Improvements in Night and other similar Lights.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 9th May, 1889¸.
Complete Specification Left. 10th Feb. 1890-Accented 15th Mar
1800
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Night and other similar Lights.
We, JAMES BROAD and George CUPIT FOWLER, both of 4 West Street, Lewes,
in the County of Sussex, Night Light Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
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The invention has for its object improved means for giving extra support to the wick
of night and other similar lights, so as to ensure its remaining upright when the
material forming the body of the night light is in a melted state, and the invention
is applicable to night and other lights in which the sustainer is embedded or moulded
in the material of the light, or in which the sustainer is applied to the bottom thereof
after the moulding has been effected.
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It is found in some cases that when the material of the body of the night or
other light is in a melted state, a looseness or slackness of the wick in the hole
of the sustainer, makes the wick liable to fall out of the perpendicular and to burn
improperly, and when the wick is coated with wax or similar material, the heat of
the melted material forming the body of the night or other light, is liable to melt
off this coating and thereby make the wick loose and slack in the hole of the
sustainer..
To remedy this defect, we employ a short pin or peg, preferably headed and of
metal, but which may be of wood or other non-metallic material and without a
head. This pin or peg we, in the case of plaited wicks, force into the hole of
the sustainer, alongside the wick, or in the case of non-plaited wicks, it may be
forced into the centre of the wick, or at the side thereof, as may be found most
convenient, the object being to press or squeeze the wick in the hole in the
sustainer, and by giving support thereto, prevent the before mentioned looseness or
slackness, and thereby secure its remaining in a perpendicular position until the
body is entirely consumed.
The pin or peg may be used either with or without cement, and when of metal,
it has the advantage of conveying heat to the lowest stratum of the material
forming the body of the light, and thereby ensures its almost complete combustion,
whilst after the light has been consumed and it is required to remove the sustainer,
the latter can be readily detached from the bottom of the holder, by pressing
sideways on the pin or peg; it has also the advantage of preventing the flame
from being driven down by the down draught through the hole in the sustainer
and thereby unduly heating the holder.
The pin or peg must not be pressed or squeezed against the wick in the hole
of the sustainer to such an extent that the capillary attraction of the wick is too
much impeded, but must be sufficiently so to prevent looseness or slackness, and
to give support.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Night and other similar Lights.
We, JAMES BROAD, and GEORGE CUPIT FOWLER, both of 4 West Street, Lewes,
in the County of Sussex, Night Light Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
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page_text: described and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being had to
the accompanying drawings, and to the figures and letters marked thereon
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The invention has for its object improved means for giving extra support to the
wick of night and other similar lights, so as to ensure its remaining upright when
the material forming the body of the night light is in a melted state, and the
invention is applicable to night and other lights in which the sustainer is embedded
or moulded in the material of the light, or in which the sustainer is applied to the
bottom thereof after the moulding has been effected..
.
It is found in some cases that when the material of the body of the night or other
light is in a melted state, a looseness or slackness of the wick in the hole of the
sustainer makes the wick liable to fall out of the perpendicular and to burn im-
properly and, when the wick is coated with wax or similar material, the heat of the
melted material forming the body of the night or other light is liable to melt off this
coating and thereby make the wick loose and slack in the hole of the sustainer.
To remedy this defect, we employ a short pin or peg, preferably headed, and of
metal, as represented at figure 1, but which may be of wood or other non-metallic
material and without a head. The pin or peg a we, in the case of plaited wicks, force
into the hole of the sustainer alongside the wick c as shown at figures 2 and 3, which
are sections respectively of a night light in which the sustainer is moulded or embedded
within the body thereof, and of one in which the sustainer is applied to the bottom
thereof after the body of the same has been moulded. In the case of non-plaited
wicks, the pin or peg a may be forced into the centre of the wick c, as shown at
figure 4, or at the side thereof, as may be found most convenient, the object being to
press or squeeze the wick e in the hole in the sustainer b, and by giving support
thereto, prevent the before mentioned looseness or slackness and thereby secure its
remaining in a perpendicular position until the body is entirely consumed.
The pin or peg a may be used either with or without cement, and when of metal,
as preferred, it has the advantage of conveying heat to the lowest stratum of the
material forming the body of the light, and thereby ensures its almost complete com-
bustion, whilst after the light has been consumed and it is required to remove the
sustainer b, the latter can be readily detached from the bottom of the holder by
pressing sideways on the pin or peg a; it has also the advantage of preventing the
Hame from being driven down by the down draught through the hole in the sustainer,
and thereby unduly heating the holder.
The pin or peg a must not be pressed or squeezed against the wick in the hole of
the sustainer to such an extent that the capillary attraction.of. the wick is too much
impeded, but must be sufficiently so to prevent looseness or slackness and to give
support.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed; we declare that what we
claim is :-
In night and other similar lights, the employment of a short pin or peg forced
through the hole of the sustainer, either centrally or at the side of the wick to give
support to the latter, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose
stated.
D
1000
JAMES BROAD.
GEORGE CUPIT FOWLER.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.