Improvements in Lamps.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 12th Jan., 1895
Improvements in Lamps.
I, SALOMON FALK, of the Firm of Falk Stadelmann & Co. Limited, of
83, 85 and 87 Farringdon Road, in the City 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:
My invention relates to lamps more particularly to that class known as night
lamps and in which the reservoir and standard are so arranged that the lamp may
be used either as a pedestal lamp or as a bracket lamp the object of my invention
being to so joint the reservoir to the standard that the lamp can be easily and quickly
adjusted to either of its two positions.
According to my invention the reservoir and standard are jointed together so that
the parts may be turned at right angles and held in either the vertical or right angled
position by a set screw entering holes in a segmental plate.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is an elevation of a lamp having my improvements applied thereto and
shewn applied as a pedestal lamp; and,
Figure 2 is a similar view partly in section shewing the lamp arranged for use as
a bracket lamp:
Figure 3 is a view of the joint in a position at right angles to that shewn in
Figure 1:
Figure 4 is an underside or rear view of the base or bracket of the lamp.
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a is the lamp reservoir carrying the burner b adapted for burning paraffin
oil and provided with a gallery c for the globe d; and e is the pedestal or bracket
in the base or end of which is formed a hole fas shewn in Figure 4 by means of
which the lamp when used as a bracket lamp can be hung upon a nail.
g is the joint by means of which the reservoir is connected to the pedestal
which joint comprises a segmental plate fixed to the underside of the reservoir a
and pivotted in a bifurcation or slot formed at the upper end of the pedestal e.
i is the set screw inserted in the pedestal so that the end will project into
the slot for the purpose of fixing the plate to hold the reservoir in its position as a
pedestal lamp as shewn in Figure 1 or as a bracket bent as shewn in Figure 2.
In practice I find it advantageous to form two holes j, j in the plate h which
correspond with the two positions of the reservoir and into which the end of the
said screw can enter and I also form stops k, k which limit the movement of the
The said
plate by impinging against one or the other side of the pedestal e.
holes and stops may advantageously be arranged for ornamenting the plate as shewn
in Figures 1 and 2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A lamp jointed to its standard by means of a plate fixed to the reservoir and
pivotted in a slot in the said standard, a set screw being provided for fixing
the lamp for use either as a pedestal lamp or as a bracket lamp substantially as
described.

page_text: 2. The manufacture and use of the improved lamp wherein the lamp reservoir is
jointed to the lamp pedestal substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 5th day of December 1894.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.