LAMPS FOR BURNING OILS OR SPIRITS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Arthur Leefe at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th April 1882.
ARTOUR LEEFE of Islington in the County of Middlesex.
LAMPS FOR BURNING OILS OR SPIRITS."
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"IMPROVEMENTS IN
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of lamps having
burners furnished with wicks for burning oils or spirits.
Heretofore wicks lamps have been lighted by applying a light to the top of the
wick the glass and part or parts of the burner having generally to be removed
before the wick can be lighted.
Now according to my improvements I so construct the burner and parts com-
bined therewith that by causing part of the ring or parts surrounding the burner
to open upon a joint or hinge (or to slide away so as to expose the burner) a light
can then be readily applied to the wick to light the lamp from below without
removing the glass or any of the separate parts of the burner.
In place of causing part of the burner to slide or move on a joint or hinge an
opening may be left without a cover so as to admit of a light being introduced
from below to light the wick my improvements being intended to cover any means
by which a wick lamp can be lighted from below without removing the glass, or
other parts of the burner.
Arthur Leefe of Islington in the County of Middlesex
* IMPROVEMENTS IN

page_text: Heretofore these burners have in most instances been lighted from above by
applying a light to the top of the wick or wicks the globe or chimney or both
having to be removed before the wick could be lighted.
Now according to my improvements I so construct the burner that by causing
part of the body beneath the chimney or the globe holder to open upon a joint or
hinge (or to slide away) so as to expose tho interior and wick tube or tubes an
ordinary match taper or other such light can then be readily applied to the wick or
wicks thus lighting them from below without removing the glass or any of the
separate parts of the burner.
And in order that my said Invention may he most clearly understood and readily
enrried into practice I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully
Now according to my improvements I so construct the burner that oy causing
part of the body beneath the chimney or the globe holder to open upon a joint or
hinge (or to slide away) so as to expose the interior and wick tube or tubes an
ordinary match taper or other such light can then be readily applied to the wick or
wicks thus lighting them from below without removing the glass or any of the
separate parts of the burner.
And in order that my said Invention may he most clearly understood and readily
enrried into practice I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully
to describe the saine,
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a side elevation and Figure 2 an underside view of a duplex
burner having my improvements applied thereto. a is a portion of the body of the
burner which moves outwards upon a hinge or joint at at its other end being
secured by a spring catch at a when closed as shown. Figure 3 is a perspective
view of the burner.
By pressing the finger or thumb upon the spring catch a the part a of the burner
is forced open by the spring b so as to admit of an ordinary light being passed
upwards to ignite the wick or wicks after which the part a can be closed by simply
pressing it and the spring catch a². together.
The part a in place of being hinged and secured by a spring may be arranged to
slide in grooves around the body of the burner or otherwise.
It will be evident that my improvements can be applied to burners of other
descriptions for burning oils or spirits.
Having thus described the nature of my invention and the manner of performing
or carrying the same into practice I would remark that I make no claim to any
of the parts separately which are well known and in common use, But what I
claim is;
The improved arrangement and construction of the burners of lamps for burning
oils and spirits in which a part such as a of the body of the burner is arranged to
move or slide out of the way so as to admit of an ordinary light being applied to
the wick or wicks of the burner substantially in the manner and for the purpose
hereinbefore described and represented in the drawings hereto annexed
In witness whereof I the said Arthur Leefo have hereunto set my hand
and seal this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
Witness
J. G. TONGUE.
Patent Agent
34, Southampton Buildings
Chancery Lane W.C.
ARTHUR LEEFE. (LS.)