Improvements in the Method of and in Means for Igniting Lamps and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Dec., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 9th May, 1898-Accepted, 16th July,
1898
Improvements in the Method of and in Means for Igniting Lamps
and the like.
JAMES DAKERS, 7 Union Wynd, and 24, Union Row, in the County of Aber-
deen, North Britain, Coach Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements, for igniting lamps, lights, and
fittings for same which are designed to render them much more simple in con-
struction more durable and more easily repaired than as hitherto constructed and
fitted.
In carrying this invention into practice I make a tube or slide of brass iron,
or steel or any suitable metal. I form on the one end of tube or slide open
grooves, I raise small cuts or ridges on the inside, on open groove. I form a
standard or bracket off the tube, I run or form a screw on bracket or standard, I
fit on a small flange on screw of bracket I place bracket and flange into the inside
of lamp, attaching the flange to nozzle or bottom of lamp, the screw regulating the
tube to any desired position I form a small bearing plate on the inside of door of
lamp with screw attached to lengthen if desired. I place an ordinary lucifer match
inside the tube or slide, I close the door, which drives the match against the
grooved end of tube, which ignites the match and lights the lamp instantaneous,
either .candle oil, or gas, or I may reverse the tube, and fix it on to the door,
and form a groove or grooves round the nozzle of the lamp to ignite the match.
The tube may be used on the end of a rod for lighting, gasses, or lights that are
out of reach.
D
th: 15th day of Donomhan 1907
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and in Means for Igniting Lamps
and the like.
I, JAMES DAKERS, of 7, Union Wynd, and 24, Union Row, Aberdeen, in the
County of Aberdeen, North Britain, Coach Builder, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
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This invention relates to devices used for igniting cycle and other lamps and

page_text: consists of an improved form of igniter, and means for attaching the same to a
lamp.
The improved igniter consists in general of a tube or other guide in which a
match can be inserted and caused to slide longitudinally along it. In the case of
a circular or other tube this is cut through in part of its length so as to form
grooves. The device is in general fitted to the interior of the lamp in such
manner as to insure that the closing of the lamp door shall move a rod which
thrusts an inserted match along it so that the igniting end of the match is thrust
out of the inner end of the tube or guide. The inside of the inner end of this
tube or guide is either serrated or roughened when an ordinary match is to be
used or has a suitable chemical preparation attached when a safety match is to'
be used in such manner, that when the match is thrust, along the tube or guide
the friction between the match head and the inside of the inner end of the tube
or guide ignites the match.
In order that my invention may be fully understood and ascertained I append
drawings in which:-
Fig. 1 is a vertical section of a lamp having one form of igniter according to
my invention.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a lamp having a modified form of igniter.
Fig. 3 is a plan of a modified form.
Fig. 4 is a section on a larger scale of an igniter.
Fig. 5 is a part section of a lamp with igniter suitable for use when the lamp
can be reached only by a rod.
A designates the lamp in all the figures, a the door, a¹ the cap, and a² the
ignitable portion or upper end of the wick.
In Fig. 1, a tube B (similar to that shewn in Fig. 4) is formed of such⚫size
that it fits lightly round a match X inserted in it, the inflammable part of the
match being nearest the wick. The inner end of the tube B is roughened or
serrated at the inside of the point b in such manner that when the match is
pushed through the tube the inflammable head is caused to rub against the
roughened part of the tube with sufficient friction to ignite the match at the
same moment that the head is forced near the wick, the latter being thus ignited.
The tube B is formeil integrally with a ring C which encircles the cap a¹ thus
enabling the ring, and a strip or bracket c to be fixed in position. The ring may
be attached to the lamp by a screw c¹. The whole of this mechanism is shewn
more clearly in Fig. 4, the match X being shewn in full lines in position before
ignition and in dotted lines in the position assumed when ignited.
To the lamp door a is fixed a plate or thrust block D in such a position that
upon closing the door after a match has been inserted in the tube, the block D
engages the free end of the match and thrusts the match through the tube thus
igniting its inflammable end and the lamp wick. The thrust block D, may be
screwed into lamp door, so that it may be adjusted to any length of match.
In Fig. 2 instead of a tube being employed the match is thrust by hand into a
holder E which is attached to or forms part of the door. The inflammable end
of the match is exposed and when the door a is closed on its hinges, the inflam-
mable end of the match moves in a circular path and coming into contact with the
roughened part of a bracket B₁ the match is ignited by friction, the lamp wick
being ignited as well. The bracket B₁ may be fixed in position by means of a
ring C as shewn and described with reference to Fig. 1.
In Fig. 3 the hinges a³ are placed at the side of the lamp instead of the bottom
otherwise the parts are arranged and act the same as in Fig. 2.
In Fig. 4, the tube is shewn on a large scale and having a rod or pusher G
which serves to thrust the match X forward when its head g is pressed by the
finger or hand.
This may be either affixed to the lamp, or carried separate and
inserted through a hole in the side of the lamp when the latter is to be ignited.
Fig. 5 shews a lamp with an opening H in the bottom through which an

page_text: igniter fixed to a rod or pole may be passed, a match having been previously
placed in position.
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. An igniting device for lamps in which a match is placed in a tube, guide or
socket, and by the closing of the lamp door brought into contact with a roughened
surface in such manner that friction takes place, and the match is at once ignited,
and placed in a position to ignite the wick, substantially as described and shewn.
2. An igniting device for lamps in which a match being inserted in a tube
or guide is pushed longitudinally along the same so as to bring the match head
into contact with a roughened or other prepared surface in such manner that it is
ignited by friction, and brought into proximity to the wick thus causing it to
ignite, substantially as described and shewn.
3. An igniting advice for lamps constructed and operating substantially as
described and shewn with reference to Fig. 1.
4. An igniting device for lamps constructed and operating substantially as
described and shewn with reference to Fig. 2.
5. An igniting device for lamps constructed and operating substantially as
described and shewn with reference to Fig. 3.
6. An igniting device for lamps constructed and operating substantially as
described and shewn with reference to Fig. 4.
7. An igniting advice for lamps constructed and operating substantially as
described and shewn with reference to Fig. 5.
Dated this 9th day of May 1898.