IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS CHANDELIERS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Horton at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th September 1882.
EDWARD HORTON of 239 Bradford Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Gas Chandelier Manufacturer IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS CHANDELIERS
.
The object of my invention is to control and regulate in a simpler and more
expeditious manner than that usually employed the lowering and raising
chandeliers--The usual means of hanging chandeliers by counterbalance metal
weights to which chains are attached passing over pulleys to the chandelier are
constantly getting out of order on account of the nice adjustment required and
thus need frequent supervision-My invention consists in using instead of the
counter balance weights and chain a spring and wire rope. The chandelier being
drawn down the spring coils up and uncoils the rope wire chain the chandelier being
pushed up the reverse action takes place the spring coiling up the rope wire
and uncoiling itself. This may be more clearly understood by reference to the
accompanying sheets of drawings-Sheet 1. Fig 1. is a frame on which are placed
the spring boxes containing the wheels A inside of which is a spring C secured to
the spindle D. The spring C can be made and regulated to any strength by means
of winding up with a key The cogged wheel B at the side of the pulley frame L
will hold the spring C in any position by means of a catch which falls into the
teeth of the cogged wheel B and so locks it: I is the rope wire wound round the
inside groove of wheel A which attaches it to the water cup the other end is fixed
to the eye K When the chandelier is drawn down the spring coils round the
spindle and thus gives the necessary power in order to bring the chandelier up
again after being drawn down J J is a cork screwed on the inner tube of the
chandelier which regulates the power of the spring Fig 2. Sheet 1 shows side
elevation of spring box Another part of my invention is the means of securing
globes to their carriers. The general way of securing globes is by having a bearer
or carrier underneath the globe to which the globe is secured by means of screws
In carrying out my invention I fix a carrier or bearer of any suitable material at
any convenient distance above the lights. To the end of the bearer clips are
fixed and the globes are secured to them by means of an L shaped piece of metal

page_text: shewn in Sheet 2 Fig 1. A which moves freely on its axis at the junction of its arms.
On pressing one of the arms against the globe the other arm is kept in its place by
means of a screw thereby fastening the globe securely A Sheet 3 Fig 1. is the
socket which is screwed on the arm of the chandelier or bracket-B is a piece of
metal screwed to receive the outer tube C which is detached from box E in order
that when the gas is lighted the heat arising from the gas jet below may not
discolour the work when polished and lacquered D is a small tube inside the outer
tube and is screwed to receive the part E which may be taken on and off to place
on the reflector F which is held up by the shoulder on E. The tube G is inside the
reflector to pass the gas into tube K to supply the gas jet marked L-H is a
pommel fixed on tube G which receives the glass holder marked I which is fitted
with clips fig 1 Sheet 2 A A to secure the globe.