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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. .
FRANK B. ELLIS 'AND JAMES L. WALKER, OF WHARTON, TEXAS.
PORTABLE HEATER.
9862.2 Specification of Letters Patent. Pateited- Mar. 7, 1911.
Application filed November 8, 1909. Serial No. 526,766.
To a i nhom it may concern: to bear on the bottom of the burner cup, and
Be 'it known that we, FIRANK B. ELLIS and constructed with outwardly-turned tongues
JAmEs L. WALKER, citizens of the United 17 at the top, for the seating of a pan or
States, and residents of Wharton, in the other like vessel, the products of combustion 60
5 county of Wharton and State of Texas, have passing out through the spaces 17-1 between
invented a new and Improved Portable the ttongues.
Heater, of which the following is a full The top of the tubular body or jacket of
clear, and exact description. the heater is constructed with a slightly con-
The invention is an improvement in port- tracted mloutl, as indicated at 18, and re- 65
10 able heaters and is designed for heating ce(ives a vessel or cup 19 suitable for heating
water for toilet and other purposes, or for water, the vessel, having a. shoulder 20 adapt-
use as a cooking stove in camping. ed to scat on the upper edge of the jacket
The invention has in view a heater hav- and constructed with an outwardly-pressed
,ing all of the essentials for heating water, bead 21 at a point therebelow, adapted to be 70
15 cooking, etc., including a flask for the fuel, sprung past the contracted mouth of f'he
a vessel for holding the water or food, and body of the heater when the vessel is re-
an extra cup or receptacle, all adapted to fit. moved or replaced, this feature of the con-
within and be incased by the body or outer structiol prevent inig the vessel from drop-
jacket of the heater when the heater is coa- ping out .when the heater is tilted to pour 75
20 pletely assembled. out the contents. The vessel when in place
Reference is to be had to the accompany- extends to a point slightly above 'the burner,
ing drawings forming a part of this speci- in which position the water or food placed
fication, in which similar -characters of ref- within the vessel is quickly heated, the
erence indicate corresponding parts in all burner, in the heating operation, being with- 80
25 the views. drawn from the body of the heater until.the'
Figure 1 is a central vertical section of the lower edge of the latter stands above the in-
preferred form of our improved heater, on let openings 11. The burned gases escape
the line 1-1 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a cross-sec- from the. burner through the annular space
tion of the same on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; between the heater body and vessel, and the 85
30 and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section of a outlet openings 22 formed in the upper por-
modified arrangement of the beater. tion of the heater body.
The invention more specifically described' A cup 23 serves as a top for the heater and
embodies an upright tubular body or jacket seats on and closes the top of the vessel 19,
5, having a suitable handle 6, by which the the cup being frictionally retained in place 90
35 heater is moved from place to place. In the by an inwardly-projecting bead 24 stamped
lower portion of the heater is slidably re- in the wall of the vessel.
ceived a burner cup 7, having a stand 8, at A flask or pan 25 adapted to contain the
the center provided with a ring support 8a alcohol or other liquid fuel for the burner,
at the top, in which the lower portion of a is of a size to be contained within the vessel 95
40 burner case 9 fits, the burner case containing 19, and in event the heater is of a large size
coiled therein a wire-wrapped wick 10, the for cooking purposes, as when used as a fea-
wick being exposed through the upper open ture of a campers outfit, the flask may be
portion of the case. where it can be ignited'. provided at. the lower portion with an outlet
rihe burner cup 7 is provided with air inlet connection 26), by which it is connected to 100
45 openings 11, to support the combustion of the burner, as shown in Fig. 3. The flask is
the fuel, and is frictionally retained in the also obviously adapted to be used as a con-
lower portion of the jacket by stamping taimner for coffee 'and other liquid food, es-
spring tongues 12; from the sides to protrude pecially in heating the latter within the
slightly outwardly. The burner cup alsohas vessel. 105
50 air inlet openings 13' at the bottom, with In Fig. 1, the tubular support 15 for a pan
flattened feet 14 on the under side, for ele- or suilar cooking vessel is removed, as is
vating tie openings 13 above the surface on preferably the case when the burner is used
whichthe heater isseated. The tubular sup- for heating the vessel 19.
port 15 closely fits within the burner .cup 7 having thus described our invention, we 110
55 and projects above the top.edge thereof, as claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
shown in Fig. 3, the support having legs 16 Patent'
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Ellis, Frank B. & Walker, James L. Portable Heater., patent, March 7, 1911; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510807/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.