Apparatus for Automatically Lighting Starlights, Gasaliers, and other Gasfittings.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 8th Aug., 1889-Accepted, 8th Oct., 1880
PROVISIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Automatically Lighting Starlights, Gasaliers, and
other Gasfittings.
ARTHUR RANSFORD Manufacturer of Gas Fittings &c. 6 Major Street Aytoun
Street Manchester do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My Invention relates to the automatic lighting of Gasfittings-It is designed for
the purpose of lighting Starlights Gasaliers and other Gasfittings.
In the arrangement shewn on accompanying drawing Figs. 1 & 2-
A A A A A A are a number of arms which revolve round the centre Gas supply.
pipe B.
X is a fixed arm which forms the lighter & has a separate tap X* Fig. 1.
C Fig. 1 is a tap or Valve for the purpose of turning on the Gas to the arms
marked A.
D, is a handle, which when turned causes the ends of arms A to pass in front of
the end of lighter X.
The method of using my appliance is as follows-
The tap X on arm X is turned on and the burner lighted.
The tap or Valve C is then turned (this supplies Gas to the arms marked A)-then
by turning the handle D the burners on arms A revolve past the lighter X, each
burner being lighted as it passes said lighter.
X having a separate tap it may be used independantly of the other lights when
only one light is required, & when it has been used for lighting the other burners, it
may either be left lighted, lowered, or put out as may be desired.
My Invention is applicable for Gasfittings with any number of arms, and each
arm may be fitted with one or more gas burners.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Automatically Lighting Starlights, Gasaliers, and
other Gasfittings.
ARTHUR RANSFORD Manufacturer of Gasfittings &c. 6 Major Street Aytoun
Street Manchester 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:—
My Invention relates to the Automatic lighting of Gasfittings.
It is designed for the purpose of lighting Starlights, Gasaliers and other
Gasfittings.
The manner of effecting this is shewn on the drawing which was left with the
Provisional Specification, Figs. 1 & 2 being the elevation and plan of a gasalier
fitted with my lighting device,-Referring to the drawings A, A, A, A, A, A, are a
number of arms bearing Gas burners, which revolve round the centre Gas supply
pipe B.-X is a fixed arm with Gas burner and separate tap at X (Fig. 1). C (Fig. 1)
is a tap or Valve for the purpose of turning on the supply of Gas to the arms
marked A, D is a handle, which when turned causes the ends of arms (marked A)
to pass in front of the lighter (marked X). The method of useing my appliance is
as follows, viz.
The tap marked (X*) on the arm (marked X) is turned and the Gas is then lighted
at burner-The tap or Valve C is then turned, this supplies Gas to the arms

page_text: (marked A) then by turning the handle (D) the burners on ends of Arms (A)
revolve, & passing the fixed lighter (X) each of the burners are lighted.
In cases where only one light is required the lighter X may be used by itself, as it
has a separate tap, and after.lighting the other burners, the lighter may. either be left
lighted, lowered or put out, as may be desired, without interfering in any way with
the other lights.
Though only Six lights (or arms) are shewn on drawings & herein described, my
Invention is applicable for use with Gasfittings having any number of arms, and each
arm may be fitted with one or more burners.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is,
The fixed lighter (marked ✗) used in conjunction with the revolving ring of
burners A, substantially as herein described and shewn on drawings which were left
with the Provisional Specification, thus providing a safe & expeditious means of
lighting the gas.
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Witness,
A. J. WELLS.
ARTHUR RANSFORD.