Year: 1888

page_text: We, JOHN ABBOTT, and JOHN ROWE of 11 Aldermanbury, in the City of London,
in the County of Middlesex, "Fancy Goods Manufacturers do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows
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Our invention relates to an improved appliance for automatically extinguishing the
flame in hydrocarbon oil burners, when the burner is tilted out of the perpendicular
position.
The object of our invention is to facilitate the extinguishing of the flame for lamps
as well as burners in case of a lamp falling down, or by any means upset, and directly
it assumes a tilting position the action of the apparatur, comes into operation, and the
flame is extinguished.
Our invention is constructed with one or more metal cases, hung on centres or pins,
at each end of the flat wick burner tube, this said case being provided with a loose ball
inside the lower portion of the case, and the said ball runs about in any direction,
inside the lower perforated portion of the case, the ball rolling on a disc shape platform
of perforated metal, so that when the lamp is tilted, the ball over balances the extin-
guisher over the flame, and thereby excluding the air, and extinguishing the flame.
The extinguisher case is constructed with a perforated ball shaped receptacle, at the
bottom, the said receptacle being lighter than the top shutter portion of the case, as
the case is hung in such a manner to permit the case to fall open whenever the burner
is in an upright position. The ball being loose, rolls about on the perforated disc shape
platform, inside the perforated receptacle at the bottom of the case
When the lamp is placed again in its ordinary upright position, the ball rolls to the
bottom of the disc and the weight of the top portion of the extinguisher, draws the
top part of the extinguisher open in order that the wicks may be ignited.

page_text: Our invention may be fitted to any flat wick burner and if preferable the extin-
guisher can be worked by hand with a lever arm outside the wind guaid, as now m
common use.
JP
BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W.,
Agent for the Applicants
Improvements in an Apparatus for Extinguishing the Flame in
Hydrocarbon Oil Lamps and Burners.
We JOHN ABBOTT and JOHN ROWE, of 11, Aldermanbury in the City of London,
and 224 High Street, Harlesden in the County of Middlesex, "Fancy Goods Manu-
facturers" 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
Our invention relates to an improved appliance for automatically extinguishing the
flame in hydocarbon oil burners or lamps when the said lamp or burner fitted with the
appliance is tilted out of the perpendicular position
The object of our invention is to facilitate the extinguishing of the flame in lamps
as well as burners of any description, in case of the said lamp falling down, or by any
means upset, and directly the said lamp or burner assumes a tilting position the action
of the apparatus comes into operation, and thereby the flame is extinguished. Our
invention is constructed as follows
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For single flat wick burners, with one or two metal extinguishers cases or shutters
or the like, hung on centres or pins at each narrow side of the wick tube, and one or
two loose metal balls inserted in the lower portion of the extinguishing case or cases,
the said ball rolling on a disc shape platform of perforated metal, the ball or balls,
running about in any direction inside the lower portion of the extinguishing case or
shutters, so that when the lamp is tilted, the ball or balls, by their weight, over
balance the extinguisher, or extinguishers, over the flame and thereby excludes the
air and extinguishing the light or fame.
The extinguisher cases or shutters if preferable are made in one piece of metal,
stamped to the required shape with one or more holes at each side to fit on pins, the
said case being curved at top and sides, the back part is bent out to form a cap or

page_text: cage like, to enclose a ball, and to keep the said ball in its limited position to act on
the shutter instantaneously when required, the back part of the shutter has two slots
cut to permit a current of air to pass through to top to assist the combustion or the
lower portion of the shutter may be constructed entirely of perforated metal rivetted
or otherwise attached to upper portion of the shutter or the said part of the shutter
may be perforated in the flat and stamped into the required shape afterwards. The
ball being loose rolls about on the perforated disc shape platform inside or under the
cage or cup like shape in the lower portion or back part of the shutter When the
lamp is placed in its ordinary position the ball rolls to the bottom of the disc shape
platform and the extinguishers working on centres or pins, which fall back to their
normal position, and leaves the wick tree to be again ignited
To one or each side of the wick tube we fix a piece of metal plate any depth bent
at each side with a pin projecting outwards at the top of the said plate, for the extin-
guisher to work on, the bent or returned ends of this said metal plate is fixed to the
edges of the wick tube by solder or by any other means, the plate is fixed so as to
form a space between the same and the side or sides of the wick tube, which acts as a
direct air chamber to the point of combustion. Our invention may be fitted to a
duplex, triplex or any description of flat wick or wicks burner, or to round wick
burners or lamps, with or without an chambers.
If preferable a lever arm may be connected to the apparatus, and worked from the
outside of the wind guard as is now in common use.
When we adopt two extinguishers to a single wick burner the wick tube is flat or
level at the top, but when we attach only one extinguisher, one side of the wick tube
stands up above the opposite side and slightly curved outwards, so that it is clear from
contact with the flame
When the extinguisher is in action it passes over the flame of the cotton wick and
on to the projecting portion of the wick tube, and thus encloses the wick, thereby
excludes the air and extinguishes the flame. And in order that our invention may be
thoroughly understood, we now proceed to describe the accompanying drawings thereof,
reference being had to letters and figures marked thereon.
Figure 1. represents the plan of the top of the burner, after the slotted cone is
removed, with the extinguisher placed in its stationary position, the upper part of the
case marked C, and the lower cage or cup like portion marked B, with the ball dotted
in outline, to indicate its position on the perforated platform D, the ball resting against
the outside of the air chamber which is dotted in, and the projecting pieces marked N,
on which the extinguisher works, and L, the gallery for globe Figure 2 denotes a
section of a single wick burner fitted with the apparatus, which falls on the top curved
piece of the wick tube H, when the burner is tilted, the ball marked A, inside the
cage B, and the air chamber marked E, with an opening F, each end, the arrow
indicating the travel of the air to the seat of combustion, the dotted lines indicate the
position of the extinguisher when the lamp is tilted, the wick tube being marked I,
the wind guard J, and the spindle of the winder K Figure 3, 1s a side view of the
extinguisher with a perforated metal cage Figure 4 describes the back view of
figure 3 Figure 5 represents the side view of the extinguisher stamped out of one
piece of metal with the slots cut at the back of B, and the hole at each side marked O,
on which it works on the pin N, of the air chamber Figure 6, is the back view of
figure 5
Figure 7, denotes an elevation of the wick tube I, with the curved piece H,
and the air chamber E, with the openings F, F, for fresh air to pass through, the pins
or projecting pieces on which the extinguisher works, marked N, N. Figure 8 is the
end view of figure 7. Figure 9 represents a single wick burner with a double
extinguisher, to close into one another, and an additional air chamber.
Figure 10, is a sectional view of the apparatus fitted to an ordinary duplex burner.
Like letters refer to like parts in each of the figures
A the ball. B the cage or cup. C the extinguisher
F the openings for
wick tube.
shape platform. E the air chamber
H the curved piece at the top of the
K winder spindle. L the globe gallery.
D the perforated disc
air in the air chamber.
I wick tube J wind guard
holes in sides of the
N pins or centres.

page_text: extinguisher to pass over pins N, and to work on same If preferible the shutters
with back part and the projecting pins at sides can be made seperately or complete in
themselves, or a small loose tube to fix or slip on the wick tube
Having now fully described the nature and object of our invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, we claim as new and novel the following
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First. The combination of the extinguisher case or cases C, of any size or shape,
with the cage or cup like shape B, 10 insert a ball or balls A, which ball works the
extinguisher by its rolling action on the perforated disc like shape platform D, when
the lamp or burner is tilted, the extinguisher working on pins N, N, passes over the
flame to the curved part of the wick tube H, thereby excludes the air and extinguishes
the flame with an automatic action, substantially herein described and according to the
accompanying drawings
Secondly The combination of one or more extinguishers C, fitted to any flat,
round or any other shape wick tube burner, and operated by means of a ball or the
like A, for the purpose of extinguishing the flame of any lamp or burner when tilted,
substantially herein described and according to the accompanying drawings.
Thirdly The combination of the air chamber E, attached to the wick tube I, above
the perforated disc shape platform D, and the air opening F, F, for the fresh air to
pass through and up to the seat of combustion, for the purpose of giving a purer
combustion than a lamp fitted with any extinguisher in common use, substantially
herein described and according to the accompanying drawings
Fourthly The combination of our apparatus to be fitted to any shape burner and
worked in conjunction with a lever arm outside the wind guard, substantially herein
described.