Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 1st May, 1886.
Complete Left, 28th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 7th Apr., 1887.
I, JOSEPH CORNELIUS HEINE trading as Messieurs Haver Heine and Sohn of
Schoenenbach, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, Manufacturers do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows :—
This invention relates to certain construction or arrangement of apparatus for
burning magnesium wire or ribbon with a constant running for producing regularity
of flame and of consumption with means for removing the ash from the end of the
magnesium as consumed and for collecting it. The feeding is maintained by
pneumatic or by electrical appliances fitted upon the base or in proximity to the lamp
itself.
The main part of the invention consists of a fixed or revolving tube through which
the magnesium wire or ribbon is fed by rollers one of which has a regulating
pressure spring for insuring the bite upon the wire.
In connection with the fixed or revolving tube at the mouth of which the
magnesium is consumed, is a revolving or fixed cutter to remove the ash this falling
onto a rotating wheel arranged below a fixed grating onto which the ash first falls.
If the apparatus be driven by pneumatic power two flexible bags are fitted to
the ends of a tube and one bag is compressed intermittently by a rotation fusce
or wiper which drives the air through to the other bag and this by expansion
operates a lever provided with spring paul which winds up the driving gear for
actuating the feed appliances.
If the winding up appliances be operated by electrical means the back end of
an armature of an electro magnet provided with a quadrant can operate or wind
up the feeding apparatus.
As the removing of the ash is effected by the cutter, if it revolves, a clearing
tool is fitted to come in contact to prevent the ash adhering to the knife.
Datad this tri doverf... 000
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Haver Heine and Sohn,
Joseph Cornelius Heine.

page_text: I, JOSEPH (ORNELIUS HEINE trading as Messieurs Haver Heine and Sohn, of
Schoenenbach, Grand Ducliy of Baden, Germany, Manufacturers, 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 certain construction or arrangement of apparatus for
burning magnesium wire or ribbon with a constant running for producing regularity
of flame and of consumption with means for removing the ash from the end of the
magnesium as consumed and for collecting it. The feeding is maintained by
pneumatic or by electrical appliances fitted upon the base or in proximity to the
lamp itself.
The main part of the invention consists of a fixed or a revolving tube through
which the magnesium wire or ribbon is fed by rollers one of which has a regulating
pressure spring for insuring the bite upon the wire.
In connection with the fixed or revolving tube at the mouth of which the
magnesium is consumed is a revolving or fixed cutter to remove the ash, this falling
on to a revolving rotating wheel arranged below a fixed grating on to which the ash
first falls.
If the apparatus he driven by pneumatic power, two flexible bags are fitted to the
ends of a tube and one bag is compressed intermittently by a rotating fusee or wiper
which drives the air through to the other bag and this by expansion operates a lever
provided with spring paul which winds up the driving gear for actuating the feed
appliances.
If the winding up appliances be operated by electrical means the back end of an
armature of an electro-magnet provided with a quadrani can operate or wind up the
feeding apparatus.
As the removing of the ash is effected by the cutter if it revolves, a cleaning tool
is fitted to come in contact to prevent the ash adhering to the knife.
This invention which will be understood by the annexed drawings, not including
the clock-work connected with it, is entirely new with respect to its running and
burning work with pneumatical or electrical self-winding up mechanism involving a
great progress in the construction of magnesium lamps.
In conformity with the annexed drawings, this construction consists (see
Figures 1, 2, and 3) in the practical introduction of the end of a coiled magnesium
band through the back part of a pipe C and in conveying the band between two
rolls, A and B and its eduction through the fore part of the pipe C at its mouth
where the band will be lighted, a lever D exerting a certain pressure by means of a
spring e, the latter regulated by a little screw d transmits this pressure on to the
rolls A and B in such manner effecting their equal motion and conveying the band.
The magnesium band is rolled upon a winch C and introduced into the pipe C. The
winch can be easily exchanged after the band is consumed.

page_text: To keep the lamp burning continually, attention is to be paid that the running work
at all times should feed out the band before any ashes or residuum is formed, for
which purpose I employ the following arrangement :—
The pipe C may be constructed moveable or immoveable, if moveable (see
Figure 4) a little knife is fixed at the outside of the running work in the length of
the pipe C in such manner that its edge stands rectangularly to the pipe and so nearly
so, that the pipe turning round, the knife will strip of all ashes and remains.
However if the pipe is constructed immoveable (see Figure 1) then a sheave E is
placed near the outside of the running work and on this sheave a little knife F is set
up of equal length with the pipe C and standing rectangularly to the last. As soon
as the sheave E has been turned round by the driving work H, h, the little knife F
also will be turned round the pipe Cand strip off all ashes and remains. To prevent
the collecting of ashes at the sheave E a second little knife g is fixed at the outside
of the running work, which will always strip off the ashes from the turning sheave.
To catch the ashes and remains of the burned magnesium band, I have hanging
down from the mouth of the pipe, a moveable wheel M with an immoveable cross N
above it. The wheel M turning round under the cross N must break off the remains
of the band and catch them. The movement of the wheel M will be produced by the
driving work K, I, H, in conjunction with a gear wheel L (see Figures 1 and 3) or
with two conical cog wheels m, n, a spindle, and gear wheel g (see Figure 6) or any
other mechanical equivalent.
To produce a continual gearing of the running and burning work and consequently
to keep in gear the burning magnesium lamp, the apparatus is provided with a
pneumatic or electrical self-winding-up mechanism, the pneumatical winding up
mechanism for the running and burning work consisting of two flexible balls XX¹
see Figure 7 joined by a flexible pipe Y and having a little crank Z with transmission
axle, which last may be fixed at any suitable place to produce the winding up of the
said clock-work for transferring the pressure exercised by the crank Z on the
balls X X to a lever V, which turns round a gear wheel at short intervals one or more
teeth, by which means a spring within the said gear wheel P will be kept at a
continual and equal tension and which on its part will consequently, at all times, keep
in gear the running and burning work of the lamp.
The electrical winding up mechanism produces the same effect by the continual and
equal tension arrangement within a gear wheel P with the difference, that (see
Figure 5) in this case the force will be produced by a gear wheel U, which elevates at
short intervals a lever V. By this the two contacts will come together, the electric
current will be established and the electro-magnet or magneto motor attracting the
armature on the lever W, the said lever turns the gear wheel P with the same effect
as by the pneumatical construction.
To complete the specification it may be remarked, that in order to remove the heat
and the smoke produced by the burning magnesium band, the burning work and the
running and driving work are separated from each other in any suitable manner, and
the ventilation is arranged so that the heat and smoke are directed to a receptacle
wherein the smoke is precipitated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The running and burning gear for a magnesium lamp, for the purpose of its
continual feeding and operation with the employment of pneumatical or electrical self-
winding-up mechanism as set forth.
2. In connection with a magnesium lamp the construction of a pipe Cin
conjunction with two rolls A and B to introduce and convey a magnesium band, of a
lever D with screw d for its regulation, and spring e to keep the rolls A and B at
equal pressure and regulate the conveying of the band; of a moveable sheave E with
fixed knife F and a second knife g at the outside of the running gear to strip off the
ashes, and an ash catcher consisting of a moveable wheel above or under an
immoveable cross N. as shown by Figures 1 and 3.

page_text: 3. In a magnesium lamp the moveable pipe C turned round by driving
gear K, I, H, h, and the immoveable or fixed knife f to strip off the ashes as shown
at Figure 4.
4. In connection with a magnesium lamp, the arrangement of immoveable pipe C
with a moveable sheave E turned round by driving gear K, I, H, 1, with a fixed
knife F and a second knife g at the outside of the running gear to strip off the ashes; an
ash catcher in the form of a moveable wheel M driven by the driving work K, I, H, L,
with an immoveable cross N to break off and catch the burned magnesium band and
ashes; and also the electrical winding-up mechanism for the said running and
burning gear consisting of a wheel U, a lever V a second lever W with anchor and a
gear wheel P to cause an electric current to keep in tension a spring, and keep in
action the running and burning gear substantially as hereinbefore described and
shown on the annexed drawings.