US807328A

US807328A - Hydrocarbon-fluid burner.

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Publication number: US807328A
Application number: US24843205A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ely Spencer
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1905-03-06
Filing date: 1905-03-06
Publication date: 1905-12-12
Anticipated expiration: 1922-12-12

Description

PATENTED DEG. 12, 1905.

B.SPBNGER. HYDROOARBON FLUIDBURNER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-6. 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HYDROCARBON-FLUID BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application filed March 6, 1905. Serial No. 248,432-

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. ELY SPENCER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jacksonville, in the county of Duval and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hydrocarbon-Fluid Burners,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined burner and gas generator for hydrocarbon fluids, which is an improvement upon a similar apparatus described in my application for patent, Serial No. 236,776, filed December 14, 1904.

The special object of this improvement is to effect a more equabledistribution of the hydrocarbon fluid in the burner and to better protect the fluid in the oil-reservoir, which is adjacent to and supplies the fluid directly to the burner.

The principal points of difference between this invention and that shown in the application referred to is in the arrangement of the fluid-distributing pipes within the burner and in the construction and arrangement of the fluid-reservoir.

In the drawings which form a part of this application, Figure l is a side elevation of my improved apparatus with a portion broken away. Fig. 2 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, of the oil-reservoir. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the oil-reservoir with a portion broken away. Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the arrangement of the oil-distributing pipes, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the plates which form a part of the oil-reservoir.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A represents a base on which my improved apparatus is supported and which serves as a drippan for the fluid when it first flows into the burner. Extending transversely of this base at its opposite ends are ribs a a, and through the center of the base is a pipe-hole (0 Supported on the ribs (0 is a burner which is formed, as shown, in two sheet-metal cylindrical sections B B, the outer ends of which are closed and the inner ends are secured to the oil-reservoir G by screws 6 Extending part way around the sections B are annular slots 6, and a slot f extends longitudinally along the bottom of the sections, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The reservoir 0, from which the fluid is supplied to the burner B, consists of a circular cast-iron box formed with a central chamber 0 and a series of pockets c surrounding same, the partitions c dividing the pockets from the central chamber and the partitions 0 dividing the pockets from each other. This reservoir is formed with a hollow base 0 which is adapted to rest upon and be secured to the base A and is also provided with a threaded tubular opening 0, which extends from the central chamber downwardly and communicates-with the hollow base 0 In the opposite face of the reservoir are openings 0 respectively, surrounded by downwardly-extending bosses which are internally threaded to receive the oil-distributing pipes to be described. In the drawings the central chamber 0' and the annular pockets 0 will be filled with asbestos or mineral-wool packing and the pockets will be closed by plates 0 respectively, which will be secured to the opposite walls of the reservoir by suitable bolts, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Screwed into the opening 0 is a fluid-supply pipec which may lead to or communicate with any suitable source of supply and pass downwardly through the opening a in the base A.

The oil-distributing pipe or element is made up of the section d, on one end of which is screwed a cross-pipe d, the opposite ends of which are coupled with parallel-arranged pipes d (Z through the walls of which are formed series of openings d which are arranged spirally around said pipes. The opposite ends of the pipes d are closed by caps d5 The threaded outer end of the section d is adapted to be screwed into the threaded opening 0 or 0 It will be understood that there are two of these fluid-distributing elements, one of whigzh will be connected to c and the other to 0 In the use of the abovedescribed apparatus the burner B will be filled with asbestos or mineral wool,the same being packed loosely around the fluid-distributing elements, as described, and will form a suitable absorbent medium forthe fluid, which will not be destroyed by combustion of the gases generated in the usual manner in such devices. The fluid entering through the pipe 0 will pass up into the central chamber 0 and flow outwardly through the openings 0 0 into the fluid-distributing elements described, and as it escapes into the packing in the burner some of it will drip through the openings in the latter into the base A, which is made hollow or with aflange, so as to hold a limited amount of the fluid, and upon the latter being lighted the heat from the flame will generate the gas, which will envelop the burner and produce the desired flame in the usual manner. In-

asmuch as the central chamber 0 is surrounded by the packing in the pockets 0 it is to a desired extent protected from the heat, and thus the danger of the fluid being converted into gas before it reaches the distributing elements is avoided.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hydrocarbon-fluid burner of the class described, a cylinder having a plurality of spaced slots and packed with a suitable noncombustible absorbent material, a fluid-reservoir arranged centrally of said burner and having fluid inlet and outlet openings in its walls, in combination with fluid-distributing perforated pipes connected with said reservoir and extending throughout said burner, said reservoir provided with a suitable absorbent and non-combustible packing, and means forintroducingfluid into said reservoir.

2. In a hydrocarbon-fluid burner of the class described, a cylinder having a plurality of spaced slots and packed with a suitable noncombustible absorbent material, a fluid-reservoir arranged centrally of said burner and having discharge-openings in its opposite walls, in combination with fluid-distributing means connected with said reservoir and extending throughout said burner, said means consisting of a supply-pipe connected with the center of parallel perforated pipes having ELY SPENCER.

Witnesses:

H. DELOS HIGMAN, F. BENJAMIN.