IMPROVE- MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING AND HEATING, SUITABLE FOR SICK ROOMS; AND NURSERIES, AND APPLICABLE ALSO AS HOLDERS FOR MATCHES, WATCHES,: AND OTHER NECESSARY ARTICLES
Year: 1865

page_text: ETTERS PATENT to John Henry Johnson, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in,
the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING AND HEATING, SUITABLE FOR SICK ROOMS;
AND NURSERIES, AND APPLICABLE ALSO AS HOLDERS FOR MATCHES, WATCHES,:
AND OTHER NECESSARY ARTICLES."-A communication from abroad by
François René Menand and Charles Louis Marie Menand, of Paris, in
the Empire of France.
J
ealed the 27th March 1866, and dated the 30th September 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Henry Johnson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th September 1865..
I, JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS POR LIGHTING AND HEATING, SUITABLE FOR SICK
ROOMS AND NURSERIES, AND APPLICABLE ALSO AS HOLDERS FOR MATCHES, WATCHES,.
AND OTHER NECESSARY ARTICLES," a communication to me from abroad by:
François René Menand and Charles Louis Marie Menand, of Paris, in the.
Einpire of France, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a peculiar construction and arrangement of night-
light apparatus for warming food or drink, and consists essentially in so
constructing and arranging the said apparatus that the flame shall be subjected
to a constant current or currents of air, which can be increased or diminished:

page_text: by varying the height of a chimney above the flame, over which chimney there
is also situate a receptacle for the food or drink to be warmed, which recep-
tacle is also capable of being raised or lowered like the chimney. A portion
of the stand of the apparatus is so constructed as to serve as a holder for a
The vessel
watch, matches, and other necessary articles of a like nature.
which contains the night light, whether in the form of a short candle or of a
wick floating in oil, is so constructed that a constantly increasing current of
air is supplied to the flame as fast-as-the-light-burns-down or the level of the
oil descends..
Various means may be adopted for fulfilling the conditions above set forth,
but in practice the following arrangement will answer well:-The stand or
base of the apparatus is provided at the front with a pair of ornamental hooked
brackets for holding watches or jewellery, and with a cavity for matches, a
piece of sand paper or other rough surface being provided for striking them
upon at the back of the apparatus. To' the front of the stand there is fitted a
vertical upright or pillar along which slide two horizontal brackets fixed at
any elevation by set screws. The lower bracket carries the chimney, and the
upper one the vessel in which the food for drink is to be warmed. If desired,
a third bracket may be employed, projecting from the opposite side of the
upright, for 'carrying an ordinary night light. The same light which warms
the food will serve, however, to give a sufficient light to the chamber. It may
consist of a spirit lamp or of any of the known night-lights, but the vessel in.
which it is placed is provided with branching air pipes or passages which open
at their inner ends into the vessel by vertical-oblong apertures, whilst their
outer ends reach a little above the lip of the vessel. Supposing this vessel to
be partially filled with oil upon which a floating wick is placed, the level of
the oil will at first be nearly up to the top of the 'air inlets, and consequently
the supply of air to the flame will not be so great as when, by the burning of
the light the level of the oil descends and exposes a larger aperture for the
access of. air. Thus the supply of air increases as the oil is consumed... By
raising or lowering the chinney the upward draught can also be regulated,
-and-the-heat and light be more or less intensified as required. In lieu of the.
adjustable brackets separate vertical telescopic uprights may be used;; and in
lieu, of the oil vessel provided with air pipes or 'nozzles 'as above described, the
vessel may be made with an inner descending lip and be perforated all round
the top edge, so that air can descend between the inner and outer sides of the
vessel; or in addition to an inner lip an outer one may be used, descending
outside the vessel, but not quite so low as the inner one, so as to form a
species of annular syphon all round the edge of the vessel, the air, rising up

page_text: the outside, passing over the lip of the vessel itself, and finally descending to
the surface of the oil between the inner and outer portions of the vessel. The
whole apparatus is self-contained and perfectly portable..
When burning night lights of the description known as "Childs' "it is
proposed to employ a saucer of a shallow expanding form at the upper part
and having a deep well or chamber in the middle to receive the night light.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Henry Johnson in the Great Seal Patent Office on 'the'"
29th March 1866,
TO, ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN'
HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent; bearing date the Thirtieth day of September, in the year of our Lord.
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the 29th year of Her reign, did,
for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said 'John
Henry Johnson, Her special license that I, the said John Henry Johnson,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, 'the said
John Henry Johnson, my executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times, there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain, and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE->
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING AND HEATING, SUITABLE FOR SICK ROOMS.AND
NURSERIES, AND APPLICABLE ALSO AS HOLDERS FOR MATCHES, WATCHES, AND OTHER
NECESSARY ARTICLES," a communication to me from abroad by François René.
Menand and Charles Louis Marie Menand, of Paris, in the Empire of France,
upon the. condition (amongst others.) that I, the said John Henry Johnson,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my hand
and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within.six calendar months.
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
;
: NOW KNOW, YE, that I, the said John Henry Johnson, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in. what manner the same?
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained-in and by the

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following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, and;
to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:
The said Invention. relates to a peculiar construction and arrangement. of
night-light apparatus for warming food or drink, and consists: essentially in 'so
constructing (and arranging the said apparatus.that the flame shall be subjected
to a constant, current or currents of air, which can be increased or. diminished;
by varying the height of a chimney above the flame, over which chimney there
is also situate-a-receptacle for the food or drink to be warmed, which recep-
tacle is also capable of being raised or lowered like the chimney. A portion
of the stand of the apparatus is so constructed as to serve as a holder for a
watch, matches, and other articles of a like nature. The vessel.which con-
tains the night light, whether in the form of a short candle or of a wick
floating. in oil, is so constructed that a-constantly increasing current of air
is supplied to the flame as fast as the light burns down or the level of the oil.
descends.
:
And in order that the said Invention may be fully understood, I shall-nów
proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that. purpose I shall
refer to the several Figures on the Sheet, of Drawings hereunto annexed; the
same letters of reference indicating corresponding parts in all the corresponding
Figures...
}
Figs. 1, 2, and 3, of the Drawings represent different views of the
improved apparatus, and Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7, are sectional views of the,
saucer or vessel for holding the night light.
·
Various arrangements may be adopted for fulfilling the conditions above set:
forth, but in practice the following arrangement will answer well The stand;
or base A of the apparatus is provided at the front with a pair of ornamental-
brackets B. B', containing hooks or projections b, b, for holding watches or
jewellery. This stand is also furnished with a cavity C for holding matches,
a piece of, sand paper or other rough surface D being provided for striking
them upon at the back of the apparatus. To the front of the stand there is
fitted a vertical upright or pillar D', by preference of square section, along
which slide two horizontal brackets g, h, fixed at any elevation by set screws
1, m. The lower bracket 9 carries in a ring G-the-chimney or glass J, and.
the upper one h carries in the ring H the vessel for containing the food. or
drink is to be warmed. If desired, a third bracket may be employed, projecting
from the opposite side of the upright, for carrying an ordinary night light or:
for supporting the vessel when sufficiently heated. The same light which
warns the food will serve, however, to give a sufficient light to the chamber.
It may consist of a spirit lamp or of any of the known night lights, but the

page_text: vessel E (Fig: 7), in which it is placed, is provided with four branching
air pipes or passages a, a, which open at their inner ends into the vessel' by:
vertical oblong apertures h', whilst their outer ends reach a little above the lip-
of the vessel. Supposing this vessel to be partially filled with oil upon which
á floating wick is placed, the level of the oil will at first be nearly up to the
top of the air inlets, and consequently the supply of air to the flame will not
be so great as when, by the burning of the light; the level of the oil descends
and exposes à larger aperture for the access of air. Thus the supply of air
increases as the oil is consumed... By raising or lowering. the chimney J the
upward draught can also be regulated, and the heat and light be regulated as
required. In lieu of the adjustable brackets separate vertical telescopic
uprights may be used, and in lieu of the vessel E, provided with air pipes of
nozzles a, as above described, the vessel may be made with an inner descending
lip a', as shewn in Fig. 5, and be perforated all round the top edge at c, so
that air can descend between the inner and outer sides of the vessel; or in
addition to an inner lip a¹ an outer one d (Fig. 6) may be used, descending
outside the vessel, but not quite so low as the inner one, so as to form a
species of annular syphon all round the edge of the vessel, the air rising up
the outside, passing over the lip of the vessel itself, and finally descending to
the surface of the oil between the inner and outer portions of the vessel. The
whole apparatus is self-contained and perfectly portable..
When burning night lights of the description known as "Childs"" it is
proposed to employ a saucer of a shallow. expanding form at the upper part
and having a deep well or chamber in the middle to receive the night light,
as shown in section at Fig. 4.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried
into effect, I would observe, in conclusion, that what I consider to be novel
and original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the
herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,-
First, the application and use of a combined night-light stand and food
warming apparatus wherein the draught to the flame, which is subjected to a
continuous current of air, may be increased or diminished by raising or
lowering a chimney, above which chimney there is situate a vertically adjust-
able support for carrying a vessel for containing food or drink, and wherein
the stand of the said apparatus is adapted for holding watches, matches, and
other requisite articles, the whole being arranged and combined substantially
as herein-before described.
Second, the application and use of a night-light apparatus wherein the wick,

page_text: at any level of the oil, is constantly subjected to a current or currents of fresh
air which increase in volume as the level of the oil descends, substantially.as
herein-before described.
Third, the peculiar construction and arrangement of night-light holders
herein-before described and illustrated by Figures 4, 5; 6; and 7, of the
Drawings.
☐ In witness whereof, I,, the said John Henry Johnson, have to this my
Specification hereunto-set my hand and seal, the Twenty-ninth day
of March, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.