IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMP BURNERS
Year: 1885

page_text: I WALTER HENRY BULPITT trading as Bulpitt and Sons of Camden Street
Birmingham in the County of Warwick Lamp Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMP BURNERS' to be as
follows that is to say :-
My invention has for its object improvements in Lamp Burners which are used
for burning Paraffin and other such like oils which enables me to more effectively
consume the oil thus lessening the smoke and smell besides 'adding great security
against the lamp being extinguished when brought into violent movement as in
the case of the hand lamps used by Railway Guards and Porters and for other
such like purposes.
Upon the wick case I fix or otherwise fit what I call a "Flame Protector"
which consists of a hollowed wing rising at each end of the flame and also at
each side of the flame with an outer curl from the hollow in such a manner
that there is perfect space and freedom for the flame to burn while it is protected
on all the sides most effectively.-With this protection I have successfully agitated
a hand lamp in every direction without succeeding in putting out the flame.
The protector may slide over the wick case or may be made one with it.
GEORGE BARKER,
Agent for the Applicant,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I WALTER HENRY BULPITT trading as Bulpitt and Sons of Camden St Bir-
mingham in the County of Warwick Lamp Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMP BURNERS" and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, that is to say :—
My Invention has for its object Improvements in lamp burners which are used
for burning paraffin and other such like oils which enables me to more effectively
consume the oil thus lessening the smoke and smell besides adding great security
against the lamp being extinguished when brought into violent movement as in
the case of the hand lamps used by Railway Guards and Porters and for such
other like purposes.
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Upon the wick case I fix or otherwise fit what I call a "Flame Protector
which consists of a hollowed wing rising at each end of the flame and also at each
side of the flame with an outer curl from the hollow in such a manner that there
is perfect space and freedom for the flame to burn while it is protected on all the
sides most effectively.
With this protection I have successfully agitated a hand lamp in every direction
without succeeding in putting out the flame. The protector may slide over the
wick case or may be made one with it.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings showing a burner to
which my invention is applied and though I prefer using it in conjunction with
my Lamps described in one of my former Patents N° 433 A D. 1881. yet it may
be adapted to other lamps with advantage.
Figure 1. is a side elevation of a burner to which my invention is applied.
Figure 2. is a sectional elevation of the same burner.
Figure 3. is a cross sectional elevation of the same burner.
Figure 4. is a side elevation of the attachment or flame protector separate from
the burner.
Figure 5. is an end elevation of Figure 4. and
Figure 6. is a plan of the same.
It will be seen that the flame protector A. is united fastened or otherwise made
one with the wick case B. but in some cases it may be necessary to have it loose
and there is no objection to this except the liability of its effectiveness being some-
what lessened by its becoming slightly misplaced which is not possible when it is
united to the wick case B. On reference to the drawing it will be seen how the
curved hollow wings c and c¹ rise at each end of the wick case as also the
flanged curls d and d¹ from the sides.
The effect of this "Flame Protector" is as before explained that the lamp will
bear very violent agitation without being extinguished besides the combustion
being greatly improved.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
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The improvements in lamp burners of the protecting wings c c d and
whether
united to the wick case B. or used in a loose form in conjunction with it as and
for the purpose substantially as herein set forth.