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VAPOR BURNER.

Patented July 12,1887.

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HENRY RUPPEL, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE DANGLER STOVE AND. MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

VAPOR-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,261, dated July 12, 1887.

Application filed October 18, 1886. Serial No. 216,510. (No model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY RUPPEL, of Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and Improved Vapor-Burner; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and complete description thereof.

My invention relates to the peculiar constructions of the combustion chamber and burner-cap provided with one or more corrugated or serrated slits surrounding the cap, one above the other, whereby one or more flame-jets are given off from the combustionchamber through the openings.

It also relates to the manner of adjusting the burner-cap for arresting and discharging the flame in connection with the needle-valve.

In addition, it shows the novel means for the generation and combustion of the vapor for practical use and Supplemental flame for igniting the burner.

That the invention may be fully seen and un derstood reference will be had to the following specification and annexed drawings,in which- Fignre l is a transverse vertical section of the said vapor-burner in the line 00 m, Fig. 4.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section in the line m at, Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section in the line w 00', Fig. 5. Fig. 4 is an inverted plan View, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

The supply-pipe A, Figs. 1 and 2, connects with an oil-reservoir in a manner suitable for the purpose designed, from which oil passes through the conduits 1313 into diving-tubes O O, thence into the transverse tubes D D. In passing through the conduits B B and divingtubes 0 C the oil becomes vaporized, and is allowed to pass out through the needlevalve opening E into the conducting-pipe F to the interior of the chamber G, from which the vapor passes through the corrugated or curved opening or slits H in the side of the burnercap I, Figs. 1 and 2, when in the position seen in Fig. 2 but when the cap is lowered to cover the combustion-chamber G, as seen in Fig. 1,

the vapor passes out of the chamber G, down through the annular gas-chamber J, and out through the'wire-gauze or foraminous metal partition L into the auxiliary chamber K, in which a slight heat is produced by a small flame issuing through said foraminous metal partition. duced in volume more or less by means of the needlevalve, which is operated by the slideM at the lower end of the valve stem. The supplementary flame, before mentioned, is con- This supplementary flame is restant so long as the generation of vapor for the burner is required, as a certain amount of vapor or gas will constantly (when the burner is in full operation) pass from the chamber G down through the annular gas-chamber J,

Figs. 2 and 3, into auxiliary chamber K, for the 6 purpose of generating the necessary amount of vapor to supply the burner for heating purposes, which vapor passes out from the needlevalve E and up through the air-tube F into the combustion-chamber G, then out in a flaming current or currents through the corrugated or serrated slits or openings H, Figs. 1 and 2.

In the floor of the auxiliary chamber K are openings 0, Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, arranged in series for the ad mission of air .into the chamber to support the combustion of the vapor supplied therein for generating the vapor for the combustion-chamber G, as stated.

The ordinary means for igniting the burner is employed, which consists of the oil cup N, .3

In this yoke is fitted the is supported in position by a screw attach- 9O ment to the lug on the under side of the oilcup, as seen in Fig. Theneedlc-valve Eis opened or closed by the action of the slide and pin Q in the slot T, so that the yoke S is raised or l0wered,in connection with the needle-valve stem,to open and close the valve-opening more or less for the admission of vapor to the combustion-chamber G, according to the amount of heat required. To the side of the cap I is pivoted at V V the bail \V, Figs. 2, 4, and 5. This bail terminates in the lever X, which is pivoted to the bracket Y, attached to the side of the burner, as shown. By means of this pivotal connection of the cap Iwith the bail and lever X the cap on raising and lowering the lever is lowered to the position seen in Fig. l, to cover over the combustion-chamber, or raised up, as shown in Fig. 2. The cap thus raised allows the vapor from the chamber G to pass out through the corrugated slits H for use. When the cap is lowered to cover over the chamber G, as in Fig. 1, the passage through the slit or slits H is then arrested by the intervention of the wall of the combustion-chamber G, from which it passes to the auxiliary chamber K, the same as when the burner is in full operation. Only a sufficient amount of combustion is required for a supplemental flame in the chamber K to generate vapor in the conduit B,which is within the wall of the chamber K and in open connection with the needle-valve, as shown. By this means there may be at all times sufficient heat and vapor generated to the burner without delay in using the oil-cup, and at the same time a sufficient amount of heat may be generated to vaporize v a heat-jet which is to be transmitted to another burner attached to or connected with the terminal at D D, or any other convenient point of connection. The upper part of the combustion-chamber is provided with an annular flange, a, at the upper outside part of the cap, and an annular flange, b, at the lower inside of the cap. These two flanges prevent the cap from being raised from off the top of the chamber G,while the close contact of the two flanges when the cap is raised up prevents the escape of vapor from the chamber in this direction between the flanges, and at the same time admits of the cap being moved vertically and freely by the lever X, for the purposes before mentioned.

The cap I consists of two or more sections. The upper section, 0, is capped over, having depending corrugations or projections which coincide with the raised or upward corrugations in the lower section, 01. These alternating projections and spaces of the upper and lower sections, 0 d, are so arranged as to fit into each other, with intervening stops, a, to form a corrugated space or slit, H, between and extending entirely around the cap either in one continuous course or divided in two or more parts. The two parts '0 d are secured together by means of screw pin boltseor otherwise. In some cases it may be expedient to have two or more corrugated slits or opentially the same as those seen in the sections a d, Fig, 2. The ring f in its construction and arrangement in connection with the sections 0 d, Fig. 5, is so formed or provided with stops that the sections and ring f may be secured together by screws 6, leaving the slits or openings H into the combustion-chamber G.

I claim- 1. In avapor-burner, a cap consisting of two sections provided with opposed corrugated edges, in combination with a pipe, F, for supplying vapor, and a lower burner, into which the gas flows for the purpose of vaporizing the oil, substantially as set forth.

2. The cap having a slit in its side, in combination with the bail to which said cap is pivoted, the lever whereby it is raised and lowered, the wall of chambers G J, the tube F, the passages in which the oil is vaporized, and the lower burner, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination with the passages through which the oil flows and the wall of chambers G J, a movable cap closing at will the upper burner, a vapor-pipe, F, communicating with said passages, and a lower burner which heats said oil-passages and communicates with chamber J, in order that said lower burner may vaporize the oil for the main burner when the latter is in use and be available for the ordinary purposes of a burner when said main burner is not in use, substantially as set forth.

4. The vapor pipe F, in combination with the wall of chambers G J, the cap above'said chambers, the foraminous partition L, allowing lateral escape of vapor from the lower end of chamber J, and the surrounding chamber K vapor, a needle-valve governing the flow thereof through said pipe, a yoke to which the stem of said valve is attached, a fixed pin, Q, and a diagonally-slotted slide operating with said pin for moving said yoke and valve, substantially as set forth.

6. In a vapor-burner, an adjustable cap, I, having one or more curved or serrated slits in its side, and an annular flange, b, at its lower end, in combination with the wall of chamber G, having an annular flange, a, at its upper end, and the pivoted bail-pipe F, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY RUPPEL.

Witnesses:

W. H. BURRIDGE, H. J. SCHNEIDER.

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