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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM D. PATTON, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.
CRUDE-OIL BURNER.9'72,401. Specification ofI
Application filed November 1
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. PATTON,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of
5 Texas, have invented certain new and useful
Improvements in Crude - Oil Burners, of
which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to new and useful
improvements in crude oil burners. Its ob-
10 ject is to provide a crude oil burner espe-
cially adapted for use in ordinary stoves for
heating rooms.
A further object is to provide a crude oil
burner in which the oil is highly heated be-
15 fore ignition causing it to readily vaporize
when burning.
Finally, the object of the invention is to
provide a device of the character described,
that will be strong, durable, simple and effi-
20 cient, and comparatively easy to construct,
and also one in which the various parts will
not be likely to get out of working order.
With these and various other objects in
view my invention has relation to certain
25 novel features of construction and operation,
an example of which is described in the
following specification, and illustrated in
the accompanying drawing, wherein:
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the burner,
30 showing a portion of the oil supply pipe,
and a portion of the side walls being broken
away to show the interior construction. Fig.
2 is a top view of the burner, the lid being
omitted. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken
35 through the center of the lid.
Referring now more particularly to the
drawings, wherein like numerals of refer-
ence designate similar parts in all the fig-
ures, the numeral 1 denotes a funnel shaped
40 vessel adapted to be set in the fire box of a
stove. A number of apertures 2 provided
at the base of this vessel permit the entrance
of air, to furnish draft to the burner. A
similarly shaped vessel 3 of smaller size is
45 maintained centrally within the upper por-
tion of the vessel by a number of vanes 4,
resting upon the inner surface of the first
named vessel. A drip plate 5 having an in-
verted dish shape is positioned in the upper
50 portion of the vessel 3, beino there retained
by a number of projecting lugs 6 upon its
edge, which rest upon the inclined inner
surface of the vessel 3. A slight projection
or knob 7 is fixed at the edge of the vessel
55 3 as a pivot for the lid 8, which lid is pro-
vided with an aperture 9 to receive saidLetters Patent. Paten
1, 1909. Serial No. 527,360.ted Oct. 11, 1910.
knob. A central aperture 10 is also provided
in the lid to permit the oil to drip there-
through from the feed pipe 11.
To start the burner, a small quantity of 60
oil is admitted to a pan 12, positioned in the
base of the burner, and is there ignited.
When the burner has become thoroughly
heated, oil is admitted to the feed pipe, from
which it drips centrally upon the spherical 65
plate 5. It is thus caused to spread upon
the plate in all directions and if the quantity
be small, will be vaporized by the heat of
said plate, combustion taking place at the
edges thereof. To secure a greater degree 70
of heat, however, sufficient oil will be ad-
mitted to cause a portion of it to drip upon
the inner surface of the vessel 3, combustion
taking place at the lower edge of said vessel.
The dame, receiving its draft through the 75
apertures 2, will pass up between the walls of
the vessels 1 and 3, keeping the oil upon the
inner surface of the latter highly heated so
as to readily vaporize and ignite. In case
oil should be admitted too rapidly to the 80
burner the surplus will drip into the pan 12.
I am aware that changes may be made in .
the form and proportion of parts and details
of construction of the device herein described
as a preferable embodiment of my invention 85
without departing from the spirit or sacri-
ficing the advantage thereof, and I there-
fore reserve the right to make such changes
and alterations in said device as fairly come
within the scope of the following claims. 90
What I claim is:
1. A crude oil burner consisting of an
outer funnel shaped vessel, an inner funnel
shaped vessel centrally supported within the
first named vessel, an air space being pro- 95
vided between the two, a drip plate having
an inverted dish shape centrally supported
within the inner vessel at some distance from
the walls thereof, an oil feed pipe adapted
to discharge centrally upon said drip plate, 100
and a pan positioned in the base of the
burner.
2. A crude oil burner, consisting of a fun-
nel shaped vessel having draft inlets in its
base, a second funnel shaped vessel centrally 105
supported within the upper portion of the
first named vessel, a drip plate having an in-
verted dish shape centrally positioned in the
upper portion of the inner vessel at a dis-
tance from its walls, an oil feed pipe adapt- 110
ed to discharge centrally upon the drip
plate, a drip pan positioned in the base of
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Patton, William D. Crude-Oil Burner., patent, October 11, 1910; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511537/m1/2/: accessed May 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.