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H.,w. HAYDEN. LAME BURNER. No. 262,666. Patented Aug. 15,. 1882.

N. PETERS. Pnuwum n her. Washington, D. c.

NITE STATES HIRAM W. HAYDEN, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HOLMES, BOOTH & HAYDENS, OF SAME PLACE.

LAMP-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,666, dated August 15, 1882. Application flledApril 17, 1882. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

) Be it known that I, HIRAM W. HAYDEN, of

\Vaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvemcnt in Lamp-Burners, of which the following is a specification.

Lamps have been made with two wicks and separate wick-raisers. They are heavy and expensive. The chimney rests on the base ofthe cone. The ring of springs that holds thechimhey is also fastened to the cone and occupies considerable space in proportion to the size of wick and light produced.

My invention is for simplifying the lamp,

[5 lessening the amount of metal required, preventing the lamp becoming heated, and making the burner cheaper and more durable; and the invention consists in the combination of devices as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the burner. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, and Fig. 3 is an inverted plan.

The base a of the burner is made with the screw at b for attaching the same to the lamp- 2 5 reservoir. The wick-tubes d e pass through the base and are secured thereto at theirlower ends.

The wick-raisers are made of pointed wheels on the shaft 0 0. These shafts pass through 0 and are sustained inthe upper part of the base a. The shaft 0 is longer than the shaft 0, in order that its thumb-wheel f may be farther away from the burner than the wheel f of the shaft 0. This allows for easily grasping either 5 one of the wheels and moving the same without disturbing the other.

The arms h extend outwardly from the top edges of the base a, and they are secured at their ends to the air-distributer plate It. This air-distributer plate It has a flat portion at 2, upon which the chimney rests. It is raised, as at 3, and perforated for the passage of air outside the cone. It is raised still higher and formed witha circular shoulder at 4, upon 5 which the base of the cone or deflector l rests; and there is a convex surface at 5, which is perforated to form the air-distributer. The

wick-tubes pass through and are supported by this air-distributer. By this peculiar construction the air-distributer prevents heat being radiated to the base a, and there is but little conducted to the base by the wick-tubes, because the space around the wick-tubes is open and free for the air to circulate as it passes up to the air-distributer. The cone or deflector 5 5 is movable and hinged at 0, or otherwise held in position, so that it can be swung back or removed, and it is made with two flame-slots over the respective wick-tubes. The metalbetween such slots is V-shaped or inclincdin opposite directions, so as to direct the air upon the base of the flame and cause a perfect coinbustion.

Instead of using a crown-shaped chimneyholder made of an open-work metal cylinder 6 of numerous spiings, I employ in this lamp the flat strips of metal 8, introduced between the arms hand the air-distributer, and secured by the rivets that hold said arms. These strips are bent downwardly and then upwardly, and 0 curved, as shown, to form the chimney-holding springs, and these are located so that the deflector swings back between two of them.

This lamp is durable, cheap, and reliable. Thereisbut littleshadow castbelow the burner. The heat of the flame does not reach the reservoir to any appreciable extent, and a very brilliant light is obtained that is free from smoke and under perfect control.

I claim as my invention- The combination, with the base a and its arms h, of the air-distributor supported by such arms, the two wick-tubes passing through the base and air-distributer, the wick-raiser wheels, and the two shafts carrying the same, 85 the hinged cone having duplex flame-slots, and means for holding the chimney in position, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 14th day of April, A. D. 1882.

H. W. HAYDEN. Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, HAROLD SERRELL.

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