A Simplified Form of Magnesium Lamp.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 11th July, 1892-Accepted, 13th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Simplified Form of Magnesium Lamp.
PERCY ELLIS of The Manor House Wallington Surrey Gentleman do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It consists of a small lamp resting on a stand so that the flame will ignite the
magnesium ribbon as it is pushed through a small hole in the reflector. The
reflector is held secure in position behind the lamp and a handle is fixed to
the whole thing diagonally to the reflector and in such a way & shape that it can
be easily grasped with one hand, three fingers below & the thumb and first finger
above the handle.
The ribbon which is to be burned is held by the thumb & first finger & from
thence passes through the hole or slit in the reflector into the flame of the lamp.
The supply of ribbon is kept up by shifting the wire forwards with the thumb &
first finger, thus doing away with the use of any wheels for pushing forward the
ribbon into the flame.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Simplified Form of Magnesium Lamp.
PERCY ELLIS of The Manor House Wallington Surrey Gentleman 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 :-
My invention relates to a simple construction of a lamp for burning magnesium
ribbon or wire or other similar material whereby the ribbon may be kept burning
by being pushed forward by the thumb and first finger of the hand holding the
lamp, entirely without the use of rollers or mechanism.
It consists of a small spirit or other suitable lamp resting on a stand so that the
flame will ignite the ribbon as it is pushed through a small hole or slit in the
reflector behind the lamp. The reflector is held secure in position behind the lamp
and a handle is fixed to the whole, at a suitable angle to the reflector, and of such
a shape that it can be easily grasped with one hand three fingers below and the
thumb and first finger above the handle.
The ribbon which is to be burnt is held between the thumb and first finger and
from thence passes under an india rubber band through the slit in the reflector and
then into the flame of the lamp, the supply of ribbon being kept up by shifting the
wire forwards with the thumb and first finger.
Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate the right and the left hand side of the lamp (from the
operators point of view), Fig. 2 showing the position the hand takes in working
the lamp having the ribbon between the thumb and first finger, at A, by which
means the ribbon is shifted forward under the india rubber band, at B, into the
flame through the slit, at C, in the reflector.
said
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is;
A lamp for burning magnesium or other suitable ribbon or wire having a handle

page_text: as described whereby the flame can be kept fed by the action of the thumb and
first finger pushing forward the ribbon in the manner described herein and illus-
trated in the drawings.
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