An Improvement applicable to Gas Pendants.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 21st Nov., 1893—Accepted, 23rd Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement applicable to Gas Pendants.
I GEORGE HENRY GREENHOUGH of 257 Rochdale Road Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Plumber, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention is applicable to gas pendants such as are made with a sliding tube
and stuffing-box the object of the invention being to support the glass bell or smoke
preventer in such a way that it will always be held perpendicularly above the
flame and at a proper distance therefrom whether the sliding tube is drawn down
much or little, or even should the tube be turned partially round to throw the light
to one side or the other.
For this purpose I attach to the sliding tube, at such a distance from the burner.
that it will not be liable to become heated to an undue degree, one end of a rod or
tube which is carried upwards to the proper height and its other end bent or
curved over until it is perpendicular above the gas burner, where it is formed into,
or provided with a hook to support the glass bell or other smoke preventer.
I prefer to attach the rod or bell-supporter to the sliding tube at or about the gas
tap by means of a clip provided with a thumb screw so that it can be readily applied
to any existent pendant by any one without the necessity for skilled labor, but it
may
be otherwise attached so long as it is not fixed too near to the burner in which
case it would be liable to become too much heated and to convey such heat to the
glass bell as might cause it to become broken..
It will be evident that with my improvement the glass bell or other smoke
preventer will always keep its proper relative position with regard to the burner
whether the slide is drawn down or not, and even if the sliding tube should be more or
less.turned round in the stuffing-box as is frequently done when the light is required
to be thrown to one side or the other..
This arrangement also will allow of very ready access to the glass bell for
cleaning purposes.
The rod or bell support may be made to be adjustable in height by sliding in a
tube or otherwise.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement applicable to Gas Pendants.
I GEORGE HENRY GREENHOUGH of 257 Rochdale Road Manchester in the
County of Lancaster, Plumber, 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 :-
This invention is applicable to gas pendants such as are made with a sliding tube
and stuffing-box the object of the invention being to support the glass bell or smoke
preventer in such a way that it will always be held perpendicularly above the
flame and at a proper distance therefrom whether the sliding tube is drawn.down
much or little, or even should the tube be turned partially round to throw the light
to one side or the other.
My invention will be readily understood from the following description on
reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings.

page_text: Fig. 1 is an elevation of a stuffing box slide pendant with my invention
applied thereto..
I attach to the sliding tube a, at such a distance from the burner b that it will
not be liable to become heated to an undue degree, one end of a rod or tube c
which is carried upwards to the proper height and its other end bent or curved
over until it is perpendicular above the gas burner b, where it is formed into or
provided with, a hook cx to support the glass bell d or other "smoke preventer."
I prefer to attach the rod or bell-support c to the sliding tube at or about the
gas tap as seen at Fig. 1 by means of a clipe (see also detached plan Fig. 1A)
provided with a thumb screw e* so that it can be readily applied to any existent
pendant by any one without the necessity. for skilled labor, but it may be other-
wise attached permanently to the upright tube a so that it is not fixed too near
to the burner in which case it would be liable to become too much heated and to
convey such heat to the glass bell as might cause it to become broken.
It will be evident that with my improvement the glass bell d or other "smoke
preventer" will always keep its proper relative position with regard to the burner b
whether the slide is drawn down or not, and even if the sliding tube a should be
more or less turned round in the stuffing box as is frequently done when the light is
required to be thrown to one side or the other.
This arrangement also will allow of very ready access to the glass bell for
cleaning purposes.
The rod or bell support may be made to be adjustable in height by sliding in a
tube or otherwise. .
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manuer the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The combination with the sliding tube of a stuffing box gas pendant of a rod
or bracket permanently or adjustably fixed to the same and provided with a hook
or other means of supporting a glass bell or other "smoke preventer."
Dated this 20th day of November 1893.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.