Year: 1885

page_text: 1st The improvement consist of a brass or similar metal dome or cover fixed to
the frame of the lamp marked A on drawing, this dome is perforated to allow, the
hot and purified air to pass out.
2nd A copper or similar metal rod is fixed to cover and extends to the top of
light marked B.
3rd The rod B. conveys the heat from the light to internal plate C. this is copper
or similar metal, Germ life or decomposed matter arriving at this plate would
be instantaneously destroyed by the intense heat, the air then passes into the
combustion chamber between C. and A. where it is thoroughly purified and finally
passed through the perforations into the atmosphere one or more lights and plates
and rods can be used as the exigency of the case require.
JOHN GEORGE GIBBON.

page_text: COMPLETE
DIECIFICATION.
A Disinfecting Sanitary Lamp for Ventilation of Sewers and
other Places.
I JOHN GEORGE GIBBON of 25 Bisterne Place Poplar London E Forman Engineer
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for THE VENTILATION OF SEWERS
AND OTHER PLACES, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly prescribed & ascertained in & by the following statement :-
The invention consists of a lamp so constructed with mechanical appliances and
heated with gas or oil so as to create a partial vacuum, by the heating of the air in
the lamp, thereby causing the foul air in the sewers to rush to the lamp, by pipes
being laid from the sewers to the bottom of the lamp post, where it passes up to
the lamp as no air is admitted into the lamp except what passes through the lamp
post, where all decomposed matter or Germ life is destroyed by the intense heat
therin, The air then passes into the combustion chamber above where it is
purified, and finally passed through the perforations into the atmosphere.
Referring to the drawings accompaying my provisonal specification the
following is an Explamation of construction of Lamp.
1th The improvement consists of a brass or simelar metal dome or cover fixed to
the frame of the lamp marked A on drawing, this dome is perforated to allow the
hot and purified air to pass out.
2nd A copper or simelar metal rod is fixed to cover and extends to top of the
light marked B.
3rd The rod B conveys the heat from the light to internal plate marked C this
plate is copper or simelar metal Germ life or decomposed matter arriving at this
plate would be instantaneously destroyed by the intense heat.
The air then passes into the combustion chamber between C and A where it
is thoroughly purified, and finally passed through the perforations into the
atmosphere, one or more plates and lights & rods can be used as the exigencies of
the case require for a disinfecting sanitary lamp.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1th My disinfecting Lamp combines both an illuminator and a disinfector by
its construction.
2 The light in lamp acts upon the conductor as shown and creating an intense
heat which is conveyed to the internal plate where the great work of destroying
germ life is performed the hot air ascending into the combustion chamber above is
thoroughly purified and passed out through the perforations.
3rd The lamp being constructed of metal produces a heat of 400 degrees which
adds to the brilliancy of the Light, and, causing a continious current from the

page_text: sewers by the rarifaction of the air, Therefore the features of novelty in my
invention claimed is a disinfecting Lamp and an illuminator by an ordinary light
doing a double duty viz extracting the foul air from the sewer and and disinfecting
the same; and in addition giving nearly double the illuminating power of an
ordinary lamp and using no more coal gas than an ordinary lamp.
Dated this 25th day of April 1885