IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMPS
Year: 1885

page_text: I EDWARD ALEXANDER RIPPINGILLE of The Aston Brook Lamp Works Aston-
juxta-Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Lamp Manufacturer do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMPS to be as
follows:-
The invention has for its object the improvement of lamps by rendering them
useful for other purposes than that of merely giving light.
For this purpose I combine with the base or stand of a lamp either a call bell
or an ink holder or in some cases both, and I also in some cases combine with the
lamp a tray or supports for pens and other articles.
A convenient arrangement is to place the ink holder in the lower part of the
lamp base or stand and the call bell in the upper part thereof. The ink holder
may be held in a fixed support in which case a hinged or removeable door or
panel may be used to enclose the same. The ink holder may however be supported
in a suitable slide or drawer fitted to slide in suitable guides formed or fixed within
the lamp base or stand and in such case the front of such drawer or slide may be
formed with a covering door or panel to enclose the same when the ink is not
required for use.
The base or stand of the lamp may be provided with pen or other supports
either on the exterior or where such base or stand is formed with openwork such
supports may be formed or fixed within the body of the base or stand or partly
within and partly outside the same.

page_text: I EDWARD ALEXANDER RIPPINGILLE of The Aston Brook Lamp Works, Aston-
juxta-Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Lamp Manufacturer 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 invention has for its object the improvement of lamps by rendering them
useful for other purposes than that of merely giving light.
For this purpose I combine with the base or stand of a lamp either a call bell
or an ink holder, or in some cases both, and I also in some cases combine with the
-lamp a tray or supports for pens and other articles.
A convenient arrangement is to place the ink holder in the lower part of the
lamp base or stand and the call bell in the upper part thereof. The ink holder
may be held in a fixed support in which case a hinged or removeable: door or
panel may be used to enclose the same. The ink holder may however be supported
in a suitable slide or drawer fitted to slide in suitable guides formed or fixed
within the lamp base or 'stand and in such case the front of such drawer or slide
may be formed with a covering door or panel to enclose the same when the ink is
not required for use. The base or stand of the lamp may be provided with pen
or other supports either on the exterior or where such base or stand is formed with
openwork, such supports may be formed or fixed within the body of the base or
stand or partly within and partly outside the same.
And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings
more fully to describe the same,
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
In the various figures a represents the base or stand of a lamp, b a call bell, c an
ink holder and d pen or other supports.
At Figures 1 and 2 the stand, or base of the lamp is formed with a basket a¹
connected to the lower part of the stand by legs or other supports a² and the call
bell b is fixed to the under side of the basket a¹, the ink holder c is supported in
a suitable cavity or seat formed in the lower part of the stand and is protected
by a hinged cover a³ whilst pen or other supports d are also fixed to the lower
part of the stand. At Figures 3, 4 and 5 the call bell b the ink holder c and pen
or other supports d are all carried by the lower part of the stand; in Figure 3
which represents the lower part of a lamp stand of similar form to Figures 1 and 2
the call bell b is fixed to the cover a³ of the ink bolder and moves therewith on
the hinge joint. In the arrangement shown at Figures 4 and 5 the basket a¹ is
supported by a single central column or support a² and the ink holder c is on one
side of the base or lower part of the stand and the call bell b on the other, whilst
the pen or other supports d are formed in the shape of trays or grooves extending
the length of the base, and one on each side of the central pillar or support a².

page_text: For the sake of symmetry of design the cover a³ of the ink holder c is of similar
outline to that of the call bell but the design may be different if desired.
In the arrangement shown at Figure 6 which represents the base of a lamp
stand, the ink holder c is supported in the interior thereof and access to the same
is obtained by means of a hinged panel at which is shown in its closed position, in
full lines and in its opened position by dotted lines; instead however of being
hinged at the bottom thereof to the lamp base, it may be hinged on one side or
at the top and it may be held in its closed position by gravity or by any suitable
catch or fastening or by the frictional fitting of the parts.
In the arrangement shown at Figures 7 and 8 which are respectively a vertical
section and an elevation of the base of a lamp stand of similar design to that
shown at Figure 6 the ink holder c is supported in a sliding drawer a³ which runs
in suitable guides formed within the base of the lamp stand and is provided with
an enclosing front a®.
It will be evident that my invention may be carried out in a great variety of
designs; those shown in the drawings are given only as specimens or examples
of the way in which my invention may be carried into effect.
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 combination with the base or stand of a lamp, of a call bell substantially
as herein shown and described.
2. The combination with the base or stand of a lamp, of a call bell, ink holder
and tray or support for pens or other articles substantially as herein shown and
described.
3. The combination with the base or stand of a lamp, of an ink holder, with or
without a tray or support for pens or other articles, substantially as herein shown
and described.