Improvements in Securing Reflectors, Smoke Shades, and other Fittings to Gas Pendants.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 11th Oct., 1889-Accepted, 16th Nov., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Securing Reflectors, Smoke Shades, and other
Fittings to Gas Pendants.
1, FRANK STEPHEN STREETER, of 44 Amhurst Road, Hackney, in the County of
Middlesex, Gas Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My Invention has for its object to provide improved moans of affixing reflectors,
smoke shades, and other fittings usually applied to gas pendants or gaseliers having
single or multiple burners in clusters or otherwise, the purpose in view being to
avoid the joints in the pendant pipe heretofore necessary and to enable such fittings
to be readily affixed in the desired positions to the pendant so that the parts may
be sent out separately and be easily put together when the pendant is suspended
in situ.
The Invention consists essentially in supporting the said fittings by means of split
ferrules adapted to embrace the central or main stem of the pendant at any desired
point and to be clamped thereon by nuts screwing on threaded split parts of the
ferrules, these ferrules being made in one with, or having means for the attachment
of, the reflector, smoke shade, or other fitting thereto.
In the case of the reflector, such means would consist of radial arms or pins formed
on, or attached to the ferrule having knobs screwed on the extremities which pass
through holes in the upper rim of the reflector and also take a bearing against the
exterior thereof.
F. S. STREETER.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Securing Reflectors, Smoke-shades, and other
Fittings to Gas Pendants.
1, FRANK STEPHEN STREETER, of 44, Amhurst Road, Hackney, in the County of
Middlesex, Gas Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention und in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
My Invention has for its object to provide improved means of affixing reflectors,
smoke-shades, and other fittings usually applied to gas pendants or gasaliers having
single or multiple burners in clusters or otherwise; the purpose in view being to
avoid the joints in the pendant pipo heretofore necessary and to enable such fittings
to be readily affixed in any desired positions to the pendant so that the parts may
be sent out separately and be easily put together when the pendant is suspended
in situ.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speci-
fication, wherein figure 1 is a plan, and figure 2 a vertical section, of my improved
adjustable shade holder.
The Invention consists essentially in supporting the said reflector or other fitting
by means of a split ferrule a adapted to embrace the central or main stemb of the
pendant at any desired point and to be clamped thereon by a nut a screwing on the
threaded split part of the ferrule, the said split part being slightly conical externally
or the nut being slightly conical internally (or both) so that when screwed towards
the boss of the ferrule the segments of the split part will be pressed inwards. The

page_text: ferrule is made in one with or otherwise provided with means for the attachment
of the reflector, smoke-shade or other fitting thereto. In the case of the reflector,
such means would consist of radial arms or pins d formed on or attached to the
boss of the ferrule, said arms being of a length to just pass through the upper
opening of the reflector or shade and having knobs e screwed on the extremities of
the arms d, the shanks of the knobs passing through holes in the upper rim of the
reflector and being shouldered to take a bearing against the exterior thereof, as shewn,
so as to support the shade or reflector in a central position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;
1. The herein described means of adjustably affixing shades and other like fittings
to gas pendants and the like, the said means consisting essentially in the employ-
ment of a split ferrule and nut clamped on the main stem of the pendant and
combined with means of supporting the shade or other fitting, substantially as
specified.
2. The herein described means of supporting a shade or reflector from its upper flange,
consisting of radial arms on a split ferrule and screw knobs entering holes in, and
bearing against, the rim or flange, substantially as specified.
F. S. STREETER.
By A. M. & Win. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.