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A. T. SMITH.

ELECTRIC GAS BURNER. No. 349,533. Patented Sept. 21, 1886.

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ADOLPII T. SMITH, OF NE\V YORK, N.

ELECTRIC GAS-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,533, dated September 21,1886.

Application filed February 1S, 1886. Serial No. 192,468.

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADoLrn T. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Electric Gas-Burners, of which the follow ing is a specification.

This invention consists in the construction of the insulated burner, substantially as hereinafter specified.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1. is a side elevation, partly in section, ofan electric gas-burner containing my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a modification. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a modification.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates a body, pillar, or gasway of a gas-burner. In the case of electric gas-buQners this body or pillar is frequently made of material which is an insulator or non-conductor of electricity. I have found that a good insulating material for this purpose is paper or papier-mach. This substance (paper or papier-mache) is cheap, and can be readily rolled, pressed, formed, or molded into any desired suitable or ornamental form.

To attach the pillar A to a gas-pipe a lining or bushing, I3, of metal or other suitable material is attached to the pillar A by means of any suitable adhesiveas, forexample, plaster-of-paris; or said bushing can be screwed to the pillar or attached in any other suitable way. ,Ey providing the lining or bushing 13 with a screw-thread, .I, the lining or bushing can be screwed onto a gas-pipe.

By providin the pillar or body A with a suitable tip or nipple, G, from which the gas issues, any suitable flame is obtained-as, for example,a bats-wing flame, or a iislrtail llame, or other desired form of flame.

The tip or nipple C can be made of lava, metal, or other suitable material. The tip can be held in place either by being screwed in or fitted in place in any suitable manner.

The electrode Dis attached to the burner in any suitable manneras, for example, by clamping the same about the body or pillar A,or in any other suitable welll;nown manner. If the tip 0 is made of a conductor of electricity (No model.)

as, for example, certain kinds of metalthe electric spark can be made to jump from the electrode 1) into the tip 0. The tip 0 thus serves as one of the electrodes. By attaching a conductor, F, to the tip or electrode 0, as seen in Fig. 1, the electricity can be carried ofi'to ignite the gas-jets from other burners.

In case the tip 0 is made of material which is a non-conductor of electricity-as, for example,lavaan electrode, E, has to be applied. This electrode E may be applied in various ways. For example, in Fig. 2 the electrode E passes through a hole or perforation in the tip 0, and passes through the interior of the tip G into contact with a conducting bushing, sleeve, or collar G. The collar can be attached to the pillar A in any well-known manner-as, for example, by plaster-of-paris or by screwing. By attaching the conductor F to the collar G the electricity can be led off as desired.

The paper or papieronache pillar or body A can be made of various forms or configurationsas, for example, in Figs. 1 and 2, where the pillar or body is of considerable length.

Another form of pillar A is shown in Fig. 3, where the pillar A is provided with a 1101- low or socket, into which fits a shank or stem of a head, II. By means of glue, plaster-ofparis, or otheradhesive the head II and pillar A can be firmly joined together. The pillar A can rest on a base or support, A, of metal or any other suitable material, or it may be placed directly on the gas-pipe. The tip 0 can be inserted into the head II in any suitable well-known manner. The electrodes D and E can be attached to the head II in any suitable manner-as, for example, by screws or pins. inserting between the head H and pillar A a disk or washer, I, of suitable insulating 111aterialas, for example, isinglass, porcelain, glass, or lavaa guarddlange is formed which prevents the spark from jumping from the electrodes into the metal part of the gaspipe.

The paper or papier-machc pillar can be colored or ornamented in any desired manner, or itcan be glazed or enameled or provided with a porcelain sleeve, as in aso-called candle-burner.

To form the pillar the paper or papiermache is either rolled or wound about asuitable core, the core being withdrawn after the pillar is formed; or the pillar is formed by pressing the paper or papier-mach in a suitable mold. In case paper is rolled about a core, a 5 suitable adhesive-as, for example, gluemust be applied to the paper to prevent the paper from unwinding.

By applying a coat of glazing or a sleeve of porcelain or otherlnon-eombustible material danger of the paper or papier-mach pillar becoming ignited is averted.

I have found that in the case of gasburners which were heretofore provided with asbestus bodies the asbestus' crumbles or disintegrates under the influence of the heat. This does not occur in the case of my burners provided with a. paper or papier-niach body. \Vith regard to burners provided with lava bodies or insulators, the disadvantage is, that the lava has first to be turned or formed and then perforated or drilled, and finally baked to bring it into a condition proper for use in gas-burners. This proceeding is quite different from the manufacture of my burner, in which the paper or papier-niach provided with an adhesive is simply rolled or molded, and upon drying said paper or papier-mach body is at once ready for use.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The pillar or gasway A of a gas-burner, made of paper or papier-maeh, substantially as set forth.

2. An insulated gas-burner having its insulating-section constructed of or from paper or 5 papier-lnach, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

per or papier-mach, provided with an elec- 5o trode or electrodes, and provided with a guardflange, I, at a point below the electrodes, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto. set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLPH T. SMITH. L. s]

Witnesses:

W. O. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENBUBER.

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