Improvements in Attaching Candle-sockets to Carriage and other Lamps.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Jan., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 9th Oct., 1890-Accepted, 15th Nov., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Attaching Candle-sockets to Carriage and
other Lamps.
J, WILLIAM WHISTON of 5ª Great Charles Street Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer of Carriage Lamps &c. do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
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This invention has for its object the doing away of the possibility of losing the
lamp barrels or candle sockets, a very common occurrence with the old fashioned
ordinary method of fixing the same, now in general use. My invention consists in
forming a tube or receptacle similar to the ordinary one used, in which I cut a slot
at the bottom, leading upwards to an oblique slot, which I cut in the said tube or
receptacle for the purpose of receiving a projecting notch of corresponding width to
the oblique slot as described. The said projecting notch I attach or fix to the lamp
barrel or candle socket, which I then fit into the aforesaid receptacle, and press
upwards, forcing the projecting notch up the slot, leading to the oblique slot, on
reaching which, about half a turn or twist, causes the said projecting notch (which is
fixed in shape and position to correspond with the aforesaid oblique slot) to enter and
travel downwards, and thus fixes the candle socket securely in its proper position,
which no amount of jarring or oscillation can release.
To take out the barrel or candle socket, a turn in the opposite direction to that
when fixing, causes the notch to travel along the oblique slot upwards, until it
reaches the apperture or slot, formed in the receptacle, and thus becoming free, is
readily pulled out.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Attaching Candle-sockets to Carriage and
other Lamps.
I, WILLIAM WHISTON of 5ª Great Charles Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer of Carriage Lamps &c. 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 :—
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This invention has for its object the doing away, of the possibility of losing the lamp
barrels or candle sockets, a very common occurrence with the old fashioned ordinary
method of fixing the same, now in general use. My invention" consists in forming
a tube or receptacle, similar to the ordinary one used, in which I cut a slot at the
bottom, leading upwards to an oblique slot, which I cut in the said tube or receptacle
for the purpose of receiving a projecting notch of corresponding width to the oblique
slot as described. The said projecting notch I attach or fix to the lamp barrel or
candle socket, which I then fit into the aforesaid receptacle, and press upwards, forcing
the projecting notch up the slot, leading to the oblique slot, on reaching which, about
half a turn or twist causes the said projecting notch (which is fixed in shape and
position to correspond with the aforesaid oblique slot) to enter and travel downwards
and thus fixes the candle socket securely in its proper position, which no amount of
jarring or oscillation can release.
To take out the barrel or candle socket, a turn in the opposite direction to that
when fixing, causes the notch to travel along the oblique slot upwards, until it reaches
the apperture or slot formed in the receptacle and thus becoming free is readily
nnlled out

page_text: In the accompanying drawings which illustrate my invention
Fig. 1 is a view of the candle socket attached to the lamp complete, showing the
oblique slot A Fig. 2 with notch B Fig. 3 inserted in its proper position in the lamp
when ready for use.
Fig. 2 is a view of the tube or receptacle formed ready for fixing into the bottom
or socket of the lamp, showing the oblique slot, (or cut away part) at A, also perpen-
dicular slot or groove at C, leading up to the same.
Fig. 3 is a view of the candle socket with notch B fixed complete ready for inserting
into the lamp in its complete form.
Fig. 4 is a view of a blank with the oblique slot or cut away part A, also
perpendicular slot or groove C leading up to the same, formed therein, which when
turned into tubular form, forms the receptacle shown in Fig. 2.
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. Improvements in attaching candle sockets to carriage and other lamps by means
of a projecting notch entering an oblique slot or groove.
2. The combination of the parts as described and illustrated in Figures 1 to 4
inclusive, of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Eighth day of October 1890.
WILLIAM WHISTON.