MENTS IN LAMPS."
Year: 1881

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Ward at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th September 1881.
THOMAS WARD, of Kentish Town, in the County of Middlesex.
MENTS IN LAMPS."
" IMPROVE-
rod or stand,
The improvements relate more especially to lamps intended for use on musica!
instruments, such as pianofortes, organs, harmoniums, and such like, or on music
stands in place of sconces, but are also applicable to reading and other lamps. They
consist in the following arrangements: The lamp may be adapted for consuming
parafin, colza, or other oil, the body or reservoir being formed by preference some-
what of an oblong, oval, or egg shape at the bottom tapering to a circular form at
the top where the burner is attached, and has soldered or otherwise firmly fixed to
the back thereof a metallic piece, on which is formed a socket or sleeve by which.
the lamp may be adjusted and secured at any required height on
fixed to the musical instrument, music stand, or other base. The said metallic piece
also carries a stem projecting upwards and adapted to receive a socket or sleeve
formed on or attached to the shade, so as to support the latter in position. The
said shade may be constructed of any suitable shape and material, but for the
purposes of musical instruments and music stands I prefer that it shall be made
vertical at the back and sloping at front and sides, and that the general form in
plan shall be that of the letter D, the curved part of the letter forming the front
of the shade and the straight part the back thereof. The whole arrangement forms
a more convenient and more efficient means of illuminating music, books, or papers
than any of the means heretofore in use so far as I am at present aware.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Thomas Ward in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 18th March
1882.
"
THOMAS WARD, of Kentish Town, in the County of Middlesex. IMPROVE-
MENTS IN LAMPS."
on
The improvements relate more especially to lamps intended for use on musical
instruments, such as pianofortes, organs, harmoniums, and such like, or
music stands in place of sconces, but they are also applicable to reading and other
lamps.
In the Drawings hereto annexed Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a lamp
with its attachments constructed in accordance with this Invention; Figure 2, a
back elevation; and Figure 3, a plan of same with the shade and chimney
removed.
"
These improvements consist of the following arrangements :-
The lamp may be adapted for consuming parafin, colza, or other oil, the body or
reservoir A being formed by preference somewhat of an oblong, oval, or egg shape
at the bottom, as shown in Figure. 3; tapering to a circular form at the top where
the burner is attached, and has soldered or otherwise firmly fixed to the back
thereof a metallic piece B on or with which is formed a socket or sleeve C by
which the lamp may be adjusted and secured by the clamping screw D at any
required height on a rod or stand E, which may be fitted permanently or not to
any convenient part of the musical instrument, music stand, or other base. The
stand E, shown in the Drawing, is adapted so as to be placed on the upper edge F
of the front of a pianoforte, for example, and so as to be easily applied thereto or
removed therefrom, the back part of the said stand E being shaped so as to fit over
the said edge, the part E being adapted to fit into the staple G fastened by screws
or otherwise to the upper part of the inside of the front. By slightly raising the
lid H-of-the-pianoforte-the-part-Elof-the-stand-E-may-be-placed_in_or_removed
from the staple G at pleasure.
The form of the stand E and the means of attaching it can be varied according
to the nature of the object on which the lamp is to be placed, or according to the
purpose for which it is to be employed.
The aforesaid metallic piece B also carries a stem B₁ projecting upwards and
adapted to receive a socket or sleeve I, formed on or attached to the shade J, so as
to support the latter in position. The said shade may be constructed of any
suitable shape and material; but for the purposes of musical instruments and
music stands I prefer that it shall be made vertical at the back and sloping at front
and sides, as shown, and that the general form in plan shall be that of the letter D,
the curved part of the letter forming the front of the shade and the straight part
the back thereof.
It will be observed that the front of the oil reservoir A for the lamp is so shaped
as not to cast a shadow on the music or other object placed below and slightly in
front of it.
The whole arrangement forms a more convenient and more efficient means of
illuminating music, books, or papers than any of the means heretofore in use for
that purpose so far as I am at present aware, inasmuch as by these arrangements
the lamp may be placed centrally instead of at the side, as heretofore.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to or may be carried into effect I would have it understood that
what I claim is,―
-
First. The arrangements and adaptations whereby a lamp can be applied to a

page_text: musical instrument, music stand, or other object, so as to form a central light, as
herein before described and illustrated in the Drawings hereto annexed.
Second. The combination of the lamp having a reservoir of the form shown with
the attachment B, for carrying the shade and the adjusting socket C and the stand E,
as herein before described and illustrated in the Drawings hereto annexed and for
the purposes set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Ward, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Seventeenth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
THOMAS WARD. (L.S.)