Improvements in Lamp Burners.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 11th Dec., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lamp Burners.
I, GEORGE ALEXANDER BODEE, of 114 West 34th Street, New York City, in
the County and State of New York, United States of America, Mechanical
Dentist do hereby declare the nature of my invention, and in what manner the
salme is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement.
This invention relates to burners for oil lamps, and the object is to provide
a burner with a chimney gallery having a removable portion underneath the
chimney, whereby by moving said movable portion to an open position, a
match may be inserted for lighting the wick, thus rendering it unnecessary to
lift or remove the chimney.
I will describe a lamp burner embodying my invention, and then point out the
novel features in the appended claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts
in all the views.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a lamp burner embodying my invention;
Figure 2 is a bottom plan view; and
Figure 3 is a top plan view showing the movable portion as open.
On the burner 1 is mounted a gallery base consisting of two segmental
sections 2, 3. The section 2 is rigidly attached to the burner, and the section
is mounted to swing relatively thereto. As here shown, the section 3 has a
pivotal connection 4 with the section 2, so as to swing on a horizontal plane.
Extended outward from the fixed section 2 is an arm 5, having a finger plate 6
on its end, and extended outward from the movable section 3 is an arm 7, having
a finger plate 8 on its end. A spring 9 is connected at one end to the arm 5 and
at the other end to the arm 7. This spring serves to hold the movable portion of
the gallery base yieldingly in its closed position.
Extended upward from the fixed section 2 are pairs of chimney-holding
fingers 10, 11. The inner fingers 10 are designed to engage the inner side of a
chimney, and the fingers 11 are designed to engage the outer surface of the
chimney. By this construction it is obvious that lateral displacement of
the chimney will be prevented.
In operation, when it is desired to light the wick a pressure on the arms 5 and 7
will swing the section 3 outward, as indicated in Figure 3, so that a match may
be inserted through the lower end of the chimney.
For the purpose of bracing the movable portion 3, a plate 12 is attached to the
burner and engages against the under side of the movable portion, and as a
further means of support, the free end of the movable portion may be made to
overlap the end of the fixed portion.
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. The combination with a lamp burner. of a chimney gallery comprising n

page_text: fixed section, a horizontally swinging section, arms extended from the sections,
and a spring for holding the swinging section yieldingly in its closed position,
substantially as specified.
2. The combination with a lamp burner, of a chimney gallery, comprising a
fixed base section, a swinging base section, and chimney-holding fingers on the
fixed section, substantially as specified.
3. The combination with a lamp burner, of a chimney gallery having a base
consisting of a fixed section and a swinging section, arms extended from the
sections, a spring connecting the sections, and chimney-holding fingers on the
fixed section, substantially as specified.
Dated this Oth day of No100%
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents
53 Chancery Lane London.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents
53 Chancery Lane London.