Improvements in Tubular Lanterns.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Dec., 1896-Accepted, 23rd Mar., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tubular Lanterns.
I, WILLIAM REDMAN, trading as W. Rednian and Company, of Summer Row,.
Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford, Lamp Manufacturer, do hereby.
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to tubular lanterns in which a curtain or rim projects
downwards from the bottom of the chamber with which the upper ends of the
tubes communicate and surrounds the upper portion of the chimney or globe.
In order that the chimney or globe may be turned back or removed for lighting
the lantern or for other purpose, it is necessary, in the case of a lantern provided
with a curtain or rim as aforesaid, to provide some means by which a portion of
the curtain or rim can be opened to allow of the movement of the upper end of the
chimney or globe. According to this invention, a portion of the curtain or rim
is carried by a guard which is hinged at one side to one of the tubes, and
corresponds to the guards described in my Patent Specification No. 1692 of 1889,
and thus as the guard is opened by turning it back on its hinge the portion of the
curtain which is carried thereby is turned back clear away from the top of the
chimney or globe, and allows the same to be moved out from beneath the chamber
aforesaid. It is preferred to effect the binging of the guard, in the manner shewn
in the aforesaid specification, so that it may be readily removed for packing as
therein described, and thus the portion of the curtain which is carried thereby is
removed therewith. It is convenient to carry the opening portion of the curtain
from the guard by means of a wire bent to form a horizontal portion which is
soldered to the opening portion of the curtain, and to form portions which extend
downwards from the ends of the horizontal portion and have their ends bent into a
horizontal position and soldered to the upper member of the guard. This method
of carrying and operating the opening portion of the curtain as extremely simple
and very convenient in use, and ensures that the joint upon which it is turned will.
not be exposed to any intense heat.
Dated this 21st day of March 1896.
. STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tubular Lanterns.
1, WILLIAM REDMAN, trading as W. Redman and Company, of Summer Row,
Wolverhampton in the, County of Stafford, 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:
This invention relates to tubular lanterns in which a curtain or rim projects
downwards from the bottom of the chamber with which the upper ends of the
tubes communicate, and surrounds the upper portion of the chimney or globe.
In order that the chimney or globe may be turned back or removed for lighting
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page_text: the lantern, or for other purpose, it is necessary, in the case of a lantern provided
with a curtain or rim as aforesaid, to provide some means by which a portion of
the curtain or rim can be opened to allow of the movement of the upper end of the
chimney or globe. According to this invention, a portion of the curtain or rim is
carried by a guard which is hinged at one side to one of the tubes and corresponds
to the guards described in my Patent Specification No. 1692 of 1889, and thus
as the guard is opened by turning it back on its hinge the portion of the curtain
which is carried thereby is turned back clear away from the top of the chimney or
globe, and allows the same to be moved out from beneath the chamber aforesaid.
It is preferred to effect the hinging of the guard in the manner shewn in the
aforesaid specification, so that it may be readily removed for packing as therein
described, and thus the portion of the curtain which is carried thereby is removed
therewith. It is convenient to carry the opening portion of the curtain from the
guard by means of a wire bent to form a horizontal portion which is wired to the
opening portion of the curtain, and to form portions which extend downwards from
the ends of the horizontal portion and have their lower ends bent into a horizontal
position and soldered, or fixed by means of clips or bands which are soldered in
position, to the upper member of the guard. This method of carrying and
operating the opening portion of the curtain is extremely simple and very
convenient in use, and ensures that the joint upon which it is turned will not be
exposed to any intense heat.
In order that the invention may be clearly understood, I will proceed to
describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a
front elevation of a tubular lantern having the opening portion of the curtain
carried in the manner above described, and Figure 2 is a sectional plan taken at
the level of the line x of Figure 1.
A is the curtain, and a the opening portion thereof. This portion a is shewn by
full lines, in both the views, in its closed position, and by broken lines in its open
position. The guard H corresponds to the guards similarly lettered in the
drawings accompanying my aforesaid specification, and is similarly hinged to
one of the tubes B. The portion a of the curtain is fixed to the upper bar
of the guard H, as shewn, by means of a wire of which a horizontal upper
portion is connected to the portion a of the curtain by bending the upper
edge of such portion a around the wire in the ordinary manner of forming
a "wired" edge. From the ends of the portion of the wire lengths care
bent down and extend to the upper bar of the guard, and the lower ends d of
these lengths are bent, as shewn, to pass a short distance along the bar, and are
fixed thereto by means of clips or bands e which pass around them and the bar
and are soldered in position. It will thus be seen that when the guard is turned
back on its hinges into the position shewn by broken lines, the portion a of the
curtain is turned back therewith and an opening in the curtain thus formed to
allow of the globe C being turned back cr removed; and the portion a of the
curtain is, of course, closed again by closing in the guard. Some of the circular
lines of the foot are omitted in Figure 2, to avoid unnecessary complication which
might tend to confuse.
The opening portion a of the curtain is shewn by the drawings to he arranged
in position for use with a chimney which is moved in a direction anglewise to that
which is usual, that is to say, in the manner described in my said former
specification; but such portion a of the curtain may, of course, be arranged in
position for use with a chimney which is moved in the usual direction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a tubular lantern, an opening portion of the curtain carried by a guard
which is hinged to one of the tubes so that such opening portion may be turned
back with the guard, substantially as described.

page_text: 2. A tubular lantern having a hinged portion of the curtain constructed to be-
opened and closed in the manner substantially as described and shewn by the-
drawings herewith.
Dated this 21st day of December 1896.
STEPHEN
WATKINS,
Wolverhampton, Agent for the Applicant.