US599577A - Hydrocarbon-burner - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

J. H. WHITE. -HYDROCARBON BURNER.

Patented Feb. 22 l im I i I Il "m: nonms versus co.. momAurNu., WASHING UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. WHITE, oF ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

HYDROCARBON-BURN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letterslatent No. 599,577, dated February 22, 1898.

Application filed August 6 1897.

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residingat Arkansas City, in the county of Cowley and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Hydrocarbon-Burner, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to hydrocarbon-burners, and particularly to that class wherein hydrocarbon oils are vaporized prior to ignition, the burner being combined with the vaporizing devices,whereby a compactly-constructed device is capable of performing the functions of a vaporizer and a mixer.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof Vwill -be particularly claims.

vIn the drawings', Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of a heating or lighting system embodying aburner constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view of the burner. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the burner. Fig. 5 is a partial vertical'section of the burner at right angles to the plane of Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding partsin all the figures of the drawlngs.

1 designates a supply tank or reservoir communicating with a supply-pipe 2, tted with a filling 3 of iibrous wicking, adapted to convey the fuel from the tank by capillary attraction, but especially designed to Serve as a straining mediumto remove impurities from the oil in its passage to the burners. Communicating with the supply-pipe is a Series of distributing-tubes 4: of smaller diameter, to which are attached the burners 5. In the pointed out in the appended construction illustrated in Fig. 1 the distrib- Serial No. 647,339. (No model.)

termediate flared portion being provided at 11 within the casting which forms the body portion of the burner. This body portion 12 is also cylindrical, and fitted thereon is the upper end of a cylindrical depending sleeve 13, which is thus arranged concentrcally with the reduced or tubular portion 9 of the mixer. A feed-tube 14, preferably integral with the body portion 12, is arranged within the shell (and hence within the contour of the body portion).parallel with the reduced portion of the mixer-tube and communicates through a bore in the body portion with a vaporizing-coil 15, said coil being located centrally above the upper end of the enlarged portion or chamber of the mixer-tube and also above a reticulated or interstitial guard 16, which spans the open top of said chamber, while the arms at opposite sides of the coil, which are arranged within the circumference of the cylindrical chamber lO, communicate, respectively, with the feedtube 14: and a burner-tube 17, which extends downwardly parallel with the mixer tube within the sleeve 5,'and hence within the contour of the body portion 12, and terminates in a burner-orifice 18, controlled by a needlevalve 19.

The ylower end of the sleeve or shell 13 is open and the stem and guide of the needle- -valve 19 project downwardly therethrough, said burner-orifice being arranged-below the open lower end of the mixer-.tube and spaced therefrom to provide for the influx of air or other combustion-supporting agent.

The contents of the tank or reservoir should in operation be placed under fluid-pressure,

mixer-tube, and thence, in the form of vapor or gas, passes down the burner-tube and is discharged through the valve-controlled .burner-orifice into the lower end of the mixertube. With this construction it will be seen that the fuel in approaching the point of ignition must pass through a coil which is ar- IOO ranged in the path of the name, and as said coil is made of tubing of small diameter the rapid and complete vaporization thereof is the result. The cylindrical sleeve or shell protects the feed-tube, burner-tube, and mixertube from drafts of air, and hence provides for the accurate discharge of the vaporized fuel from the burner-orice into the lower end of the mixer-tube and also prevents the conveying members of the burner from being chilled. This sleeve or shell is preferably removable from the collar of the mixer-tube to give access to the interior of the burner.

It will be understood that in practice the tank or reservoir may be arranged either underground or above the plane of the burners, as may be found most convenient.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that the burner embodying my invention is adapted for producing a non -luminous flame, but as the particular construction set forth is adapted for illuminating purposes it will be understood that the desired result can be produced by employing in connection therewith a refractory mantle, (not shown,) which may be constructed as in the ordinary practice and is designed to perform the function well known in the art. Hence the advantage in constructing the burner with an enlarged body portion from which depends a protective shield inelosing the feed and burner tubes, while the upwardly-extending cylindrical chamber l0 is of less diameter than the body portion to form a shoulder at the upper end of the latter suitable to support a refractory mantle of the ordinary construction. Furthermore, an additional advantage of the construction described resides in the fact that the vaporizing-tube, which is employed in connection with the feed and burner tubes and includes a coil located above the said cylindrical chamber and interstitial guard, has its arms or terminal portions, as well as said coil, arranged wholly within the circumferential contour of the chamber l0, so as not to interfere with the application of a suitable refractory mantle, if the use of such should be desired.

The burner, as described, is compact in construction and is particularly adapted for illuminating purposes, as will be shown by the bracket branches disclosed in Fig. l, and the enlarged supply-pipe, through which extends the continuous straining and conveying wicking, is designed to deposit liquid fuel, with the desired rapidity of flow, into the branch pipe, which obviouslyis of less diameter and hence less capacity.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, what l claim is 1. A burner having a cylindrical body portion and a depending open-bottomed sleeve of equal diameter therewith, a mixer-tube depending centrally from the body portion within said sleeve and having an open lower end, feed and burner tubes located Within the sleeve below the body portion, the burnertube terminating in a valve-controlled burnerorice axially alined with the mixer-tube, a cylindrical chamber rising from the body portion and of less diameter than the same, to form an enlarged cavity in communication with the mixer-tube, and provided at its top with an interstitial guard, and a vaporizingtube arranged above and within the circumferential contour of said cylindrical chamber, with its arms arranged within the chamber and in communication with said feed and burner tubes, respectively, to convey fuel from the former to the latter, substantially as specified.

2. A burner having a mixer-tube provided with areduced lower portion depending from an enlarged cylindrical portion and terminating at its top in an eXteriorly-eylindrieal chamber, of smaller diameter than the body portion and fitted with an interstitial guard, a feed-tube and a burner-tube arranged parallel with and contiguous to the reduced portion of the mixer tube and beneath and within the circumferential cont-our of the body portion, said burner-tube terminating in a valve-controlled burner-orifice alined with the center of the mixer-tube and located below the open lower end thereof, a Vaporizing-coil located above the interstitial guard and eonnectin g the feed-tube with the burnertube, and having its arms located within the circumferential contour of 'said chamber of the mixer-tube and a cylindrical shell or sleeve fitted upon the enlargement of the mixer-tube at its upper end, inelosing the reduced portion of the mixer-tube and the feed and burner tubes, and having an open lower end through which the burner-orifice controlling-valve is accessible, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn I have hereto aixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN ll. VIIITE.

lVitnesses:

JAMES C. TOPLIFF, DAVID C. ANDERSON.

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