Written by: Lex Protector|January 14, 2020
Gas burner is a device which is used to produce controlled flames by using a fuel along with an oxidizer. A gas burner has many applications, ranging from industrial work to household use. It is used in industries for welding, soldering and brazing. It is used in labs to perform chemical experiments in the form of bunsen burners. It is most widely used as gas stoves in restaurants and houses.
George K Cooke has made certain improvement in to a class of gas burner which are also known as self lighters. In these kind of burners there is a main as well as an auxiliary jet which continues to burn when the main jet is extinguished. His invention got patent protection with the Patent Number US419183A on 14th January, 1890 by USPTO.
The existing self lighting gas burners consisted of a spring to hold the flame controlling valve. The use of the spring used to be a liability and the same was done away with and a mechanical valve was introduced to make it easier to control the flame of the auxiliary jet. This made the device more reliable and easy to use. Moreover, the manufacturing process was simplified and production became cheap because of this invention.
