Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 25th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1888
FRANK MONTAGU DIXON and SIDNEY HERBERT DIXON of 5 Uxbridge Road
Shepherds Bush in the county of Middlesex, Gas and Hotwater Engineers do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
For improvements in the means for secureing globes for gas and other purposes to be
as follows
We propose to make the Gallery or Globe holder as shown in Fig. 1. with ring or
gallery A. to which is attached three hollow tubes B and screwed socket C, to fix on
fittings &c.-Fig. 2 shows section of tube B "enlarged" with screwed socket C.
We entend having 3 bolts D, bent for securing globe fitted with coller's E, to provent
spiral spring's F. slipping off thereby holding the three bolts D. exactly in the centre
of gallery or tryangle. Which can be made without the ring or gallery A Fig. 1,
by fixing thereon to the three hollow tubes B Fig. 1, three clips or guides G Fig. 3,
thus doeing away with the unnecessary work and materials, thereby causing less
shaddow's from light, to fix the Globe all that is required is to pull out the bolts D,
and turn down, place the Globe on the Gallery or tryangle then turn up the bolts D
and let into the holes in ring or Gallery A or clips or guides G Fig. 3 thus securely
holding the globe in centre.
The object of our invention is to do away with the now existing method of the
screw which is allways getting out of order by either losing the screws or by screwing
up to tight to the globe or not in the centre for the flame, thereby causing the globe
before or after being heated to crack there not being sufficient room for expansion
besides the inconvenience of refixing the now existing set screw or screw's which are
for everlasting slipping thread.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Lamp Galleries and Globe Holders.
FRANK MONTAGU DIXON and SIDNEY HERBERT DIXON of 5 Uxbridge Road,
Shepherds Bush in the County of Middlesex, Gas and Hot water engineers 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:
We purpose to make the Globe Holder as shown in Fig. 1 vide drawings filed with
the Provisional specification with gallery A. or clips or guides G Fig. 3 to which is
attatched three hollow tubes B Fig. 1 and screwed socket (Fig. 1 to fix on fittings
&c. &c. The three hollow tubes B Fig. 1. are fitted with three bolts D Fig. 2 with
one end barred up and the other end slightly pointed to which is fixed thereon three
spiral springs F, Fig. 2, which works inside the tubes B as shown in enlarged section
Fig. 2.
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,
First. No screws thereby avoiding losing same or by them slipping thread which is
often the case with the now existing ones.
Second. Great saving of time in taking off and refixing Globes.
Third. Always holding the Globe perfectaly in the centre of the flame which prevents
the flame from catching the side of Globe.
Fourth. Thereby avoiding cracking the globe as well as by expansion or contraction
as the Lamp Gallery or Globe holder being fitted with the spring bolts will give either
way.
Dated this 25th day of January 1888.