Improvement in Lamp Burners for Petroleum, Paraffin, and other Oils
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 12th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 9th Mar, , 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 13th Apr, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
An Improvement in Lamp Burners for Petroleum, Paraffin, and
other Oils
CHRISTOPHER LUCAS Atlas Lamp Works Great King Street, Manufacturer and
JOHN BENNETT Agent 149 Great Hampton Row both of Birmingham in the county
of Warwickshire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
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Our invention relates to Burners for Petroleum Paraffin & other oils & is for the
purpose of providing safe & simple method of extinguishing the light
The extinguishing arrangement is actuated by the wick winder & consists of a
frame working or sliding up & down the outside of the wick tube & carrving a loosely
hinged plate or flip which forms the extinguisher Attiched to the lower part of the
sliding frame is in elongated plate or shank pierced with a long slot, plun on one side
& serrated or toothed on the other, or other wise A cog of the wick winder fits into
this slot & when the winder is pushed towards the burner the cog engages with the
toothed side of the slot & when so eng iged the act of turning the wich down carries the
sliding frame upwards until the extinguishing plate or flap falls over the top of the wick
tube & extinguishes the light (a catch may be formed on the extinguishing plate or
flap which engaging with a similar catch on the wick tube assists in bringing the flip
over the top of the wick) Pulling the winder slightly outwards disengages the cog
from the toothed side of the slotted plate or shank & the sliding frame & extinguisher
drop down the side of the wick tube leaving the wick winder free to act in the usual
way (or the reverse actions may be arranged so that pulling the winder outwards
engages the cog with the toothed side of the slotted shank & pushing it inwards frees
it A spring may be provided to bring the winder back to its normal position ifter it
has been made to engage with the slotted shank and a catch at the bottom of the
shank to prevent overwinding
Dated this Samarth dow of Inne 1888
CHRISTOPHER LUCAS
JOHN BENNETT

page_text: An
Improvement in Lamp Burners for retroneum, Faramu,
other Oils
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CHRISTOPHER LUCAS, Aths Lamp Works, Great King Street, Birmingham, Manu-
facturer, and JOHN BENNETT 149 Great Hampton Row, Bumingham Agent, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement
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Our invention relates to Petroleum, Paraffin and other like Burners and is for the
purpose of providing them with a safe and simple method of extinguishing the light
The extinguishing arrangement is actuated by the wick winder and consists of a
frame working or sliding up and down the outside of the wick tube and carrying a
loosely hinged plate or flap which forms the extinguisher Attached to the lower part
of the sliding frame is an elongated plate or shink pierced with a long slot plain on
one side and serrated or toothed on the other One of the cog or toothed wheels of the
wich winder fits into this slot and when the winder is pushed towards the buiner
the cog wheel engiges with the toothed side and when so engaged the net of turning
the wick down carries the sliding frame upw irds until the extinguishing plate or flip
falls over the top of the wich tube and extinguishes the light A catch in iv be
formed on the extinguishing plate or flap which engaging with a similu catch on the
wick tube assists in bringing the flip over the top of the wick
Fig 1 of the accompanying drawings 19 view of the sliding frame with the
shank B having a slot O plain on one side and toothed on the other
Fig 2 shews the extinguishing plate or flap
Fig shews the flap D loosely hinged or fitted into the upturned ends A A of the
sliding frame
Fig 4 shews the extinguishing arrangement mounted on the wick holder E and the
cog wheel F fitting in the slot C
Fig 5 is a view of a burner cut open to shew the extinguishing arrangement The
winder G is pushed towards the burner making the cog wheel F engage with the
toothed side of the slot C When so engaged the act of winding the wick down raises
the sliding frame and causes the flip D to fall over the top of the wick sochet E and
so extinguishes the light When the winder G is released the spring H pushes it
outwards as shewn by the dotted lines allowing the sliding frame and extinguishing
flip to drop down the side of the wick socket leaving the burner free to be re-highted
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare th it what we clum 18-
The construction of an extinguishing arrangement for Petroleum and other like
burners arranged and acting substantially as set forth