Improvements in Tubular Lanterns.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 12th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tubular Lanterns.
I, JAMES LIND of 61 Great George Street Liverpool in the County of Lancashire
Lamp Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
follows:
as
My Invention has for its object a convenient method of Lighting and Trimming
&c Lantern, known as Tubular Lanterns which I accomplish by attaching a Hinge to
the upper half of the Burner and further the arranging with the said Burner of the
Globe Rest, the Glass Globe and the Wire Globe Guards, so that the whole may be
lifted or Hinged back, and free access given to the Wick and other adjacent parts of
the Lantern.
The Glass Globe may be made with an ordinary flange, & held in position in its
Globe rest by set Screw or Screws or any suitable manner of Indentation in the Glass
with corresponding provision in the Globe Rest may be employed, so as to hold the
Globe securely, and yet admit of its being readily released for cleaning when
required.
The Globe rest is secured to the upper half of the Burner by solder or otherwise.
The Wire guards may be arranged in any convenient manner for the protection of
the Glass Globe and preferably in the form of removable Spring Wire or Wires of
suitable shape and attached either to the top or bottom of the Globe, so that they may
hinge back with it.

page_text: I JAMES LIND, of 61 Great George Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,.
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 :-
My Invention relates to further improvements on a former Patent granted
to me dated the 19th day of January 1888 No. 841 for Improvements in Tubular
Lanterns.
According to my present Invention, which is applicable to any style or pattern of
lantern, known as tubular lanterns, such as those described in the Specification of my
former Patent No. 841 dated 19th January 1888, the object of which (present Inven-
tion) consists of hinging or tilting back the glass globe and other parts, for the purpose
of lighting and trimming the lantern is hereinafter described.
I attach a hinge which may be of any convenient form to the upper half or dome
of the burner or adjacent thereto, and further arrange upon the said burner, by suitable
means the globe rest, with the glass globe secured to it, and the wire guards, so that
the whole may be tilted or hinged back and free access had to the wick and related
parts of the lantern.
The beforegoing being the nature and objects of my Invention I will now proceed
more fully to describe the same and for that purpose I have hereunto attached a sheet
of Drawings illustrative thereof. The Drawings are marked with letters and figures
of reference corresponding with those in the following explanation. Like letters
denote like parts in all the figures.
Upon reference to the Drawings it will be seen that Figure 1 shows a lantern with
the glass globe partially hinged back, and Figure 2 a lantern with globe in position,
as when ready for use. B is the glass globe attached to the globe rest T. This globe
rest T together with the wire guards D and F for the protection of the globe, I secure
to the upper half or dome of the burner U by solder or otherwise. I then attach a
hinge or its equivalent of convenient form at L preferably to the upper half or dome
of the burner and so I am enabled to hinge back the whole of the above, and permit
free access for lighting and trimming.
In order to secure the globe B to the globe rest T (see Figure 3) I make or
mould in the glass a flange A or its equivalent of suitable form and 1 attach set
screws or set screw and clip S S to the globe rest T to hold the globe so that it
may be removeable when desired; or as in the example shown at Figure 4, any
suitable manner of indentation or mouldings as at A¹ in the glass with corresponding
provision as at A² in the globe rest T may be employed-so that the globe B
may be securely held for the purpose of being hinged back and yet be removeable
for cleaning or otherwise.
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page_text: The wire guards may be arranged in any convenient manner for the protection
of the glass globe and preferably in the form. of a removeable spring wire or
wires of suitable shape as shown at Figure 5. Here the guards D F are formed of
one piece of wire joined at O with cross bar at N and with semi circular spring
bands CC so that they shall partially surround the flange or groove in the glass globe,.
leaving space for the operation of the set screw and clip or other attachment at
QQ or this form of guard may be inverted and suspended around a suitable-
flange or groove moulded at the top of the globe.
The wire guards for the protection of the globe may also be arranged as shown
at Figures 1 and 2, where they are preferably of two pieces of wire of suitable-
shape and secured to the upper half or dome of the burner U at Y. I also impart
greater strength and rigidity to the wire guards DF by passing them through the
rim of the globe rest T at ZZZZ before securing them to the upper half or dome
of the burner U at Y.
Another arrangement of the parts which hinge back is shown at Figure 6.
The guards DF for the protection of the glass globe are similar in form to Figure 5,.
and the globe B is held by semi-circular spring bands CC operating in the flange A,
the proper tension being obtained by the cross bar N. 1 solder or otherwise attach
the globe rest T to the upper half or dome of the burner U and in order to tilt
them with the globe I continue the ends either D or F from the junction at E E.
to L where I attach them in a secure manner to the upper half or dome of the
burner U. I then form a suitable hinge which I conveniently place either as at L, or
the wires may be continued and formed into a hinge as at J VV by bending them as at
V V and inserting them into a piece of tube J which may be placed upon the oil
vessel or adjacent thereto.
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. In a tubular lantern tilting back the glass globe, the globe rest, the globe guards
and the upper half or dome of the burner by a suitable hinge for the purpose of
lighting or trimming.
2. In a tubular lantern, attaching the globe rest T to the upper half or dome
of the burner U by solder or otherwise as set forth.
3. In a tubular lantern forming the glass globe with a flange or its equivalent in
order to attach it to the globe rest.
4. In a tubular lantern providing the globe rest T as shown at Figure 3 with set
screw and clip or their equivalent.
5. In a tubular lantern making the glass globe B as shown at Figure 4 with any
suitable mouldings in the glass and with corresponding provision in the globe rest
as set forth.
6. In a tubular lantern the globe guard or guards secured to the upper
dome of the burner as set forth.
half or
7. In a tubular lantern the wire guard or guards passing through or touching the-
rim of the globe rest, to impart greater strength to them as set forth.
8. In a tubular lantern the combination of the parts as shown at Figures 1 and 2
consisting of the globe rest T attached to the dome or upper half of the burner U
and provided with set screw and clip SS the globe B with flange A, the wire guards
secured at Y and passing through the rim of the globe rest at ZZZZ, the hinge.
placed at L or adjacent thereto, so that the whole of the above parts may be hinged
back as set forth.
9. In tubular lanterns the general construction and arrangement of the parts as
shown at Figure 6, and consisting of the wire guards D F clasping the globe B in
the flange A by the bands CC, the cross bar N and carrying also the upper half or
dome of the burner U and globe rest T the hinge formed as at L or J so that the
whole may be tilted or hinged back substantially as and for the purposes described.
.

page_text: 10 In a tubular lantern the spring globe guards D F with cross bar N as shown at
Figure 5 so constructed that they may be clasped around the top or bottom of the
globe, in suitable grooves provided in the glass as set forth.
11. In a tubular lantern a suitable hinge with one part thereof formed in, upon, or
attached to the dome or upper half of the burner, and the other part thereof formed;
in, upon, or attached to the air chamber below the said,burner, or adjacent thereto.
12. In a tubular lantern the hinge formed and placed as shown at L of Figures 1, 2
and 6.
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