IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS LAMPS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, ROBERT HALL BEST of Cambray Works Handsworth Staffordshire, Chandelier
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN GAS LAMPS, to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in improvements in carrying regenerative or other gas
lamps, and they consist firstly in conveying the gas through the frame which
carries the lamp in the following way The gas is conveyed down one stretcher
into a tube ring which carries the lamp and passing through a portion of this tube
ring is then conveyed up another stretcher before entering the lamp down the tube
passing to the burner.
Secondly in the introduction of a regulator (when required) in the up tube,
whereby an ordinary regulator can be employed in an upright position And by
these arrangements both the cock and regulator are removed as much as possible
from the heat of the lamp.
PAYNE & TALBOT,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, ROBERT HALL BEST of Cambray Works. Handsworth in the County of
Stafford Chandelier Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS LAMPS, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
This Invention consists in improvements in carrying Regenerative or other gas
lamps of similar character and these consist in carrying the gas through a frame
constructed for that purpose as follows.
The gas enters a gas box is conveyed down one stretcher. into.a.horizontal tube
ring and passing through a portion of this tube ring it is conveyed up another
stretcher before entering the lamp down the tube passing to the burner. In the
up tube is placed a regulator in an upright position below the level of the top of
the funnel of the lamp and as far removed from the lamp as practicable so as to
prevent the regulator being affected by the heat from the lamp.
I am aware that frames have been constructed so as to conduct the gas to the
burner in a somewhat similar manner to that described in this Invention of mine,
but the regulator has hitherto been placed in such a position as to be seriously
affected by the heat discharged at the top of the funnel of the lamp and one of the
principal objects of my Invention is to construct a frame so as to avoid this.
The pipes conducting the gas may be arranged to give any desired outline to the
frame so long as that portion to which the regulator is attached is arranged to be
as far as practicable from the funnel of the lamp.
Reference to the accompanying Drawings will show one of the forms of frame
which I prefer to use in carrying out these Improvements in which the regulator (u)
and the cock (b) are placed as far as possible from the heat of the lamp. The
regulator (a) is attached to the frame by means of an elbow union (d) placed at
right angles to the regulator thereby allowing the regulator to be readily taken out
to clean without the necessity of taking the lamp out of the frame.
It is also advantageous to place the regulator in this position relative to the
union because the regulator is not then liable to be screwed up and wrenched when
the union is being screwed up.
It will be also seen that by placing the regulator in this position the frame will
still carry the lamp when the regulator is removed, the lamp being screwed into
the gas box (e) and supported by it while the regulator is removed; and there is no
necessity for removing any portion of the frame by placing a union on the arm (c)
or of any other arrangement for that purpose and placing the regulator below the
top of the funnel of the lamp enables the frame to be made shorter than would
otherwise be necessary thus making the lamp and frame more compact allowing
more room for a longer sliding rod and it is no longer than is necessary to allow
of the tube of a Wenham or similar lamp being itself screwed directly into the
gas box.

page_text: The position of the regulator as described is also advantageous on account of
bringing it well within reach for removing and cleaning.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The improved construction of frame for carrying regenerative and other similar
gas lamps substantially as herein set forth and specified whereby the regulator is
placed upon the frame in such a position as to avoid it being damaged by the heat
from the lamp.