Improvements in Lamp Chimney Cleaners.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 27th May, 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lamp Chimney Cleaners.
I, PETER TEEPLE, of 36 Academy Street, Watertown, in the County of
Jefferson, and State of New York, United States of America, 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 chimney cleaner, and particularly to that class for
cleaning lamp chimneys wherein spring arms are used.
The object of my invention is to produce a more simple, cheap, durable, and
convenient device than has heretofore been in use.
With this object in view, my invention consists in the peculiarities of construction
and combinations of parts as will be more fully described hereinafter and pointed
out in the claims.
The accompanying drawings illustrate a plan view of my device.
The reference letter a represents the handle of my device, provided at its lower
or rear end with a ring b, by which it may be hung upon a hook if so desired.
Fitted and countersunk in the forward end of the handle are wires c, d, and e, the
middle or wire d being doubled and made much longer than the others. The outer
ends of the double wire d, are bent or concaved to form a waste receptacle, the
extreme ends meeting beyond the receptacle. Placed upon the wire and between
the receptacle and handle. is a clamp ring g. When using my device the waste or
other suitable material is placed in the receptacle, and the clamp ring g is pushed
toward it, thus drawing the wires together and securing the waste cloth therein.
The side arins or wires c and e are provided near the handle with oppositely twisted
portions which tend to throw the forward ends of the arms away from the centre
or wire d. The extreme ends of the wires cand e are provided with twisted
portions the ends & being bent backward, and formed in the shape of hooks/
which engages the wires c and e. Grasping loops or catches are thus formed on
the ends of the wires, and in which can be secured waste cloth or other suitable
material. A ferrule m is placed over the forward end of the handle to prevent its
splitting.
When using my cleaner the ring y is slipped back to allow the free ends of the
wires to open and waste cloth placed in the receptacle. The ring is then pushed
forward, and in this manner the waste is securely held in the receptacle. The
hooks e are released from the wires e and e, and waste cloth placed therein, and the
hooks are then again fastened on the wires c and e. The waste cloth is thus
securely held in place, and when it is desired to clean a lamp chimney, the side
wires or arms are pushed together, and the three wires c, d, e, forced into the
interior of the chimney. After entering the chimney, the ends of the side wires
spread away from each other and are held in engagement with the interior wall of
the chimney by the resiliency of the twisted portions h. The centre or wire d
readily cleans the top of the chimney, owing to its length. The handle can now
be revolved or pushed forward and backward, as the operator desires until the
interior of the chimney is perfectly clean.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a lamp chimney cleaner, side arms or wires having coils near their base,
coils upon the outer ands of the wires the oxtreme ands of said wires being bent.

page_text: back and provided with a hook for engaging the main wire, whereby the cleaning
material may be securely held on the saine, substantially as described.
2. In a lamp chimney cleaner, side arms or wires having coils near their base,
coils upon the outer ends of the wires, the extreme ends of said wires being bent
back and provided with a hook for engaging the main wire, whereby the cleaning
material may be securely held on the same, a longer central arın consisting of two
wires having curved portions near their outer ends, and a slip ring on the wires for
drawing the same nearer together, substantially as described.
Dated this 2016 dar of Vowk 1902
F. W. BARKER,
Applicant's Agent.