Lamps and Candelabra Made of Paper, Cardboard, Strawboard, Leatherboard, or other Light and Flexible Material.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 12th Aug., 1889-Accepted, 14th Sept., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Lamps and Candelabra Made of Paper, Cardboard, Strawboard,
Leatherboard, or other Light and Flexible Material.
GEORGE AMBROSE WILKINS Engineer Billiter Square Buildings London E.C.
Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I form my lamp by rolling a sheet of paper, cardboard, strawboard, leatherboard, or
other light & flexible material into a cylinder, square, oval or other convenient shape,
by any of the various methods now in use, after which I insert in one end a bottom,
in the other end a top in which a hole has been cut to receive a burner such as is
commonly used in any lamp or vessel, and after I coat the interior of said lamp or
vessel with any substance which renders it impervious to the actions of any of the
known burning oils or fluids. For candelabras 1 insert a recepticle to hold the candle
instead of a burner for a wick & the interior coating is unnecessary.
Data: 1 love of Ontalon 1000
GEO. A. WILKINS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Lamps and Candelabra Made of Paper, Cardboard, Strawboard,
Leatherboard, or other Light and Flexible Material.
I GEORGE AMBROSE WILKINS of Billiter Square Buildings in the City of London
Engineer 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 :-
I form my lamp by rolling a sheet of paper cardboard strawboard leatherboard or
other like light and flexible material into a cylinder square oval or other convenient
shape by any of the various methods now in use after which I insert in one end a
bottom and in the other end a top in which a hole has been cut to receive a burner
such as is commonly used in any lamp or vessel and I afterward coat the interior of
the said lamp or vessel with any inatter which will render it impervious to the action
of any of the known burning oils or fluids. For candelabra I insert a receptacle to
hold the candle instead of a burner for a wick and the interior coating is unnecessary.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is an elevation and Figure 2 is a
central vertical section of the body or oil vessel and stand of a lamp constructed
according to my Invention the oil vessel "consists of a cylinder a formed of paper
cardboard strawboard leatherboard or other similar light and flexible material the
upper end of which is closed by a disc of strawboard having a central hole
formed in it in which a neck of wood is secured. Around the said neck an
internally screwed metal ring c for receiving the burner is secured by means of
d is the stand of the lamp
any cement suitable for connecting metal to wood.
which may be formed of paper papier mâché or wood or other convenient material.
The parts b and d are or may be secured to the part aby means of glue or other
suitable cement and where desirable small nails may be used either alone or in
addition to the glue or other cement for securing the said parts together. The
interior of the oil vessel of the lamp is coated with any matter which will adhere
to the material of which the lamp body is formed and which will resist the action
of the oil or liquid with which the lamp is intended to be charged. The matter
which I prefer to use for coating the interior of the oil vessels of lamps inade
according to my invention consists of a mixture of glue and glycerine. In

page_text: preparing the said mixture I dissolve glue in water by the aid of heat making
the solution of about the same strength as that used by carpenters and I add one
part by measure of glycorine to nineteen parts by measure of the solution of glue
while warm.
Scotch glue or any other kind of glue which is soluble in water is
suitable for use in preparing the said mixture. When the said mixture is to be
used it should be warmed sufficiently to make it fluid.
I do not limit myself to the manufacture of lamps precisely as hereinbefore described
with reference to the accompanying drawings as they may be made of other forms and
instead of being made partly of paper or cardboard or the like and partly of wood as
herein before described they may be made entirely of paper cardboard strawboard
leatherboard or other like material. And I do not limit myself to the method herein-
before described of connecting the burner ring to the oil vessel as the said ring may
be connected to the said vessel by screwing the said ring into a hole in the upper part
of the said vessel or by inserting the said ring in tho said hole and bending or
clinching a portion of the metal of the said ring on the underside of the part
surrounding the hole in which the ring is inserted.
Figure 3 of the accompanying Drawings is an elevation and Figure 4 is a central
vertical section of a candelabrum constructed according to my invention. The pillar
of the said candelabrum consists of a tube e of paper or carboard or other like material
in transverse holes near the upper end of which tube another tube ƒ of similar material
is secured. To the outer parts or ends of the said tube fshort tubes or sockets gg are
secured by passing the ends of the said tube f through transverse holes in the said
short tubes or sockets gg. The foot h of the candelabrum consists of cardboard papier
mâché or other like material pressed or moulded into an ornamental form through a
central aperture in which foot the tube e is passed i is a disc of cardboard or like
material having a central aperture formed in it through which the said tube e is also
passed and which being secured around the peripheral part of its upper surface
to the underside of the said foot by means of glue or other cement serves to firmly
secure the said foot h. In order to give steadiness to the candelabrum the space
between the disc i and the upper part of the foot h may be filled with sand or other
suitable weighty matter. jjare ordinary metal nozzles loosely placed in the
sockets and in the upper end of the central pillar e. kk are discs of cardboard
secured within the tubes egg which discs constitute the bottoms of the candle sockets.
The several parts of the said candelabrum may be secured together by glue or other
suitable cement.
I do not limit myself to the manufacture of candelabra precisely as hereinbefore
described with reference to the accompanying Drawings as they may be made of
other forms.
Lamps and candelabra manufactured according to my invention may be decorated
by painting and the like or by attaching ornaments made of papier mâché or other
plastic materials or cardboard leatherboard or other like material to the surface of
the paper or cardboard or other material of which the said lamps and candelabra are
made.
In making tubes and cylinders for parts of lamps and candelabra I proceed in the
manner usual in making tubes and cylinders from paper and the like for other
purposes. That is I take a mandril of the required form and size and roll the paper
or other material round it and attach the several plies or layers of paper or other
material together with paste or other suitable cement.
Where moulded ornamental forms are required such as the foot of the candelabrum
Figures 3 and 4 I prefer to use papier mâché but cardboard leatherboard or the like
may be pressed or stamped into such forms.
Lamps and candelabra made according to my invention are light and not easily
broken and may be manufactured very cheaply.
A great advantage attending the use of lamps made according to my invention i
that they are free from the danger of explosion which is generally caused by the
breaking of the oil vessels of ordinary lamps when accidently overturned.

page_text: 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
.
First. The improvements hereinbefore described in the manufacture of lamps
which improvements consist in making the oil vessels thereof or the oil vessels and
stands or feet thereof of paper cardboard strawboard leatherboard or other like light
and flexible material.
Secondly. The improvements herein before described in the manufacture of
candelabra which improvements consist in making them of paper carboard strawboard
leatherboard or other like light and flexible material.
That this 19th dow of Anaust 1880
GEO. A. WILKINS.

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 12th Aug., 1889-Accepted, 14th Sept.,
1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Lamps and Candelabra Made of Paper, Cardboard, Strawboard,
Leatherboard, or other Light and Flexible Material.
GEORGE AMBROSE WILKINS Engineer Billiter Square Buildings London E.C.
Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
I form my lamp by rolling a sheet of paper, cardboard, strawboard, leatherboard, or
other light & flexible material into a cylinder, square, oval or other convenient shape,
by any of the various methods now in use, after which I insert in one end a bottom,
in the other end a top in which a hole has been cut to receive a burner such as is
commonly used in any lamp or vessel, and after I coat the interior of said lamp or
vessel with any substance which renders it impervious to the actions of any of the
known burning oils or fluids. For candelabras I insert a recepticle to hold the candlo
instead of a burner for a wick & the interior coating is unnecessary.
1000
GEO. A. WILKINS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Lamps and Candelabra Made of Paper, Cardboard, Strawboard,
Leatherboard, or other Light and Flexible Material.
I GEORGE AMBROSE WILKINS of Billiter Square Buildings in the City of London
Engineer 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 :-
I form my lamp by rolling a sheet of paper cardboard strawboard leatherboard or
other like light and flexible material into a cylinder square oval or other convenient
shape by any of the various methods now in use after which I insert in one end a.
bottom and in the other end a top in which a hole has been cut to receive a burner
such as is commonly used in any lamp or vessel and I afterward coat the interior of
the said lamp or vessel with any inatter which will render it impervious to the action
of any of the known burning oils or fluids. For candelabra I insert a receptacle to
hold the candle instead of a burner for a wick and the interior coating is unnecessary.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is an elevation and Figure 2 is a.
central vertical section of the body or oil vessel and stand of a lamp constructed
according to my Invention the oil vessel consists of a cylinder a formed of paper
cardboard strawboard leatherboard or other similar light and flexible material the
upper end of which is closed by a disc of strawboard having a central holo
Around the said neck an
formed in it in which a neck of wood b¹ is secured.
internally screwed metal ring c for receiving the burner is secured by means of
d is the stand of the lamp
any cement suitable for connecting metal to wood.
which may be formed of paper papier mâché or wood or other convenient material.
The parts and d are or may be secured to the part a by means of glue or other
suitable cemont and where desirable small nails may be used either alone or in
addition to the glue or other cement for securing the said parts together. The
interior of the oil vessel of the lamp is coated with any matter which will adhere
to the material of which the lamp body is formed and which will resist the action
of the oil or liquid with which the lamp is intended to be charged. The matter
which I prefer to use for coating the interior of the oil vessels of lamps made
according to my invention consists of a mixture of glue and glycerine.
In

page_text: preparing the said mixture I dissolve glue in water by the aid of heat making
the solution of about the same strength as that used by carpenters and I add one
part by measure of glycerine to nineteen parts by measure of the solution of glue
while warm.
Scotch glue or any other kind of glue which is soluble in water is
suitable for use in preparing the said mixture. When the said mixture is to be
used it should be warmed sufficiently to make it fluid.
I do not limit myself to the manufacture of lamps precisely as hereinhefore described
.with reference to the accompanying drawings as they may be made of other forms and
instead of being made partly of paper or cardboard or the like and partly of wood as
hereinbefore described they may be made entirely of paper cardboard strawboard
leatherboard or other like material. And I do not limit myself to the method herein-
before described of connecting the burner ring to the oil vessel as the said ring may
be connected to the said vessel by screwing the said ring into a hole in the upper part
of the said vessel or by inserting the said ring in the said hole and bending or
clinching a portion of the metal of the said ring on the underside of the part
surrounding the hole in which the ring is inserted.
ggaro
a
Figure 3 of the accompanying Drawings is an elevation and Figure 4 is a central
vertical section of a candelabrum constructed according to my invention. The pillar
of the said candelabrum consists of a tube e of paper or carboard or other like material
in transverse holes near the upper end of which tube another tube f of similar material
is secured. To the outer parts or ends of the said tube f short tubes or sockets
secured by passing the ends of the said tube through transverse holes in the said
short tubes or sockets g g. The foot h of the candelabrum consists of cardboard papier
mâché or other like material pressed or moulded into an ornamental form through
central aperture in which foot the tube e is passed i is a disc of cardboard or like
material having a central aperture formed in it through which the said tube e is also
passed and which being secured around the peripheral part of its upper surface
to the underside of the said foot by means of glue or other cement serves to firmly
secure the said foot h.
In order to give steadiness to the candelabrum the space
between the disc i and the upper part of the foot may be filled with sand or other
suitable weighty matter. jj are ordinary metal nozzles loosely placed in the
sockets g g
and in the upper end of the central pillar e. kk are discs of cardboard
secured within the tubes egg which discs constitute the bottoms of the candle sockets.
The several parts of the said candelabrum may be secured together by glue or other
suitable cement.
I do not limit myself to the manufacture of candelabra precisely as hereinbefore
described with reference to the accompanying Drawings as they may be made of
other forms.
Lamps and candelabra manufactured according to my invention may be decorated
by painting and the like or by attaching ornaments made of papier mâché or other
plastic materials or cardboard leatherboard or other like material to the surface of
the paper or cardboard or other material of which the said lamps and candelabra are
made.
In making tubes and cylinders for parts of lamps and candelabra I proceed in the
manner usual in making tubes and cylinders from paper and the like for other
purposes. That is I take a mandril of the required form and size and roll the paper
or other material round it and attach the several plies or layers of paper or other
material together with paste or other suitable cement.
Where moulded ornamental forms are required such as the foot of the candelabrum
Figures 3 and 4 I prefer to use papier mâché but cardboard leatherboard or the like
may be pressed or stamped into such forms.
Lamps and candelabra made according to my invention are light and not easily
broken and may be manufactured very cheaply.
A great advantage attending the use of lamps made according to my invention is
that they are free from the danger of explosion which is generally caused by the
breaking of the oil vessels of ordinary lamps when accidently overturned.

page_text: 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 :-
First. The improvements hereinbefore described in the manufacture of lamps
which improvements consist in making the oil vessels thereof or the oil vessels and
stands or feet thereof of paper cardboard strawboard leatherboard or other like light
and flexible material.
Secondly. The improvements hereinbefore described in the manufacture of
candelabra which improvements consist in making them of paper carboard strawboard
leatherboard or other like light and flexible material.
Dabad this 10th dae of 1000
GEO. A. WILKINS.