US290997A

US290997A - Fire-kindler

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Publication number: US290997A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-12-25
Anticipated expiration: 1900-12-25

Description

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A. E. OSBORN.

PIRE KINDLER.

N0.29o,997. j Patented De0.25,1883.

vnUNITI-:D STATES ALPafrniwr Orrick..

ADELBER-T E. OSBORN, OF VVAOO, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO MODEL MA- CHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE. u

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent No. 290,997, dated December 25, 1883.

' Appiimfifm mea August en, 1883. (Model.)

.Is all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADELBERT E. OsBoRN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waco, in the county of McLennan and State of Tegras, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fire Kindling Torches, of

, which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of ire-kindling torches which arc composed of a shell constructed in two parts, the lower end of one having a ysocket with which engages a projection on the lower end of the other, the two parts being perforated and grooved at their upper ends, between which is interposed a stud, the whole being secured by a wire forming the handle of the device, the shell being filled with asbestus, as

` in Letters Patent-No. 263,597.

The object of myiuvention is-to simplify the construction of such torches and to provide novel and efcient means for connecting the ends of the two shells. This I accomplish in the manner and by the means hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Y Figure l is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is an edge elevation, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a transverse section.

A in the drawings indicates a shell of malleable iron, in cross-section approximating an elliptical form, its thickness being such that it may be inserted between the bars of a grate. The shell is made lin two parts or sections,

each having at its lower end a lug, a, which formed upon each section of the shell, and a thick angular ange, D, is formed upon each edge thereof, leaving upon the flattened sur-' face of each part two depressed longitudinal lar purpose, may be formed in the edges of the shell, as shown in Fig. 2.

Vithin the shell A, I place a mineral woolsuch as Italian asbestus-which is not only non-inflammable, but has sufficient capillarity to take up a considerable quantity of oil. This material is packed in the shell closely, and is held therein by closing the sections and attaching the handle 13,which is of twistedwire strands.

In use, the torch is dipped in coal-oil or a similar inflammable liquid, and the mineral wool is thoroughly saturated therewith. It is then ligted. and thrust beneath or among thel coals or other fuel, where it is left until the fire is well started, when it may be withdrawn and extinguished.

By my invention the necessity of using wood kindling may be avoided, and the torch may be inserted directly into the mass of coal or'other fuel. The ridges C and D 'serve to prevent such close contact with the perforated portions of the torch as to obstruct the free combustion of the oil, while at the same time they aid the draft and strengthen the shell.

By making the device of malleable iron it is much less liable to be broken.

It is often the practice to dip the torch iu oil and then roll it in ashes until a mass adheres to its exterior and becomes saturated with the oil contained in the mineral wool. The ridges upon the'shell give lodgment to the adhering mass, and when the iire is ignited the ashes are knocked off by striking the torch against the ground or some other solid body. The said ridges give additional strength to the shell and decrease the danger ofl breakage when it is cleaned in the manner described.

By pivoting or hinging the sections of the shell together a much more permanent and a stronger-device is obtainedl Having thus described my invention, what I claim` is- A ire'kindling torch eonsfsing of two perl filing of mineral wool7 substantially :is deiomted sections, each having :in exterior 1011-; scribed.

` gitudinal ridge, C, and angular side flnnges,. In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto setilny D, and provided at one end with lugs a, a, hand in the pmsvnoe of i'wo subscribing wit- 5 which bear atly against @zich other, :L pvotnesses.

pin b, passing transverseh` throughthe lugs,

to permanently eonneet the sections and form DPLLER l 14" OSTOR' fr pintle on which they can turn, and :i han- Vitnesses: die connecting the other ends of the sections. LANeLLo'r WATSON, 1o together, smid sect-ions having un interposed l E. A. MfKJiNNEY.