An Improvement in Lamp Stoves.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 30th Jan., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Lamp Stoves.
I, CHARLES STANFORD UPTON, of No. 42, Park Place, in the City of New
York, County of New York and State of New York, U.S.A., 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 is an improvement in that class of devices generally known as
lamp stoves; and the object is to obtain a small, convenient and economical device
of this character, which, occupying but little space, is also simple of construction,
and operation, light and durable, and can be easily carried about from place to
place in the hand, and which will serve the purpose of heating or cooking numerous
substances, or articles, with almost no expense aud but slight inconvenience or
trouble.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following description of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, wherein, similar numerals designate like or
equivalent parts wherever found, throughout the several views, and in which,
Fig. 1, represents my improved lamp stove in elevation.
Fig. 2, a central vertical section thereof, and
Fig. 3, a modification of a detail of the construction shown in Figure 1.
Referring to the drawing, the numeral 2, designates an ordinary oil pot or
reservoir, provided with an annular downwardly projected perforated base flange 3,
a handle 4, and a central draft tube 5. The top 6, of the reservoir is provided
with a circular opening 7, having a downwardly extending annular flange 8,
within which is placed a removable annular ring shaped piece 9, angular in cross
section as shown, and to which is attached a tube 10, which extends preferably to a
level with the top of the central tube 5. The space between the tubes 10 and 5,
serves as a wick chamber, the wick being shown in position at 11. The wick is
held in place and adjusted as required by means of a band 12, which surrounds the
central tube 5, and to which the wick is attached when the device is in use, and
pivotally attached to the band 12, or a shank formed thereon, is a bar 13, which
extends up through the top of the reservoir, by which the tank may be adjusted,
to any desired height by raising or lowering the band 12. If preferred, the ring 9,
and the tube 10, may be formed integral, but the tube 10, should be easily
removable in order to permit of the adjustment of the wick on the band 12, when
the same becomes necessary, by reason of the consumption of the wick, or the
substitution of a new wick for the old one. Surrounding the tube 10, at a pre-
determined distance therefrom, is an annular perforated air distributer 14, the base
of which fits within the ring 9, and placed upon the air distributer 14, is a conical
perforated distributer 15, through the perforations of which the air passes directly
to the outer mantle of the flame. A. perforated cone or thimble 16, is placed upon
the central tube 5, as shown and serves to distribute, and direct into the inner
mantle of the flame the air which passes up through the central tube 5.
The conical air distributer 15, is provided with an outwardly extending base 17,
on which the chimney rests, and to which are attached spring chimney holders 18.
All these parts possess no novelty and form no part of my present invention, the
same being substantially similar to the corresponding parts of the "Rochester
Lamp," a central draft lamp of well known construction.
In my improvement I employ instead of the ordinary glass chimney, a metallic
chimney 19, provided with mica windows 20, through which the height of the flame
may be observed. This chimney is supported in part upon the ordinary chimney
rest 17, and is also provided with supports or braces 21, which may be attached

page_text: to the chimney in any desired manner, and the lower ends of which are curved
outward and downward as shown and rest upon the annular flange or base 22,
formed around the top of the reservoir.
The supports or braces are preferably four in number, and as shown in Fig. 1
and 2, are formed from two pieces of heavy wire or rods, which are passed through
the chimney, at 23, crossing each, other as shown,, and passing downward to the
lower end of the chimney are held firmly in place by a band 24, below which they
are curved outward and downward and, when the chimney is in position, rest upon
the support or flange 22, as hereinbefore described. These braces 21, afford a firm
support to the chimney, and enable it to sustain considerable weight without danger
thereto, or the burner proper, and the flange or base 22, on which they rest being
directly over the outer wall of the reservoir, also aids in this result and prevents
injury to the top thereof.
Mounted upon top of the chimney in any desired manner, is a cup or basket
shaped device 25, designed to support a vessel containing substances or articles
which it is desired to heat or cook, and around the outer walls thereof are numerous
small openings, through which the products of combustion, or heated gases may
pass.
Instead of forming the braces 21, and attaching them to the chimney as hereto
fore described, each may consist of a single piece and be attached to the chimney
as shown in Fig. 3, the band 24, being still employed and the upper end of each
brace being passed within, or under a socket or lip 26, formed in the chimney, or
attached thereto. With this construction the braces are readily removable and
can be easily placed in position, which aids materially in shipping, when it is
customary to take the device apart in order to economize in space."
It is evident that many changes may be made in the details of construction and
the combination and arrangement of the various parts of my invention without
departing from the scope thereof and I do not limit myself to the exact forin of
device herein set out, but
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tior and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1, The combination with an oil reservoir and burner, of a chimney provided
with braces or supports attached thereto which rest, when the chimney is in
position, upon the reservoir substantially as shown and described.
2, The combination with an oil reservoir and burner, of a chimney provided
with braces or supports which rest upon a base or support formed on the reservoir,
the top of the chimney being also provided with a support for vessels or other
devices, substantially as shown and described.
3, The combination with an oil reservoir and burner, of a chimney, provided
with removable braces or supports which rest when the chimney is in position upon
the reservoir substantially as shown and described.
4, The combination with an oil reservoir and burner, of a chimney provided
at its top with a support for vessels or other devices, and braces which rest upon a
base or support formed on the oil reservoir, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 4th day of November 1891.
CHARLES STANFORD. UPTON.
H. B. Barlow,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agent for Applicant.