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Igo. 728,688.
UNITEDSTATES
Patented May 19, 1903.
PATENT OFFICE.WALTER DE LATIMER, OF- HOUSTON, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO
W. H. BAILEY, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.
HYDROCARBON-BURNER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,683, dated May 19,1903.
Application filed May 17, 1902. SerialNo.107,831. (No model.)To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WALTER DE LATIMER,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Houston, in the county of Harris and State
5 of Texas, have invented a new and useful
Hydrocarbon-Burner, of which the following
is a specification.
This invention relates to hydrocarbon-
burners; and it has for its special object to
to provide a burner of this class which shall be
especially adapted for the consumption of
crude oil, which as a fuel is readily available
at a very low price.
A further object is to construct a burner
15 which shall be exceedingly simple and inex-
pensive and any part of which when burned
out or destroyed may be readily replaced at
a nominal expense.
A further object is to provide a .feeding de-
20 vice for supplying the oil to the burner by
means of which -the oil shall be thoroughly
agitated and aerated before being introduced
into the burner, thereby increasing its heat-
ing capacity and facilitating its conversion
25 into gaseous vapor.
With these and other ends in view the in-
vention consists in the improved construc-
tion and combination of parts, which will be
hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out
30 in the claims.
In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is
a perspective view showing the hydrocarbon-
burner constructed in accordance with my
invention, the same being arranged for opera-
35 tion in an ordinary cook-stove, which latter is
shown in section. Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic
view illustrating the feeding device and the
pipes leading to the burner.
Corresponding parts in both figures are in-
4o dicated by like characters of reference.
Connected with the inlet-valve lof a sup-
ply-pipe 2 is a horizontal pipe -3, from the
outer end of which depends a short pipe-sec-
tion 4, the lower end of which is connected
45 with the first generator-pipe 5, which latter
is downwardly inclined, as shown. The outer
end of the pipe 5 is connected by a short
horizontal pipe-section 6 with the second gen-
erator-pipe 7, which is likewise downwardly
5o inclined, but in a direction opposite to that
of the pipe 5. The inner lower end of thegenerator-pipe 7- is connected by a-vertical
pipe-section 8 with .the first burner-pipe 9,
which is extended outwardly in the same ver-
tical plane as the pipe 7. A short horizontal 55
pipe-section 10 connects the outer end of the
pipe 9 with a similar pipe 11, likewise horizon-
tally arranged and extending nearly to the
pipe-section 4 of the inlet, where it is provided
with a cap or closure 12. The several pipe- 6o
sections forming the burner are mutually con-
nected by elbows 13 of ordinary construction.
The burner-pipes are provided in their under
sides with openings or apertures 14 for the
burners, whereby the flames are deflected 65
upon the generator-pipes underneath.
It will be observed that while the burner-
pipes 9 and 11 are arranged parallel to each
other in the same horizontal plane the genera-
tor-pipes 7 and 5, which are located relatively 70-
below the said burner-pipes, are inclined in
opposite directions, the former being extend-
ed downwardly from the lower end of the lat-
ter. The latter pipe 5 being connected di-
rectly with the inlet, it follows that the oil 75
on entering said pipe is exposed to a greater
degree of heat than in the pipe 7, which it
enters in a partly-vaporized state. Possible
danger from explosion by the superheating
of the vapor is thereby averted. 8o
15 designates a tank, preferably construct-
ed of cast - iron, which is located below the
burner. One end of this, which constitutes
the igniting-tank, is provided with an open-
ing 16, through which extends a short down- 85
wardly-curved supply-pipe 17, the outer end
of which almost reaches the bottom of said
tank, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the draw-
ings. The pipe 17 has a valve 18 suitably
connected with the supply-pipe 2. 90
The means for supplying the fuel-oil to my
improved burner have been illustrated in the
diagram of Fig. 2, from which it will be seen
that the lower end of the supply-pipe 2 is suit-
ably connected bya pipe 19 with a tank 20 of 95
suitable capacity, which may be buried in the
ground outside the building in which the
burner is used. The tank 20 has a valved
filling-pipe 21, and the lower part of said tank
has an air-inlet pipe 22, connected by piping oo
23 and a flexible pipe-section 24 with an air-
current 25, adapted to be operated by a hand-
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de Latimer, Walter. Hydrocarbon-Burner, patent, May 19, 1903; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513612/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.