AN IMPROVED LAMP FOR BURNING AND MELTING
Year: 1884

page_text: We SAMUEL SNELL of Great Eastern Street in the city of London Middlesex
Manufacturer and WILLIAM HICKIN of Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Brass founder do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for AN IMPROVED
LAMP FOR BURNING AND MELTING to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is the construction of a lamp for the purposes of
burning substances from off surfaces such as for instance paint off wood or other
material or for melting glue, cement or other adhesive substances such as for
instance as the melting of the cement on the rim of Bicycle wheels for holding on
their tyres. And the apparatus consists of a flat metal case containing the burner
or wick of cotton or other suitable material the open edge of this case being made
curved or straight as desired. To this case is screwed or otherwise attached a
reservoir to contain the oil or spirit which feeds the wick this reservoir consists of
a tube which also acts as the handle of the apparatus This reservoir may be
attached to the back edge of the wick case or to the side of the wick case at any
desired angle or the two parts may be attached by an universal joint so as to
enable the user to vary the angle at will upon the same lamp.
Dated th: 00..1 ... 1004
PAYNE & TALBOT,
100, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: We SAMUEL SNELL of Great Eastern Street in the city of London Middlesex
Manufacturer, and WILLIAM HICKIN of Birmingham in the County of Warwick,
Brass Founder do hereby declare the nature of our invention for AN IMPROVED
LAMP FOR BURNING AND MELTING and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto aunexed and to the
letters and figures marked thereon, to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is the construction of a Lamp for the purposes of
burning substances from off surfaces such as for instance paint off wood or other
material or for melting glue cement or other adhesive substances such for instance
as the melting of the cement on the rim of Bicycle wheels for holding on their
tyres, and the apparatus consists of a fat metal case containing the burner or wick
of cotton or other suitable material the open edge of this case being made curved
or straight as desired To this case is screwed or otherwise attached a reservoir
to contain the oil or spirit which feeds the wick this reservoir consisting of a tube
which also acts as the handle of the apparatus.
This reservoir may be attached to the back edge of the wick case or to the side
of the wick case at any desired angle or the two parts may be attached by an
universal joint so as to enable the user to vary the angle at will upon the same
lamp. Referring to the drawings Fig 1 is a view of a lamp complete and Fig 2
shews the parts of a lamp separated (a) is the flat metal case with its open curved
edge (b) containing the wick or burner (c) Fig 2 shews a back view of this case
with an opening (d) into which the mouth (e) of the reservoir (f) can be screwed
This reservoir (f) thus acting as a handle, (g) is a cap to be screwed into the
mouth (e) of the reservoir (f) when it is detached from the burner case whilst
containing oil. It will be obvious without the aid of further drawings that the
burner case (e) may be made to attach to the handle reservoir (f) at other angles
than shewn or may be permanently attached by a movable joint as above named.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed We declare that what
We claim is
The construction of a lamp for the purposes of burning substances from off
surfaces or for melting adhesive substances such as used for Bicycle tyres by
forming a lamp, case and handle which handle is the oil reservoir substantially
herein set forth- and specified.