Improvements in Oil and Spirit Lamps and Stoves.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Oil and Spirit Lamps and Stoves.
I, CHARLES LOXTON JACKSON, of Wharf Foundry, Bolton in the County of Lan-
caster, Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in oil and spirit lamps, whether used for
lighting, heating, or any other purpose, and whether having a flat wick or wicks
or a circular wick and central air supply as in the "Lampe Belge" and similar
lamps.
My improvements consist in providing the main burner (or burners) with a
small auxiliary burner having an independent pinion, lever, or other suitable
device for raising or lowering its wick.
In operation when it is desired to temporarily extinguish the main wick it is
lowered in the usual way; but before doing this the small wick of the auxiliary
burner is raised and lighted from the main wick, so that when the light is again
required the main wick can be readily re-kindled by simply turning it up and
letting the flame of the small wick light it.
Dated this 16th dow of Santember 1806
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.
Improvements in Oil and Spirit Lamps and Stoves.
I, CHARLES LOXTON JACKSON, of Wharf Foundry, Bolton in the County of Lan-
caster, Machine Maker, 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 relates to improvements in oil and spirit lamps, whether used for
lighting, heating, or any other purpose, and whether having a flat wick or wicks
or a circular wick and central air supply as in the "Lampe Belge" and similar
lamps.
My improvements consist in providing the main burner (or burners) with a
small stationary fixed auxiliary burner having an independent pinion, lever, or
other suitable device for raising or lowering its wick.
In the accompanying Sheet of Drawings
Figure I is an elevation, partly a section of an oil stove fitted with my
improvements, Fig. II is a plan and Fig. III an end view of the burner.

page_text: Figure IV is an elevation, partly a section, of an oil lamp with duplex burner
fitted with my improvements and Fig. V is a plan of the burner.
Figure VI is an elevation with some of the parts removed of an oil lamp with a
circular wick and central draught burner fitted with my improvements and
Fig. VII is a plan of the burner.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
Referring first to the oil stove illustrated by Figs. I, II, and III-a designates
the oil reservoir, b the main burner or wick tube, c the wick, d the spindle for
raising and lowering the same, e the stationary fixed auxiliary burner or wick
tube, f the small wick and g the spindle and pinion for raising and lowering the
wick f.
In operation when the main wick is burning the small wick f is preferably
turned down below the top of its tube e. When it is desired to temporarily
extinguish the main wick the spindle g is turned to raise the small wick f in
its stationary fixed wick tube and ignite it from the main wick c which can
then be turned out by means of its spindle d.
When it is again required to light the main wick it can be readily re-kindled
by simply turning it up and allowing the flame of the small wick f to ignite it.
In this manner and by these means the main wick can he ignited and extin-
guished any number of times by merely actuating the spindles d and g without
opening the stove or removing or disturbing any of its parts.
In the duplex burner lamp illustrated by Figures IV and V the stationary fixed
auxiliary burner e is shown placed between the two main burners in order that
the small wick will serve to ignite both the main wicks e substantially in the
manner already described.
In some cases, as for example, in large oil stoves, where the main wicks are
placed widely apart it is advisable to employ a separate stationary fixed auxiliary
burner for each of the main wicks.
In the circular burner lamp illustrated by Figures 6 and 7 the stationary
auxiliary burner e is placed outside the main burner but close enough to enable
the flame of the small wick f to ignite the main wick e substantially in the manner
already described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said In-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it to be understood
that I am aware that prior to the date of my present Application for l'atent there
have been many attempts to accomplish the object of my Invention by means, for
example, of different arrangements of a movable tube or burner for a small
auxiliary wick and other complicated arrangements which have either not proved
successful in practice or have been too expensive and complicated and I wish it
to be understood that I make no broad claim for any such arrangement, but I
declare that what I claim is:-
1. The combination with the main burner or burners, of an oil or similar lamp
or stove, of a stationary fixed auxiliary burner or burners for the purpose of
re-kindling the main wick or wicks when required substantially as herein set
forth.
2. The several combinations with the main burners b, of the stationary fixed
auxiliary burners e substantially as and for the purposes herein described with
reference to the accompanying Drawings.
Dated this 15th day of June 1897
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17 St Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for Applicant