Improvements in Tubular or Hurricane Lanterns.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1996
Complete Specification Left. 27th Aug. 1896-Accepted. 24th Oct.. 1896
Complete Specification Left. 27th Aug.. 1896-Accepted. 24th Oct.. 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tubular or Hurricane Lanterns.
We, JAMES HINKS AND SON LIMITED of Nos. 91 to 96 Great Hampton
Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Lamp Manufacturers, and
HARRY DAIN HINKS, Managing Director of James Hinks and Son Limited
aforesaid Lamp Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
The said invention consists of the construction and arrangements hereinafter
described of the parts connected to the globes of tubular or hurricane lanterns for
the purpose of facilitating the raising of the said globes for lighting and trimming
the wicks of the lanterns and for lowering the said globes into their normal
depressed positions and for securely holding and locking down the same during the
use of the lanterns.
According to one of the arrangements of the said invention, we provide at
opposite sides of the gallery on which the globe is supported projecting ear pieces
or guides which embrace and are capable of sliding freely upon the vertical parts
of the air tubes of the lantern. The cap above the globe carries a spring wire clip
by means of which the top of the globe can be connected to or detached from it.
The said cap slides on the axial' air tube of the lantern and is secured at opposite
points to a lifting wire frame working through guides or eyes on the crossing top
of the air tubes, the sides of the said frame being situated.parallel with the vertical
air tubes of the lantern. The bottom ends of the vertical sides of the lifting frame
are secured to the ear pieces of the globe gallery and the top of the said frame,
which is situated above the crossing top of the air tubes, is bent at right angles
and is formed into stops for limiting the descent of the globe and. into a lifting bar
by acting upon which in the manner hereinafter described the globe and its
connected gallery and cap can be lifted. The connected gallery, and cap, for
supporting and holding the globe, and the lifting frame are pressed.downiinto their
lowered positions when at liberty to move by means of a coiled spring around the
axial air tube of the lantern and bearing against the cap, the stops described at the
top of the lifting frame limiting the descent of the said parts.
For the purpose of lifting the sliding globe for gaining access to the burner, we
joint the wire ring handle of the lantern to the crossing top of the air tubes and
make the inner ends of the said handle project beyond the joints, the said projecting
parts of the handle constituting short arms of a lever situated at right angles to the
handle part the said handle part constituting the long arm of the lever. The said
short arms of the lever handle are engaged under the top bar of the lifting frame
to which the globe gallery and cap are connected.
When the sliding globe and its parts are in their lowered positions, and maintained
in those positions by the pressure of the coiled spring described, the lever handle
is situated vertically and its short lever arms are situated horizontally and are
engaged under the top bar of the lifting frame. By turning down the lever handle
its short arms rise and acting upon the lifting bar of the frame raise the said
frame together with the globe and its gallery and cap, the coiled spring being
compressed.
When the lever handle has been turned down somewhat beyond a right angle its
short arms are raised into a position somewhat beyond the vertical so that this
position of the said arms and the upward pressure of the coiled spring upon the

page_text: lifting frame tend to hold securely the several parts in their raised position. In
this position of the parts the burner of the lantern is exposed for lighting and
trimming the wick.
Instead of lifting the sliding globe against the pressure of the holding down
spring the action of the parts may be reversed; that is to say, coiled springs may
be used for raising the globe and the lever handle be used for depressing the globe.
In this arrangement we place between fixed seats on the vertical air tubes and
the ear pieces of the sliding gallery, coiled springs which when the globe is released
or unlocked raises it sufficiently high to expose the burner for lighting and trimming
the wick.
For the purpose of depressing the sliding globe and gallery and for locking the
same in their depressed positions we connect the wire ring lever handle to tubular
collars turning on the crossing parts of the air tubes. Or the wire handle may be
formed into loops or coils for turning on the air tubes. The short arms of the
lever handle are in this arrangement situated in the same plane as the handle proper
and the said arms, when the handle is in a horizontal position, are lifted from the
cap of the globe and the said globe and cap are raised by the action of the coiled
springs hereinbefore described. When the lever handle is raised into a vertical
position its projecting short arms bear upon the cap of the globe and press down
the said cap and globe and compress the coiled springs; and when the handle has
reached its vertical position the said short arms enter a groove or depression in the
globe cap and thereby lock down the said globe and its gallery, the position of the
short arms of the lever handle and the upward pressure of the globe tending to
hold the parts in their locked positions so that the lantern can be safely carried
about by its handle.
Dated this Eighth day of February 1896.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tubular or Hurricane Lanterns.
We, JAMES HINKS AND SON LIMITED of Nos. 91 to 96 Great Hampton
Street, Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Lanıp Manufacturers and HARRY
DAIN HINKS, Managing Director of James Hinks and Son, Limited, aforesaid,
Lamp Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The said invention consists of the construction and arrangements hereinafter
described of the parts connected with the globes of tubular or hurricane lanterns
for the purpose of facilitating the raising of the said globes for lighting and
trimming the wicks of the said lanterns and for lowering the said globes into their
normal depressed positions and for securely holding and locking down the saine
during the use of the lanterns.
According to one of the arrangements of this invention the gallery on which the
globe is supported has projecting ear pieces or guides which embrace and are capable
of sliding freely upon the vertical parts of the air tubes of the lantern. The sliding
cap above the globe and the globe gallery are connected together by a sliding wire
frame by acting upon which the globe and its connected gallery aud cap can be
lifted. A coiled spring around the axial air tube of the lantern and bearing
against the cap presses down the globe into its lowered position. For lifting the
globe the jointed handle of the lantern has inner parts projecting beyond the
joint. These inner parts constitute short arms of a lever while the handle proper
constitutes the long arm of the lever. When the sliding globe and its parts are in

page_text: their lowered positions and maintained in those positions by the pressure of the
coiled spring described, the lever handle is situated vertically and its short lever
arms are situated horizontally and are engaged under the top bar of the lifting
frame. By turning down the lever handle its short arms rise and acting upon the
lifting bar of the frame raise the said frame together with the globe and its gallery
and cap, the coiled spring being compressed. When the lever handle has been
turned down somewhat beyond a right angle, its short arms are raised into a
position somewhat beyond the vertical so that the position of the said arms and
the pressure of the coiled spring upon the lifting frame tend to hold securely the
several parts in their raised position. In this position of the parts, the burner of
the lantern is exposed for lighting and trimming the wick.
Instead of lifting the sliding globe against the pressure of the holding down
spring, the action of the parts may be reversed; that is to say, coiled springs
may be used for raising the globe and the lever handle be used for depressing the
globe as hereinafter particularly described.
We will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings
the manner in which this invention is to be performed.
Figures 1 to 5 represent a tubular or burricane lantern constructed according to
this invention in which the globe is pressed and held down in its lowered position
by a coiled spring and lifted for gaining access to the wick by a lever handle,
Figure 1 representing the lantern in front elevation and Figure 2 the same in side
elevation, partly in section, with the globe in its lowered position, and Figures 3
and 4 represent the same views with the globe in its raised position for
gaining access to the wick; Figure 5 represents a plan of the top parts of the
lantern.
Figures 6 and 7 represent side elevations of a tubular or hurricane lantern
constructed according to this invention in which the globe is lifted by coiled
springs and depressed into its lowered position and held down in that position by
the lever handle, Figure 6 representing the globe in its lowered position and
Figure 7 the globe in its raised position;
Figure 8 represents a side elevation of the lever handle and globe cap.
We will first describe the arrangement represented in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
a is the globe supported at bottom by the sliding gallery & having at opposite
sides the projecting ear pieces or guides 62, 63 which embrace and are capable of
sliding freely upon the vertical parts c, c of the air tubes of the lantern; d is the
cap above the globe a. The cap d carries the spring wire clipe by means of
which the top of the globe can be connected to or detached from the said cap.
The cap d slides on the axial air tube f of the lantern and is secured at d', d to a
lifting wire frame g working through the eyes or guides e, c³ on the crossing top
of the air tubes, the sides of the said frame being situated parallel with the vertical
air tubes. The bottom ends of the vertical sides of the lifting frame g are secured
to the ear pieces 3, 6 of the globe gallery 6 and the top of the said frame which
is situated above the crossing top of the air_tubes, is bent at right angles and
constitutes a lifting bar and stop marked . By means of this bar the descent of
the globe is limited and by acting upon the said bar by means of the lever handle
hereinafter described, the globe a and cape can be lifted. The said connected
gallery and cap (by which the globe is supported and held) and the lifting
frame g are pressed down into their lowered position Figures 1 and 2 (when at
liberty to move) by the coiled spring h around the axial air tube f of the lanteru,
the said spring bearing against the cap d, the stop at the top of the lifting frame g
limiting the descent of the said parts as before described.
For the purpose of lifting the sliding globe into the position represented in
Figures 3 and 4 for gaining access to the burner, we use a wire ring lever handle
marked i, jointed at, to the crossing part of the air tubes. The inner ends
of the handle i project beyond the joints, and constitute short arms, of a
lever situated at right angles to the handle part i, the said handle parti constituting
the long arm of the lever. The said short arms, of the lever handle are
.

page_text: engaged under the top bar g of the lifting frame g. The short arms of the lever
handle can only move in the direction proper to lift the bar g' their movement in
the other direction being blocked by the crossing top of the air tubes (see
Figure 2).
It will be seen by reference to Figures 1 and 2 that when the sliding globe
and the parts connected with it are in their lowered position and held in that
position by the pressure of the expanded coiled spring A, the lever handle i is
situated vertically and its short lever arms are situated nearly horizontally
and are engaged under the top bar g' of the lifting frame g. By turning down
the lever handle i, its short arms P, rise and acting upon the lifting bar g' of the
frame g lift the said frame g together with the globe a, its gallery & and cap d, the
coiled spring & being compressed as illustrated in Figures 3, 4 and 5. When
.the lever handle i has been turned down somewimt beyond a right angle its short
arms, are raised into a position somewhat beyond the vertical (see Figure 4)
so that the position of the said arms, with respect to the centre of the lever handle
and the pressure of the coiled spring A upon the lifting frame g, g' tend to bold
securely the several parts in their raised positions as illustrated in Figures 3, 4
and 5 in which positions of the parts the burner of the lantern is exposed for
lighting and trimming the wick.
In the modified arrangement represented in Figures 6, 7 and 8 we place between
the fixed seats , on the vertical air tubes e and the sliding ears 6, of the
globe gallery, the coiled springs A, 4 which when the globe a is released or unlocked.
raises it sufficiently high to expose the burner for lighting and trimming
the wick.
For the purpose of depressing the sliding globe a and gallery band for
locking the same in their depressed positions, we connect the wire ring lever
handle i, to tubular collars turning on the crossing parts of the air tubes c, c.
Or the wire handle may be formed into loops or coils at the positions of the
collars, for turning on the air tubes.
The short arms, of the lever handle in this arrangement bear upon the cap d
of the globe and are situated in the same plane as the handle proper i and the said
arms when the handle is in a horizontal position as represented in Figure 7,
.are lifted from the cap of the globe and the said globe and cap are raised by the
action of the coiled springs à, h. When the lever handle is raised into a vertical
position as represented in Figures 6 and 8 its projecting short arms P, bear upon
the cap of the globe and press down the said cap and globe and compress the
coiled springs, h; and when the handle has reached its vertical position the
said short arms enter a groove or depression in the globe cap d and thereby lock
down the said globe and its gallery, the position of the short arms of the lever
handle and the upward pressure of the globe tending to hold the parts in their
locked positions so that the lantern can be safely carried about by its handle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that we claim
as the said invention :-
First In tubular or hurricane lanterns for the purpose of facilitating the
raising of the globe for lighting and trimming the wicks, the combination with
the downwardly spring pressed connected globe supporting gallery, globe cap and
lifting frame of a wire ring lever handle jointed to the crossing part of the air
tubes, the short arms of the said lever handle being at right angles to the handle
proper so that the said short arms when the handle proper is turned down raise
the lifting frame and with it the connected globe gallery and cap substantially
as hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the
accompanying drawings.
Secondly-In tubular or hurricane lanterns for the purpose of facilitating the
raising of the globes for lighting and trimming the wicks, the combination of the
sliding spring raised globe supporting gallery with a wire ring lever handle

page_text: when the handle proper is raised bearing upon the globe cap and depressing and
hich are in line with the handle proper, the said short arms
Jocking down the globe and the said short arms when the handle proper is turned
down releasing the globe cap and permitting of the raising of the globe by its
springs substantially as herein before described and illustrated in Figures 6, 7 and 8
of the accompanying drawings.
Dated the Twenty-sixth day of August 1896
JAMES HINKS & SON, LIMITED,
JAMES HINKS
JOSEPH HINKS }
Directors.
G. COLES, Secretary.
HARRY DAIN HINKS.
JAMES HINKS & SON, LIMITED,
JAMES HINKS
JOSEPH HINKS
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Directors.
G. COLES, Secretary.
HARRY DAIN HINKS.