Improved Method of Fitting the Galleries of Oil Lamps so as to Enable them with their Globes, to beed to Facilitate Lighting.
Year: 1884

page_text: Improved Method of Fitting the Galleries of Oil Lamps so as to
Enable them, together with their Globes, to be Raised to
Facilitate Lighting.
I ALBERT RETTICH of 34 and 35 Gerrard Street, Soho, Middlesex, Lamp
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVED
METHOD OF FITTING THE GALLERIES OF OIL LAMPS SO AS TO ENABLE THEM
TOGETHER WITH THEIR GLOBES TO BE RAISED TO FACILITATE LIGHTING
to be as
follows:-
"
The object of this invention is to fit a sliding tube or socket on the burner to
enable the wick or wicks to be lighted without removing the globe, chimney,
gallery, or other support from the burner or tilting it or them when the lamp has
to be lighted.
For the purpose of my invention I fit a plain or slotted tube on the top rim of
the burner tube or tubes, which tube extends down within the air supply screen,
On this tube I arrange the chimney holder and also the globe holder or only one
of them and move it up by hand by a sliding action to such a height as to allow of
à taper being inserted up the air slots of the gallery to the wicks. I provide one
or more stops and grooves on the burner and tube to prevent the gallery being
accidentally removed while the lamp is being lighted, but for cleaning purposes a
partial rotation will enable them to be separated.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improved Method of Fitting the Galleries of Oil Lamps so as to
Enable them, together with their Globes, to be Raised to
Facilitate Lighting.
I ALBERT RETTICH of 34 and 35 Gerrard Street, Soho, Middlesex, Lamp
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVED
METHOD OF FITTING THE GALLERIES OF OIL LAMPS SO AS TO ENABLE THEM
TOGETHER WITH THEIR GLOBES TO BE RAISED TO FACILITATE LIGHTING" 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 this invention is to fit a sliding tube or socket on the burner to
enable the wick or wicks to be lighted without removing the globe, chimney,
gallery or other support from the burner or tilting it or them when the lamp has
to be lighted.
1
For the purpose of my invention which will be understood by reference to the
annexed drawings in which Figure 1 shows the lamp closed and Figure 2 the
globe & chimney raised. I fit a plain or slotted tube A on the top rim of
the burner tube or tubes B which tube extends down within the air supply
screen C. On this tube A. I arrange the chimney holder D and also the globe 1
holder E or only one of them as shown at Figure 3 and move it up by hand by a
sliding action to such a height as to allow of a taper being inserted up the air
slots of the gallery to the wicks G. I provide one or more stops H and grooves J
on the burner B and tube A to prevent the gallery being accidentally removed
while the lamp is being lighted but for cleaning purposes a partial rotation will 2
enable them to be separated.
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 method of fitting the galleries of oil lamps so as to enable them 2
together with their chimneys or globes or both, to be raised for the purpose set
forth as herein before described and shown in the annexed drawings,
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said A. Rettich.