, a gas jet orifice controlled by a needle-valve, and an air and gas director located upon the burner, anda spreading-screw connected with the director, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

7. The combination, with burner 0, provided with the vaporizing chamber, of plate D, needle-valve G, controlling the gas-jet orifice.

' and director E, substantially as shown and described.

8. The combination of burner 0, plate D, needle-valve G, controlling the gas-jet orifice, director E, and screw F, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

GHRISTOPH WINTERGERST.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. TARDY, WM. H. SMITH.

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