Incandescent Mantle and Chimney Bearer.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Incandescent Mantle and Chimney Bearer.
I, HENRY EDWARD HERRIOT, Secretary, Deaf & Dumb Association, 74, Quay
Street, Manchester, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows;-
It is a stand, holder, and lifter of mantles & chimneys such as are sold by
the Incandescent Gas Light Company of London and others, and has for its object
the preservation of such mantles and the cleaning of the burner used with such
mantles. By its use any person may be trusted to remove the mantle in order to
clean the burner without fear of mishap to the mantle. By my contrivance the
chimney & mantle may be lifted intact from the burner and held in the hand or
placed on one side whilst the dust is removed from the burner, and can as readily
be replaced over the burner, without injury to the mantle or disturbing or removing
it from its rest or upright position as when over the burner. My drawing which
I send herewith best describes the shape & form of my invention.
No. 1 drawing showing mantle & chimney bearer.
A. Crutch or prop with cleft & hook at the upper end for receiving and support-
ing the mantle, the upper portion is also used as a handle or hook for lifting or
hanging the bearer by.
B. Bridge supporting crutch to which it is attached at its centre. The bridge
ends resting on the rim of the burner and to the sides of the band and possibly
to the ring of the chimney gallery.
C. Band with projecting arms or feet for the reception and support of the glass
chimney and also forming base upon which the structure rests when off the
burner. The band may be placed either inside or outside the bridge ends, my
drawing represents the band inside the bridge ends which band forms a collar
and skirt round the burner and rests on the edge of tlie burner or on the inside
of the chimney gallery. It is not essential that it should rest on the edge of the
burner, it may be placed outside the bridge ends and lengthened so as to rest on
other supports such as the branches that carry the chimney gallery.
D. The projections or arms for the support of chimney are intended to pass
under the chimney and up on the outside for the purpose of lifting the chimney,
mantle and bearer by the one act.
The bearer may be made of any kind of metal or any other suitable substance
of one piece throughout or of two or more parts joined together, the bridge and
crutch or prop may be formed of two or more wires joined to the band and starting
from the chimney gallery joining over the centre of the burner thence one or more
of them forming the prop or stem.
No. 2 drawing represents the bearer with the mantle in position resting on the
top of the burner.
Having now described my invention I claim for it that its use will increase the
life of mantles, especially in street lamps and in places of business where dust
abounds. It will also save the necessity of removing the mantle from its rest at

page_text: any time for the purpose of removing dust from the burner which few people can
do without injuring the mantle. It forms a stand, holder and lifter totally in-
dependent of the burner by which the mantle; chimney & bearer may be lifted
intact from the burner and held in the hand or placed on one side whilst the dust
is removed from the burner, the mantle in the meantime suffering no injury and
remaining in the same upright position as when over the burner.
I, HENRY EDWARD HERRIOT, Secretary of the Deaf and Dumb Association,
74, Quay Street, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, 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 a device by which the chimney and mantle of an in- 1
candescent gas lamp can be lifted off and the atmospheric burner cleaned without
injuring the mantle or removing it from its support.
In the sheet of drawings left with my Provisional Specification Figure 1 shows
the mantle and chimney bearer, A being the mantle rod or carrier and B a bridge
or legs by which the mantle rod A is secured or connected to a sleeve or band C 2
which is in this case shown provided with feet or projections 1 for the reception
and support of the glass chimney. The feet 1) form a ready means for lifting off
the sleeve C with its mantle rod, and also form a base upon which the mantle
and chimney bearer can rest when taken off the atmospheric burner as well as
when upon it. Figure 2 shows the sleeve C with the mantle on the rod A in 2
position on the burner, and supported by the feet 1 but it is obvious that the
sleeve C might rest upon the top of the burner or it might be extended downwards
and rest directly on the chimney gallery or other support.
It will be readily understood that the mantle rod A may be of any suitable form
and material and may be combined with the sleeve or band Cin an infinite 3
number of ways.
In the sheet of drawings which accompanies my Complete Specification I in-
dicate four examples. In Figure 3 the mantle rod or carrier A is shown bent at
right angles and riveted to the outside of the sleeve C. In Figure 4 the mantle
carrier A is shown formed of two wires twisted together and riveted at the lower 3
end to the sleeve C. In Figure 5 the mantle rod A is shown fitted in a socket F
which is carried by an arm or arms G secured to the sleeve C. It is obvious that
the socket might be flat or of any other convenient form instead of conical as
shown.
In Figure 6 the legs of the mantle rod A are shown fitted or secured in two 4
sockets H formed on the outside of the sleeve C.
Instead of fixing or fitting the mantle rod or carrier A so that the mantle when
in position will be outside it, I may suspend the mantle from a suitably shaped
mantle carrier placed outside it and attached below to the outside of the sleeve C
at or near its lower edge. The sleeve C may be fitted or secured to the atmospheric 4
burner so as to be readily detachable in any convenient and suitable way and
thereby the chimney, mantle, mantle carrier and sleeve can all be lifted intact
from the burner and either be held in the hand or put down whilst the burner is

page_text: being cleaned or examined, and this without injury to the mantle which remains
in the same upright position as when over the burner.
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. In an incandescent gas lamp the combination with the chimney and mantle,
of a mantle carrier and sleeve or band fitted detachably to the atmospheric bumer
substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
2. In an incandescent gas lamp the several combinations with the mantle
carrier A, of the sleeve or band Ċ fitted detachably to the atmospheric burner
substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 19th day of October 1898.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant, 17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.