Year: 1886

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We EDWARD ALEXANDER RIPPINGILLE of the Aston Brook Lamp Works Aston-
juxta-Birmingham, Lamp Manufacturer, and HERBERT PRIEST of 28 Priestly Road,
Spark brook, Birmingham, Designer, both in the County of Warwick do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention has for its object Firstly the improvement of lamps by providing.
their stands or supports with a flower holder or holders so arranged around the
font or reservoir as to conceal or nearly conceal the same from view without
materially interfering with the descending rays of light. For this purpose we
provide the lamp stand or support with a glass vase surrounding the font or
reservoir and leaving an annular space for the reception of flowers, or we provide
the stand or support with a number of separate flower holders arranged around the
font or reservoir so as to conceal or nearly conceal the same.
The invention relates secondly, to providing the stands or supports of lamps
with gongs of the character known as Chinese gongs and with a spring hammer or
with a support or supports for a loose hammer. According to one arrangement the
stand or support is constructed with a ring shaped connection between the base and
the font or reservoir or basket for the same whilst at the upper part of the ring is
a knob or stúd upon which the hammer is hung; or a spring hammer is arranged
either at the upper or lower part of such ring shaped portion; or the stand or
support may be of other suitable design so long as it is provided with means
for supporting a gong and its hammer. In some cases I arrange the gong and its
supports in a horizontal plane in the base of the stand or support.
The above described heads of invention may be used either separately or in
conibination, and with or without flower holders at the base of the stand or support
and the first part of the invention may be used in combination with a bell hung
from a hook or ring below the font or reservoir or its basket or support and
contained within suitably shaped supports or connections 'between the font or
basket and the base of the stand or support.
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We also according to our invention construct a lamp stand, or support with two
or more standards and carriers for one or more fonts or reservoirs such standards
being connected together by one or more cross bars to support a gong or bell, the
fonts or reservoirs being if desired concealed or partially concealed by one or more
flower holders as before described.

page_text: We EDWARD ALEXANDER RIPPINGILLE of the Aston Brook Lamp Works, Aston-
juxta-Birmingham, Lamp Manufacturer and HERBERT PRIEST of 28 Priestly Road
Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Designer, both in the County of Warwick do hereby.
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and is described in
respect to the same, like parts being indicated by similar letters of reference.
The invention has for its object, Firstly the improvement of lamps by providing
their stands or supports with a flower holder or holders so arranged around the
font or reservoir as to conceal or nearly conceal the same from view without
materially interfering with the descending rays of light.
For this purpose we provide the lamp stand or support a with a glass vase b
surrounding the font or reservoir c and forming an annular space for the reception
of flowers as shown by Figures 1 and 12 or we provide the stand or support with a
number of separate flower holders 6* arranged around the font or reservoir bas
shown at Figure 2 so as to conceal or nearly conceal the same.
The invention relates Secondly to providing the stands or supports a of lamps
with gongs d of the character known as Chinese gongs and with a support or
supports e for a loose hammer f.
According to one arrangement the stand or support a is constructed with a ring
shaped connection a³ between the base and the font or reservoir or basket for the
same as shown at Figures 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 and in combination there with
a knob stud or clip g may be fixed at the upper part of such ring shaped con-
nection a¹ to carry the hammer f as shown at Figures 5 and 6 or the hammer f
may be carried by the supports e below such part a¹ as shown at Figures 1 and 4 or
on supports e midway of such part a¹ as shown at Figure 3 or a spring hammer f
may be arranged either at the lower part of such ring shaped portion a¹ as shown
at Figures 7 and 8 or at the upper part thereof as will be readily understood, or
the stand or support a may be of other suitable design, such for instance as that
shown at Figures 5 and 6 so long as it is provided with means for supporting a
gong and its hammer.
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In some cases we arrange the gong d in a horizontal-plane in the base of the
stand or support a as shown at Figure 2.
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The above described heads of invention may be either, separately or in
combination and with or without flower holders a* at the base of the stand or
support as shown at Figure 3 which latter we do not however claim as part of our
invention, and the first part of the invention may be used in combination with a
bell hung from a hook or ring a³ as represented at Figure 12 in which a loose
ha mer is carried by supports e. Figure 11 represents a similar construction of
lamp provided with a hanging bell h but in which the hammer f is suspended from

page_text: a hook or stud g at the upper part of the stand, the flower holder or holders b or b❤
not being shown in position.
We also according to our invention as represented at Figures 9 and 10 construct
a lamp stand or support a with two, or it may be more, standards and carriers for
one or more fonts or reservoirs (two being shown in Figure 9) such standards
being connected together by one or more cross bars at to support a gong d or bell h
the fonts or reservoirs being if desired concealed or partially concealed by one or
more flower holders 6 or 6* as before described.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
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1. Constructing or fitting the base or pillar of a lamp with one or more flower
holders 6 or 6* to conceal or partially conceal the font or reservoir c in combination
or not with a gong d or bell h and hammer f substantially as herein shown and
described.
2. Constructing or fitting the base or pillar of a lamp with a gong d and
hammer fin combination or not with one or more flower holders 6 or 6* to
conceal or partially conceal the font or reservoir c substantially as herein shown
and described.
3. Constructing and fitting the base or stand of a lamp substantially as herein
shown and described with respect to Figures 9 and 10.
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