An Improved Extinguisher for the Burners of Oil Stoves.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 10th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 14th Apr., 1894
An Improved Extinguisher for the Burners of Oil Stoves.
I, SALOMON FALK, of 83, Farringdon Road, in the County of London, Lamp
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an extinguisher mainly designed for use with flat wick
burners for oil stoves.
My improved extinguisher consists of a flap hinged either to the wick tube or to
a frame adapted to slide over the wick tube; the said flap is of a size and shape
corresponding with the opening of the wick tube and is provided with a rod or
handle by means of which the flap can be turned on to the top of the wick to
extinguish the burner, and removed therefrom when the burner is to be lighted.
A suitable stop is provided to limit the movement of the extinguisher.
Dated this 10th day of October 1893.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Extinguisher for the Burners of Oil Stoves.
I, SALOMON FALK, of 83, Farringdon Road, in the County of London, Lamp
Manufacturer, 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 :-
This invention relates to an extinguisher mainly designed for use with flat wick
burners for oil stoves.
My improved extinguisher consists of a flap hinged either to the wick-tube or to
a frame adapted to slide over the wick-tube. The said flap is of a size and shape
adapted to cover the opening of the wick-tube and is provided with a rod or
handle by means of which the flap can be turned on to the top of the wick to
extinguish the burner and be removed therefrom when the burner is to be lighted.
A suitable stop may be provided to limit the movement of the extinguisher.
To enable my invention to be fully understood will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is an elevation:
Figure 2 a plan; and,
Figure 3 an end view of my improved extinguisher in its closed position:
Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4, Figure 1:
Figure 5 is an elevation shewing my extinguisher applied to the wick-tube of an
oil stove, the extinguisher being shewn open :
Figure 6 is a plan; and,
Figure 7 an end view of Figure 5.
Similar letters in all the figures represent similar or corresponding parts.
The improved extinguisher is constructed of a flap a advantageously stamped or
formed out of sheet metal and of the shape shewn although it will be obvious that
it may be made semi-cylindrical in cross section. The ends 6 of the flap are fixed
to a pin or a rod c which passes through the ends of a sheet metal framed which
is formed of a shape and size to fit over the wick-tube e of the stove, the said pin
forming one side of the frame.

page_text: An extinguisher of this construction can be easily applied to any oil stove
as it is simply necessary to place the frame over the wick-tube, as shewn in
Figures 5, 6 and 7, when the extinguisher can, by means of the handle on the
end of the rod r, be turned as shewn in Figures 6 and 7 so as to be free of the wick
when the stove is burning, but, when it is wished to extinguish the light it is simply
necessary to turn the extinguisher by means of its handle over the projecting
wick into the position shewn in dotted lines in Figure 7 and in the detached views,
Figures 1 to 4, when the light will be extinguished.
Although I have shewn my extinguisher consisting of a frame with a flap hinged
thereto to allow of its being easily and simply applied to the wick-tube of an oil
stove, it will be obvious that the frame can be dispensed with and the extinguishing
flap b be hinged to the side of the wick-tube.
An extinguisher constructed according to my invention possesses the advantages
of simplicity, small cost of production and of allowing of the stove being
extinguished without it being necessary to lower the wick.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. An extinguisher for the flat wick burners of oil stoves consisting of a flap
such as a hinged to a frame adapted to be passed over the wick tube, or to the
wick-tube itself, and adapted to be turned over the top of the wick for
extinguishing the stove without it being necessary to turn down the wick,
substantially as described.
2. The improved extinguisher for flat wick burners of oil stoves constructed and
operating substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the several
figures of the accompanying drawing.
3. The combination with an oil stove having a flat wick burner of the improved
extinguisher hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 10th de
M 1001
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.