Improvements in and relating to Lamps.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 14th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Mar., 1893—Accepted, 29th Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Lamps.
I EDWIN STANLEY HOARE, of 2, Seabrook Villas, Waldenshaw Road, Forest
Hill, in the County of Kent, Medical Student, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to lamps particularly adapted for use on velocipedes, and it
consists in the use of a detachable supplementary reservoir, the object being to
facilitate the filling and trimming of the lamp.
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I attain this end by making the body of the lamp of any suitable shape and size
and having a supplemental compartment at the back of it. The reservoir con-
taining the wick is made much smaller than is usual, as it is connected with the
supplementary reservoir placed in the supplemental compartment at the back of
the lamp so as to be fed by it on the "bird fountain" principle. This allows the
body of the lamp proper to be made much smaller than if it was intended to hold
the usual reservoir. The wick reservoir has a pipe attached to it which projects into
the supplemental compartment of the lamp and it carries a T-shaped piece forming
a joint which is open when the vertical arm of the T-shaped piece is pointing
upwards but is closed when it is pointing downwards. The end of the vertical arm
of this T-shaped piece is adapted to receive the supplementary reservoir which is
connected to it by any suitable connection. To attach the supplementary reservoir
the T-shaped piece is turned down to close the opening into the main reservoir.
The supplementary reservoir is then attached and folded up into the supplemental
chamber of the lamp which thus opens the pipe leading into the main reservoir and
puts it into connection with the supplementary one. The supplemental compartment.
of the lamp may be closed by any suitable device and the supplementary reservoir
is provided with a spring or catch to hold it in place and prevent it rattling. Air
holes are provided in the supplemental compartment to prevent the oil in the
supplementary reservoir becoming too hot.
It is proposed that the supplementary reservoir should take the form of a cheap
can, or the like, in which the oil could be sold, so that when one is exhausted it
could be removed and thrown away and another one substituted, thereby facilitating
the filling and trimming of the lamp.
Dated this 14th day of July 1892.
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Lamps.
1, EDWIN STANLEY HOARE, of 2 Seabrook Villas, Waldenshaw Road, Forést
Hill, in the County of Kent, Medical Student, 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 consists in the use of an easily detachable supplementary reservoir,
my object being to facilitate the filling of the lamp.
It is particularly adaptable to velocipede lamps, but can be applied to other
kinds of lamps.
In the accompanying drawings I have shown a velocipede lamp with this

page_text: invention & in order that the same may be more readily understood, I will proceed
to describe it with reference to the drawings.
Figure 1. shows a velocipede lamp with this invention, the supplementary
reservoir having been partly rotated out.
Figure 2. is a vertical section with the supplementary reservoir in place.
A is the wick reservoir.
B is the pipe carrying an L-shaped piece.
C is the supplementary reservoir.
I attain my object by making the reservoir containing the wick (A) smaller than
usual & fitting to it a pipe carrying a T- or L-shaped piece (B) which forms a
joint that is open when the vertical arm of the T- or L-shaped piece is pointing
upwards, but closed when pointing downwards.
The end of the vertical arm of this T- or L-shaped piece is adapted to receive the
supplementary reservoir (C) which is connected to it by any suitable connection.
To put the supplementary reservoir in place, the vertical arm of the T- or
L-shaped piece is turned down to close the opening into the wick reservoir. The
supplementary reservoir is then connected and rotated with the vertical arm of the
Tor L-shaped piece until the joint is open. This puts the two reservoirs into
communication & causes the wick reservoir to be fed from the supplementary
reservoir on the "bird-fountain" principle.
The front of the supplementary reservoir forms a convenient place for the
reflector, which may be simply attached to it, or made to form a portion or the
whole of its front wall.
The supplementary reservoir could take the form of a cheap can, or the like in
which the oil could be sold, so that when one is exhausted it could be removed &
thrown away & another one substituted, thereby facilitating the filling of the
lamp.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. A lamp provided with a detachable supplementary reservoir for the purpose
aforementioned as illustrated & described substantially & as set forth.
2. The pipe carrying a T- or L-shaped piece by means of which communication
between the reservoirs is established, as described.
Dated this 21st day of March 1893.