Improvements in or connected with the Burners and Oil Containers of Oil Lamps.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, Toth Vet, 18965
Complete Specification Left. 18th July, 1896-Accepted, 29th Aug., 1896
Date of Application, 18th vet, 1895
Complete Specification Left. 18th July. 1896-Accepted. 29th Aug., 1996
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with the Burners and Oil Containers
of Oil Lamps.
We, HERBERT STONE, of Bracebridge Street, m the City of Birmingham,
Manufacture, and HENRY GARDINER ATKINSON, of 47 Murdock Road,
Handsworth, in the County of Stafford, Pattern Maker, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with the burners and oil
contamers of oil lamps and consists as follows:-
Much trouble is experienced in many of the lamps now made in the charging of
the container with oil, owing to not readily being able to see when sufficient ou
has been poured in and consequently overflows repeatedly take place. Several
devices have already been tried or adopted to overcome this Also it is found that
cousiderable sweating or dripping of oil from the wick tubes takes place and finds
its way to the exterior of the burner and thence to the exterior of the container.
This is duty, and otherwise troublesome, and it is to lessen or remove these
objections that we have made this our invention.
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We provide upon the container an opening to receive the bunner &e,
larger than those hitherto in use, and a range around this a raised up dish like
im. The lower part of the buner is provided with an enlarged flange or plate
which shall fit to the central hole o such other part of the dish as may be
desired, and is further provided with inclined sun faces, which when turned around
(together with the buner) take underneath corresponding pegs or lugs fixed upon
the inside of the dish so as to firmly hold the burne in position. The joint may
be made with a cork su face as usual and the bune to have a plug like part to
enter and fit the hole in the container. In some cases we may provide that the
burner shall not (without special operation) be entirely removed from the container,
by forming thereon a slide or slides which shall take into slideways in the
container so that the bune shall be raised sufficiently high to readily change the
vessel with full sight of its contents, but which nevertheless may be removed
entely if desired, or slot holes may be cut in the flange of the burner which shall
permit of its passing below outstanding pegs upon the container, so that when the
burne has been tuined around as before stated, such pegs shall lie above the
flange and prevent its removal should it not have been tuined around sufficiently
tight
By these means there can be practically no danger of overfilling while at the
same time the fastening is secuie, neat and quite out of the way, and further
all dripping or sweating is collected in the dish and finds its way into the
container.
Dated this 17th day of October 1895.
CHARLES T POWELL,
Applicants' Agent.

page_text: COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with the Burners and Oil Containers
of Oil Lamps.
We, HERBERT STONE, of Bracebridge Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturer, and HENRY GARDINER ATKINSON, of 47 Murdock Road,
Ilandsworth in the County of Stafford, Pattern Maker, do hereby declare tho
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
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with the burners and oil
contamers of oil lamps and consists as follows
-
Much trouble is experienced in many of the lamps now made in the charging of
the container with the oil, owing to not readily being able to see when sufficient
oil has been poured in and consequently over flows repeatedly take place. Several
devices have already been tied adopted to overcome this. Also it is found
that considerable sweating or dipping of oil from the wick tubes takes place and
finds its way to the exterior of the hunder and thence to the exterior of the
container. This is duty and other wise troublesome, and it is to lessen or remove
these objections that we have made this our invention.
In order to more clearly explain this our invention we have appended hereunto
an illustrative drawing upon which are figmes and numbers of reference similar
numbers referring throughout to the same thing or part.
Fig. 1 shows a sectional view of the invention with the burner raised ready for
feeding with oil (on line A-B of Fig. 2).
Fig 2 is a sectional plan view of the invention (on line C-D of Fig. 1).
Fig. 3 is a detail of inclined surface hereinafter explained.
Fig 3 shows a fasteumg of the burner to the container.
4 is the oil container. 5 is the burner part of which only is shown.
We provide upon the container 4 an opening 6 to receive the burner 5 &c., much
larger than those hitherto in use, and airange around this a raised up dish like
rim 7. The lower part of the buiner is provided with an enlarged flange or plate 8
which shall fit the central hole or such other part of the dish as may be desired,
and is further provided with inclined sin faces 9, 9 which when turned around
(together with the burner) take underneath corresponding pegs or lugs 10 fixed
upon the inside of the dish so as to firmly hold the burnei in position. Upon
reference to Fig. 3, it will be seen that the incline 9, also extends or overhangs
outwards as it rises, hence the pegs 10 do not interfere with the edge 11 of the
Hange and thereby prevent its withdrawal, but by reason of the inclined surfaces
extending outwards as stated they catch underneath the lugs when turned around.
The joint may be made with a cork surface as usual and the buiner may have a
plug like part 12 to enter and fit the hole in the container. In some cases we may
provide that the burner shall not (without special operation) be entuely removed
from the container, by forming thereon a slide or slides 13 which shall take into
slideways 14 in the container so that the burner shall be raised sufficiently high to
readily charge the vessel with full sight of its contents, but which nevertheless
may be removed entirely if desired.
The lower ends 15 of the slides or legs 13 may be bent at light angles so that
then ends may pass into the slideways, these slideways being further extended
with horizontal portions 14 at then upper and lower ends so that by turning the
burner around when the ends 15 are opposite the upper horizontal slideways, the
buiner with its gallery &c is supported in the raised position while the feed oil is
supplied, and similarly when the ends 15 are opposite the lower houzontal slide
ways, the burner &c. may be turned around to permit of the incline fastenings, 9, 9,
being made while they themselves further form an additional prevention of the

page_text: unintentional raising of the burner &c., or one or more slot holes or gaps 16 see
Fig. 34 may be cut in the flange of the burner which shall permit of its passing
below the outstanding peg or pegs 17 upon the container, so that when the burner
has been turned around as before stated, such pegs shall hic above the flange and
pievent its removal, should it not have been turned around sufficiently tight upon
the inclined surfaces.
By these means there can be practically no danger of over filling while at the
same time the fastening is secure, neat and quite out of the way, and further, all
dripping or sweating is collected in the dish and finds its way into the container,
while by compressing the slides 13 the ends 15 may be withdrawn from the
slideways and the burner entirely removed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :
1. In oil lamps the combination with the bunner 5 having the flange 8 and oue
or other of its fastening devices, of the dishlike m 7 and large opening 6
upon the container 4 all substantially as set forth and shown and for the purposes
specified.
2. The combination with the burner 5 of the downlanging slides 13 with
slideways 14 and 14° in or upon the container 4 all substantially as set forth and
shown.
3. The general combination and anangement of the parts constituting these
ou improvements in or connected with the burners and oil containers of oil
lamps, constructed and operating substantially as set forth and illustrated upon
the drawings.
Dated this 18th day of July 1896.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicants' Agent.