US59393A

US59393A - Hydrocarbon-burner for stills

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Publication number: US59393A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1866-11-06
Anticipated expiration: 1883-11-06

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

ISAAC HELME, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HYDROCARBON-BURNER FOR STILLS, ENGINES, 80C.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,393, dated November 6, 1866.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that l, ISAAC HELlvLE, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, and in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hydrocarbon-Burners for Stills and Engines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Inthe annexed drawings, making part of this specification, A represents a metallic cup, cast with two flanges, d d, w-hieh project upward and form between them the receptacle for lthe burning-Huid. a t (t a represent four arms. which are Cast with the cup A, running from the inner flange to the hub e, at the center of the said cup. There is no metal between the arms a a, as seen. B represent-s a metallic hoop, which .surrounds the cup A, heilig made of little larger diameter than the cup. This hoop is cast with a ange, which forms a top for it, said flange or top being provided with an lannular openinglarge enough to leave about onehalf of the burning-huid receptacle uncovered by it. This ange or top does not fit down close to the receptacle for uid, but stands a little above it. C represents a metallio disk, the diameter of which is a little greater than the annular opening in the hoop B, or rather its rlange or top. D represents a stem, with a thread eut upon its lower end.

This stem passes into the opening in hub e.

By turning the stein D the disk C is raised and lowered, or brought closer to or removed from the iiange or top of the hoop B.

Steam may be passed through the stem D and into the frame through periphery of disk C, if hollow.-

Y In using this burner the fluid, whether coaloil or any other kind of oil which it may be desirable to use, is conducted to the uidreceptacle between the flanges d d by means of a pipe from the tank containing' it.

The iiuid, when set on rire, produces a dame, which passes up around the edges ot' the top or han ge of hoop B, strikes the under side ot' the disk C, and, being spread by it, passes up and around its edges to the boiler or still to be heated. v

It will be perceived that there will be a draft of air up through the center of cup A, and also up around its outside, between it and the hoop B.

The iiame can be made more or less in volume by raising or lowering the disk U, and of course the degree of heat can be regulated in this way.

I do not propose to confine myself to any particular kind of oil, nor to the shape of this burner, as it may be made oblong or of dilferent shape.

What I claim is- The cup A, the hoop B, and the disk C, provided With a stem or its equivalent for adjustment, the several parts being constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of October, 1866.

ISAAC HELM E.

Witnesses:

EDM. F. BROWN, C. M. ALEXANDER.