Year: 1897

page_text: I, FANNY REYNOLDS, of 96, Reeves Street, Bloxwich, near Walsall, in the County of
Stafford, do hereby declare the nature of iny said invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in connection with cycle and other
lamps by which I am enabled to strike a match in the interior of the lamp for igniting
the wick thus preventing the possibility of the flame of the match being extinguished
which so frequently occurs when the match has to be ignited in the ordinary manner
during wet or windy weather.
In carrying my invention into practice I secure in a suitable position in the interior
of the lamp body or in the interior of the "bell" of the lamp a plate or other device,
the surface of which is roughened or serrated, or a piece of emery cloth or glass cloth
or their equivalent inay be used, so that when the match is rubbed or drawn sharply
across the surface it will ignite, thus allowing the lamp to easily and quickly light
without the inconvenience or annoyance of the match being extinguished in wet or
windy weather.
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GEORGE BARKER,
Agent for Applicant, 77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.
I, FANNY REYNOLDS, of 96, Reeves Street, Bloxwich, near Walsall, in the County
of Stafford, do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 has for its object improvements in connection with cycle and other
lamps by which I am enabled to strike a match in the interior of the lamp for
igniting the wick thus preventing the possibility of the flame of the match being
extinguished which so frequently occurs when the match has to ignited in the
ordinary manner during wet or windy weather.
In carrying my invention into practice I secure in a suitable position in the
interior of the lamp body or in the interior of the "bell" of the lamp a plate or
other device the surface of which is roughened or serrated or a piece of emery cloth
or glass cloth or their equivalent may be used so that when the match is rubbed or
drawn sharply across the surface it will ignite thus allowing the lamp to be easily
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page_text: and quickly lighted without the inconvenience or annoyance of the match being
extinguished in wet or windy weather.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried into
practical effect I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon
which I have illustrated examples of my improvements but it must be understood
that I do not limit myself to the particular positions in which I have shewn my
striker secured to the lamp as this striker may be fixed in the interior of the lamp in
various positions.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a lamp with the side light open and a portion of
the body broken way shewing my improvements applied thereto.
Figure 2 is a front elevation of a lamp with the front lens open shewing my
improvements applied to the bell B.
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In carrying my invention into practice I secure in the interior of the lamp A say to the
side and to the inner end b¹ of the bell B the plate a¹ or its equivalent the surface of
which is roughened or serrated like a file so that when a match is rubbed or drawn
sharply across it will ignite thus allowing the lamp to be easily and quickly ignited
in windy or wet weather. Instead of roughening or serrating the surface of the
metal plate a¹ I may attach a piece of emery or glass cloth thereto or I may use
emery or glass cloth without the metal plate.
At Figure 2 I have shewn the striker or roughened plate a¹ secured to the
upper part in the interior of the bell B but it will be evident that this striker
may be fixed in any other part of the bell of the lamp.
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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
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First. The improvements in connection with cycle and other lamps consisting
essentially in securing in the interior of the lamp a roughened metal plate or its
equivalent for the purpose as hereinbefore described and substantially as shewn
upon the drawings.
Second. The new lamp fitted with a roughened part or its equivalent adjacent
to the wick for the purpose of striking a match upon it for lighting the wick
substantially as set forth.
Dated this 5th day of May 1898.
FANNY REYNOLDS.
By George Barker, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents,
Agent for Applicant, 77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.