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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
ALERT Rt. KUNKEL, o PALESTINE, TEXAS.
APPAIRATUS FOR BURNING FUEL-OIL.
1,039,297. Spcficiiation of Letters Patent. IPat(e ted Sept. 24, 1.912.
Application filed April 20, 1912. Serial No. 692,067.
To all w/w mait may coiCern the valve the stem is cut a way at 21 so as
Be it known that I, ArlnE~rr R. KoRUaN ii to leave a sirrounid ing groove or choambier
a citizen of the United States, residing at and have found that this ArraiigeNiient
Palestine, in the county of Anderson and gives a better and more effetive iixtnre 60
5 State of Texas, have invented certain new of the air and Ail as it is discharged from
and useful Improvements in Apparatus 1or I the nozzle. The ta)ering valve filling into
Burning Fuel-Oil, of which the following the tapering valve seat will iantoiatically
is a specification. mainitain the (uid tight connection since
This invention relates to an apparatus for the vale will grind against the valve seat, (r
10 utilizing fuel oil, erode oil or any simihir making a close it.
combustible product as a fuel in stoves and In hig i . 8> 1 h:xe sliovn a slighitIly imodi-
furnaces and some of its objects are to Wore fred form of nozzle vi (Ih replies thye io'.-
thoroughly mix the oil with air before vt- zIrthe i whoei the device is ittiliei as a
porizingthe mixture, to provide nans for irer. In the moidifiation the nozzle17 70
15 uniformly heating the niixture, and to geni- is in itast respects similar in instruction i
errIlly improve and simplify, the construction t he nozzle i 1 it instead of the long, nar-
of such devices to make the sate more eo irow opening 15 it['le sai' no my he somiewx'hat
nomical in operation. shorter mi o xtendin n& hlrx:trdly thirefroii
To attain the above and other objects.I ther' is : lh-tim' mixNigi v-ihi)rllni i' xxhich 75
20 which will appear front the ieseriptai, I srves to note if' el'ctixy mix the air and
have devised. the apparatus illustrated in oil a which will ir' iii t any lnvla ori''eld
the accompanying drawing , in which, oil frit (rol)pirig down iota the nozzle.
Figure 1 is a vertical sectionalview,.)parts The oil will c I'1ken ip in this extension
being in elevation. stoing my apparatus ,aid n aried forward by lithe blo . 80
25 in operative position; 'ig.-2 is another vie iIn order to supply tle air :Ind oil under
of the primary mixing device: Fig. 3 is ptressur1(e to ilthe am\ixiig chmtther 10 1I make
view showing a modified fort aof nozl forII use a a Lut f k iI and pipe connections P and
the mixing device especially adapted for use P' healing Ithere from to the oil and air
on the latter when the samue is uitilized as inlets respect ively. The arrangement of the 85
30 the burner. link and piles is fully describe ii in may
Referring to the drawings, the prinant-y Pat eat No. 97.26;1 of Novi'mbiher 22. 110.
mixing device comprises a casinag 10, prefer 'ihe oil vaporizingI and gas ineritiing de-
ably cast in one piece and having the fourl vice ani burner is -et into tle stove or
radiating passage-ways, as shown. ThI'll - fuirtt acc, a5'shmxx' i, iIind reeive- the ii xt mit'' 90
35 bular part 11, containin 1g one of these Ias- of1il a imil a'1it umiet Itessure from the p'i-
sage-ways, has screwed into its end the. z i tny iy.mixingi!cii iibri. 'hte dlasing 10 is
zie 12 for projecting a jet of ait' into the provided with mii integral extension 22 and
passage ways which coniistithe the miin a bracket 23 seti'd to the door or front
chamber. An oil inlet 1.3 is in advance of 21' a' the cotillstion chamber or fire-box 95
40 the air inlet nozzle 12 whereby the oil will 25 of a furntae or stoxe engrages in a hole
be drawn up by the jet of ir and thoroughlyI t in the said extension 22 thereby the mix-
mtixed therewitIlt 1. viiye easing 14 is se- g in(g cminer itmay he rigidly connected to
cured to the air nozzle and is provided with the stove.
the control valve 15. The end of the ixin The 'aorizirig device or retort comprises 100
45 citmber opposite the air inlet nozzle is 'i hetngth Iof pipe I ciiito form a U-shaped
Icsed by a screw pl' [(l. The sni s plaiugi 11ii po" ix'zr, thi' Iie pirillt i menubeu's 27 a cn 28
may-be removed so as to give eems to te diti' va porizir in operative position are
interior of the chamber. The nozzic 1 h mm ld isiimd virt icllly one .aho'e the other.
a threaded portion '17 whereiby the sii c The loev ' mtiltmler of he \'apor'izer is pro- 105
50 may be screwed into the 'asiigi 1(. liii \1' tidi wit!.hx Io or m11tir(e' small. jet holes 32
nozzle 17 is provided with a sl itl outlet in its lpter ito lvll by means of which the fluid
having a valve eatt itnO 11 dii ly mek of i iss i i thIerert'' iiis tiiieted t x'ow:u'd the
A tapeting xvtlve 19 fits against this spot and a11ppd1' (r tilimlii '27. The fluid jet issuing
has a stein 20 extendingW itit lt toigh the op- trhitehe Imn m'tietimber impinttjiieis against 110
55 posite side of the. casing so that it may be flame d isribntes 38. The ti fl e distrnbu-
controlled by hand. Intediately back of term's 3 are provided with depending por-
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Kunkel, Albert R. Apparatus for Burning Fuel-Oil, patent, September 24, 1912; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514368/m1/2/?q=%22Social+Life+and+Customs+-+Furnishings%22: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.