BURNING PARAFIN AND SUCH LIKE OILS IN LAMPS, CHANDELIERS, AND AS NIGHT LIGHTS, BY MEANS OF AN INCONSUMABLE METALIKOS WICK OR BURNER,' WITH OR WITHOUT A SMOKE CHIMNEY
Year: 1864

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATON filed by the said Ward Ryder, at the Office.
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and Declaration,
on the 24th November 1864, pursuant to the 9th Section of the
Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WARD
RYDER, of 44, Saint John's Square, Clerkenwell, in the County of Middlesex,.
Medical Glass Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "BURNING PARAFIN AND
SUCH LIKE OILS IN LAMPS, CHANDELIERS, AND AS NIGHT LIGHTS, BY MEANS OF AN
INCONSUMABLE METALIKOS WICK OR BURNER,' WITH OR WITHOUT A SMOKE CHIMNEY,"
and have Petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, my executors, admini-
strators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for the same, and have made
solemn Declaration that I really believe myself to be the first and true
Inventor thereof.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Ward Ryder, do hereby declare that the
following Complete Specification under my hand and seal, full describes and
ascertains the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to.
be performed, in and by the following statement, that is to say:-
My Invention for burning parafin, and such like oils by means of an incon--
sumable metalikos wick or burner, with or without a smoke chimney in
lamps, chandeliers, and as night lights on an entirely new and economic
principle, burning from the top, sides, or bottom of the reservoir or vessel.
containing the oil to be burnt, with one or more lights. This constitutes its..

page_text: great peculiarity and novelty. To form my inconsumable metalikos wick or
burner I take rods of glass, commonly known as glass cane, and reduce them
down by means of heat with a blow pipe into small threads or fibres; these
threads I cut into suitable lengths with any sharp instrument as a pair of
shears, and form therewith my inconsumable metalikos wick or burner. This
wick I place within a flat or round tube, the shape and length being, im-
material but in accordance with the lamp, chandelier, or vessel containing the
oil to be burnt, the said tube I make of glass, brass, or other metal. I fill the
tube moderately with the glass threads or fibres, prepared for that purpose, as
above described, so as to allow the wick to move up and down, but not to
fall out. I cause the said glass threads or fibres forming my inconsumable
metalikos wick or burner to project slightly above the end of the said tube
at which it is to be lighted, the other end being immersed in the oil to be burnt,
and on applying a light to the projecting end it instantly ignites, and burns,
giving a bright, steady, and durable light at a very small cost. When a strong
light is required, I place a brass or metal cap upon the end of the tube over
the lighted wick in a similar manner to the cap ordinarily placed on a parafin
lamp, but for a small ordinary light the cap is not required. To cleanse the
wick, which is seldom needed, I take a small common hair brush, and draw it
lightly over the projecting end thereof; no further attention being required
except to keep a sufficient supply of oil in the reservoir or vessel containing
the same. In order to burn from the top, sides, or bottom of the lamp, chan-
delier, or vessel containing the oil, I proceed as follows: To burn from the top,
I make a straight tube of glass or other metal, the same being round or flat,
and insert therein my metalikos wick, the tube being made of a sufficient
length to reach the bottom of the vessel or reservoir containing the oil; in
order to burn from the sides or centre of the said vessel, I bend the tube or
tubes to any convenient shape, as that of an S, allowing one end thereof to
enter the sides or centre of the vessel charged with parafin oil, inserting therein
my metalikos wick, as before described. To burn from the bottom of the
vessel, I bend the tube or tubes to be inserted therein to the shape of a U,
allowing one end to enter the bottom of the lamp or reservoir, and securing the
same from leakage when necessary with common white lead. By this method
I can burn parafin and such like oils in any common vessel whether or not
made for that purpose.
And now having described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I do not claim as my
Invention, the manufacture of glass threads or fibres from rods of glass 'or
glass cane; but the application of the same for the purpose of forming my

page_text: consumable substances for burning parafin and such like oils in lamps,
chandeliers, and as night lights with or without a smoke chimney on an entirely
new and economic principle as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Ward Ryder, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
WARD RYDER. (L.S.)