US1973165A - Oil burner - Google Patents

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J. FIORONI Sept. 11, 1934.

OIL BURNER Filed March 51, 1933 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 cab new

INVENTOR, rbsqvfi l'rbro ATTORNEY.

Sept. 11, 1934. J. FIORONI 1,973,165

OIL BURNER Filed March 31, 1933 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR. Josapfi ZZ'amzzz,

ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 11, 1934 'UNITED STATES PATENT oF C fl 1,973,165 011. BURNER.

Joseph Fioroni, Westfield, Mass. 7 Application March 31, 1933, SerialNo. 663,793

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements inoil burners.

An object of the invention is to provide ,a

7 burner that will automatically shut oil the flow of I the oil to the burner, when, for any reason, the burner becomes extinguished, or, when in the act of lighting the burner, the wick does not take fire.

V A further object is to provide means for ad- I justing the burners, so that they can be moved laterally, with reference to each other. This is desirable, since the burners are designed to be located in an ordinary kitchen range, when they are substituted for the ordinary coal grates. This adjustment is effective through a ball and socket joint construction, through which joint theoil passes from the supply to each of the burners.

I-Ieretofore, it has been a common practice to adjust the burners with a ball and socket joint,

l but with no means of conveying the oil directly through the ball part of the joint itself. This feature has been combined with the lateral adjustment of the burners.

A further object is to provide means for thoroughly straining the liquid oil fuel, before it is delivered to the base portion of the burners. This is accomplished by locating, in a bowl member, which is located between the burners and the main supply of oil to the burners, by having in this bowl, two fine wire mesh strainers; one being placed around the entrance end of the pipe that conveys the oil to the burners, and theother strainer is located above the entrance end and at the lower end of the oil container, wherein the 1 supply of oil is located. These, and other objects will appear in the body of the specification and be pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:-

' Fig. 1 is an elevational view, showing the comi plete assembly of thetwo burners.

Fig, 2 is a vertical sectional View on 2-2 of Fig. 1. n V

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view, showing the bowl construction. j

Fig. 4 is a top plan view, partially in section, showing, in detail, the adjustable feature of the burners. I

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal plan view of the base part of the burner, in section, on the line 6-6 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view, on the line 77 of Fig. 6, showing one of the burners, in section, I and illustrating, in detail, one of the ball and t e line socket joint constructions, and the adjustable feature for the burner. d

Fig. 8 is'a detail vertical sectional view on the line 88'oi Fig. 7. d ."Figifl9 is a vertical sectional the li'ne 99'of Fig. 7. I

Referring to the drawings in detailz- 1 indicates the post, or standard, which supports the oil supply receptacle, indicated at 2 3 is a'bowl member at the lower end of the oil receptacle, which is providedwith the shoulder 4, on which is supported the cup-shaped member 5, that is formed with anfopening 6. Located detail view; :on

within the cup-shaped member 5, ma U-shaped member 7, on which is placed the fabric, or cushion 8, to protect the lower end of the receptacle 2. The member? and the cushion 8 are formed with the opening, or] oil passageway 9, in which is located the stem 10 of the valve 11. The lower end of the stem is formed with a head portion 12, on which rests the lower endof the conical-shaped coiled spring 13. The upper end of the coiled spring rests against the bottom of the member 7, in the op'eningi6. The stem 10 rests on the cup-shaped member 14, which is supported on the two brackets 15 of the bowl 3; also, resting on these brackets, is the fine wire strainer 16, which, as shown, is spaced from the bowl indicated at 17. Located in the bottom portion of the bowl, is the threaded opening18 for the pipe connection '19, which is attached to the angle coupling 20. 21 is the supply pipe that is con; nected with the. angle coupling 26. The pipe 19 extends upward into the bowl, as shown at 23. The pipe 23 is formed with the fuel openings 24. 25 indicates a fine wire screen placed over the pipe 23, with the openings therein. The weight of the container, indicated at. 2, on the cupshaped member 7,wi1l cause the valve passageway 9 to open permitting the oil to flow through this opening intothe fine wire strainer 16, through the sides of the same, and then downward into the lower part of the bowl 3, where it passes through the finewire strainer 25, into the pipe 21. From here, the oil passes to the control valves 26 and 27, which control the flow of the same to each of the burners 23 and 29, by means of the pipes 30 and 31. The oil then flows upward through the passage 32 in the ball and socket joint member 33 into the centralreceiving basin 34, at the'center of the base 28 of the burner.

This ball and socket joint construction comprises two plates 35 and 36, as shown in section, in the sectional view in Fig. 5, which are connected together by means of the bolt 37 that in Fig. 2, the valve 61 is open,'permitting oil'to passes through the slot, or opening 38 of the member 40, that is secured to the post 42. These two plate members, 35 and 36, have a spherical, or curved, seat, which receives the bulb member 33,

- and are clamped together, at their outer ends, by

Fig. 7. As the oil flows through the pipe2l, past.

the control valves 26 and 27, it enters the base of the burner through thepipes 3 0 an d.3 l1, through the passageways 32, into the central bowl 34. ner, through the radial passageways 43 to the two annular grooves 44""and 45, in which are placed the burner wicks 46 and. 47. Resting on the upperedges of the groove members, are the .usual perforated. cylinders 48, 49, 50, 'andf51. The usual, centrally located passage. is indicated at 52. 53 indicates the two return, or overflow pipes, connected with each of the bases of the burners, 28 and; 29, that are connected to the pipe 54 that enters the bottom portion of the cas ing 55, (see Fig. 2), in which is located the float 56,

that is'connected to therod 57 having a'button58, at its upper end. This rod is pivotally connected to the two-armed-lever 59 that carries, at its opposite end, the rod 60 and the valve 61. As shown flow through the pipe 21 to each of the burners. Shouldthe flame on either one'oi' the burners goout, causing the channels 44 or 45 to fill with oil; andoverflow into the passages 62, the oil would then flow down the pipes 53 and into the bottom of the casing 55 by the jpipe54. This would cause the float 56 to rise and force the valve-61 to its seat, thus shutting off the main flow of the-oil, through the pipe 21, preventing the oilfrom escaping onto the floor. When the operator'wishes to restart the burner, he pushes downward on the button 58, forcing the float 56 downward and bringing the valve 61 into its open position, permitting the oil to again flow through the pipe 21. At the same time, the oil is prevented from flowing backward in the pipe 54, by reason ofthe check valve 64, but will fiowpast the check valve 66, into the pipe 67, and by means of the pipe68, into the supply pipe 21, or

- back into the bowl 3.

-An important feature of my invention is that the bottom of the wick-receiving channels, 44 and45, extend downward, as shown at 69, which channels permit the lower edges to be submerged in the oil, as shown in Fig. '7.

' From this description, it will be seen that I have provided an oil burner'that may bereadily adjusted'laterally towards and from each other; also, a burner that can be adjusted horizontally v and one that takes care of any overflow of oil,- and, means for carefullyv straining the oil, be-

fore it is delivered to the'burners,

The operation of theapparatus may be described, as follows:-

Consider the oil asflowing downward from the arrow shown in Fig. 1.

From this point, it flows in the usual manoil supply tank 2, through the opening 9, through the fine wire mesh strainer 17, into the lower portion of the bowl 3, then through the fine Wire screen 25 to the openings 24, in the pipe 23, then through the pipe 21, in the direction of the It now flows past the open valve 61, shown in Fig. 2, through the second, or right hand length of the pipe 21, to the two burner control valves 26 and27 (see Fig. 4), through the'pipes 30 and 31, through the passages 32 in the ball and socket joint 33 to the central oil-receiving basins 34 of the burners 28 and 29. From the central bowl, or basin, it

flows through the radial passages 43 to the two annular grooves 44 and 45, in which the wicks 46 and. 47 are placed. These wicks, as shown in Fig. 7, are located between the usual perforated cylinders.

I n theevent the flame of the burners should go out, the oil in the grooves 44 and 45 will fill and flow. through, the grooves 6-2 to the overflow pipes 53 which areconnected to the return pipe 54, past the valve 64 into the bottom of the casing 55, shown in Fig. 5. I This overflow oil will raise the fioa 56, which will operate to close the valve 61 in'the supply pipe 21, leading to the burners. When the valve 61 remains closed, the oil from the tank 2 cannot flow through the pipe 67, because of the check valves 64 and 66; therein. With the partsin this position, in order to restart the burner, it is only necessary for the operator to press downward on the button 58, which will move the float 56downward and open the valve 61 in the supply pipe 21, whereby any oil in the return pipe' 67'will be forced, by the downward movement of the float, into the supply pipe 21. The wicks of theburners may now'be relighted.

What I claim is new is 1. In an oil burner construction, a burner base member, a supporting pedestal, an arm on the pedestal formed with a slot, a pair'of plates having bolt-receiving openings, a bolt in the opening-s and passing through the slot in the arm, the plates having curved recessed ends, a spherical. member on'the burner base formed with an oil passage which is clamped in place by the curved recessed'plates, and means for drawing the plates together onto the spherical member.

2. An'oilburner comprising in combination, a supporting pedestal, a plurality of burner memhere, means on the pedestal for adjustably spacing said burners relative toeach other, and to the pedestal, means on the adjustable spacing means for adjusting. the burner. in a horizontal plane comprising a ball andsocket construction, and means for conducting oil to the burner through the ball and socketconstruction.

3. In an oil burner having a base'member, a pedestal for supporting the base. member, a slotted arm on the pedestal, and platemembers slidably secured on said'arm, said base member being formed with a depending partthat is substantially spherical and having. an oil passage therethrough, said plate members having spherical-shaped surfaces engaging the spherical.- shaped part of said base member, whereby. the base member, maybe. levelledand laterally adjusted relative to the pedestal, as described.

JOSEPH FIORONI.

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