US106736A - Improvement in vapor-burners - Google Patents

Description

W. H. SMITH.

Vapor Burner.

Patented Aug. 23. 1870.

i No. 106.736.

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W/ TNE SSE 5' waited'v tatr 4wILLAnD H. SMITH,

OF NEW YORK, Y.

Letters Patent No. 106,736, dated Ang/ust 23, 1870.

IMPROY'EMENT IN VAPOR-BURNERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whomI it may concern: Be it known that I, WILLAuD Il. Saum, of the city, county, and State of New York',have made certain new-and useful Improvements in Light Oil Vapor-Burners; a'nd I do hereby declare that the following is a`full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and letters ot'reference, they making part oi' this specification, in which- 1 Figure l represents a vert-ical central longitudinal section ot' a burner with my improvements.

Figure 2, a vertical central cross-section of' the same.

' Figure 3 is a top view ot the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspomling parts in the several figures.

The object ofi-this invention is to have a vertical vapor-burner for burning light-oil, which produces a large, broad, and brilliant llame, is well protected against the wind, so that it may be used in the street or open air, and it is soconst-ructed that it can be manufactured for a small expense, has great durability, and can be regulated with more accuracy and facility than those heretofore known.

lo enable others skilled in thev art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to. describe its details ot' construction and operation.

A represents a horizontal wick-tube for supplying the burner. It leads from the oil-basin, and is fitted 'on a hub projecting from the rear heating-plate B of the burner, and from there the oil .is conducted into the vertical vapor-tube C, secured in the same piojection on the back ofthe plate B. f

The lower end of this wick-tube is secured int-o the horizontal 'projection of the vertical socket D, in

which the vcrticalvalve or regulating-screw E is arranged, for the purpose of regulating the supply ot' vapor, in accordance 'with the consumation of the desired llame of the burner.

- F represents the air and gas-mixing tube'. which is arranged vertically and centrally above the said valve-` screw,.with a suiiicient space between its lower end and the socket D to admit the air to pass between them and pass up into the said' tube. p G1 is the month ortip of the. burner, into the lower socket of which the said` air-tube is screwed. lt is constructed with two similar-shaped heatingplates, l5 and B', one in front and .the other in rear, connected together at the top by studs, between which the flame ofthe burner is guided.4

In order to mix the` air passing up the air-tube with the vapor in a superior manner, I form in the lower portion, between these plates, a chamber, H, into .wnichthe air-tube leads, and have in it, above the opening ot the air-tube, a fiat cross-plate or piece,

I, so that the vapor and air passing up from the said tube strikes against the same, are reflected in various` directions, and, consequelltly, mixing themselves in said chamber in superior' manner. e

J J J represent a series ot' cross-studs between the plates B and B', which are distributed along 'near the upper periphery of the said plates, in about thc same distances apart, and serve the purpose ol' heating and mixing t-he vapors between them and the upper periphery of the chamber -I-I, which latter is perforated or made with jet-holes, b b b, in a manner to direct the currents ot' the vapors passing from the said chamber toward the said studs; and I have also a series of perforations, c a a, in the plate B, distributed along the upper periphery ofthe chamber H, through which I obtain a secondaryfsupply ot' air and oxygen, so that'the combustiouof the vapors between said plates B andv B' is effected with great energy, and thereby a brilliant ilame obtained.

' lhe valve-screw E is made with a shoulder, K, to

lprovide-it from being forced in its seat extravagantly,

4and causing'thereby the escape-opening to become too large for use.

. Above and below this shoulder I provide the said screw with a conical portion, and with seats in the socket D to it those portions,.so that a double valve- I seat isobtained for the screw, by means ot' which the stoppage of t-he oil through said valve is made more durable and positive.

The socket c, into which the 4.tubes A and C are secured, andthe rim d for forming the chamber H, and cross-studs J -J between the plates B and B', and a small stud, t', are all formed on and cast wit-h the heating-plate B.

The plate B is made simply fiat, with corresponding holes in it to pass over the ends ot' the studs` J J and the stud t, and` said plat-e is placed and riveted, by means o't"v said studs, to the plate B, whereby the upper portion or tip G ot' the burner is completed.

rlhesocket D is then furnished and fitted with the screw E, with the screw-plug e, waste-cup with the tube C, the tip G furnished with the tube F, and thc upper end ot' the tube O screwed into the socket c, whereupon the burner is entirely complet-ed.

From this it will be seen that this burner is ot' simple and durable construction, and can be manufactured for a limited expense.

Having fully described my invention,

What I claim therein, and desire tosecnre by Letters Patent, is-

1. The employment ot' the chamber II, provided wit-h jet-holes b b, in combination with the plates B and B and the studs J J. substantially as'and forthe purposeherein shown.

2. rlhe jet-holes i) b and studs J' J, when arranged in relation to each other, and used for the pui-.pose substantially as herein described.

3. The employment of' the perforations a a, when used in combination with thc vertical heater-plate B and I', when connected together by studs J J', substantially as and for the purpose herein stated.

4. The employment of the cross-plaiehl, when arranged relatively to and in combination with the chamber H, substantially as and for the purpose seb forth.

5. The arrangement of the vertical heating-plate B and B', when connect-ed together by studs, and employed to guide the flame vertically, for the purpose herein stated.

(i. The employment of the double valve and seats, of tbe socket'D and screw E, in combination with the shoulder K, substantially as and for the purpose herein set; forth.

W. H. SMITH.

Witnesses:

L. kmsmenu, S. 'FlsoHEIL

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