in extinguishing apparatus for
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 8th May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 8th June, 1888
I, EDWARD PHILLIPS, of 84 Bishopsgate Street Within, in the City of London,
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates more especially to improvements in extinguishing apparatus
for oil and spirit lamps of the kind described and illustrated in the Specification of
Letters Patent granted to me, and bearing date the 8th September A.D. 1886
No. 11,426, in which the said apparatus is automatically operated by the fall of a
weighted rod when the lamp is upset or inclined or tilted to a dangerous extent, but
may also be safely operated by hand when it is desired to extinguish the flame.
This present invention is applicable to lamps fitted with one or more flat, round or
cylindrical wicks. In lamps constructed in accordance with my before mentioned
invention, I provide means whereby the lamp may be carried from place to place
without operating the extinguishing apparatus, which means consist of a crossbar or
boss projecting through, or sliding upon, the stem of the lamp, and adapted to be
grasped by the person carrying the lamp, whereby the weighted rod is prevented
from falling and thus extinguishing the flame. The object of the first part of my
present invention is to provide means whereby the said weighted rod may be
prevented from falling when the lamp is being carried about, in the case of lamps
which have no central stem, but which are provided with a handle or handles at the
side or sides of the lamp. In some cases I provide a crossbar extending more or less
at right angles from the weighted rod, and so designed and shaped as to either form
the beforementioned side handle, or to follow the shape thereof in such manner as to
be retained in position when the said handle is grasped by the person carrying the
lamp. Or I sometimes make the crossbar separate from the weighted rod and hinged
or pivotted to a suitable part of the lamp body, and I so shape the outer end thereof
as to ensure its being grasped or retained in position by the hand as before, the inner
end thereof being provided with a plate or cup which is adapted to receive and
support the weight on the end of the weighted rod, and prevent it from falling when
the lamp is being carried about or is standing on a table or other support, but which
is free to fall with the weight when the lamp is upset.

page_text: The object of the second part of my present invention is to facilitate the application
of the extinguishing apparatus forming the subject of my before-mentioned Patent,
to suspension lamps. I provide a suspended dish, cup, tray, or other receptacle into
which the lamp is placed, and in order that the lamp may be extinguished when
desired without removal therefrom, I provide under the weighted rod a flap, hinged
or otherwise suitably attached to, and forming, a part of, the bottom of the said
suspended dish, cup, tray, or other receptacle, and retained in position when closed
by means of a catch, or its equivalent, preferably hinged so as to act by gravity, and
free to fall open when the said catch is moved away. When it is desired to extinguish
the lamp it is only necessary to push the said catch back free of the flap, which latter
will then fall, and allow the weighted rod of the lamp to descend and safely extinguish
the flame. Or I sometimes make the flap detached from the suspended dish, cup,
tray, or other receptacle, and retain the same in position by say two or three catches
so arranged that one or more of such catches will release the flap automatically when
the said dish and lamp are tilted to a dangerous extent. Or I may dispense with the
flap altogether and allow the said catches to act directly upon the weight at the end
of the weighted rod.
The object of the third part of my present invention is to permit of the entire
extinguishing apparatus being contained within, and connected with, the upper
portion only of the lamp, commonly known as the burner, thereby facilitating the
fitting up of ordinary lamps with the extinguishing apparatas. In order to effect this
I employ a weighted rod of such a length as to be contained entirely, or nearly so,
within the burner, and I connect it by a suitable arrangement of levers to an arm
projecting from the exterior of the burner, which arm is adapted to receive a loose
weight suspended by a chain to a convenient part of the lamp, which weight shall be
sufficiently heavy to keep the weighted rod elevated and the extinguishing apparatus
out of action. Or in some cases I cause the globe of the lamp to act as the exterior
counterbalance weight. It will be understood that when the lamp is upset, or tilted
to a dangerous extent, the loose weight, or the globe, as the case may be, falls off or
is displaced, and the weighted rod in the interior of the burner is free to actuate the
extinguishing mechanism. In cases where the weighted rod depends partly into the
reservoir, I prefer to enclose it in a more or less oil-tight casing of a suitable length
also depending from the burner.
Dated this Eighth dox of Angust 1887

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Extinguishing Apparatus for Oil and Spirit
Lamps.
I, EDWARD PHILLIPS, formerly of 84 Bishopsgate Street Within, in the City of
London, at present of 44 Upper East Smithfield, in the City of London, Merchant
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, reference being had to the accompanying three sheets of Drawings and to
the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:--
This invention relates more especially to improvements in extinguishing apparatus
for oil and spirit lamps of the kind described and illustrated in the specification of
Letters Patent granted to me, and bearing date the 8th September A.D. 1886
No. 11,426; in which the extinguishing apparatus is automatically operated by the
fall of a weighted rod when the lamp is upset, or inclined, or tilted to a dangerous
extent, but may also be safely operated by hand when it is desired to extinguish the
flame. My present invention is applicable to lamps fitted with one or more flat,
round or cylindrical wicks. In lamps constructed in accordance with my before-
mentioned invention, I provide means whereby the lamp may be carried from place
to place without operating the extinguishing apparatus; these means consist of a
crossbar or boss projecting through, or sliding upon the stem of the lamp, and
adapted to be grasped by the person carrying the same whereby the weighted rod is
prevented from falling and causing the extinguishment of the flame.
The object of the first part of my present invention, is to provide means whereby
the said weighted or a spring urged rod may be prevented from falling when the
lamp is being carried about, in the case of a lamp which has no central stem by which
it can be carried; but which is provided with a handle or handles placed for that
purpose at the side or sides of the lamp. For this purpose I employ the arrange-
ments shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the Drawings hereto annexed, in which Figure 1
shows a partial vertical section of a hand lamp with one form of my improved
arrangements applied thereto. A is the lamp body or oil reservoir, B the burner
having the flame extinguishing appliances applied thereto similar to those described in
the specification of my aforesaid patent, or any others that can be actuated by the
weighted rod C which passes through a tube D traversing the oil reservoir A. E is
the base of the lamp, and C¹ the weight at the lower end of the rod C. F F¹ is a
bar or lever hinged or pivoted to any suitable part of the lamp base or body. One
end F of the lever passes into a slot in the weighted rod C, and the other end
passes out through the lamp base or body, and is there shaped as a handle at F1 by
which the lamp may be carried. It will now be understood that when the lamp stands
on a table or other similar support the weight C' rests on such support, and the
extinguishing appliances are held out of action; similarly if the lamp be moved or
carried by the handle F1 the weighted rod C is held by the end F of the bar or

page_text: lever FF so that it cannot fall in relation to the lamp; but if the lamp be moved
or carried so that the handle F¹ is not pressed or held outwards, or if the lamp be
tilted or overthrown the weight C¹ and rod C will fall in relation to the lamp into
the position shown by dotted lines, so as to cause the extinguishing appliances to act
and put out the flame. If preferred the lamp may be furnished with a fixed handle
similar to that shown at F in Figure 2 the handle F' being so shaped as to ensure
its being grasped or retained in position by the fingers of the hand which holds the
said fixed handle.
Figure 2 shows a similar lamp, but furnished with two handles F and two bars or
levers FF, the inner end of one of such bars or levers being provided with a plate
or cup G adapted to receive and support the weight C on the end of the rod C, and
to prevent the said weight.and rod from falling when the lamp is being carried about
by one or both of the handles, or is standing on a table or other support; but which
weight and rod are free to fall when the lamp is upset. Similar letters of reference
relate to like parts in both Figures 1 and 2.
In some cases the bar F may be fixed rigidly to, and so as to project more or less
at right angles from the weighted rod C, and be so shaped after passing through a
slot in the lamp base that may either form the beforementioned side handle F for
carrying the lamp with, or be so related to the fixed handle F' (Figure 2) that when-
ever the latter is grasped to carry the lamp the said bar shall be prevented by the hand
from descending so as to allow the extinguishing devices to act.
The object of the second part of my present invention is to facilitate the applica-
tion of the extinguishing apparatus, forming the subject of my beforementioned
patent, to suspension lamps. This part of the invention is also illustrated in Figure 2
of the Drawings. I provide a dish, cup, tray or other receptacle H which may be
suspended by any suitable means, for example it may form part of a bracket I
adapted to bang against a wall and furnished with a reflector J in the usual way. The
lamp is placed in this dish or other receptacle H, and in order that the lamp may be
extinguished, when desired, without removal therefrom, I provide, under the weighted
rod C, a flap K, hinged or otherwise suitably attached to, and forming a part of the
bottom of the said dish or other receptacle, and retained in position when closed, by
means of a catch L. When it is desired to extinguish the lamp it is only necessary
to push the catch L back free of the flap K, which latter will then fall, turning on its
hinge by the action of gravity, and will allow the weighted rod C of the lamp to
descend and to cause the extinguishment of the flame. Or, instead of hinging the
flap K to the suspended dish or other receptacle I sometimes make it detached there-
from, and retain it in position by two or three catches, so weighted and arranged that
one or more thereof will swing aside and release the flap automatically by the action
of gravity when the said dish and lamp are tilted to a dangerous extent. Or in some
cases I dispense with the flap K altogether as shown in Figure 3, and allow the
weight C to rest directly upon the catches M or upon a plate or bar interposed
between the catches M and the said weight C¹. It will be understood with reference
Figure 3 that if the tray H, and the lamp standing in it be suddenly inclined from
any cause beyond a certain extent, one or other of the catches M will be drawn by its
own weight from under the said plate or bar (or from directly under the weight C' as in
the Figure) which latter will then fall causing the extinguishing devices to act.
The object of the third part of my present invention is to permit of the entire
extinguishing apparatus being contained within and connected with the upper portion
only of the lamp, commonly known as the burner, thereby facilitating the fitting up
of ordinary lamps with the extinguishing apparatus. In order to effect this I employ
the arrangement shown in Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings, in which Figure 4 is a
plan of the burner and Figure 5 a vertical section of same at line 1-1 of Figure 4.
C is a rod weighted by a weight C³ at its lower end, and made of such a length as to
be contained within a tube O connected to the burner and projecting down into the
oil reservoir. This rod C is connected with a lever P pivoted in the burner casing
at P and adapted at its outer end to receive and support a loose weight Q connected
by a chain to any convenient part of the lamp. This weight Q must be sufficiently

page_text: heavy to keep the inner end of the lever P, and with it the weighted rod C, elevated,
as shown in the Drawings, so as to keep the extinguishing appliances R S out of action
when the lamp is in its normal position.
When the lamp is tilted beyond a certain angle the weight Q falls off the end of
the lever P, and the weight C is then free to draw down the rod C and to cause
thereby the extinguishing action of the appliances R S in a manner similar to that
described in the specification of my aforesaid patent No. 11426. The weight C¹ may
be supplemented by the spring T in order to secure its downward motion after the
lamp has been tilted into a position in which gravity has little or no effect on the said
weight. is a disc or collar fixed on the rod C to form a stop which comes in contact
with the bottom of the burner to prevent the weight C¹ from striking the bottom of
the tube O, and also to assist in preventing dirt from falling into the said tube.
Figures 6 and 7 show a modification of the last described arrangement, in which
the weighted rod is dispensed with and a spring alone is used for actuating the
extinguishing devices. Figure 6 is a plan of the burner which is shown of the duplex
kind, and Figure 7 a vertical section of same on line 2-2 of Figure 6. R R are
the vertically sliding plates of the extinguishing appliances, S S the corresponding
caps, R R are parts at the lower ends of the plates R bent at right angles to said
plates. A spring U placed below the parts R' tends constantly to press these plates R
upwards. An arm V, hinged at one end to the rim of the burner, rests at its other
end on the upper side of one of the parts R'. W is a rod turning in bearings at W1
and having a cranked portion W2 just over the arm V. The said rod W has also a
portion bent at right angles at W3 so as to form a lever externally to the burner. X is
a weight connected by a chain Y to the end of the lever W³ and supported on a
bracket Z fixed to the burner. The vertically sliding plates R are connected as shown
to the actuating arms of the caps S, so that when the said plates are raised by the
spring U the caps turn up over the ends of the wicks to meet the said plates, and
when they are lowered the said caps are turned down into the position shown in
Figure 6, leaving the wicks free. It will now be understood that when the lamp is
standing in its normal position the rod W is turned so that its cranked part W' stands
vertically, as shown in Figure 7, so as to hold the arm V down on the parts R¹ of the
plates R, compressing the spring U and holding the plates R down in their lowest
position. The weight X is supported on its bracket Z and the chain Y being slack exerts
no pull on the lever W³. But if the lamp be tilted beyond a certain angle the weight X falls
off its bracket and pulls the lever W³ downwards by the chain Y, turning the cranked
part W of the rod W into a horizontal position as shown by dotted lines in Figures 6
and 7. The arm V is thus released and the spring U is free to push up the plates R
and the latter act upon the caps S closing them over the wicks against the upper ends
of the plates R thereby extinguishing the flame. To insure that the caps S shall close
firmly against the upper ends of the plates R the cross bar Z¹, connected to the ends
of the actuating arms of the caps S is provided, the weight of which presses the caps
against the plates R so as to prevent air reaching the upper ends of the wicks.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I desire to have it
understood that I make no claim generally to the use of a weight falling off its
support, when the lamp is tilted, for the purpose of releasing mechanism which
operates extinguishing devices, but I declare that what I do claim is :-
First The use in combination with the automatic extinguishing devices of lamps,
of the bar or lever F F for holding such extinguishing devices out of action when
the lamp is being carried from place to place, such bar or lever being adapted to
serve as the lamp handle, or to be used in combination with a fixed lamp handle F³,
substantially as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the
Drawings hereto annexed.
Second-In suspended lamps provided with automatic extinguishing devices
actuated by a weighted or spring urged rod, the employment of a flap or trap K with
a latch L in connection with the bottom of the dish, cup, tray or other receptacle

page_text: supporting the lamp, for the purpose of allowing the extinguishing appliances of the
lamp to act when required without removing the lamp from its means of suspension
or support, as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in Figure 2 of the Drawings
hereto annexed.
Third In suspended lamps provided with automatic extinguishing devices actuated
by a weighted or spring urged rod, the employment of the catches M in connection
with the bottom of the dish, cup, tray or other receptacle supporting the lamp, for the
purpose of supporting the actuating rod of the extinguishing devices when the lamp
is in its normal position, and for releasing the said rod when the suspended lamp is
suddenly inclined, as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in Figure 3 of the
Drawings hereto annexed.
Fourth In lamps provided with automatic extinguishing devices actuated by a
weighted or spring urged rod, the combination of the extinguishing devices RS, the
rod C, and weight C, the tube O, the spring T, the lever P, and the tumbling
weight Q, arranged and operating substantially as hereinbefore described, and illus-
trated in Figures 4 and 5 of the Drawings hereto annexed, and for the purpose set
forth.
Fifth In lamps provided with automatic extinguishing devices, the combination of
the extinguishing devices R S, the spring U, the lever arm V, the trigger rod W,
and the tumbling weight X, arranged and operating substantially as herein before
described, and illustrated in Figures 6 and 7 of the Drawings hereto annexed, and for
the purpose set forth.