Gigs, and other Carriages of Light Weight.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1886.
Complete Left, 8th Sept., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 11th Oct., 1887.
Gigs, and other Carriages of Light Weight.
I, HENRY SALSBURY of 19 Mercer's Road, Upper Holloway, Middlesex, Gentleman
do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain means or appliance or appliances for fixing the oil
reservoir in position in the body of the lamp, and also to fix the wick lifter to prevent the
cotton lowering while the vehicle is running. The appliance according to one form
also serves as a handle for removing and for carrying the reservoir if desired.
The appliance can be hinged or otherwise attached to the reservoir, to the door, or
other part of the lamp, so that when the lamp is opened the wick lifter is released.
The appliance consists of a bent or other shaped wire, bar, or a bolt so shaped,
arranged, or fitted that as the door, the reflector flap, or other part is operated for
closing, the same said wire, bar or bolt presses upon or comes into contact with the
wick lifter spindle and holds it and also the reservoir firmly until the door flap or other
part is operated for opening it.
Another improvement relates to looping or fixing a flexible connection to the
bottom of the back handle of a lamp and to the body of the lamp and fitting a spring
between them to minimise horizontal vibration of the lamp during the running.
Dated this 8th day of December 1886.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,'
Agent for the said H. Salsbury.

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Gigs, and other Carriages of Light Weight.
1, HENRY SALSBURY, of 19 Mercer's Road, Upper Holloway, Middlesex, Gentleman
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 means or appliance or appliances for fixing the
oil reservoir in position in the body of the lamp and also to fix the wick lifter to
⚫ prevent the cotton lowering while the vehicle is running. The appliance according
to one form also serves as a handle for removing and for carrying the reservoir if
desired.
The appliance can be hinged or otherwise attached to the reservoir, to the door, or
other part of the lamp, so that when the lamp is opened the wick lifter is released.
I have shown my invention applied to a bicycle or tricycle head lamp, the first
improvement being applicable to all forms of lamps used for bicycles, tricycles, gigs
and other carriages of light weight.
The first part of my invention shown in Figure 1 consists of a bent or other shaped
plate a the tongue or point of which engages in a slot and under a lip of the inner
bottom plate 6 when the reservoir is pushed home in the lamp whereby the reservoir
becomes temporarilly fixed.
The second part of my invention consists of a bent or other shaped wire A
Figures 1 and 2, or it may be a bar A Figure 3 or a bolt so shaped, arranged or
fitted that as the door B, (single or double hinged) the reflector flap, or other part is
operated for closing the same, said wire, bar, or bolt A presses upon or comes into
contact with the wick lifter spindle C and holds it and also the oil reservoir D firmly
until the door B, the flap, or other part is operated for opening it.
In the drawing Figure 1 I show the reflector E at the back of the lamp as part of
a side motion sliding plate F, so that the wick can be lighted when the plate F is
moved sideways.
The lower part of the door B has a V or curved recess J formed in it for the
wire A similarly shaped to lodge in, which recess fixes the wire which from its shape
is springy.
My next improvement is shown on Figure 1 and consists of a flexible connection G
to the bottom of the back handle H and to the body of a bicycle or tricycle lamp
and between the handle H and the body of the lamp I arrange a spring I to minimise
horizontal vibration of the lamp during the running of the machine.

page_text: 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 bent plate a and lipped inner bottom plate 6 for holding the reservoir fixedly
when in the lamp as described.
2. The wire A or its equivalent so fitted that when the lamp is closed it fixes the
wick lifter and prevents the wick dropping as herein before described.
3. In a bicycle or tricycle lamp, the flexible connection G and the spring I as and
for the purpose set forth.