IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING FIRES, WHICH APPARATUS MAY ALSO BE EMPLOYED FOR SOLDERING AND BRAZING
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Wimpenny, of Leeds, in the County of York,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING FIRES,
WHICH APPARATUS MAY ALSO BE EMPLOYED FOR SOLDERING AND BRAZING '
Sealed the 27th July 1877, and dated the 31st January 1877
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Wimpenny at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st January 1877
THOMAS WIMPENNY, of Leeds, in the County of York "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING FIRES, WHICH APPARATUS MAY ALSO BE EMPLOYED FOR
SOLDERING AND BRAZING"
This Invention consists of a nozzle of peculiar construction which may be applied
to bellows (more especially to those known as fan bellows) whereby the jet of an
Issuing from the saine may be made to cauy with it an intense flame and may thus
be used for lighting fies or for soldering or blazing
The nozzle may be made of tin, brass, or other suitable metal, of a conical form
and of a size to fit over the ordinary nozzle of the fan or other bellows In the
interior of this conical tube is fitted a second tube of a cylindrical form closed at
the inne end and open at the outer end, its diameter at this part being somewhat
smaller than the smaller end of the conical tube which encloses it, leaving a small
annular opening between the two though which the jet of air from the bellows
passes A small quantity of paraffine or other hydrocarbon oil or spirit is poured
into the inner tube and a wick of cotton or other material is introduced
As soon as the wick is thoroughly saturated it is lighted, and the bellows being
then set in motion the jet of an issuing from the annular space round the wick
will carry an inteuse flame with it, which may be used for lighting files or for
soldering, brazing, and other similai purposes

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Thomas Wimpenny in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 31st
July 1877
THOMAS WIMPENNY, of Leeds, in the County of York
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING FIRES, WHICH APPARATUS MAY ALSO BE EMPLOYED FOR
SOLDERING AND BRAZING"
This Invention consists of a nozzle of peculiar construction which may be applied
to bellows (more especially to those known as fan bellows), whereby the jet of air
issueing from the same may be be made to carry with it an intense flame, and may
thus be used for lighting fires or for soldering or brazing.
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention, I will now proceed to
describe in detail the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed o
carried into practical effect, and in oider that the same may be clearly understood
I have hereunto annexed a Sheet of Diawings illustrative thereof, and have
marked the same with letters and figures of reference corresponding with those in
the following explanation thereof
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Fig 1 in the annexed Diawing is an external elovation of the improved fire-
lighter as made for the fan bellows, the cap or cover being shown above and a plug
for fitting it to the ordinary bellows being shown beneath, Fig 2 is a section of
the same
The nozzle a, a, may be made of tin, brass, or other suitable metal, of a conical
form and of a size to fit over the ordinary nozzle of the fan bellows, the comical
tube a, a, may be made all in one piece or in two pieces, as shewn In the interior
of the conical tube is fitted a second tube b, b, of a cylindrical form closed at the
inner end and open at the outer end (a spual wire being inserted therein to hold
the wick more firmly in its place), its diameter at this part being somewhat smaller
than the smaller end of the conical tube which encloses it, leaving a small annulai
opening or space c, c, between the two through which the jet of air from the bellows
passes, and into this tube b is introduced a wick of cotton or other suitable material
which is afterwards saturated with benzoline, paraffine, or other hydrocarbon oil or
spirit
It consists
As soon as the wick is thoroughly saturated it is lighted, and the bellows being
then set in motion the jet of air issuing from the annular space c, c, 1ound the wick
will carry an intense flame with it which may be used for lighting files or for
soldering, brazing, and other similar purposes, e, e, is the plug of wood which may
be used to adapt this nozzle to bellows of the ordinary construction
of a plug of wood fitting in the large end of the conical tube a, a, and bored through
the contro The lower end at f, f, is made to fit over the pipe of the bellows and
the upper end is provided with a valve g, g, for the purpose of preventing the back
diaught which would put out the flame when expanding the bellows to take in
the air
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention, together with
the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or canned into practical
effect, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my Invention, the combined
bellows, nozzle, and lamp for lighting fires and for soldering and brazing, sub-
stantially as herein-before described and illustrated by the Drawings annexed
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Wimpenny, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven