Improvements in or connected with Vessels or Reservoirs for Containing and Supplying Liquids, Applicable more especially to Vessels or Reservoirs of Lamps for Burning Liquid Hydro- carbons or to Vessels or Reservoirs for Containing Ink or other Liquids.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Jan., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 30th Jan., 1890-Accepted, 15th Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Vessels or Reservoirs for
Containing and Supplying Liquids, Applicable more especially to
Vessels or Reservoirs of Lamps for Burning Liquid Hydro-
carbons or to Vessels or Reservoirs for Containing Ink or other
Liquids.
1 RICHARD BRUNO of 17 Great Elms Road Bromley in the County of Kent
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to provide a reservoir or vessel in which a large
reserve supply or storage of liquid is fed in quantity as required for consumption into
a smaller reservoir the construction being such that if the reservoir or vessel be upset
the liquid will not run out.
According to my Invention 1 arrange within a larger reservoir or vessel for
containing the storage of liquid an inner reservoir or receiver for receiving from the
storage reservoir the liquid as required for consumption. This inner reservoir in an
oil lamp for instance is that into which the wick dips in an inkstand it is that into
which the pen is dipped and so in all cases it is that into which the regulated supply
is received. For instance it may be a vessel which is heated for the evaporation of
the liquid received into it. The liquid is supplied from the outer reservoir to the inner
one by means of a tube or passage or tubes or passages opening into the outer
reservoir preferably towards or at its outer part and opening into the inner reservoir
at its lower part. In the inner reservoir is a funnel shaped piece or curtain which
leaves a space between its sides and the sides of the said inner reservoir. This piece
or curtain is open at the bottom as also is the space it leaves as aforesaid but the said
space is closed at top. The outer reservoir is supplied with liquid by a suitable
closable inlet and flows as the demand arises for it through the aforesaid tubes or
passages into the inner reservoir. Should the vessel be overturned the liquid no
longer so flows and that which is in the inner reservoir passes into the space between
it and the curtain and so no liquid is spilt.
Dated this 2nd day of January 1800
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Vessels or Reservoirs for
Containing and Supplying Liquids, Applicable more especially to
Vessels or Reservoirs of Lamps for Burning Liquid Hydro-
carbons or to Vessels or Reservoirs for Containing Ink or other
Liquids.
I RICHARD BRUNO of 17 Great Elms Road Bromley in the County of Kent
Merchant 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 object of any Invention is to provide a reservoir or vessel in which a large
reserve supply or storage of liquid is fed in quantity as required for consumption into
a smaller reservoir or receiver the construction being such that if the reservoir or
vessel be upset the liquid will not run out.
According to my invention I provide in connection with a reservoir or vessel for
containing the storage of liquid a smaller reservoir or receiver for receiving
automatically from the storage reservoir the liquid as required for consumption. The

page_text: small reservoir or receiver may in-some cases be arranged within the supply reservoir
for instance in an oil lamp the receiver will be that into which the wick dips. In an
inkstand the receiver may be situated either inside or outside the main reservoir and is
that into which the pen is dipped and so in all cases it is that into which the regulated
supply is received. For instance the receiver may be a vessel which is heated for the
evaporation of the liquid contained therein in which case the receiver would form the
boiler. The liquid is supplied from the reservoir to the receiver by means of a tube
or passage or tubes or passages opening at one end into the outer reservoir and
extending preferably to the opposite wall thereof the opposite end of the said tube
opening into the receiver. In the receiver there may be fixed a funnel shaped piece or
curtain a space being left between it and the sides of the receiver. This piece or
curtain is open at the bottom as also is the space it leaves as aforesaid but the said
space is closed at top. The reservoir is supplied with liquid by a suitable closable
inlet and flows as the demand arises for it through the aforesaid tube or tubes or
passage or passages into the receiver. Should the vessel (when applied as an inkstand
or as a lamp for example) be overturned the liquid no longer so flows and that which
is in the receiver passes into the space between it and the curtain and so no liquid
is spilt.
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And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I shall now proceed
more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to the annexed
drawing which represents in vertical section a lamp constructed according to my
invention for burning hydrocarbon oils from the description of which the application
of my invention to liquid containing vessels for other purposes will likewise be readily
understood.
A is the main reservoir or liquid container. It is provided in the interior with a
tube B constituting an inner receiver which is soldered or otherwise connected at top
to the opening a and at the lower end to the bottom of the reservoir A.
To the upper end of the tube or receiver B is secured the lamp burner C which may
be screwed or otherwise attached thereto.
! The tube or receiver B communicates with the interior of the reservoir A by tubes
or passages D arranged at the bottom of the reservoir and opening at one end into the
receiver B the opposite ends of the said tubes or passages extending to, and opening
into the reservoir A at or near the outer wall thereof as shewn.
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The reservoir A is charged with oil through an opening E which is provided with
an air tight plug or stopper.
In the interior of the receiver B is shewn the tapered or funnel shaped tube or
curtain secured at its upper end by means of solder or otherwise to the upper end
of the receiver B. The lower smaller end of this tube or curtain F extends to within
a short distance of the bottom of the receiver B and reservoir A a space G being left
between the sides of this conical tube or curtain F and the sides of the receiver 1 into
which space (if the lamp be tipped on to its side) the oil contained in the receiver will
enter, the tube or curtain F efficiently preventing the said oil from escaping at the
burner.
The lamp wick dips into the oil contained in the receiver B and as the oil is consumed
at the burner the level of the oil will descend until it is below the top edge of the
passages whereupon more oil from the reservoir A will pass through these passages
: into the receiver to take the place of that consumed thus a constant supply of oil is fed
to the wick without the risk of danger by the oil overflowing at the burner.
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It will be readily understood that when my Invention is applied to an ink well or
container the receiver B will constitute the vessel into which the pen is dipped.
The parts may be of any desired shape and instead of the receiver being situated in
the interior of the reservoir A it may be arranged on the exterior.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
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1. In or connected with a closed vessel or main reservoir for, containing; and

page_text: supplying liquids a vessel or receiver arranged either inside or outside the closed
vessel or main reservoir and communicating therewith by a pipe or passage or pipes
or passages extending to the further side of the said closed vessel or main reservoir
substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn.
2. In or connected with a closed vessel or main reservoir for containing and
supplying liquids a vessel or receiver arranged either inside or outside the main
reservoir and communicating therewith by a pipe or passage or by pipes or passages
the said receiver having therein a tube or curtain so arranged that a space is left
between the said tube or curtain and the sides of the receiver substantially as and for
the purpose hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 30th day of January 1890.
RICHARD BRUNO.