Lamp Burner Attachment.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 5th June, 1891-Accepted, 11th July, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Lamp Burner Attachment.
JAMES KING 11 Thavies Inn London E.C., Manufacturers Agent, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An improvement for locking oil lamp burners on to the oil containers by means of
a spring attached to the collar or mount usually fixed to the oil container.
9th April 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Lamp Burner Attachment.
I JAMES KING of 11 Thavies Inn, London, Commission Agent, 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:-
The object of the present invention is to provide simple and efficient means for
the attachment of burners of paraffin lamps to the containers or lamp bodies, so as
to avoid, as far as possible, the disastrous consequences which are likely to arise if
a lighted lamp be accidentally upset.
It is universally admitted that it is of the highest importance that the burner be
not liable to accidentally become detached from the container, for with the burner
removed, there is a large aperture for the free escape of the oil from an over-turned
lamp, which is not so when the burner is secured in position.
I am aware that attempts have been made at securing the burner by set screws
and otherwise, but these attempts have resulted in contrivances too complex or too
expensive for ordinary use, or not applicable except in connection with specially
constructed lamps.
In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated part of a lamp fitted with my
invention,
Fig. 1 shewing in side elevation the lamp burner properly secured to the
container, and
Fig. 2 the burner in the act of being secured, also in side elevation.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the collar which is permanently secured to the container, with
my securing device applied thereto.
A is the permanently fixed collar, and a a are the ordinary lugs, with which the
claws bot the burner B engage in the ordinary way. a is a spring mounted
horizontally upon the collar A, and forming a safety catch for preventing the
escape of the claw b, when in engagement with the lug a. There may be as many
safety springs a' as there are lugs a, but in the drawing herewith only one is shewn,
as that is deemed sufficient to prevent the backward rotation of the burner B upon
the collar A.
To disengage the burner from the container, it is only necessary to depress the
spring a', and rotate the burner backward clear of the lug a.
The depression of the spring, when the burner is being attached, is effected by
the claw b, as shewn in Fig 2.
When the burner is properly engaged with the lugs, the attachment is perfect
until the spring breaks or the burner is intentionally released.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
In attachments for lamp burners, the employment of a spring catch in conjunction
with the ordinary lugs, substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 5th day of June 1891.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.