[1]Patented May 31, 1927. 176309940 UNITEI) STATES PATEN7 OFFICE. GEORGE ALBET-IT YoFriTflAi@T, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGI.,,TOR TO TI-IE NEW METHOD STOVE CQXP.ANY, OF XANSFIELD, OHIO. ELECTRIC PR@EHEATER FOP, VA-@-OB@ DUP.NERS. A-.o7)'I-@at,loii f,.Iccl No-,;ember 1-3, l@-PG. Seriil No. l@19,210. Burners vTh",Cll ittporize liquicl fiie' a,-icl constime the ),apoi- ai-e coiiii-iionly p,,@ovi@ied h 'tli tro .1 i-vi -,i(@ s or tlie Ille, in @vhl,-@li a qti,,intity of gesoline, alcohol oi, the lilte, is burned to pi-e-helit -tl)e biii-ner, so th,,tt Y,-,poriz,,ttion of the oil w,-'Il t,,tke place wheii .1 the s-Lipply is tlirned on. Not oiily is stich primino, and proheatli-ig i,a@.lier 'ul-oubl.-some, btit -",hen cliildren or servai-its li,,tve access 10 to the btir-liers and to tl-ie pi@e-lieatino, fiiel there is a daiierolis fire hazard. It is the aim of the present inveiitio-q liowever, to p @@ 'ovide ne-@i, ,Lnd I'mproved elec'urical means for pre-lieat,ing ' e T-Liel 'rouo uh LI _;Iis, so that the ,15 necessity of priming and initially ,vith liq-Liid ftiel@ is obv,"ated. It is a ftirti,@e.- aim of the invention to iMprolTe upon tlae constriietion shoAA,n iii iiiy, @0 U. S. PitenIL-, No. 1,59'@.651 of ivugiist 2i, 1926, by including -with the sti.-uctiii-e sl@ioi-vn by this pitent, an electric prehea'Lor li,),Ylno,a novel relation N,-itli the feqtui-es of co.Tistrtictior, previoi-isly emi)lo@,e,,I. A,I'rith the foreeoing in view, tlle inven'Llioii zn 25 resides in the i-iovel subject iiii'ut-,r lie,,,einthe deser 'Iptiola ,tfter describecl, ap-d elaiitied, bellig@ stipplemented by the accompanyin,, LI dr,twings. Fie- 1 is ,i, vertlc,,il sectiolial vienv throti-h ,t burner constrli(@ted in accoroance Nvith Patent No. 1,597,651, bLi4lilnpl'ClTed ii-i aecorclaiiee Nvith the present invent;on. Fio,. 2 is a top plan vleiv of the el,-ctrical pre-heater. 3 @3 Fio-. 3 is a top plail vleav of the - au@@ziliai@3, trotigli v@Tliiel-i cor.'U,,iins the electi-i-cal, hoatiiig iiieans anc'l mouiited diiectly iinder the f-Liel-vaporizliig tiotigli of the blirner si,,ruc,ti.ire. Fig. 4 is a detail vertical traiisvei@se seetion on the corresponi-.-'Iin-,I.y iiumbered iii-io of 2. Th gei-ieral burn.-r stl-ucture c-['sclosed 'n Fi(. 11 is practi,,-ally ideiil-lcal ivith that 4 ill-LI.-,trateCL iii the p@ttent ,ibove i-eforrec[ to, aiic[ bence )Ylil not Ic de.-cribed in detail. It may be stated lioive-,,-er that f,he iitiriiei-at 5 desi(ynates a cortinuous f uel het'- (ing anci )-"@porizin(, ti-ough liavin(, cli,,iiiaetr;lcii I-,, op'te port@ons colinectect by a fuel pipe 6 ,50 posi and pi-ovided ivitli a iiiai-,i f i-icl inlet '@. @VuI it -'-Ii ten'L'lo.D may ilso be 'i-iv- ed to u -, pltii,,ti@ity of closely sp,,teed, fLiel-heatin(,y a-,id rise froiii the bci-to.,,ii tiibes 8 c@f, of thr@@ I ttibcs shoii@l-i 'In 'Lli,- pitelit tipon i@'lilch I ani AV!ien the troi-i--li 5 is stifficiei-itlv lie,-to' iiil the siipply of itiel is admitted throti(,-h @Ll-@c,. iiilei-, stieli fuel b-leomes vo,poi-;zecl -,,-id btirhs in the uppeiportion of 60 tile bui-nei-, 1 , pi-odtic@iig an 'ntens,,@ly 1-iot blue fianie. The gist o@' the pi-eseilt invention i-esides in tie i-iew ai-i(i ii,)pi-oied electrical iiieins foi- i--tiitiall)T 1-ieating the trou(Yli 5 to tl,,e reqiiii-@ed tempei@ature for v@tl)orizin(y the C)5 'Itiel. The 9 designates an auxiliai-@T 0-sli.,,,ped trotigli iiliieli is mo-Linteci dii-ectly iiii@Lel the 'Li'oucyll 5 and has its open to z, p in close prox-im'lty to the bottoin of - s,,iid 70 tioiili 5. -Tn inoiintidg tiie trough 9, 1 pref e-t- to pi,ovide it -Nvith inniardly - projectIti(ys 10 A-viii.ell I-Li(-@-s ,ire connectecl with z, - the bocly of tl,,e biirner, 1.)y appropriite ,,cie-vvs o, bolts 11. Extei-idiiig.1- ioriz6ntally 75 'octween the ends oi' the trotitr ,li 9 and inte-- rallv joliied thereto, is ii Nieb 12, an(I seciii -e(I bv bolts or the, like 13 to this AA,eb, is a i-ei-tic-,il plate 14 -which projects doivnivird ly belonct the ti@oti(yli 9. Suitable iii- so sti..tt oi-s 15 ii-c iiiotinte,-l 'n openings iii this plate IL-@, anci i@-i(-id teri-iiii-ials 16:pass tlirotioh "I n these iiisulators, the oi,.ter ends of tlje tei-ri-iii,,als being adtptecl for reception in sliltable -@ocl@@eL-Is ii-i aii ii-isul,,iting boc-ly 17, which sr) socl@@e@'s are electrically connected i@,ith cui-I'eD' StIPP13T lyires. In a maniier to be c-lescribed, the termin,,ils 16 are connected -NAitli t,.n elec-'ui-'Ie hea'ulnc,y eleiiient i-vhich funcl,-'Ions to pre-heat the troticrii 5, and if the sto-,-e f)@ iiith NNhieli the iii-@7eiition is tised, be proi-idecl ivi'uli a I)Iurality of biirners,:the body 17 may be AA-ith tl-ie teri-i-iitials 16 o-'L' b(Irn,@L to be lighted. A fire cl@i,y iiisiila'or 18 stibs'aiitiall-,, E'lls ti@ u the 'u-i@ou-h 9 ,iiicl is chaiiiielecl i-ii its upper si 'de to rece'i,e an electrical lieatliig el(,,ment 19. The encls of tli's elemept are, co-PTiected i-v'll,li vertic,,tl bolts 21 All-lich pass clowii1-v,,trdly thi,ouch an electi-ical insiilator 1),2 at the loai,,er side of t'ile 1.@roiio-ii 9. Oiie or the othei, of tle insullators 18-9-2, is foi-ii-iect AA-i-'L-h poi,tloiis 23 re(--ii,ed in opei-iings 24 i_n 'he L-ottoin of the trou-h 9, s-,tid poi-tions coitact@in(Ir -vtitli the otlier instil@-,tor aiid sci@@-- 10.5 in(, to ii)sul,,ite lulie bolts 21 froin the ti-otiali z, 9. Tie loi@,er ends tile bolts 21 are provide d - ,;Nith v,@ hich claiiip the tnio in assembled i@elatioT@, @,',h(-@ bolts fi--t@,o 3,30
[2]iaritli ot,lier iitits 26 wlii(-Ii coiin,,et 17630,940 iii(I coll(ilictol@,@ fi-oirl S.,Ii(i I)elittill(r tlie, j@eii- ei)ds of (,-ondiietoi@s '-)7 -\vitli sai(I nieaits to s:il(l coiicliietoi-s. t)olts, tl)e front eiicls of these (,onc[uetors 3. An electi-ical I)i-e-heatei- l'oi, N,,,,I)oi, 65 beiii(y coniiected witli the tei,mintls 167 by eils, compi-I'sino- t C-stial)(@d 'ti-oii,,Ii f'ot, nuts '-)8. ])osition iiii(lei- a btiriei-, -,t wel,) Portions o'l' tlle lieat;ii(, eleinent 19 aie necting the ends of saicl ti,oli,yll @l 1)],I,L(" @:0- tllsposecl stibstaiitially at the open lowei, eiids citi.-ed to :tTi(I pi@ojeetiii,y of the titbes 8, so tliit lieat fi-oii-i saicl eleniciit s,,,,id AN,01), t-@vo i.@cl@itii,ely t(@i,iiiin@ils 70 i-ise tliroti(,-Ii tliese. tubes to effectively cai-i-ied b said plate, cle(,,ti-i(,al t' )T 10 heat the latte,-- wliile the he,-,ting element is iyioans iii tl)e tro@,i(pli, aii(I coii(Iii(@to,,s l'i-oiii ill iise to initially fie,-.t the ti-ouo-h 5, ,incl diie ,3aid termiiiils to sa,.(l ni(@ii!is. to the exti.-Olliely close pi-oxiniity of the bot- 4-. Ai-i licating eleii-ient 19, ei,s, conii)i,,,siny @, C-sli,-tl)e(I t:i,oii,,@li l'oi-,5 (om of tlils ti-ott(yh to th(, C.I"L@ld trougli Aiill I)e 'Intensel.y heate,,l in a i,eiy I)osition iinder a t w(,,I) i@-oii15 shoi,t ivhlle, so (liat the fliel siipply i-ii,,ty @e @ic(-,tiji- the ends of ,,a](1 t@wo turne(t on --Lncl. the biij-.Tier lighted. t-t%-el3, instilate(I si[ppo,@te(I 1).@, sii(i To check the ercape of heat betnveen the wet), a fire cla.), iii@,,iilatoi, iii the ti-oti(,Ii trou(,hs 5 ancl 9. 1 provide the tipper otiter in(r i lieatiii(, eleii:ien(,, , secoii(-], iiistilat(ii- 80 coi,ner of @lie iiisulatoi- 18 ivith a i-,,itb,-r thick iinder the I)OrtiOll Of tlle t@T'0110'h i-(,iiio@e "i-oii-i 20 f-laiige 29 -v@-hicb lies tipon the otiter side wall. said iyeb, one of stid insiil 'I to-i:--@ ]i,,iviiir pol-- of the trouo-h 9, as seen iii FA ics. I -,tnd 4. ti -ons passin(, tliroii(yh iii o])er)iii(,- iii the is flange Tb@ @t,iallN, closes the space beti,oiigli bottoin aiicl coiit,.tctin-, A-vitli flie oi@I)e:,- tween the oiitei- si(le ANafls of the two trou(yhs ]nsiilatoi-, t pa@ir of bolts p@lissiii,)- iii;,otio.1i 135 5 and 9, giicl prevents the escape of any (,i-e@,it said insiilators aiic[ said iiistilato-..- poi-L @ciis n 25 aiiiotint of heat, so that s-ucli heat is con- incl (,,oniiected 'Lo the terminils o-'L@ s@ti(i lic@itfil-ied beneatli the ti-ou(yh 5, to attain quick ing elemeiit, and concluctol-s coni-ioctiji(y the ancl efficiedt results. lower ends o-"L sa-id bolts with the a' oi-es-11(i Certain ai-ms 30 are shown projectino, rear- terminals. 90 Avardly from the burner body and a lug 31 is 5. In a vapor burner havin- ,tn annitlar 30 'Illustrated projecting downwardly from the fuel vaporizin(,r trough, an auxilial,y ti-otl()'Il front portion of said body, said arms alid mounted directly undei, said vaporizin(y 1-Lig bein(- ins'u-rujiiental iii inountiilg the ti-ou(,h and having its open top iii close pi@,oxt@ en btirner in a stove structui-e. The flange 29 iniity to the bo'utoin of saicl vapollzin,r 95 ill prieferabl3T notched as indicated at '0'2 to trough, and electrical heatino@ iiieans iilouiitstraddle one of the ariiis 30, and it will be ed in said atixiliai,y trougli. obsei-ved that the ltio- 31 is loc,,ited betwe,@n 6. In a vapor blirner liaving ttil annular the ends of the C-shaped trough 9. Prefer- 'Luel vaporizin(y trouoh and t pliiral;lt.)T of tD zn ably, the intermediate portions of the web closely spaced fliel heat,"no' an,-l aiiiill.et 100 12 and the plate 14 are inw,,trdly bowed to tubes risiii- f.-oiii the bottom of saici ti-oi i@,@li effectively clear this lu@y, as will be cleaiiii auxiliary ti-oiigh moiinted dii-e(,tly iincler -fi-om Figs. 1, 2 and 3. the i,aporizin- ti-oii(,Ii aticl hav@l.i-@l(,, it,,@ opeii n LI On accoiiiit of existin,r a(tvailt-ages for the tol) in ellose pi-ox-inii.ty to tlle I)ott,c)iii ol' @@-n details disclosed, siieb det,-ills are preferably N,apoi-izino- ti.,oti,,Ii .1i;id t-lie afoi,esii(.1 t,:ibes, 105 -eo 11(i -ed. I-loivever, w'th'ii th scope of tlle and aii clecti-](,,al lieatiii,r el(,iiieiit iii tl,-,c 1 1 e 'tnvei lloii as claimed, variations rn@ty be trough disposed at the IoNveimade. ends of saict titbes. I
