Improvements in Oil Lamps.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 4th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 4th Jan., 1898,
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Improvements in Oil Lamps.
I, FELIX FREMONT, of 144 Witton Lane, Aston, near the City of Birmingham,
Brass Finisher, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to lamps, principally for the burning of light hydro-carbon
oils, and has for its object, the keeping of the liquid in the container cool,
or, in other words, the isolation of the burner part from the reservoir or oil
container.
According to my improvements, the burner is isolated from the reservoir by an
interposed and pierced hollow neck, collar or chamber, wherethrough the wick or
wicks from the burner hang, in passing to the reservoir, without coining into contact
with any heat-conducting material.
In carrying out one form of my improvements, I fit or screw within the mouth of
the mount, a hollow and perforated or reticulated neck, collar or chamber, which
may be of any shape or design, and so arranged that the wick or wicks, passing
from the lower ends of the wick casings of the burner (which fits or screws into the
upper part of the said hollow and reticulated neck or chamber) hang clear of the
metallic fittings or parts of the lamp, so that the wicks, after leaving the wick
casings are kept cool and from metallic contact, as air freely circulates through the
neck or chamber by means of the piercings.
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By employing such a loose attachment located between the burner and the oil
reservoir, beat from the burner is prevented from being conducted to the oil in the
reservoir, hence immunity from explosions.
The said loose and fitted attachment may, if necessary, be made from glass or
china or any other like substance as well as metal.
Instead of the interposed and pierced chamber or cage being in the form of a
loose attachment, it may be made solid with the mount, or integral with the
reservoir, or it may be made fast to the mount, or as a part and parcel of the burner
or made fast to the foot of it.
A central and open-ended air shaft may pass up the middle of the reservoir, oil
tank or the like, with its upper end directed to the burner, so as to feed the burner
with air through a supplementary chanuel other than through the piercings in the
body of the game.
The directing of an air current through a shaft or shafts in the reservoir, assists
in keeping the oil contained therein cool.
Dated this 5th day of March 1895.·'
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Improvements in Oil Lamps.
0 I, FELIX FREMONT of 144 Witton Lane, Aston, near the City of Birmingham,
Brass Finisher, 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 ;-
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This invention relates to lamps, principally for the burning of light hydro-

page_text: carbon oils, and has for its object, the keeping of the liquid in the container
cool, or, in other words the isolation of the burner part from the reservoir or
oil container.
According to my improvements, the burner is isolated from the reservoir by an
interposed and pierced hollow neck, collar or chamber, wherethrough the wick or
wicks from the burner hang, in passing to the reservoir, without coming into contact
with any heat-conducting material.
In carrying out one form of my improvements, 1 ft or screw within the mouth of
the mount, a hollow aud perforated or reticulated neck, collar or chamber, which
may be of any shape or design, and so arranged that the wick or wicks, passing
from the lower ends of the wick casings of the burner (which fits or screws into the
upper part of the said hollow and reticulated neck or chamber) hang clear of the
metallic fittings or parts of the lamp, so that the wicks, after leaving the wick
casings are kept cool and from metallic contact, as air freely circulates through the
neck or chamber by means of the piercings.
By employing such a loose attachment located between the burner and the oil
reservoir, heat from the burner is prevented from being conducted to the oil in the
reservoir, hence immunity from explosions.
The said loose and fitted attachment may, if necessary, be made from glass or
ohina or any other like substance as well as metal.
Instead of the interposed and pierced obamber or cage being in the form of a
loose attachment, it may be made solid with the mount, or integral with the
reservoir, or it may be made fast to the mount, or as a part and parcel of the burner
or made fast to the foot part of it.
A central and open-ended air shaft may pass up the middle of the reservoir, oil
tank or the like, with its upper end directed to the burner, so as to feel the barner
with air through a supplementary channel other than through the piercings in the
body of the same.
The directing of an air current through a shaft or shafts in the reservoir, assists
in keeping the oil contained therein cool.
Figure of the accompanying drawing represents a lamp provided with an
interposer hollow and reticulated mount, collar or neck for keeping the oil passing
up the wick by capillary attraction, cool, before it reached the point of ignition and
constructed according to one form of my invention.
a is a reservoir surmounted by a perforated and hollow mount, collur or neck b,
made integral or rigid with the said reservoir, and having fitted within its screwed
or socketted mouth 6, a burner e, so that the upper portion of the wick d, in
reaching the said burner passes through this hollow and perforated mount, where-
through air freely circulates and thereby keeps cool the oil, and renders the use of
light petroleum oils in table and like lamps safe.
Figure 2 represents ny improvements applied to a china or earthenware
reservoir.
a is a china or like reservoir, surmounted by a perforated and hollow mount,
collar or neck b, attached by cement or otherwise to the said reservoir, and with
the upper or mouth cud made to receive the said burner.
The wick passes
through the said mount and oil drawn up the wick by the capillary attraction
is kept cool by the air circulating through the perforations of the collar and around
the wick.
Figure 3 represents a modified form of my invention in which the perforated and
hollow collar or neck is made attachable to and detachable from the lamp reservoir
and the buruer by screwing as represented or by socketting.
a is the lamp reservoir surmounted by an attachable and detachable or loose
collar or neck, pierced or reticulated at 61, to admit of air circulating around the
wick d, and thereby keeping cool the oil being drawn up the same, and secured in
position to the reservoir and the burner c, attached to it by screwing, although
if necessary the said parts may be connected together by socketting or otherwise.

page_text: It will be understood that if necessary the interposed and perforated ventilating
collar or neck wherethrough air circulates may be carried by or made a permanent
part of the burner and may be attached thereto by screwing or otherwise.
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 :-
In lamps, interposing between the burner and the reservoir, a reticulated or
all-through pierced ventilating collar, mount or neck, made either integral or fast
with the reservoir or with the burner, or in the form of a loose attachment
connectible to the burner or the reservoir or both, whereby the oil ascending the
wick and in the reservoir is kept cool and the use of light petroleum oils in lamps
rendered safe, substantially as described and set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of Dorm1005
FELIX FREMONT,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.