IMPROVEMENTS IN THE. MANUFACTURE OF. NIGHT. LIGHTS AND. LN APPARATUS, EMPESTED THEREIN." APPARATURN DE BOTED TABERNE PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Meyer, of
Frederick Meyer, of Deradice Stroot, Lambeth and
Joseph William Freestone, of. Rams Square, Wandsworth, for the. Inven-
tion. of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE. MANUFACTURE OF. NIGHT. LIGHTS AND. LN
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Joseph William Freestone, of Rams Square, Wandsworth, for the. Inven-
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tion. of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE. MANUFACTURE OF. NIGHT. LIGHTS AND. LN
APPARATUS, EMPESTED THEREIN."
APPARATURN DE BOTED
TABERNE
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said. Frederick. Meyer and
Joseph William, Freestone at the Office of the Commissioners, of
Patents,.with. their Petition, on the 15th September 1865.
We; FREDERICK MEYER, of Paradise Street, Lambeth, and JOSEPH WILLIAM
FREESTONE, of Rams Square, Wandsworth; do hereby declare the nature of
the said. Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS. IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NIGHT LIGHTS.
AND IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of night
lights and in apparatus employed therein. Heretofore, in the manufacture of
night lights, such as are made and burned in cylindrical case, it has, been
the practice to fill the cases with the melted fatty matters by hand after the
lower ends of the wicks have been fixed at the bottoms of the cases. This
practice has resulted in there being great want of uniformity in the times of
burning of different night lights made in the same sized cases.
Now our Invention, consists in manufacturing night lights in the following
manner: The night-light cases to be filled are first furnished with wicks;

page_text: the lower ends of the wicks being set into the bottoms of the cases, as hereto-
fore, and then the cases are arranged on and held against a plate which covers
their upper ends, so as to prevent any overflow of the fluid fatty matters in
filling, and in the plate are formed holes for the passage of the wicks of the
night lights. By means of this plate, when the melted fat is poured in, the
upper surfaces of the night lights are formed or moulded, and the wicks are
also correctly centred in the cases. The plate may be plain, or it may have
ornamental or other devices thereon, according as it may be desired to have
the upper surfaces of the night lights formed plain or with devices. The
cases for the night lights are correctly held in position against the surface
plate, by being passed through rings carried by a moveable frame; these rings
when placed against the surface plate come concentrically with the wick holes
in the surface plate. There is also another frame carrying india-rubber or
other springs or instruments which, when the cases have been arranged on the
surface plate, is placed so that the springs or instruments it carries press
against the lower ends of the night-light cases in such a manner as to hold
their upper ends against the surface plate. The surface plate, and the two
frames above mentioned, are hinged or connected together at one of their
edges, and when shut together one on the other they are retained by suitable
catches or holding instruments. The night-light cases are filled through
narrow passages or openings formed through the surface plate, and there are
projecting ribs at the back of the surface plate near such passages, so that
when the plate is held in an inclined position such ribs serve as lips for the
reception of the melted fatty matters. Scrapers are used to remove the excess
of fatty matters when cool from these channels, and where the pouring
passages are made through the surface plate the metal is reduced or formed
as thin as conveniently may be, in order that the scrapers may remove- the
fatty matters as close as possible to the upper ends of the night-light cases,
The apparatus is carried by a suitable framing, wherein the surface plate and
the frame of rings in contact therewith 'is held in an inclined position with its
moulding surface upwards whilst introducing the empty night-light cases, and
then when the holding frame has been shut and secured, so as to retain the
night-light cases, the surface plate, with the cases and parts in connection
therewith is turned over, so as to bring the back of the surface plate upwards,
and at a suitable angle or inclination for filling the cases.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Frederick Meyer and Joseph William Freestone in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 15th March 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, FREDERICK
MEYER, of Paradise, Street, Lambeth, and JOSEPH WILLIAM FREESTONE, of
Rams Square, Wandsworth, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-ninth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself,. Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
us, the said Frederick Meyer and Joseph William Freestone, Her special
licence that we, the said Frederick Meyer and Joseph William Freestone,
our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said
Frederick Meyer and Joseph William Freestone, our executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times, thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and law-
fully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NIGHT LIGHTS AND IN APPARATUS
EMPLOYED THEREIN," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said
Frederick Meyer, and Joseph William Freestone, our executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under our or their hands and seals, or
under the hand and seal of one of us or them, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Frederick Meyer, on behalf of myself
and the said Joseph William Freestone, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof,
that is to say-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of night
lights and in apparatus employed therein. Heretofore in the manufacture
of night lights such as are made and burned in cylindrical cases it has been
the practice to fill the cases with the melted fatty matters by hand after the
lower ends of the wicks have been fixed at the bottoms of the cases.
This
practice has resulted in their being great want of uniformity in the times of
burning of different night lights made in the same sized cases,

page_text: Now-our Invention consists in manufacturing night light in the following
manner: The night-light cases to be filled are first 'furnished with wicks,
'the lower ends of the wicks being set into the bottoms of the cases, as hereto-
fore, and then the cases are arranged on and held against a plate which covers
their upper ends so as to prevent any overflow of the fluid fatty matters in
filling, and in the plate are formed holes for the passage of the wicks of the
night lights. By means of this plate when the melted fat is poured in the
upper surfaces of the night lights are formed or moulded and the wicks are
also correctly centered in the cases. The plate may be plain or it may have
ornamental or other devices thereon according as it may be desired to have 1
the upper surfaces of the night lights formed plain or with devices. The
cases for the night lights are correctly held in position against the surface
plate-by-being-passed through-rings-carried-by-a moveable frame; these rings
when placed against the surface plate come concentrically with the wick holes'
n the surface plate. There'is also another frame carrying india-rubber or
other springs or instruments which when the cases have been, arranged on the
surface plate is placed so that the springs or instruments it carries press
against the lower ends of the night-light cases in such manner as to hold
their upper ends against the surface plate. The surface plate and the two
frames above mentioned are hinged or connected together at one of their
edges, and when shut together, one on the other, they are retained by suitable
catches or holding instruments. The night-light cases are filled through
narrow passages or openings 'formed through the surface plate, and there'
are projecting rib, at the back of the surface plate near such passages, so that
when the plate is held in an inclined position such ribs serve as lips for the s
reception of the melted fatty matters. Scrapers are used to remove the
excess of fatty matters when cool from these channels, and where the pouring
passages are made through the surface plate the metal is reduced or formed'
as thin as conveniently may be in order that the scrapers may remove the
fatty matters as close as possible to the upper ends of the night-light cases.
The apparatus is carried by a suitable framing wherein the surface plate
and the frame of rings in contact therewith is held in an inclined position
with its moulding surface upwards whilst introducing the empty night-
light cases, and then when the 'holding frame has been shut and secured
so as to retain the night-light cases the surface plate with the cases and parts
in connection therewith is turned over so as to bring the back of the surface
plate upwards and at a suitable angle or inclination for filling the cases.
Having thus stated the nature of our Invention, we will proceed more
fully to describe the manner of performing the same.
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page_text: Figure 1 shows an end view of the apparatus, when in the position for
filling the night-light cases. Figure shows a transverse section, of the
apparatus in the position when the empty boxes or cases are being placed
in the apparatus to be filled, and the apparatus is in the same position when
the filled cases are removed.. Figures 3. show a section, a back view, and
a front view of the plate separately. Figures 4 show a plan and edge view
of the frame which carries the rings, and Figures 5 show a plan and edge
view of the frame which carries the elastic bands or springs which press
the several empty night-light cases against the surface of the plate which covers
the top of the night-light cases. The surface of the plate a, a, may be plain;
but generally it is preferred that it should be engraved with the maker's name
or other devices opposite each place where the upper surface of a night light is
produced. On the other side of the plate a, a, are formed inclined projecting
ribs a', a', which serve as lips, and they produce troughs with inclined sides
across the back of the plate a, into which the melted "stuff" employed in
forming night lights is poured, a narrow passage a is made through the
plate a at the upper part of each circle where the plate a covers a case, and
these passages come in a line at the bottom of each trough formed by the
inclined projecting ribs a', a', at the back of the plate a. In each of the
troughs is a scraper with a wire or rod 6 by which the scraper may be drawn
from end to end of its trough when the stuff of which the night lights are
formed has become set and cold. The plate a, a, is fixed on an axis c which
is supported in the uprights e. The lower end of the frame f, f, which carries
the rings g, g, turns on the same axis, such is the case also with regard to
the frame h, h, which carries the india-rubber springs i, i, and these parts a, f,
and h are retained togethar by the latch or catch j. The plate a and the
frames and h are (when filling the empty cases) supported by the support
k as shown. The plate a and the frames f and h are supported in an inclined
position by the support when the night-light cases are being put into the
rings g in the plate a. The upper ends of the wicks are passed through the
holes in the plate a, a The lower ends of the wicks are first fixed to the
bottom of the cases, and metal discs are placed therein in the ordinary manner,
when all the rings 9, 9, have been filled the frame with the springs i, i, is
raised into position, and the springs i, i, press on to the bottoms of the cases.
The frames and fare then latched or fastened in position. The plate a, a,
(together with the frames k and f) is then turned over, and is supported in

page_text: an inclined position by the other support k, the fluid stuff is then run into
the troughs, and the same is allowed to stand when the "stuff" has become set,
the plate a and the frames f and h are then turned over and supported by
the support 1, the scrapers are to be moved across the plate a, a, and the "stuff"
removed thereby falls into the tray or pan m placed below; the frames h, f, are
unlatched, the frame h is to be folded back, and the filled night-light cases
are to be removed; fresh cases with wicks fastened therein are then to
be supplied to the plate a, a, through the ring 9, the frame. is to be again
latched or fastened, and the cases filled as above explained.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, we would wish it to be understood that what we claim
is, the combined arrangement of the parts-a, f, g, h, i, herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Meyer, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of March, One thousand eight
hundred, and sixty-six.
FRED MEYER. (L.s.)