Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 4th May, 1886.
Complete Left, 31st Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 1st Mar., 1887.
I ROBERT HALL. BEST of Cambray Works, Handsworth in the county of Stafford,
Chandelier manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention has for its object the production of an improved Gas Bracket, solely
of the Cantilever type which is applicable in conjunction with the downward current
regenerative gas lamp for example that of the Wenham Type.
It consists of parts which in themselves not only embody the functions as a
Cantilever for the purpose of carrying the lamp at its outer extremity & also that of a
service pipe to the same, but what is more important, it contains within itself an
upward flow governor arranged & provided so as to be thoroughly accessible without
dismantling any structural parts which governor is shielded from the destructive
influences of the lamp thus combating the serious commercial objections.
It is as well to state here that the chief difficulties to contend with in introducing
the upward flow governor therein are (1) that such governor must be thoroughly
accessible for adjustments & repairs without necessitating, dismantling the structure,
(2) that it shall he shielded from the heat, (3) that it shall be self contained within the
Bracket (4) that the gas shall pass through it en route to the lamp in an upward
direction, (5) & that as an entire Bracket speaking artistically nothing shall be allowed
to offend the eye.
According to one example of my invention which by the way is capable of various
modifications or expressions, without departing from the true & substantial nature
thereof. I use a foot or wall plate & to this as a basis I fix or build those parts which
serve the equivalent of the cantilever necessary as before stated from a structural point
of view for the purpose of carrying the weight of the lamp at its outer extremity which
parts serve likewise as a gas conduit.
Within this bracket & between any two points speaking in an analogous sense, I
provide a loop line & having done so I divide the traffic as it were by carrying the
load on the main line & the gas on the loop. Within this loop line I provide the

page_text: upward flow governor connected in the path by suitable unions in such a manner
that when adjustments & repairs are necessary it may be readily uncoupled indepen-
dently of all else.
Another arrangement which is applicable for obtaining access to the governor for
the purposes as described yet without necessitating structural derangement consists as
follows
Instead of providing the loop line arrangement I provide a foot or wall plate to
which I attach the upward flow governor, I connect this immediately above to parts
carried by another wall plate. From this latter plate the cantilever is built for the
purpose of carrying the load through which parts also the gas is transmitted, from the
bottom plate through the governor en route to the lamp, the first or bottom plate
merely serving to connect the gas service.
Now a small spigot pipe is fixed above the governor which enters a corresponding
faucet pipe depending from the top Wall Plate. A Stuffing Box is attached to the
bottom of the faucet pipe for the purpose of making a gas joint relative to the spigot
entering & discharging therein.
Access to the governor for purposes as before described is provided by merely
unscrewing the top of the governor & sliding up with its spigot within the stuffing
box thereby ensuring no structural derangement.

page_text: Improvements in Gas Brackets.
I ROBERT HALL BEST of the Firm of Best & Lloyd Chandelier Manufacturers
Cambray Works Handsworth near Birmingham do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS BRACKETS and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My Invention has for its object the production of an improved gas bracket of the
Cantilever type which is applicable in conjunction with the downward current
regenerative gas lamp for example that of the Wenham type.
It consists of paris which in themselves not only embody the functions as a
Cantilever for the purpose of carrying the lamp at its outer extremity & also that of a
service pipe to the same but what is more important it contains within itself an upward
flow governor arranged & provided so as to be thoroughly accessible without dismant-
ling any structural parts which governor is removed or rather situated away from the
destructive influences of the lamp thus combating the serious commercial objections.
It is as well to state here that the chief difficulties to contend with in introducing
the upward flow governor therein are (1) that such governor must be thoroughly
accessible for adjustments & repairs without necessitating dismantling the structure
|(2) that it shall be situated away from the heat (3) that it shall be self contained within
the bracket (4) that the gas shall pass through it en route to the lamp in an upward
direction (5) & that as an entire bracket speaking artistically nothing shall be allowed
to offend the eye.
According to one example of my Invention which by the way is capable of various
modifications or expressions without departing from the true & substantial nature
thereof I use a foot or wall plate & to this as a basis I fix or build those parts which
serve the equivelent of the Cantilever necessary as before stated from a structural point
of view for the purpose of carrying the weight of the lamp at its outer extremity which
parts serve likewise as a gas conduit. Within this bracket & between any two points
speaking in an analogous sense 1 provide a loop line & having done so I divide the
traffic as it were by carrying the weight of the lamp on the main line & the gas on the
loop. Within this loop line I provide the upward flow governor connected in the path
by suitable unions in such a manner that when adjustments or repairs are necessary
may be readily uncoupled independently of all else.
According to a modification of this my Invention which is applicable as a ready &
convenient way of obtaining the desired access to the governor for the purposes as
described yet without necessitating structural derangement consists as follows.
Instead of providing the loop line arrangement as described I provide a foot or wall
plate to which I attach the upward flow governor. I connect this immediately above
From this latter
to parts carried by another wall plate or a continuation of same.
plate the Cantilever is built for the purpose of carrying the weight of the lamp &
through the parts of which Cantilever the gas also is transmitted from the bottom

page_text: plate through the governor en route to the lamp the first or bottom plate merely
serving to connect the gas service.
Now a small spigot pipe is fixed above the governor which enters a corresponding
faucet pipe depending from the top wall plate. A stuffing box is attached to the
bottom of the faucet pipe for the purpose of making a gas joint relative to the spigot
entering & discharging therein.
Access to the governor for purposes as before described is provided by merely
unscrewing the top of the governor & sliding it up with its spigot within the stuffing
box thereby ensuring no structural derangement.
Figure 1 represents the first example as described.
Figure 2 is an enlarged detail of parts of same.
Figure 3 is the modification as described.
Figure 4 is an enlarged detail of parts of same.
Figure 5 is a still further detail showing the spigot joint.
Figure 6 is another expression of the same modification.
In each such view like letters correspond to like parts & are as follows
A the wall plate or plates, B the part or parts which serve as the equivelent of a
cantilever, the regenerative gas lamp D the loop or bye-pass E the upward flow
governor the union H the spigot pipe J the corresponding faucet pipe K the
stuffing box.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said Invention
& in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
(1) The combination in conjunction with a regenerative gas lamp & cantilever
bracket for carrying the same, of an upward flow governor & its appendages thereto if
any, connected in a loop or bye pass pipe, situated between two points in the bracket,
communicating therewith by receiving therefrom at the one point, & discharging
thereto at the other, the gas en route through it (the governor) to the lamp & arranged
in such a manner that it is accessable for repairs &c. without the necessity of discon-
necting any part of the bracket which is serving the structural purpose as a cantilever
for carrying the lamp substantially as herein before described.
(2) The combination with the means claimed by the preceeding claiming clause of
the spigot & faucet joint substantially as & for the purpose herein before described.
(3) The arrangements & combinations of parts constituting the several constructions
of gas brackets herein before described & illustrated in figures 1. & 2., 3. 4. & 5, & 6.