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Description

(No Model.)

. I. W. SHALER'.

BURNER.

No. 294,409. I v I Patented Mar. 4, 1884.

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BURNER SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,409, dated March 4=, 1884.

' Application filed July 2,1883. (No model.)

To rtZZ whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, IRA W. SHALER, of Brooklyn, in Kings" county, and the State of New York, have invented a certain new and 5 useful lmprovement in Burners, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my improvement is to make a burner produce a better combustion, and hence-a more desirable flame.

The improvement will first be fully described, and then will be pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical sectionof a lamp-burner embodying my improvement, and Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the deflector thereof.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures.

This burner is of the kind known as an It has an annular wick tube, A, consisting of an outer wall, a, and an inner wall, (1, preferably made of sheet metal. This wick-tube is designed to be used with a flat wick; hence, while it is of annular form throughout a large part of its length from the tip or upper end downward, yet at the bottom it is of V shape. The wick is inserted at the bottom, and as it ascends toward the tip it is bent into circular form. Near the bottom 0 the wick-tube is provided with wick-adjusting inclosed by the inner wall of the wick-tube.

D designates a deflector consisting of an annular piece of metal supported above the tip of the wick-tube, and having a flange or pet ticoat, 6, extending downwardly from it. The

annular part of this deflector preferably extends slightly upward toward the inner edge,

so as to beof conoidal form. As shown, itsinner circumference is slightly larger than the outer wall of the wick-tube. The flange or petticoat e is scalloped at the lower edge, or,

in other words, has notches in its lower edge. The lower end of the flange -or petticoat extends below the tip of the wick-tube. A flange or ,petticoat having openings or holes in positions corresponding to the notches of the flange or petticoat shown, and having a continuous lower edge, may be used, if preferable.

flat-wick burner.

As here shown, the deflector is supported on a" perforated sheet-metal cylinder, E. At the lower end this cylinder has an internallyscrew-threaded collar, E, studded with perfo- 'a chimney which is contracted in size, above the wick-tube. I find, however, that I can use with my burner a chimney which ismuch-shorter. The collar Eof the cylinder Escrews upon ascrew-threaded boss, (1, extending fromthe body B of the burner around theouter wall of the wick-tube. The collar can be raised or lowered by turning it around, for the purposeof adjusting the deflector relatively to the wick-tube. .Air passes through the air-distributer or draft-plate c to the space inclosed by the inner wall-of the wick-tube, and air passes through the cylinder E and the perforations f of the collar E to the outer side of the wick-tube. Much of the air which enters the cylinder E passes through the petticoat of the deflector D before reaching the flame. By passing through the notches or openings of the petticoat, the air is broken up into many currents. These currents, impinging against the flame, cause it to assume a fluted form and produce a very effective combustion. The adjustability of the deflector enables me. to regulate the size of'the flame. The top of the deflector causes all air reaching it to impinge upon the flame under uniform conditions, and renders the flame symmetrical in form. There may be a perforated tube, G, fitted into the inner wall of the wick-tube. Such a perfo- The chimney used with the burner may rated tube will divide into small jets much of the air which passes through the inner wall of the wick-tube to the flame, and thereby facilitates its combination with the flame. I may embody the same principles of deflector in a The central opening will,

then conform, approximately, to the shape of the tip of the wick-tube.

Instead of connecting the deflector to a burner, I may connect it to a chimney or other analogous device which is used with a burner.

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Although this improvement is especially intended for burners in which kerosene-oil is used, it may be embodied in a burner in which any other oil or fluid or even gas is used. In all cases the opening in the deflector is to conform to the tip of the wick-tube or other bu rner-tube.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a burner, of adefleetor having a central opening conforming in shape to the tip of the burner-tube, and a flange or petticoat extending downwardly therefrom, and provided with notches or openings, substantially as specified. 2. The combination, with a burner, of a deflector having a central opening conforming in shape to the tip of the burner-tube, and a flange or petticoat extending therefrom downwardly and toward the burner-tube, and provided with notches or openings, substantially as specified.

burner-tube, and a flange or petticoat extending downwardly therefron1,and provided with notches or openings, substantially as specified.

IRA, W. SHALER.

\Vitnesses:

T. J. IQEANE, A. L. Bnowx.

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