Improvements in Miners' Lamps.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 31st May, 1894-Accepted, 7th July, 1894
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1, ARTHUR MORRIS, of 17 and 26, Duke Street, Aberdare, in the County of
Glamorgan, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to miners' or colliers' lamps of the kind provided with a
removable shank by which the lamp is held.
Hitherto this shank has usually been left open at the lower end, but according to
my invention I close the said shank and make it in two parts adapted to be screwed
together or otherwise connected so that the lower part of the shank may be utilized
as a receptacle for matches and in such a manner that when closed there is no risk
of the matches becoming ignited and at the same time when a match is required it
is simply necessary to unscrew the receptacle from the other part of the shank.
It will be obvious that this arrangement does not prevent the shank being used
as a cover for the lamp burner.
In practice I find it advantageous to provide any suitable part of the lamp with
a frictional surface for igniting the matches.
Dated the 23rd day of April 1894.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Miners' Lamps.
I, ARTHUR MORRIS, of 17 and 26, Duke Street, Aberdare, in the County of
Glamorgan, Manufacturer, 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 miners' or colliers' lamps of the kind provided with a
removable shank by which the lamp is held.
'
Hitherto this shank has usually been left open at the lower end, but according to
my invention I close the said shank and make it in two parts adapted to be screwed
together or otherwise connected so that the lower part of the shank may be utilized
as a receptacle for matches and in such a manner that when closed there is no risk
of the matches becoming ignited and at the same time when a match is required it
is simply necessary to unscrew the receptacle from the other part of the shank.
It will be obvious that this arrangement does not prevent the shank being used
as a cover for the lamp burner.
In practice I find it advantageous to provide any suitable part of the lamp with
a frictional surface for igniting the matches.
To enable my iuvention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is an elevation of a miner's lamp having my improvements applied
thereto; and,
Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of the same.
Figure 3 is a sectional elevation illustrating a modification.

page_text: a is the lamp reservoir and 6 the burner, both of which are of ordinary
⚫construction. c is the shank which is fixed to a socket d adapted to screw either
o.ito a nipple e upon the bottom of the lamp or upon the nipple f adjacent to the
burner in order to form a cover or cap for the burner in the usual manner.
As shewn in Figures 1 and 2 the shank c is made in two parts c¹, the upper
part cas shewn in Figure 2 being formed in one piece with the socket d, whilst the
lower part is screwed onto a screw-threaded extension of the part c¹ as shewn
at g. This part c' forms with the part el a box for containing matches, h, h Figure 2
indicating matches in the said box. i is a plate of serrated or roughened material
fixed around the shank and serving as the frictional surface upon which to strike
the matches.
In the modification of my invention shewn in Figure 3 the shank c is formed in
one piece, a screw cap; in the lower end of the said shank affording when removed,
access to the matches contained in the said shank.
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. A miner's lamp of the kind described having the shank formed as a box for
containing matches, substantially as described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved miners' lamps herein before described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 31st day of May 1894.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.