What is a pressure lamp?

The pressure lamp is a liquid fuel lamp with a bulb housing in the shape of a housing that provides intense light when heated. This type of lamp works by feeding the pressure mixture of liquid fuel and air into the inner bag where it is lit. The lamp fuel is stored in a small tank, which usually forms the base of the lamp and is under the pressure of the integral hand pump. Dialing with fuel flow allows you to adjust the lamp intensity to meet the lighting requirements. The mechanism of the power and fuel is closed with a glass bonnet and overflowed with a venting roof, which is usually equipped with a nasal handle. The principle of these versatile lamps is the tendency of fabric coated in certain chemicals to shine or slip with brilliant light when it is sufficiently heated. In the pressure lamp, this is achieved by feeding the avsis -pressure mixture of liquid fuel and air into the interior of the prestressed, chemically treated cloak fabric and ignition. The resulting flame causes the cloak to perceive with the light much stronglyLast than with the ignition flame. Fuel used in these lamps is usually kerosene, although gasoline varieties have been successfully made.

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pressure lamp base usually consists of a small metal fuel tank equipped with an integral hand pump for fuel pressure. The thin tube leads from the tank to the evaporator and mixing the chamber. The larger tube leads from the mixing chamber to the top of the lamp, where it is bent into the U -shaped and leads down to the ceramic shift with a thin groove cut into its holder. The cloak is tied over a nozzle with a chain that lies in the groove. Before use, the cloak is burned, leaving the characteristic fragile skeleton behind.

For ignition of the lamp, the fuel in the tank is first under the pressure of the hand pump. The evaporator and the cloak are then preheated by alcohol burned in a small primer container. Fuel flow opens after preheating, allowing the fuel to be pushed under pressure fromThe evaporator, where it expands and mixes the air in the mixing chamber. Now thoroughly mixed fuel and air vapor travel down to the ceramic nozzle, where it leaves the interior of the cloak. The high -pressure output of the gas from the evaporator and the turbulence when mixing with the air is responsible for the well -known symbol sounds that these lamps make when burning.

At this point, the pressure lamp is illuminated, lighting the fuel/air mixture and results in a hot, clean flame inside the shell. The heat from the flame causes the cloak to disrupt and produce a characteristic brilliant white lamp light. As long as there is a pressure fuel supply in LA, this process has been maintained since then. The sheath and tube are surrounded by a glass hood that protects the lamp from the wind and prevents accidental contact with the hot cloak. The lamp is finished with a venting roof usually equipped with a handle. When handling a burning pressure lamp, caution should always be done because the glass bonnet, the roof and the handle, if it remains standing upright, bUde extremely hot.