Improvements relating to Carriage Lamps.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Nov., 1896
Improvements relating to Carriage Lamps.
We, WILLIAM BURLEY, of Sandford Road, Moseley, in the County of Worcester,
Gentleman, and HALLEWELL ROGERS, and WILLIAM HOWES, of the Firm of
Howes and Burley, of Bishop Street, in the City of Birmingham, Lamp
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of improvements relating to carriage lamps, our object
being to provide simple and effective meaus for permitting of the ready insertion
or removal of a candle without detachment of the handle or other part from the
lamp.
In carrying our invention into effect we employ a handle part consisting of a
brass or other metal tube or barrel and fit within the same one end of a sliding
candle holder. Such holder consists preferably of a semi-tubo or trough shape
strip of tinned plate or other metal, the trough being of sufficient width to permit
of the insertion of the candle. The opposite or upper end of the holder fits within
the lamp socket and upon its extremity we fit or form a suitable cap through
which the nose or conical end of the candle is projected.
The candle holder can be caused to slide within the socket when required but is
prevented from complete detachment by means of an external lug or shoulder at
its upper end, formed preferably by a circular strip, and a corresponding internal
shoulder formed at the lower end of the socket or upon an intermediate tube
fitting within the socket. The lower end of the candle holder fitting within the
handle tube or barrel is in like manner prevented from detachment although free
to slide within the barrel.
The candle holder is of such length that when drawn out to the full limit from
the socket and the handle, the distance between such parts is sufficient to permit
of the insertion or the placing of the candle within the holder. The handle is then
pressed up to the socket, causing the candle holder to telescope within both the
handle and the socket, until its upper end is inserted within the socket wherein it
is secured preferably by a bayonet or like joint, or by a spring catch or bolt.
The spiral spring for forcing up the candle during burning is placed within the
holder with one end abutting against the base of the candle and the other end
against the base of the trough like holder.
We do not limit the application of our invention to carriage lamps of any
particular form or pattern but adapt the same with necessary modifications to
such lamps for auto-cars and other carriages or vehicles.
DL: 10 of 1900
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: We, WILLIAM BURLEY, of Sandford Road, Moseley, in the County of Worcester,
Gentleman, and HALLEWELL, ROGERS, and WILLIAM HOWES, of the Firm of
Howes and Burley, of Bishop 'Street, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturers,
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:
This invention consists of improvements relating to carriage lamps, our object
being to provide simple and effective means for permitting of the ready insertion
or removal of a candle without detachment of the handle or other part from the
lamp.
In the two accompanying sheets of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter
reforred to;
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a carriage lamp arranged in accor-
dauce with our invention, representing the candle holder exposed for the insertion
of a candle, whilst Figure 2 represents the holder closed.
Figure 3 is a sectional plan through the candle holder and the handle part of
the lamp.
On Sheet 2, Figure 4 is a sectional end elevation and Figure 5 a sectional side
elevation representing one form of spring catch for securing the handle in its
closed position, whilst Figures 6 and 7 are similar views of a modified form of
spring catch.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
In carrying our invention into affect we employ a handle part A consisting of
a brass or other metal tube or barrel and fit within the same one end of the candle
holder B. Such holder consists preferably of a semi-tube or trough shape strip of
tinned plate or other metal, the trough being of sufficient width to permit of the
insertion of the candle. The opposite or upper end of the holder fits within the
lamp socket C and upon its extremity we fit or form a suitable cap through which
the nose or conical end of the candle is projected.
The candle holder can be caused to slide within the socket when required but
it is prevented from complete detachment by means of an external lug or shoulder
at its upper end, formed preferably of a circular strip, and a corresponding internal
shoulder formed at the lower end of the socket or upon an intermediate, tube
fitting within the socket. The lower end of the candle holder fitting within the
handle tube or barrel is in like manner prevented from detachment although free
to slide within the barrel.
The candle holder is of such length that when drawn out to the full limit from
the socket and the handle, the distance between such parts is sufficient to permit
of the insertion or the placing of the candle within the holder. The handle is then
pressed up to the socket, causing the candle holder to telescope within both the
handle and the socket, until its upper end is inserted within the socket wherein
it is secured preforably by a bayonet or like joint or by a spring catch or bolt.
Instead of making the candle holder to telescope within the lamp socket as
herein before described, we preferably securely attach the upper part of the holder
within the socket C and cause the lower part to telescope within the handle A as
illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The handle is secured when closed by
a spring catch as D, Figures 4 and 5, pivotted upon the handle part and engaging
with the lower part of the socket B or with a collar secure to the intermediate
tube fitting within the socket. The modified form of spring catch shown at

page_text: Figures 6 and 7 is mounted upon the intermediate tube E of the socket and engages
with the collar or flange A' on the upper end of the handle part A.
The spiral spring F for forcing up the candle during burning is placed within
the holder with one end abutting against the base of the candle and the other end
against the base of the trough like holder or of the handle part.
We do not limit the application of our invention to carriage lamps of any
particular form or pattern but adapt the same with necessary modifications to
such lamps for autocars and other carriages or vehicles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is.
1. In carriage lamps, means substantially as described for permitting of the
ready insertion or removal of a candle without detachment of the handle or other
part from the lamp.
2. In carriage lamps, the use of a semi-tubular or trough shaped candle holder
in combination with the lamp socket and the handle part, substantially as and for
the purposes described.
3. The improved construction and arrangement of carriage lamp parts
substantially as and for the purposes described and as illustrated."
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MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicants.