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R. EINBIGLER.

ELECTRIC GAS LIGHTING APPARATUS. v No. 278,898. Patented June 5,1883.

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R. EINBIGLER.

ELEGTRIG GAS LIGHTING APPARATUS.

A No. 278,898. Patented June 5,1883.

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OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,898, dated June 5, 1883. Application filed February 26, 1883. (No model.)

[ (l/ZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, RUDOLF EINBIGLER, a subject of the Emperor of Brazil, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Gas-Lighting Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of appa ratus for igniting gas which has been allowed to escape through the orifice of a' gas-burner by means of an electric spark produced within the space occupied by theescaping gas, which spark is caused by the separation of two electrodes, which are severally connected with the poles of a galvanic battery or other source of electricity.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive gas-igniting mechanism, the electrical circuit including it to be normally open, with means for speedily and easily attaching it to gas-burners of any ordinary construction without changing or removing any part of the latter.

Myinvention also has for its object the provision of improved apparatus for operating the cock controlling the outflow of the gas through the burner, whereby the same may be opened to permit the gas to escapeand the spark for igniting the latter be produced by the same movement, but at an instant after the opening of the cock has been commenced, and which will also permit the cock to be closed and the gas shutoff without the reproduction of a spark, or many way operating the spark-producing mechanism.

The subject-matter claimed as new will be specifically pointed out inthe claims at the end of this specification. y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents aview in elevation of the gas-igniting apparatus in its normal position, with the gas turned off, as applied to an ordinary gasburner. It shows, also, the apparatus for operating the gas-cock. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the whole apparatus, showing the positions of the parts after the gas is lighted. This figare also shows in dotted lines the automatic movement'of the igniter after the operation of lighting. Fig. "3 is a view in elevation of the opposite side of the burner and apparatus from turned on.

that shown in- Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the apparatus, and Fig. 5 is a view'of the simplest form of the igniting apparatus.

Referring to these drawings, A is the usual pipe for supplying gas to the burner. B is the ordinary thimble-shaped burner, provided withthe usual tip, b, which may be of lava or of any of the other well-known materials. 1 An orifice, (1, extends through the tip to the inte. rior of the burner B. This orifice may be of any form desired for obtaining the illuminating-power of the ignited gas.

Referring now to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, C is a support or frame consisting of the jaws c c and 6 upright j, and is attached to the burner B by means of the clamping-screw s, which tends to unite the extremities e e of the semicircular jaws c 0. An upright arm, f, having a curved base, f,- is fitted within the jaws c' c of the frame C, and is provided with a wire, g, preferably of brass or other resilient metal. A portion ot' this wire is coiled, as shown, and one extremity is soldered or otherwise secured in electrical contact with the arni f. The wire 7 g is somounted that its extremity y is in close proximity to the orifice a of the burner B, and constitutes one of the electrodes for producing the spark for igniting the gas. This extremity is normally maintained below the space oceu- 8o pied by the ignited gas when the latter is fully The wire from one pole of the battery is attached to the ring k, which is electrically connected with the base of the arm f, and the wire from the other pole of the bat 'tery is attached to the pipe A at any convenient point. A thin strip of insulating material, i, is placed between the jaws o c and the base f of the arm f. Two lips or projections,

h and h, formed from the same metallic piece as the jaws c o, extend outward, as shown, the lip it being formed from the upper extremity of the upright j. Both of these projections h and h are perforated to admit of the vertical play of the rod R, which is normally held 5 downward by the resiliency of the spring 1-. A-flange, 1",. is formed upon the upper ex- ,tremit-y of the rod B, which, when the latter is forced upwardby pressure exerted upon the knob rfiby the hand, strikes against the extremity g" of the wire 9. The extremity g is thus forced upward above the orifice a'of the burner B and into the gas which has previously been allowed to escape through the cock G. The upward movement of the rod R produces a rubbing, or, as it is technically termed, a wiping, contact with the extremity g of the wire g, and by continued pressure the flange r passes by the extremity g, which returns to its normal position, and the sudden severing of the electrical contact existing between the extremity g and flange 1' causes a spark to be produced within the escaping gas. The gas having been ignited by the production of the spark and'the knob 0- being released by the hand, the rod R returns to its former position by the resiliency of the spring 9'.

In Fig. 4, L is a lever rigidly secured to the gas-cock G, which latter may be of the usual construction. This lever is pivoted at m to the additional lever L. The lever L has a slot formed near the middle of its length, as shown, and is provided at its extremity I with a pendent rod, a, loosely pivoted thereto. If, now, the rod n be pushed upward from its normal position shown in Fi 1, the levers L and L maybe made to assume the positions shown in Fig. 2, the lower end of the slot being made to bear against the projecting end of the gascock, which forms a fulcrum, by virtue of which the pivoted extremity of lever L is forced downward and the gas-cock 6- made to turn, thus admitting the gas to the burner B from the supply-pipe A in the usual manner. Stops tand t (shown in Fig. 3) serve to limit the movement of the cock G in its two directions, respectively, by means of the pin 1. After the ignition of the gas by the upward movement of the rod )1, lever L, and the electrodes 5 and r, the gas may be left turned on by simply releasing the .rod 22, which allows the lever L to remain in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2;-and when it is desired'to extinguish the gas it may be done by pulling the rod a downward and into its normal position, by which means the gas-cock is turned and the gas shut off. It may be observed that in this construction of my apparatus the continuity of the electric circuit is normally interrupted at two points-via, between the extremity g of the spring 9 and the flange r, and between the lower extremity ofthe rod R and the lever L and therefore, if the resiliency of the spring r should not overcome the resiliency of the wire 1 by reason of the imperfect working of apparatus causing the flange r to remain above and in contact with the extremity g of the wire {1, the circuit will still remain interrupted between the rod It and lever L, and thus prevent the unnecessary consumption and consequent weakening of the electric current.

In Fig. 5 I have shown my improvement in the simplest form of apparatus. In this the wire g and arm I are in contact with the burner, to which the wire from one pole of the battery is attached. The frame 0, with upright 7', flanges h and h, with rod R and elec trode r, are insulated from the arm f and its base f by the insulating-piece i. The screw 5 binds the whole to the burner, and to the same screw, 8, the wire from the other pole or the battery is attached.

It is obvious that by making use of my improved gas-igniting apparatus shown in Fig. 5, and the means of securing it to the burner, gas-fixtures provided with the ordinary burners and cocks may be supplied with electrical igniting apparatus at a comparatively trifling cost, the application of the apparatus being quickly effected and without removing the burners from the fixtures or in any way modifying their former construction.

I claim as my invention 1. In an apparatus for lighting gas by electricity, the combination of the gas-burner B, the clamp G, the electrode-support f, secured bet-ween said burner and clamp, and the movable electrode r, insulated from said support, substantially as and for the purpose set'forth.

2. In an apparatus for lighting gas by electricity, the combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the gas-burner, the clamp for securing the igniting mechanism thereto, and the electrode-supporting arm secured be tween said clamp and gas-burner, but insulated from said clamp.

3. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of a gas-burner, a cock for controlling the flow of gas thereto, a lever rig idly secured to and turning with said cook, a second lever for operating said cock through the agency of the first-mentioned lever, and a projection from said cock forming a fulcrum for said second lever.

4.. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of a gas-burner, a cock for controlling the flow of gas thereto, a lever rigidly secured to and turning with said cock, a second lever for operating said cock through the agency of said first-mentioned lever, a projection from said cock forming a fulcrum for said second lever, and gas-igniting mechanism, substantially such as described, operated by one of said levers, whereby the gas maybe admitted to the burner and immediately afterward ignited.

inbeforc set forth, of the gas-cock, the two le vers for operating the same, the rod by which electrical contact may be made with one Of said levers, and the slot the extremities of which form the respective bearings for the lever making contact with said rod, whereby the gas may be admitted to the burner and ignited by the action of the last-named lever, and said contact be broken while the gas re mains turned on.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 17 thday of February, A. D. 1883.

' RUDOLF EINBIGLER.

\Vitnesses:

DANIEL W. Enencoms, )IILLERC. EARL.

o. The combination, substantially as here-

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