Improved Travellers' Reading Lamp.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 28th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 28th Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Travellers' Reading Lamp.
I EBENEZER APPERLY of Roweroft Stroud Gloucestershire Dental Surgeon
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
My invention consists of a reading lamp which is more particularly designed for
railway travelling, but which may be used for other purposes, and in order that my
invention may be clearly understood I append herewith a sheet of explanatory'
drawings.
The lamp consists of two candles A and B inclosed in a case C which may be
made of tin or any other suitable material. It is fitted with hinged doors D and E,
hinged sides F and G and a hinged top H.
When the lamp is not in use, the case is shut up as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, but
when in use it is opened out as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, and the polished sides serve
as reflectors.
In order that the lamp may stand upright if placed on a sloping surface_such as
a railway carriage window, two slides, K and L, with serrated bottom edges are
provided which form feet for the lamp to stand upon, and which can be moved up
and down to suit any uneven surface, and that part of the lamp S, which carries.
the candles, is made as a slide and can be drawn out so as to make a broader base
for the lamp to stand upon. The lamp is also provided with two hooks, M and N,.
to hang it up by, but when not in use they can be turned close into the back as
shown by the dotted lines on Fig. 5. O. is a box for matches, P. au extinguisher,
R. a corrugated surface to strike the matches on, and T is a paper knife, which is
useful in cutting open a book.
Dated this 26th day of February 1895.
Improved Travellers' Reading Lamp.
1 EBENEZER APPERLY of Rowcroft Stroud Gloucestershire Dental Surgeon
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 of a reading lamp which is more particularly designed for
railway travelling, but which may be used for other purposes, and in order that my
invention may be clearly understood I append herewith a sheet of explanatory
drawings left with the Provisional Specification & which I herewith describe.
The lamp consists of two candles A and B. inclosed in a case C which may be
made of tin or any other suitable material. It is fitted with hinged doors D and E,
hinged sides F and G, and a hinged top H. When the lamp is not in use, the case
is shut up as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, but when in use it is opened out as shown in
Figs. 3 and 5, and the polished sides serve as reflectors. In order that the lamp
may stand upright if placed on a sloping surface such as a railway carriage window,

page_text: two slides Kand L, with serrated bottom edges, are provided, which form feet for
the lamp to stand upon, and which can be moved up and down to suit any uneven
surface, and that part of the lamp S, which carries the candle, is made as a slide
and can be drawn out so as to make a wider base for the lamp to stand upon.
The lamp is also provided with two hooks M. and N to hang it up by, and that
when not in use they can be turned close into the back as shown by the dotted lines
on Fig. 5: O is a box for matches, P. is an extinguisher, R is a corrugated
surface to strike the matches on, and T is a paper-knife which is useful in cutting
open a book.
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. A reading lamp with side reflectors which can be folded up into the form of a
box containing candles, sliding pieces in order to stand lamp on uneven places,
match box, extinguisher, hooks & paper-knife as hereinbefore described in the
accompanying drawing.
Dated this 95th dort of Nawambau 1905