Improvements in or connected with Cycle and other Lamps, applicable also to Stoves and other analogous objects.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Cycle and other Lamps,
applicable also to Stoves and other analogous objects.
I, GEORGE FREDERICK LAZENBY of 4 Terminus Road, Eastbourne in the
County of Sussex, Provision Dealer.
My invention relates to improvements in or connected with cycle and other
lamps, applicable also to stoves and other analogous objects, and is designed for
the purpose of providing means whereby a lamp, or the like can be lighted in a
wind or under disadvantageous circumstances, in a simple and ready manner, and
without having to open such lamp or the like to accomplish the purpose.
And in order that the said invention may be the more readily understood, I have
shewn same upon the accompanying sheet of drawings wherein :-
Fig. 1 is a front view, partly in section of a cycle lamp with my invention
applied thereto.
Fig. 2 being an enlarged side view in section of my device separate.
Fig. 3 is a front view of the device while Fig. 4 is a plan of the same with the
top part removed for convenience in showing the construction.
Figs. 5 and 6 are views of a modified form of device.
a is a cycle lamp of ordinary construction, provided with the usual wick a¹ oil
reservoir a and wick adjuster a³.
On the inner lower part of one of the sides a of the lamp I provide an
igniting device consisting of a back 6 bent upward at the lower extremity 6' and
then out at right angles to form a bed b³, which has its sides 6* turned up as shown
in Fig. 2, to act as guides.
The upper surface of the bed 6 is roughened or serrated to form a striking
surface.
The upper extremity of the back b is bent over and brought down into the form
shewn so as to constitute a spring 66 which may be roughened or serrated on its
under if desirable.
An orifice 64 is provided in the back 6 of the device which is also perforated at 6º.
The device is placed inside the lamp, for instance, as shewn in Fig. 1 and is fixed
thereto by means of a screw or rivet e passing through the side of the lamp and the
perforation 6 in the back of the igniting device. The side of the lamp is perforated
at a for the purpose of allowing the head of a match d to be inserted through
same and the orifice 6* in the back of the device and so rubbed along the serrated
and walled bed 6, the spring & immediately above same pressing upon the match
and causing same to be ignited by the friction of same upon the said serrated
surface of the bed b².
It will be of course understood that the igniting device is placed on such a
level that the ignited head of the match after it emerges from the said igniting
device comes in contact with the wick or the like and so lights same (Fig. 1).
The sides of the bed may be also serrated as well as the bottom. In some
cases I may dispense with the bed 62 and provide a lower spring similar to be
abutting against the latter at its forward edge both springs being serrated on their
inner sides so as to ignite the match as it is pushed between them. Figs. 5 and 6
show a modification in which d is a square tube slit about half its length at the
four corners and bent down so as to form a reduced opening the sides d' acting
as springs and being serrated on their inner sides for igniting the match on its being
forced between them. The rear sides e of the tube are bent at right angles to the
side d thus forming projections which are soldered or riveted to the side a* of
the lemn

page_text: It will be readily seen that my invention is applicable to oil or other stoves,
the arrangement of fixing the device and operation of same, being similar in
all cases.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is―
1. In combination with the cycle lamp, stove or other analogous object, the
igniting device consisting of a perforated back, serrated walled bed, and depressing
spring, operating substantially as and for the purpose described and shewn.
2. In an igniting device as above claimed the modification as shown in and
described with reference to Figs. 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
3. The device for igniting a match or the like constructed and operating
substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated.
Dated this 27th day of October 1893
HUGHES & YOUNG,
12, Basinghall Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.