Improvements in or connected with Acetylene Lamps for Cycles and other Vehicles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 4th May, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 5th Feb., 1900-Accepted, 7th Apr.,
1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Acetylene Lamps for Cycles
and other Vehicles.
I, ARTHUR FOGG, of 1, Havelock Place, Hanley, in the County of Stafford,
Surgeon Dentist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention for improvements in or connected with acetylene lamps for
cycles and other vehicles, has for its object to construct the lamp and its fittings
so that it can be placed in a more convenient position for regulating the light
without interfering with the position of the burner and reflector, to provide
means for filtering and drying the gas before it is burned, to provide improved
means for regulating the generation of the gas and to provide improved
clips for attaching the lamp to the cycle or other vehicle.
A lamp constructed according to this invention comprises a water chamber
above having a gas reservoir below, a generating chamber detachably attached
to the bottom of the gas reservoir and a separate reflector or lamp body for the
burner.
In the centre of the generating chamber and extending above it into the gas
reservoir is a perforated tube. The part of the tube that extends into the gas
reservoir is covered with a rubber tube whose upper edge, when the generator
is attached to the body, makes joint with the bottom of the water chamber around
a central water supply tube so that any gas generated in the generator cannot
pass through this perforated tube direct to the reservoir. The supply of water
to the water supply tube is regulated by a tap or cock whose handle passes over
a notched segment so that it can easily be regulated step by step and is not
liable to be displaced.
Attached to the top of the generator chamber is a perforated cylinder that
passes into the gas reservoir. This cylinder is filled with a suitable-absorbent or
filtering material so that the gas is dried or filtered before passing into the gas
reservoir. The body of the water chamber or generator is provided with an
external loop adapted to pass over the usual blade attached to the cycle or vehicle
and in a cycle is fixed inside the handle bars of the machine so that the
generation of gas can be easily regulated. A suitable clip consists of a spring
clip or divided screw clip adapted to be fixed on the pillar of the handle bar
and provided with an upright blade and may be cranked at the desired height
to prevent the chambers descending any further.
The reflector is attached to the usual lamp bracket and contains the burner that
is connected to the outlet from the gas generator by a rubber tube that is fixed
into the burner, but pushed on the outlet from the gas generator so that it is
blown off if the pressure of the gas gets too high and can be removed when
desired to separate the parts. The outlet can also be closed by a detachable plug
secured to the body by a short chain.
Dotad this 4th dow of Mov 1800
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Acetylene Lamps for Cycles
and other Vehicles.
I, ARTHUR FOGG, of 1, Havelock. Place, Hanley, in the County of Stafford,
Surgeon Dentist 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: NA JANGRY NA
This invention for improvements in or connected with acetylene lamps for
cycles and other vehicles, has for its object to construct the lamp and its fittings
so that it can be placed in a more convenient position for regulating the light
without interfering with the position of the burner and reflector, to provide
means for filtering and drying the gas before it is burned, to provide improved
means for regulating the generation of the gas and to provide improved
clips for attaching the lamp to the cycle or other vehicle.
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A lamp constructed according to this invention comprises a water chamber
above having a gas reservoir below, a generating chamber detachably attached
to the bottom of the gas reservoir and a separate reflector or lamp body for the
burner.
In the centre of the generating chamber and extending above it into the gas
reservoir is a perforated. tube. The part of the tube that extends into the gas
reservoir is covered with a rubber tube whose upper edge, when the generator
is attached to the body, makes joint with the bottom of the water chamber around
a central water supply tube so that any gas generated in the generator cannot
pass through this perforated tube direct to the reservoir. The supply of water
to the water supply, tube is regulated by a tap or cock whose handle passes over
a notched segment so that it can easily be regulated step by step and is not
liable to be displaced.
Attached to the top of the generator chamber is a perforated cylinder that
passes into the gas reservoir. This cylinder is filled with a suitable absorbent, or
filtering material so that the gas is dried or filtered before passing into the gas
reservoir. The body of the water chamber or generator is provided with an
external loop adapted to pass over the usual blade attached to the cycle or vehicle
and in a cycle is fixed inside the handle bars of the machine so that the
generation of gas can be easily regulated. A suitable clip consists of a spring
clip or divided screw clip adapted to be fixed on the pillar of the handle bar
and provided with an upright blade and may be cranked at the desired height
to prevent the chambers descending any further.
The reflector is attached to the usual lamp bracket and contains the burner that
is connected to the outlet from the gas, generator by a rubber tube that is fixed
into the burner, but pushed on the outlet from the gas generator so that it is
blown off if the pressure of the gas gets too high and can be removed when
desired to separate the parts. The outlet can also be closed by a detachable plug
secured to the body by a short chain.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings;
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of an acetylene lamp constructed according
to this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan, and Fig. 3 a sectional plan of the generator.
Figs. 4 and 5, and Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views of two modified forms of clip
for attaching the generator to a cycle.
A lamp constructed according to this invention comprises the water chamber a
above having the gas reservoir below, the generating chamber c detachably
attached to the bottom of the gas reservoir and the separate reflector or lamp
body for the burner..
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page_text: In the centre of the generating chamber c and extending above it into the
gas reservoir is a perforated tube . The part of the tube e that extends into the
gas reservoir is covered with a rubber tube f whose upper edge, when the
generator is attached to the body, makes joint with the bottom of the water
chamber around the central water supply tube g so that any gas generated in
the generator cannot pass through this perforated tube direct to the gas reservoir.
The supply of water to the water supply tube g is regulated by a notch_hin
a rod whose handle h2 passes over a notched segment i so that it can easily be
regulated step by step and is not liable to be displaced. A small air inlett is
provided at the top of the water reservoir.
Situated on the top of the generator chamber c is a perforated cylinder ? that
projects into the gas reservoir and communicates with the generator chamber c
through perforations in the top of the chamber c. The cylinder is filled with a
suitable absorbent or filtering material so that the gas is dried or filtered before
passing into the gas reservoir. The body of the water chamber is provided with
an external loop m adapted to pass over the usual blade attached to the cycle
or vehicle and in a cycle is fixed inside the handle bars of the machine so that
the generation of gas can be easily regulated. A suitable clip consists of the
clip Figs. 4 and 5 or divided screw clip ! Figs. 6 and 7 adapted to be fixed
on the pillar of the handle bar and provided with an upright blade o that fits
into the socket on the body of the generator and is secured by a set screw.
The reflector p is attached to the usual lamp bracket and contains the burner
that is connected to the outlets from the gas generator by a rubber tube that
is fixed into the burner, but pushed on the outlet from the gas generator so that
it is blown off if the pressure of the gas gets too high and can be removed when
desired to separate the parts. The outlet can also be closed by a detachable plug
secured to the body by a short chain.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. The acetylene generator consisting of the water chamber with gas reservoir
below, the generator chamber communicating with the gas reservoir and having
a central perforated tube and a water supply tube communicating with the
central perforated tube.
2. The acetylene generator consisting of the water chamber with attached gas
reservoir below, the generator chamber below having a filtering chamber at its
top and containing the central perforated tube communicating with the filtering
chamber but shut off from direct communication with the reservoir, and of the
central water supply tube.
3. The acetylene lamp consisting of the water chamber, intermediate gas,
reservoir and drying chamber, and generating chamber all forming one body
adapted to be fixed inside the handle bars of a cycle, and of the lamp body adapted
to be fixed in front of the machine, the two parts being connected by a flexible
tube.
4. The improved acetylene generator substantially as described with reference
to the drawings.
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WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.