Improvements in Gas Brackets and Chandeliers.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 24th Nov., 1890-Accepted. 10th Jan.. 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gas Brackets and Chandeliers.
I, HERBERT HENRY BADAMS of Sutton Coldfield, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
In gas brackets and chandeliers as at present constructed the burner and globe are
supported by means of an arm or frame arranged beneath it which in a measure
prevents the light from being perfectly transmitted to the surface beneath the burner,
and which also allows the fumes and products of combustion to be given off into the
room and thereby to cause discomfort and inconvenience.
My invention is designed to prevent the escape of the products of combustion into
the room and to cause the full amount of light to be utilized beneath the burner
instead of being obstructed by the supporting arm or bracket. I am also enabled
to ventilate the room or building by my improved method of constructing gas
brackets and chandeliers.
In carrying my invention into effect I construct a chandelier with the arms or
globe supports in any usual or ordinary manner, suitable for any particular require-
ment or design, but I cause the burner to be supported by the said arnis from above
instead of from below as with the usual system of construction. The burner being
specially arranged to suit this new method of support, and the globe also arranged
to fit on to clips or holders carried above instead of beneath it. Thus I suspend the
globe and the burner from the arm above rather than support them from beneath.
The escaping fumes I collect, by means of a cup or funnel placed immediately
above the burner or I form the cup or funnel as the frame for holding the globe.
From this cup or funnel I lead off a tube or pipe to the top of, or any desired point
upon the chandelier to meet the similar tubes led from the other burners arranged
upon the same chandelier, and at the top or junction I connect these tubes to one
common outlet pipe which may be led to the outside of the building, or to any desired
position for giving free egress to the foul air. "
Instead of employing distinctly independent collecting pipes to lead off from each
burner, I sometimes arrange the gas supply pipe to pass down and within the outlet
pipe so that nothing external to the fittings, as at present understood for an ordinary
chandelier need be in view, although when employing separate collecting pipes I
form them in a manner which can lend effect to the general appearance or ornament
of the chandelier. Similarly when constructing a gas bracket according to my
present invention I suspend the burner and globe beneath the arm, and collect the
products above by a separate pipe, or by means of a tube which surrounds and
encloses the ordinary gas tube.
I do not limit the application of my invention to any particular form of gas bracket
or chandelier but apply the same system of construction to suit any particular or
peculiar arrangement that may be required. Similarly I adapt any ordinary kind of
burner arranged to burn below to my improved brackets and chandeliers, and attach
the globe to the arms in any well known mechanical manner, providing sometimes
for the purpose an asbestos or other suitable ring or washer to form a joint with the
surface of the globe and funnel, so that no escape of foul air is possible.
Dated this 22nd day of February 1890
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for Applicant

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gas Brackets and Chandeliers.
I HERBERT HENRY BADAMS of Sutton Coldfield in the County of Warwick,
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 :—
In gas brackets and chandeliers as at present constructed, the burner and globo
are supported by means of an arm or frame arranged beneath it which in a measure
prevents the light from being perfectly transmitted to the surface beneath the burner
and which also allows the fumes and products of combustion to be given off into the
room and thereby to cause discomfort and inconvenience. My invention is designed
to prevent the escape of the products of combustion into the room and to cause the
full amount of light to be utilized beneath the burner instead of being obstructed by
the supporting arm or bracket. I am also enabled to ventilate the room or building
by my improvel method of constructing gas brackets and chandeliers.
In carrying my invention into effect, I construct a chandelier with the arms or
globe supports in any usual or ordinary manner suitable for any particular require-
ment or design but I cause the burner to be supported by the said arms from above
instead of from below as with the usual system of construction. The burner being
specially arranged to suit the new method of support and the globe also arranged
to fit into clips or holders carried above, instead of beneath it. Thus I suspend the
globe and the burner from the arm above rather than support them from beneath.
The oscaping fumes I collect by means of a cup or funnel placed immediately
above the burner or I form the cup or funnel as the frame for holding the globe.
From this cup or funnel I lead off a tube, or pipe to the top of or to any desired point
upon the chandelier, to meet the similar tubes, led from the other burners, arranged
upon the same chandelier; and at the top or junction, I connect these tubes to one
common outlet pipe, which may be led to the outside of the building or to any
desired position, for giving free egress to the foul air.
Instead of employing distinctly independent collecting pipes to lead off from each
burner I sometimes arrange the gas supply pipe to pass down and within the outlet
pipe so that nothing external to the fittings as at present understood for an ordinary
chandelier need be in view; although when employing separate collecting pipes, I
form them in a manner which can lend effect to the general appearance or ornament
of the chandelier.
Similarly when constructing a gas bracket according to my present invention, I
suspend the burner and globe beneath the arms and collect the products above by
a separate pipe or by means of a tube which surrounds and encloses the ordinary
gas tube.
I do not limit the application of my invention to any particular form of gas bracket
or chandelier but apply the same system of construction to suit any particular or
peculiar arrangement that may be required. Similarly I adapt any ordinary kind
of burner arranged to burn below to my improved brackets and chandeliers and
attach the globe to the arms in any well known mechanical manner providing
sometimes for the purpose an asbestos ring or other suitable ring or washer to form
a joint with the surface of the globe and funnel so that no escape or foul air is
possible.
In order that my invention and the method of performing the same may be more
readily understood, I append hereunto one sheet of explanatory drawings to be
herein aftor referred to.
Figure 1 is an elevation of a gas bracket having my improved fume collecting
tube suitable for attachment to a wall or the side of a building or room.
Figure 2 is an elevation of a chandelier or central gas bracket having my improved
fume collecting tube arranged upon each burner.
Figure 3 is a detailed plan of the globe E and the globe attachment with the inner

page_text: gas tube omitted, that I sometimes adopt; and Figure 4 is a detailed elevation of
the same.
Figure 5 is an elevation of my improved bracket with an outside ventilating or
collecting hood.
In the accompanying drawings the gas tube A 1 carry within the fame tube B,
the end of which frame or outer tube I form with an attaching collar or intercepted
recessed ring clip arms H, for receiving the corresponding flanged arms K formed
upon the globe rim; above the projecting arms upon the globe rim I form a joint
face or ring for the purpose of receiving a washer or ring G of asbestos or other
suitable packing material for preventing the escape of the fumes.
I support the gas tube A within the exhaust air tube B by means of rings or
collars a having suitable openings or passages for permitting the air to readily pass
along the tube and so escape outside the wall F or conveyed through the ceiling by
means of the tube B'.
I construct a chandelier in any usual or ordinary manner but I apply my double
tube gas and exhaust pipes to each burner, the gas being supplied by means of the
central tube A' within the fume collecting or ventilating tube B', each burner being
also connected to the central supply pipe A', and exhaust pipe B2, by means of the
usual ordinary connections the pipes B being also utilized for ornamentation and
for giving effect to any particular design.
Sometimes I employ an outside shield or hood I. as shown in Fig. 5 to attach to
the fume collecting pipe B, while the central fume pipe B 1 taper or contract for
the purpose of inducing an air draught or current and thus ventilating the room
or building by the burning of the gas.
Similarly when the gas is not lighted the room is ventilated by the escape of the
foul air through the hood L and its connection with the outlet pipe B*.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.
1st. The construction of gas brackets and chandeliers having independant supply
and exhaust pipes for conveying the gas to the burner or burners and for discharging
the foul air from the same.
2. The combination of ventilating and lighting gas brackets having tubes arranged
one within the other substantially as, and for the purposes set forth.
3. The construction of gas brackets and chandeliers having the globes suspended
from the same substantially in the manner hereinbefore described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawings and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 21st day of November 1890
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for Applicant.