IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING FIRES
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frank Greenhough, of 33, Union Street, Bradford, in the
County of York, Woolstapler, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING FIRES."
Sealed the 23rd March 1877, and dated the 2nd October 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frank Greenhough at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd October 1876.
FRANK GREENHOUGH, of 33, Union Street, Bradford, in the County of York,
Woolstapler. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING
FIRES."
The objection of my Invention is to arrange an apparatus for lighting domestic or
other fires with gas without the aid of the blast from bellows or fans, and to
dispense with the use of wood or other inflamable substances in general use for
lighting fires.
I accomplish my object in the following manner :-To a suitable metal ornamental
is fitted a slide that is capable of being regulated to suit the varying heights of
kitchen or other ranges. To the top of the said slide I fix a swivel bracket, to
which is connected one end of a metal gas pipe; to the other end is secured another
swivel bracket and another metal gas pipe, the end of which is perforated with a
number of small holes. To the first-named swivel bracket I secure a flexible tube
of such a length that the same can be connected to any gas bracket in the room
without having to remove the burner. When the gas is turned into the pipe and
lighted at the perforations the end of the pipe is then inserted into the range
amongst the broken coals, when the fire will ignite in a short time; then the pipe
can be withdrawn, and the fire will continue to burn.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Frank Greenhough in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 29th March
1877.
FRANK GREENHOUGH, of 33, Union Street, Bradford, in the County of York,
Woolstapler. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING
FIRES."
The object of my Invention is to arrange an apparatus for lighting domestic or
other fires with gas without the aid of the blast from bellows or fans, and to

page_text: dispense with the use of wood or other inflammable substances in general use for
lighting fires
I accomplish my object in the following manner :-To a suitable metal ornamental
stand is fitted a slide that is capable of being regulated to suit the varying heights
of kitchen or other ranges. To the top of the said slide I fix a swivel bracket, to
which is connected one end of a metal gas pipe; to the other end is secured another
metal gas pipe, the end of which is perforated with a number of small holes. To the
first-named swivel bracket I secure a flexible tube of such a length that the same
can be connected to any gas bracket in the room without having to remove the
burner when the gas is turned into the pipe and lighted at the perforations. The
end of the pipe is then inserted into the range amongst the broken coals; the same
will ignite in a short time; then the perforated pipe can be withdrawn, and the fire
will continue to burn.
Another mode of constructing my apparatus, which is more applicable for domestic
fires, is to construct a metal frame that can be easily attached to the fire-range bars.
In the centre of this frame I form a long socket having a hole passing longitudinally
through the centre, in which I insert a sliding metal tube with suitable perforations,
as before described. To the other end of this sliding metal tube is attached a flexible
tube, as before described.
In order that this Invention may be more fully understood I herein give reference
to an accompanying Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof, in which like parts are
-indicated-by-like-letters-and-figures. The fire-range and other parts not necessary.
to elucidate this Invention are omitted in the Drawings.
Fig. 1 is a plan of my improved apparatus adapted for domestic fires; Fig. 2 is a
side elevation of the same.
The framework of my apparatus is indicated by the letter A, which is extended
at the ends B for the purpose of securing the apparatus to the range bars, which is
accomplished by putting the ends B into the inside of the range. The bottom side
of the frame at C rests upon the range bar, which forms a fulcrum for carrying the
weight of the apparatus, and is prevented from falling by the projecting ends B
pressing against the inside of the range bar. D is a socket having a hole longitu-
dinally through the centre for the reception of the sliding pipe E, the end of which
is blank at F, and perforated at F¹; G is a swivel or branch secured to the pipe E
for the reception of a flexible tube (not shown in the Drawing) to connect the pipe E
to the ordinary gas bracket.
When the apparatus is attached to the range, and the perforations at the end of
the pipe E lighted and inserted into the range, the coals therein will be lighted
without the aid of wood or other inflammable materials in common use.
Having thus particularly described my said Invention, and the manner in which
the same is or may be performed, I have to state that I do not restrict myself to the
precise details herein described and delineated, but that what I believe to be novel
and original and claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part
recited Letters Patent is, the arranging and combining of the perforated pipe and
flexible tube, substantially as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frank Greenhough, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
above-named Frank Greenhough,
in the presence of
JOHN WAUGH,
Engineer & Patent Agent,
Bradford,
Yorks
FRANK GREENHOUGH. (L.S.)