Improvements in the Manufacture of Night-lights.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 29th May, 1895-Accepted, 29th. June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION:
Improvements in the Manufacture of Night-lights.
1, WILLIAM GEORGE SMITH, of 20 Eden Street, Kingston-on-Thames,
Night-light Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This my invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of night-lights,
and has special reference to the metal plate usually provided to carry the wick of
the night-light. The method generally adopted is to punch a small hole in the
plate through which the wick is tlireaded. This obviously is attended with much
inconvenience and loss of time, and the object of my improvements is to provide
means by which the wick can be more easily applied than with the round holes
aforesaid: At the same time my improvements give a better grip for the wicks
and also ensure their being more firmly sustained in position.
In order to carry out my invention I provide a thin plate preferably of tin, but
which may be of any suitable metal or material, and may be round, square, or any
convenient shape. I make a cut or slit in the plate extending from the outer edge
or rim to the centre of the plate, the inner end of the slit terminating in a small
hole, and the outer end being opened out by the metal being cut away to form
rounded or radial edges with the circumference or edge of the plate. The edges
of this cut or slit I turn up, so that they are at right angles or thereabouts to the
surface of the plate.
To fix the wick it is only necessary to pass it along the rounded edge of the slit.
when it is easily guided inwards till it reaches the centre of the plate. The
narrowness of the slit causes the wick to be compressed and thus it is firmly gripped
and thereby sustained in position, the end of the wick being bent under and towards
the lower surface of the plate.
Dated this 16th day of October 1894.
REGINALD W. BARKER,,
Applicant's Agent.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Night-lights.
1. WILLIAM GEORGE SMITH, of 20 Eden Street, Kingston-on-Thames,
Night-light 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:-
This my invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of night lights,
and has special reference to the metal plate usually provided to carry the wick of
the night light. The method generally adopted is to punch a small hole in the
plate through which the wick is threaded. This obviously is attended with much
inconvenience and loss of time, and the object of my improvements is to provide a
means by which the wick can be more easily applied than with the round holes
aforesaid. At the same time my improvements give a better grip for the wicks,
and also ensure their being more firmly sustained in position.

page_text: In order to carry out my invention I provide a thin plate preferably of tin, but
which may be of any suitable metal or material; and may be round, square or any
convenient shape. I make a cut or slit in the plate extending from the outer edge
or rim to the centre of the plate, the inner end of the slit terminating in a small
hole, and the outer end being opened out by the metal being cut away to form
rounded or radial edges with the circumference or edge of the plate. The edges
of this cut or slit I turn up, so that they are at right angles or thereabouts to the
surface of the plate, or if preferred I make a taper cut, and remove the narrow strip
of metal so cut instead of turning up its edges.
To fix the wick it is only necessary to pass it along the rounded or open edge of
the slit when it is easily guided inwards till it reaches the centre of the plate. The
narrowness of the slit causes the wick to be compressed and thus it is firmly
gripped, and thereby sustained in its vertical position remaining so till the night
light is burnt away, the end of the wick being bent under and towards the lower
surface of the plate.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I will describe the same
with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view
of my improved night light, showing the metal plate A herein before mentioned.
Fig. 2 represents the said plate, with the wick B shown in its position in the hole C,
with the end thereof bent under and towards the surface of the plate after it has been
fixed in position by passing it along the slot D in the plate. Fig. 3 is a view of
said plate, showing the cut or slit D with the edges E turned up. Fig. 4 being a
view showing a modification of the same by cutting out a narrow and tapering strip
of the metal plate in place of turning up its edges.
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. In night lights the provision of a thin plate, made of tin or any suitable
metal, and of any suitable shape, having a cut or slit in the plate extending from
the outer edge or rim to the centre of the plate, the inner end of said plate
terminating in a small hole, the edges of the said cut or slit being turned up at
right angles or thereabouts to the surface of the plate, substantially as herein set
forth and described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. In night lights, the provision of a thin plate made of tin or any suitable
metal, and of any suitable shape, having a cut or slit in the plate formed by cutting
out a narrow and tapering portion of the plate, said cut or slit terminating in a
small hole, substantially as herein set forth and described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
3. The application of this invention to any form or kind of night light or similar
appliance, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 29th day of May 1895.
REGINALD W. BARKER,
Applicant's Agent.