A New or Improved Trimmer and Cleaner for Petroleum Round Burners.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application 25th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1889
COMPLET
STEPTATION.
A New or Improved Trimmer and Cleaner for Petroleum Round
Burners.
I ANTON REICHMANN of No. 23 Am Rathaus, Breslau in the Empire of Germany,
Watchmaker, 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 :-
The usual trimming of lamps causes the burnt parts of the wick to fall into the
interior of the burner and obstruct the air passages.
The accumulation of such paris in the burner when impregnated with petroleum
readily ignite frequently causing an explosion.
Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a side elevation with the cleaner shown
alongside the rod, Fig. 4 front elevation of same, Fig. 2 shows the cleaner
expanded and away from the rod, Fig. 3 shows the application to the lamp burner.
The lamp trimmer and cleaner herein described prevents the accumulation of
dirt in the burners during the trimming and cleaning of the lamps and consists of a
rod B of cylindrical shape made to correspond to the interior diameter of the burner,
and is furnished with a disc c. To the disc c are fastened brushes d, which encircle
the rod B. At the upper part of the rod is fastened a spring F, which carries at the
lower end a cleaner consisting of a small piece of cloth folded together or other
convenient material. There is also a lever arrangement on the rod B for lifting
the spring F with the cleaner clear from the stick B, without being obliged to
touch said spring.
The use of the lamp-cleaner is as follo vs: After the glass has been removed from
the lamp, the cardboard-disc P, Fig. 3, having a hole in the center corresponding to
the size of the burner, is placed upon the wick-cylinder as far down as the
crown so that the latter will not be touched by the falling wick-parts.
Then the cleaner is grasped at the upper part of the rod and the wire-lever h h¹
being pressed by a finger, so that the cleaning end on the spring F is raised from the
rod, the rod is inserted with its lower end so far into the wick-holder D that the
brushes touch the burner and the wick, whereby the wick-tube becomes closed.
releasing the wire-lever the cleaner touches the outer surface of the wick tube and
the cleaner is in a vertical position in the lamp.
By
The cleaner is now turned to the right and left, in order to remove the carbonized
part of the wick, which can be done easily and conveniently an accumulation of the
rubbed off carbon-particles can neither take place in the crown nor in the wick-tube
and the outer surface of the wick-tube is cleaned by the cleaner f.
Having now particnlarly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
The rod B provided with brushes d and vibrating cleaner f controlled by the
lever for insertion and rotation in a burner, substantially as described and
illustrated for the purposes set forth.
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HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicants.