US1601857A - Oil burner - Google Patents

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Oct. 5 1926. 1,601,857

H. R. HEYMSFIELD OIL BURNER Filed May 17, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 fiiuvamowd Oct. 5;, 1926 1,601,857

H. R. HEYMSFIELD OIL BURNER I Filed May 1'7, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Z5 4% f y A 22 22 3 "70-".

INVENTOR A ORNEYY Patented Oct. 5, 1926.

HERBERT nnnvmsrrnnn, or. new YORK, N. Y.

OIL BURNER.

Application filed May. 17,

This invention relates to oil burners'of the gravity feed type, and has for its object the production of a bin-ner which is simple and inexpensive of construction, efiicient in oper ation and of universal application to any of the sta 'dard and. usual types of furnaces.

A further object includes the production of a burner of the type specified which is designed and constructed to be madein sections or parts for ready and easy installation in the usualtype of grate furnace.

Another object includes the production of a burner construction which is surface burning and wherein the oil is vaporized by the agency of a vaporizing device which is constructed of a metal of greater conductivity than that from which the body of the burner device is constructed. 7 j

Other objects willappear hereinafter, and I attain these results by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of a furnace supplied with a burner device embodying the principles of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the burner taken on the line 33 of Fig. 4, and

Fig. 4 is a View taken on the line -,4 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Like numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

. It is among the prime objects of my invention to produce a universal burner of such simple and inexpensive construction as to be within. reach of the average householder, and which may be readily applied by the average mechanic to the usual heating plant without alterations thereof. To this end I provide a burner base or thimble 10 having a seat or foot end 11 and an oil distributing and burner part or infold 10. The foot end rests on a suitable baseor supportl2 which may be a plate or an annular ring made in two sections for convenience in handling and installation. The oil distributing and combustion part 10 is cast or is otherwise formed integral with the thimble 10 and comprises a sloping surface having oil distributing rings or corrugations 13 on the upper side, a pipe retaining rib 14 on the lower side,an oil basin 15 and a central air inlet and hood support 16 on which is seated the hood or deflector 17 Oil feed openings 18 are -pro vided in the sloping surface 10 and through 1924. Serial N0. 713,883.

the retaining rib 1%. Into these openingsare ecu ed the oil feed pipes 19 and immediately adjacent the corrugations-I provide the va- ..;ing]r"ember 20 in the shape of aring'of conductivity, such as copper or brass high 101' e: by lugs 21 in the immediate path of the inflowing'air entering through the air inlet ports 22 of the hood support 16 in the de fiector 1'7. Immediately over these ports I provide the deflector canopy 23 which has a central depression Q-tand curves outwardly to direct the iii-sowing draft onto the open flan-1e of in ndescent gas to be thence diected outffardly by the flaring skirt 25 of the deflector 17.

it my improved burner is installed in a coal-burning furnace, the two sections of base pistes or rings 12 are placed directly on .e furnace grate bars 26, and the oil feed me 19 mayextend between the grate bars 0 be connected by branches 27 to the usual oil feed valve 28 and pipe connection 29. The oil feed valve is connected to a drip vessel 30 which collects the overflow oil from the burner by means of pan 31 and pipe 32.

Obviously the oil feed Valve 28 may be further controlled by a thermostat to thus automa ically regulate the oil feed. To in- 8 crease the draft through the ports 22 for the more effective use of my device, I cover the unoccupied portion of the grate bars with asbestos cement 35 or the like.

From the above disclosure thus far given, the operation of my device will be readily understood. To start the burner, the vaporizing ring is heated. This may be ac complished by permitting a quantity of oil to collect in the well 15 and igniting the same until the vaporizing ring performs its function to vaporize the oil as it creeps or flows over the corrugations. The inrushing draft through the openings 22 will supply the oxygen needed for complete combustion, and the degree of heat is regulated by the rate of oil feed and its combustion.

ample. This ringmay be held seated As a means of safety and to cut off the I flow of the oil after the flame has been eX- vention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1.. In an oil burner, a burner thimble having an infold with a central opening, said infold sloping towards said opening and being provided with a plurality of oil feeds, oil distributing members adjacent said feeds and a vaporizing member adjacent said distributing members, a deflector member seated on said infold, said deflector having openings to direct the air currents on to the vaporizer and over the oil distributors.

2. In an oil burner, a burner thimble hav ing an infold with a central opening, said infold sloping towards said opening and being provided with a plurality of oil feeds, oil distributing inen'ibers adjacent said feeds and a vaporizing member adjacent said distributing members, a deflector member seated on said infold, said deflector having openings to direct the air currents on to the vaporizer and over the oil distributors, said infold having a pocket to form an oil Well for starting the burner.

8. An oil burner comprising a thimble having an infold terminating in an up turned neck, a seating base plate for said thimble, a deflector member seated on said upturned neck, said infold being provided With oil distributing means and oil vaporizing means, said deflector having openings for causing air currents to flow over said infold, and a removable combustion ring on said infold for vaporizing the inflowing oil.

In an oil burner, the combination of a furnace and a burner base, includinga thimble portion and an infold burner part, said burner part being provided with oil inlets near the outer periphery, a vaporizer near its inner periphery, said vaporizer having a higher temperature conductivity than said burner Jart and means for cans 7 ing air to be fed on to said vaporizer and towards the oil inlets.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand on this 16th day of May A. D., 1924.

HE tBER-T R. HEYMSFIELD.

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