US794263A - Vapor-burner. - Google Patents

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m7915263. PA'TENTED JULY 11, 190.5.

V-APUR BURNER. APPLIUATIQ HLHD un. 28.1905.

lbliairr; Stains Patented July 11, 1905.

lLARENCE C. TODD, OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS.

VAPOR-BURNER.

SEGIFGATON forming' part of Letters Patent No. 794,263, dated July 11, 1905.

Application filed April 28, 1905. Serial No. 257,153.9.

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Be it known that l, CLAimNcn C. Tono, a

citizen of the United States, resiiiling at Beau-` bustible, particularly in stoves and lire-boxes, Y

and relates to improvements on those vaporburners in which the jet of combustible or vapor is'directed downward into the lire-box or lire-pot Yfrom the outside thereof, thereby securing the conditions Yfor perfect combustion and for dili'usion of the heat throughoutthelire-chamber or stove preventing' corrosion vof the burner-headand avoiding soot and fumes.

Another object of the invention is to providea burner wherein the burnerhead or jetpiece is outside of the fire-chamber or lire-box, thereby obviating the danger of overheating and clogging ofthe outlet and keeping same in -plain view Yfor inspection. n y

Another object of the invention is to provide a burner that can be applied to a stove with a minimum of trouble and expense and that requires no drilling of holesv or fittings except a single clamp.

The invention is particularly intended for application to ordinary stoves with removable lids, and an irm'iortant object of the invention is to provide a burner which can be set vin or on thestove in place of one of said lids. which `space is not lost, as any cooking vessel can be set on said burner.

Theaccompanying drawings -illustrate the invention.

Figau'e 1 is the perspective of the stove pro-` vided with the burner; Fig. 2. a perspective of the burner; Fig. 3, aif'ertical section thereof. Fig. ft is a detail section of the i'astener one of the stove-lids and carries the burner parts which are attached thereto.

The burner comprises a vapor-generator or vaporizing chamber or member 6, an inletpipe 7, and an outlet-pipe 8, pipes 7 and 8 being secured to plate 5 and to the vaporizingchamber 6 to support the latter from plate 5. The outlet-pipe 8 is provided with a jet-piece or burner head 9, which extends laterally therefrom. the vapor-outlet 10 in said burnerhead being directed downward, preferably in a substantially vertical direction. Directly below said outlet the lid or plate 5 has an opening or perforation 1Q, through which the vapor or combustible is projected Yfrom the burner-outlet into the lire box or space below the cover-plate 5. Vaporizing-chamber 6 is preferably directly below the burner-outlet, so as to be in the line or path of the jet or .liame issuing therefrom.'

The burner-head 9 may comprise a cap 9' on the end of a nipple 1.3, screwed into an elbow 14 at the top of the pipe 8, which extends vertically downward through plate and is secured to plate 5 by screwing into the same. The inlet-pipe 7 is similarly secured by screwing into plate A The generator or vaporizing chamber 6 may consist of two sections of pipe 6 placed parallel to each other and screwing at their ends in U-fittings 17, the pipes 7 and 8 being tapped into the tops of the respective {ittings 17. A base or extension is provided on the Vaporizing-chamber, the same consisting of a plate or casting 18, having a flange 19 extending upward around the parts 6' 17 to form a starting-pan or oil-cup in which the generator sits, forming a chamber for generation ofthe in starting. The member 18 is secured to member 6 by a clamp consisting of bolts 2O,A engaging with the said plate or casting and with spreader' 21, extending over the top of the pipes 6. Said spreader has an enlargement or disk portion 21. which serves as a spreader to receive the direct impingement of the vapor jet or Haine and communicate the heat to the generator. 21 is an annular rib on the spreader 21. having radial channels 21'", connecting' with or leading to radial channels 21Hl in the edge of the enlargement or disk portion 21' for conducting the oil'f'or initial heating over the edge of the spreader 21 and onto the U-fittings 17. Said plateor casting 18 has a flange portion 22 extending later- IO the flame for heating the vaporizing-chamber.

23 designates a clamp-plate secured by screw 23' to the plate 5 between lugs 23 and engaging with the stove-top to hold the burner in place. Plate 5 rests on top of the stove and is sufciently large to cover the largest hole 1n an ordinary stove and will therefore overlap the hole if it is a small one.

The inlet-pipe 7 has screwed at its upper end an elbow 211, from which Aa pipe 25 leads to a valve 26, preferablya needle-valve. The

oil-supply pipe 27 for said valve may extend alongside the stove and be fastened thereto by a suitable clamp (indicated at 28) and cxtending u pwardlyinto an oil-tank 29,the outlet vof said oil-tank being provided with valve 30.

In applying the device to an ordinary stove it is only necessay to place the supportingplate 5 in one of the holes in the stove-top and fasten the device to the stove by means of 30 the clamp 28, no boring or fitting work being necessary.

In operation the valves 30 and 25 are opened, allowing oil to pass through the generator orr vaporizing member and allowing a little oil to run down onto the spreader 21 and over the generator in the oil-cups for this flange 18. This oil being ignited, the flame heats the oil in the generator so as to generate vapor, and the vapor so generated issues .from outlet 10,

and passing down through the opening 5 is admixed therein to a certain extent with air, which makes a gas-vapor that burns within the fire-box. The flame spreads out within the fire-box under the stove-top. The amount of air-supply can be regulated by opening the front dampers, so as to produce perfect combustion. The quantity oflvapor can be regulated by the needle-valve 26, so as to make a large flame or a small iiame. Theconstruction of the burner is such that the flame can be turned down to a very small jet, just enough to keep it alight, and the generator will still keep the burner in operation.

It will be seen that the spaceon the stove occupied by the burner is not wasted, as any cooking vessel can be placed thereon, lugs 31 being provided to support thesame.'

INhat I claim is-' 1. A vapor-burner comprising a supporting-plate having an opening, a generator, an inlet-pipe, an outlet-pipe having an outlet directed downward overV the plate-opening, a cup-plate located beneath the generator, having a flange su rrounding the latter, a spreader surmounting the generator and bolts whereby the cup-plate and spreader are clamped to the generator.

2. A vapor-burner comprising a supporting-plate having an opening, a generator consisting of' U-ittings and two pipe-sections connecting the fittings, an inlet-pipe, an outlet-pipe having an outlet directed downward over the plate-opening, a cup-plate, located beneath the generator, having a flange surrounding the latter, a spreader surmounting the generator and bolts whereby the cup-plate and spreader are clamped to the generator.

3. A vapor-burner comprising a supporting-plate having an opening, a generator, an inlet-pipe, an outlet-pipe having an outlet directed downward over the plate-opening, a cup-plate, located beneath the generator, having a flange surrounding the latter, a spreader surmounting the generator and having an enlargement formed with radial channels at its edges, and an annular rib having radial channels connecting with the radial channels of the enlargement, and bolts whereby the cup-plate and spreader are clamped to the generator.

In testimony whereof' I have hereunto set my hand, at Los Angeles, California, this 20th day of April, 1905.

CLARENCE C. TODD. In presence of- JAMns R. ToWNsEND, JULIA TowNsEND.

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