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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
C. A. ERNST RUEBEL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-hALF TO
E. H. R. GREEN, OF TERRELL, TEXAS.
ELECTRIC GAS-LIGHTER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,108, dated March 25, 1902.
Application filed August 9, 1901. Serial No, 71,492, (Nomodel)To allow iib1flb imUay Concernb:
Be it known that I, C. A. ERNST RUEBEL, a
citizen of the United States, residing at the
city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri,
5 have invented a certain new and useful Elec-
tric Gas-Lighter, of which the following is
such a full, clear, and exact description as
will enable any one skilled in the art to which
it appertains to make and use the same, ref-
io erence being had to the accompanying draw-
ings, forming part of this specification.
The object of my invention is to construct
an electric gas-lighter which will be reliable in
operation and the parts of which will be du-
15 able and not liable to get out of order.
My invention consists in certain novel fea-
tures and details of construction, all of which
are described in the following specification
and pointed out in the claims affixed hereto.
20 In the accompanying drawings, which illus-
trate one form of gas-lighter made in accord-
ance with my invention, Figure 1 is a front
view. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is an
enlarged view showing the sparking device.
25 Fig. 4 is a top plan view. Fig. 5 is an en-
larged section showing the valve controlling
the main burner, and Fig. 6 is a view show-
ing a detail of construction.
Like marks of reference refer to similar
30 parts in the several views of the. drawings.
10 is a pipe or tube which is adapted to be
connected with any suitable supply of gas.
Secured in the top of the pipe 10 is the main
burner 11. The form of burner 11 shown in
35 the drawings is adapted for use with acety-
lene gas; but any suitable form of burner
may be used. The supply of gas to the burner
11 is controlled by means of a plug-valve 12.
This valve 12 is preferably conical in form,
40 as shown in Fig. 5, and is held in position by
means of a coil-spring 13, so as to make a
tight joint.
Carried by the pipe 10 is a circular table
14. On the table 14 are two binding-posts 15
45 and 16, respectively.
17 is a solenoid which is carried by the table
14 and is connected with the binding-post 15
by means of a wire 18. The opposite end of
the solenoid is electrically connected to the
50 table 14 by means of a wire 19, Fig. 4. The
binding-post 15 is connected by means of awire 20 to a return-wire 21, in which is situ-
ated a battery 22 or other suitable source of
electric supply. In the wire 29 is placed a
key 23 for controlling the flow of current 55
through the solenoid 17. The binding-post
16 is connected by means of a wire 25 with a
solenoid 20,also carried on the table 14. Lead-
ing from the binding-post 16 is a wire 27,
which also connects with the return-wire 21. 6o
Placed in the wire 27 is a key 28 for control-
ling the flow of current through the solenoid
26 and another solenoid hereinafter to be de-
scribed. The movable core 30 of the solenoid
17 is pivoted to one end of a rod 31, which 65
moves the valve 12 controlling the supply of
gas to the main burner 11. The opposite end
of the rod 31 is pivoted to the movable core
32 of the solenoid 26. Carried on the pipe 10
above the valve 12 is a disk 33, mounted on 70
which are two set-screws 34, which limit the
movement of the rod 31, and thus control the
opening of the valve 12. Leading from the
solenoid 20 is a wire 35, which is connected to a
solenoid 36. The opposite end of the solenoid 75
36 is connected by incans of a wire 37 with an
arm 38, carried on the disk 33, but insulated
therefrom. Carried by the arm 38 is a plati-
num pin 39. The pin 39 makes contact with
a second platinum pin 40, carried by a ver- 8o
tically-movable rod 41. The pin 40 is held
in contact with the pin 39 by means of a coil-
spring 42, which is placed around the rod 41
above the disk 33. On the lower end of the
rod 41 is an adjustable nut 43, which is adapt- 85
ed to engage with an arm 4-1. The arm 44
controls a valve 45, similar to the valve 12,
above described. The valve 45 is situated in
a by-pass 46, which leads from the main pipe
10. The top of the by-pass 46 terminates near 90
the pins 30 and 40 and is adapted to form
a secondary burner .for igniting the main
burner 11. The opposite end of the arm 44
is pivoted to the movable core 48 of the so-
lenoid 36. The core 48 is normally held in a 95
raised position by means of a spring 49, at-
tached at one end to the arm 44 and at the
other to the disk 33.
The operation of my device is as follows:
When the parts are in the position shown in. to0
Fig. 1, the supply of gas is cut off from both
the main and auxiliary burners. By closing
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Ruebel, C. A. Ernst. Electric Gas-Lighter, patent, March 25, 1902; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508504/m1/2/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.