Improvements in Oil Lamps and Stoves.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 12th June, 1906
Complete Specification Left, 10th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 10th Apr.. 1897
Date of
oprication,
Complete Specification Left, 10th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 10th Apr.. 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Oil Lamps and Stoves.
ROBERT PAYNE BEATTIE 16 Arcadia Great Dover Street Borough
London S.E. Lamp Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a safety tube, with plug, fixed to
burners of any well known pattern in lamps, and stoves, for burning petroleum or
other light hydro carbon oils. The oil container may be of any shape as the safety
rests in the plug and tube arrangement should the lamp be overturned.
The main feature of this invention is to supply the wick only with sufficient oil
to feed the flame, and to prevent the heated oil, from the flame, decending into
the reservoir, and to allow the free escape of spirit vapour, thus keeping the oil
perfectly cool, and making the risk of explosion or leakage impossible.
In carrying the invention into effect the lamp, or stove, burner may be of any
well known pattern. The metal wick tube, herein after called the wick chamber,
of any suitable length, being hermetically sealed to the burner part and widening
down to the bottom end into which is inserted a plug, pressing the wick firmly
against the inside, and completely filling up the oil passage, only allowing sufficient
oil to be taken up by the wick, from the reservoir, to feed the flame. The oil in
reservoir being completely isolated, by the plug arrangement, from the wick
chamber leaving it empty, and preventing any leakage should the lamp be
overturned.
At the top of the wick chamber below the burner part, are several small air holes.
which allow the free escape of spirit vapour into the wick chamber, then passing
up through the wick tube in burner is consumed by the flame giving a much
improved light.
The plug is made of sheet metal covered on the outside with any suitable soft.
material, and attached with a small chain to the wick chamber, which is made
sufficiently large to contain enough wick to be freely turned up or down, as
required, with the plug in position.
Dated this 12th day of June 1896.
Improvements in Oil Lamps and Stoves.
I, ROBERT PAYNE BEATTIE, of 16 Arcadia, Great Dover Street, Borough,
in the County of London, 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 this invention is to provide a safety tube, with plug, fixed to
burners of any well known pattern, in lamps and stoves, for burning petroleum or
other light hydro carbon oils. The oil container may be of any shape as the safety
rests in the tube and plug arrangement should the lamp he overturned.
The main feature of this invention is to supply the wick only with sufficient oil

page_text: to feed the flame, and to prevent the heated oil, from the flame, descending into
the reservoir and to allow the free escape of spirit vapour thus keeping the oil
perfectly cool and making the risk of explosion or leakage impossible.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1, is a vertical elevation of the wick chamber with a plug at the bottom.
Fig. 2, is a vertical elevation of the wick chamber with a sliding plug at the
base.
Fig. 3, is a duplex wick chamber.
Fig. 4, is a plan of the base of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5, is a plan of the base of Fig. 2.
Fig. 6, is a plan of the base of Fig. 3.
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In carrying the invention into effect the lamp or stove burner may be of any well
known pattern, the metal wick tube, hereinafter called the wick chamber a, of any
suitable length, being hermetically sealed to the burner f, and widening down to
the bottom end into which is inserted a plug c or a sliding plug d, pressing the
wick b firmly against the inside and completely filling up the oil passage only
allowing sufficient oil to be taken up by the wick, from the reservoir, to feed the
flame, the oil in the reservoir being completely isolated by the plug arrangements c
or d from the wick chamber a leaving it empty and preventing any leakage should
the lamp be overturned.
The plug c is held in its position by a spring wire fastener g and is also secured
by a-chain to the wick chamber a. The wick b passes through a slot i cut in
the chamber a.
In Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the dotted lines indicate the positions of the wicks b in the
wick chambers a.
If preferable as in Figs. 2, 3, 5, and 6, I use a sliding plug d which said plug
slides, between two supports e. The sliding plug d is attached to one of the
supports e by a chain.
At the top of the wick chamber, below the burner part, are several very small
air holes which allow the free escape of spirit vapour into the wick chamber then
passing up through the wick tube in burner is consumed by the flame giving a much
improved light. The plug c and sliding plug d is made of sheet metal and attached
with a small chain to the wick chamber, which is made sufficiently large to contain
enough wick to be freely turned up or down, as required, with either of the plugs
in position.
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. In oil lamps and stoves, the combination of the various parts of the
mechanism substantially as above described in this specification for the purpose
specified.
2. In oil lamps and stoves, the combination of the plug c slot i wick chamber a
and spring wire fastener g, substantially as herein described and according to
Figs. 1, and 4, of the accompanying drawing.
3. In oil lamps and stoves, the combination of the sliding plug d slot i supports e
and wick chamber or chambers a, substantially as herein described and according
to Figs. 2, 3, 5, and 6, of the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 10th day of March 1897.
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.