Improvements in connection with the Burners of Hydrocarbon and similar Market and other Lamps.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Sept., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 3rd June, 1897-Accepted, 3rd July, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with the Burners of Hydrocarbon
and similar Market and other Lamps.
I, CHRISTOPHER THOMAS LEE, 13, Great Avenham Street, Preston, Lancashire, no
occupation, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an attachment for use with market and similar lamps
consuming paraffin and other hydro-carbon oils or the like, and the object is to
facilitate the lighting of them. In carrying into effect my invention I proceed in
or in about the following manner. Underneath the burner I fasten a short pipe
having at its lower end a hollow bulb of metal or other material. Below the
bulb itself I provide a cup of larger diameter than the bulb. (It is assumed that
the lamp has a tap between the oil reservoir and the burner.) To operate the
apparatus the tap above mentioned is turned on slightly so as to permit a small
quantity of the oil to flow from the reservoir into the burner and from thence
to the bulb. At the top of the lower part of the burner I provide a pin-hole which
allows a portion of the oil or the like to escape and fall into the cup below the bulb.
The tap is then shut entirely, and the oil in the cup lighted, the heat from which
vapours the oil in the bulb and convert it into gas, which can be ignited. The tap
is then turned on again whereupon the burner lights up.
Dated this 7th day of September 1896
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in connection with the Burners of Hydrocarbon
and similar Market and other Lamps.
I, CHISTOPHER THOMAS LEE, 13, Great Avenham Street, Preston, Lancashire, no
occupation, 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 :-
My invention relates to market and similar lamps, consuming paraffin and other
hydrocarbon oils, and the object is to facilitate the lighting of them.
In carrying my invention into effect, I proceed in or in about the following
manner, making reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings, which shew
vertical sections. Under the burner a I provide a short pipe b having screwed
or otherwise attached thereto a hollow metal bulb c. Below (see Fig. 1) or
around (see Fig 2.) c I provide a cup d of larger diameter than c. When chas d
below it, it (c) may have tubes f passing through it to facilitate the passage of the
oil to d as hereinafter described, and to create draught and promote combustion.
At the top of the lower part of a I provide a pin hole e. It is assumed that the
supply pipe has a tap between the oil reservoir and the burner, and this tap is
turned on slightly, so as to allow a small quantity of the oil to flow from the
reservoir to the burner a, and from thence to bulb c. The tap is then shut entirely,
and the oil in d lighted. The heat from the oil in d vaporises the oil in c, the

page_text: vapour passing into a where it can be ignited. When the burner is hot, the tap
is turned on again, whereupon the burner lights up.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
CLAIMS.
1. Providing the burners of hydrocarbon and similar market and other lamps
with a downwardly projecting tube to which is attached a bulb or other
receptacle, having around or below it a cup, into which cup can pass a portion of the
oil or other illuminant which is free to issue from a hole provided for the purpose
in the lower part of the burner, the oil in the bulb being vaporised by igniting the
oil in the cup, the whole substantially as described in the above specification and
exemplified in the accompanying drawing.
2. Providing the burners of hydrocarbon and similar market and other lamps with
a vaporising arrangement substantially as described in the above specification, and
exemplified in the accompanying drawing.
28th day of May 1897.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.