US24932A - Gas-burner - Google Patents

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES GILFILLAN, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

GAS-BURNER.

Specication of Letters Patent No. 24,932, dated August 2. 1859.

To all whom it' may concern:

Be it known that I, Jaulas GILFILLAX. olf Hartford, county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Burners; I do hereby declare that the. same is described and represented in the following :specification and drawings; and to enable others .skilled in the art to make and use my improve-ment I will proceed to describe its construction and operation7 referring to the drawings, in which the Same letters indicate like parts in each of the figures..

The. nature of this improvement consists` in its peculiar' construction and adaptation for an automatic regulating burner.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1, is a section view. Showing the manner of its construction. Fig. 2, shows the manner of applying two burners in the place ot' one (as shown in Fig. l) concentrating two flames into one.

a is a burner nipple, now in common use.

b, is a tube made in two'parts each having a collar and a screw wz, by which the two are fastened together, and into the upper end ol" which the. burner nipple a, is secured` n, is the body of the burner.

7, is a nipple secured in the lower end by a screw and in most cases it will be entirely unnecessary. as the. .screw may be cut l directly upon the lower part ot' the body of' the burner. L*aid nipple. or screw is to cure the burner in place. to the chandelier or bracket.

i, is the valise-seat. or opening through which the gasl is admitted into the chamber y. thence into the burner tube through the holes /1t or into the side tubes o. instead o't the tube.

j. isa valve on the lower end ot the tube c. is a compression chamber. fitted onto the. tube between the flanges d.

f. is a channel of `sutlicient depth to receive the full deplli olf thc rim ot' the chambta c.

and l c. is a cap fitted onto the top of the body of the burner a.

I have thus described the construction ot' my improvement. To show the operation thereof. the burner is first secured in place where it desired to be used. the cap c is removed and the channel f', is filled with mercury, and the cap again replaced. when the gas may be let on and lighted in the uaual manner. Now it will be clearly seen that it is only necessary to select a nipple, tested to burn. or give the required flame, or light. or a given tpiantity of' gas per hour, to secure against a greater amount thereof, passing through the burner. by the increase, or variation ol the pressure of gas in the pipes. or in other words, to secure a uniform pres'sure and flame. ecause asthe pressure in the pipes increase."y the pressure lifts the chamber c, thereby closing or opening the valve j, more or less according to the amount of pressure from the gas. The mercury meanwhile serving to prevent the escape of gais. and allow of' a free action of the chamber c, up or down therein.

Thus I am enahletfl to produce a self regulating burner. giving a required flame or light as may be required by a given size nipple. I believe I have thus.I shown and described the operation and advantage derived by my improvement over others now in use.

I clain'rw The improvement in gas burners herein described consisting ol a central exit tube supplied with apertures surrounded by the gas chamber having its discharge regulated by the mercury cap the upper end of said pipe being Jfurnished with a nozzle or jetburner the whole constructed and operating l"ubstantially as set forth.

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