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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
MARVEL AVANDER LOWE, OF MARFA, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-TIIWD
TO MAGGIE GILBERT McCULLOCH, OF DENVER, COLORADO.
SELF-HEATING BRANDING-IRON.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,971, dated January 14, 1902.
Application filed September 27, 1901. Serial No. 76,774, (No model.)all wzim imay concern:
Be it known that I, MARVEL AVANDER
LOWE, a citizen of the United States of Amer-
ica, residing at Marfa, in the county of Pre-
5 sidio and State of Texas,have invented certain
new and useful Improvements in Self-Ileat-
ing Branding-Irons; and I do declare the fol-
lowing to be a full, clear, and exact descrip-
tion of the invention, such as will enable oth-
io ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to
make and use the same, reference being had
to the accompanying drawings, and to the let-
ters and figures of reference marked thereon,
which form a part of this specification.
15 This invention relates to improvements in
self-heating branding-irons.
Th.e object of the invention is to produce a
device of this character whereby the brand-
ing-iron may be heated by means of oil, gaso-
20 lene, or any suitable analogous substance,
which is carried by a cylindrical handle por-
tion or reservoir, to which the iron is con-
nected.
Another object of the invention is to pro-
25 vide means whereby the oil or gasolene may
be fed to the burner under pressure, thus in-
suring a constant and even feed, the amount
being regulated by a suitable cock and the
heat generated by the flame increased or di-
30 minished, as may be required.
A further object of the invention is to pro-
vide a branding - iron which is detachably
connected to a suitable heating-drum secured
to the cylindrical oil-receptacle, so that the
35 said brand may be removed when it is de-
sired to replace it with a brand of another
character or design.
The invention further consists in 'the novel
construction and combination of parts,as will
40 be set forth in the accompanying specifica-
tion, and particularly pointed out. in the
claims.
In the accompanying drawings, forming
part of this application, Figure 1 is a perspec-
45 tive view of theimproved branding-iron. Fig.
2 is a vertical sectional view of the end of the
oil-tube carrying the branding-iron and parts
connected therewith. Fig. 3 is a vertical sec-
tional view through the other end of the oil-
5o tube, showing the pump for compressing theair in said tube. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of
the parts constituting the branding-iron and
heating mechanismn,showinga hood surround-
ing the said parts. Fig. 5 is a perspective
view of the form of hood shown in Fig. 2, and 55
Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the detachable
branding-iron.
Referring to the accompanying drawings,
the numeral 1 indicates the brand, which
may be in the form of a single letter or nu- 6o
meral or a combination of letters or numer-
als or any preferred design, as may be de-
sired. The brand is secured in any suitable
manner to a plate 2, the under side of which
is provided adjacent to its circumference 65
with depending ears 3 and 3", as shown in
Fig. 6. The ears 3 have a slight inward in-
cline, while the ear 3 1is at right angles to the
plate 2 and is provided with a threaded ap-
erture, which receives a set-screw 3v. 70
The plate 2, to which the brand is secured,
is attached to a heating-drum 4, which is
made in the form of an inverted truncated
cone, the ears 3 of said plate engaging the
periphery of the drumn, while the set-screw 75
3b in the ear 3I acts in conjunction with the
ears 3 to securely clamp the plate upon the
top of the drum, as shown. The drum is se-
cured above and to the upper end of an oil-
receiving reservoir 8 by brackets 5 and 6, 8o
which are attached to the drum and to lugs
50 and 6", which project from opposite sides
of a cap 7, secured upon the upper end of
said reservoir, as will fully appear. The
bracket 5 consists of a rod, the lower end of 85
which enters a recess in the lug 5a, where it
is rigidly secured in any suitable manner,
while the upper end is enlarged and pro-
vided with an aperture, through which a
screw 5b passes, which engages a threaded 90
opening in the drum. The bracket 6 is tubu-
lar and serves to convey the oil or gasolene to
the burner, as will be shown. The lower end
of this bracket or tube is threaded and en-
gages a recess in the lug 6a opening into a 95
counterbore 6", which receives a tube 6c,
which enters the upper end of the oil-reser-
voir 8 and is provided with a short depend-
ing tube 61, as shown. The upper end of the
bracket 6 is provided with an integral tubu- oo
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Lowe, Marvel Avander. Self Heating Branding Iron., patent, January 14, 1902; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513711/m1/3/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.