US992798A - Hydrocarbon-burner. - Google Patents

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E. G. MUMMERY.

HYDROGARBON BURNER.

APPLIOATION FILED 60121, 1910.

llfatented May 23, l9l1.

inliiTnn sTATns PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN G. MUMMERY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWN MUMMERY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Detroit, in the county of iiyne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved 'Iydrocarbon- Burner,y of which the following is a s ecicution.

My invention re ates to means' for properly mixing steam vsind the vapors of hydrocarbon liquids so as to form a vapor capable of giving ofi' greet heat when burning', andits object is to so improve over the constructions of the prior art. that the hydrocarbon burner thus produced will be more efficient with practically no increased cost of construction.

My invention lconsists in so lforming the burner-piin or tray of this construction that the burning hydrocarbon liquid at the starting of the operation of the burner will 4be located where it will be most efficient; sind in so constructing the steqnngencratiug chamber that the fiaincs of the burning hydrocarbon, and afterward, of the mixe hydrocarbon vapor and steam Vwill not on the saine with most desirable heatingr efiect.

In the accon'ipanying drz'iwing, Fi iure 1 is a side elevation ofthis improved construction, the burner-pen being partially broken away to show themeinburner-pipe. Fig. 2 is a plein of the same from the line 2-2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an end viewv of the burner, from the right in Fig. 1, the end of the burner-pan 'being broken ewiiy. Fig. 4 is u pers ective oit thesteamgenerator and one o the superheaters tor the .Similar reference characters refer to like parte throughout the several views.. I

' The various parts of the. construction shown, with the exceptiono the steem-gen erator und the burner-pan, may be similar. in general design to those already known.- The steam-generating-chember 1 connecte to the lfirst superheater 2 'by ineens of the pipe 3. The superheeter 2 connects to the 'second superheeter 4 by the pipe. 5, while the second superheater connects to the third super.- heater 6 by means of the pipe, 7. It will beV noticed that in this construction, the steam must travel the entire length of the superheaters in succession. A pipe '8 connects the third su erheater with the upper"or intake-end o the mixing-chamber 9 into which also connects the hydrocarbon feedpipe 10. Any desirable valve 11 controls the Connecting the sten Patented Matyv 23, 1911.

proper supply-tank.

an' Y 'ilvhe lower end of the mixin -chainber 9' connects to the burner-pipe 12 y means of the pipe 13. A pan 14 extends up aroundr Amixes with the hydrocarbon, forming e. gas,

which burns freely with o. dame of intense flow of` fuel to this mixinglchainber from;4

As the steam passes throng' o heat. 'Before the steam is generated, the` liquid hydrocarbon flows down the mixing; chamber, through the pipe 13 and out ofE the small aperture 28 in the bottom ofthe ipe 12, andruns down to tlielour-V i est portion of the lbottom 15 of the pan 14;' 29 orl in the trough formed burner wherejit may be li hted. W'icking asbestos may be lai by the bottom and side to assist inthe inik r y tial operation of the burner.

To effect quicker heelting of the water in the steun-generator, quicker production of the perfect gas, the generator is provided with 'ii series of holend thereby the low projections18 in .the forni of water closed outer ends, which extend inward over the iame of the liquid hydrocarbon burning in-the trough from the asbestos 29, and are preferably et right anglee to the sidof the generator in 'paralle staggered rows. r

1n order to secure thel most desirable heating eifect from the burning of the liquid,the combustion should occur next adacent the side of the steam-generator, and the bottoni of the burner-pan is eccordin ly inclinedv tubes, havin? es shown The burner-pan isl ormed with .1"

e series of holes 17, preferably in both sides,

to admit air to the burning liquid or :gasp

enerating chamber were placed iin.-

yk above the `flames, the. bottom' If the mediate would be highly heated and the water might be held out of contact withthebot'm. by the steam which .forms on the interior: sur face, resulting-in the o eration of the burner becoming unstead 'o'avoid this, 'the'geneifator is so locate with respect to the flames.

lgt along the innersidegthat the bottom is not rimarily fected,the flames passing upwar of the generator.

e water. indicator v20 formed with angupwardly-openin chamba." 21,k within which I -generatdr undhave`V v ter-trink is a waterfeed pipe 19 in which is is e partition 2 projectingupward to the required height of the water-line in the steam-generating chamber 1.v yThe checkvalve 2B may be located in the water-supply pipe to prevent back-pressure of steam, the

- check-valve however, being so constructed as to-perm'it the water to pass freely to the generatorn i Connected with the pipe 19 is a shallow water-basin 24 which may be located at any desirable place, and is of sufiicent height tc cont-ain water standing just above the partition 22. Supports 25 extend upward to receive the adjusting screws 26 which supportl the tank 27. A cap 30 gives admittance to he tank, while a pipe 3l leads to the basin 24, the flow of Water being controlled by the valve 32.

The burner is adapted for furnaces, ranges and stoves and its proportions and details may be varied so it will be adapted for the particular location where it is to be ein- 4 ployed.

Haring now explained my construction, what claim as my invention and desire to .secure vby Letters Patent is etages the ed e of one side of the pan next to the low si e or" the bottom and having hollow tubes extending inwardly, toward the space over the burner-pipe.

2. In a hydrocarbon burner, the combination of a burner-pan having a laterally inclined bottom, a burner pipe extending horizontally within the pan, a miXin .chamber connected thereto, said burnerpipe having an opening in its lower side to permit liquid hydroca1%on ,to ow into said pan, a refractory absorbent material in the pan along its lowest part, and a steam-generating chamber extending above the side of thenpan next to the low side of the bottom adjacent said absorbent material.

3. The combination of a pan, a burner within the pan, a steam-generating chamber mounted above one side of the an and pro-,

'vided with hollow tubes extending inwardly 9 HnNnInTTA Mrrznn.

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