Improvements in Lamp Posts or Standards.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 9th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 8th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 15th Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lamp Posts or Standards.
We JOHN HAWKYARD foreman and JOSEPH BRADDOCK gas Engineer both of Globe
Meter Works Oldham in the County of Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in the employment of a combination of two or more metallio
tubes, placed on end in juxta position and secured together by perforated plates or
binders The plate to which the lower ends of the tubes are secured is large enough
to act as a foundation or base plate.
When used as in ordinary street lighting it may be necessary to employ an enlarged
plate or binder at the floor level, partially sunk in the earth or pavement to increase
the stability of the lamp post or standard.
The plate or binder securing the upper ends of the tubes is made of suitable form
to carry or support a chair spray, tulip or other frame adapted to receive or secure
any form or construction of lamp or lantern
The number of intermediate binders is discretionary.
Some of the advantages possessed by this lamp post or standard are as follows.
First That it admits of great variety of ornamental design.
Secondly. That one or more of the tubes may be used to transmit the lighting
agency; for instance as the gas supply tube, or to contain the electric conducting
wires.
Thirdly. That it does not require a ladder arm.
Fourthly That owing to the lightness of its parts it offers great facilities for
transport.
Fifthly. That by the use of wrought iron steel or other malleable tubes it may be
made malleable or tough and consequently it will not be liable to fracture.
Sixthly. In the event of damage any part can be easily replaced at a small
cost.
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lamp Posts or Standards,
We JOHN HAWKYARD foreman, and JOSEPH BRADDOCK Gas Engineer both of
Globe Meter Works Oldham in the County of Lancaster 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 consists in the employment of a combination of two or more metallic
tubes, placed on end in juxtaposition and secured together by perforated plates or
binders.
Our invention will be readily understood on reference to the accompanying
drawings, of which Fig. 1 is an elevation of one of our improved lamp-posts adapted
to street lighting by gas, Fig 2 is a detached view of the upper part thereof
(enlarged) shewing how the gas burner can be connected to one of the aforesaid
metal tubes which may thus be used as the gas supply pipe. a are the metallic tubes
and 6 the perforated plates or binders.
The plate to which the lower ends of the tubes are secured is large enough act as
a foundation or base plate, or when used as in ordinary street lighting (as shown on
the drawing) it may be necessary to employ an enlarged plate or binder 6 at the floor

page_text: level, partially sunk in the earth or pavement to increase the stability of the lamp
post or standard, or the lowest of the binder plates may be set entirely underground
as shown at 62, Fig. 1. The plate or binder bi, securing the upper ends of the
tubes a is made of suitable form to carry or support a chair, spray, tulip or other
frame c'adapted to receive or secure any form or construction of lamp or lantern d.
The number of intermediate binders is discretionary.
Some of the advantages possessed by this.lamp post or-standard are as follows.
First. That it admits of great variety of ornamental design.
Secondly. That one or more of the tubes, may be used to transmit the lighting
agency; for instance as the gas supply tube, or to contain the electric conducting
wires.
The enlarged view Fig. 2 shows clearly-that a cranked connecting tube a¹ may
be cast or fixed to the upper-end-of one of the tubes a and so communicate with and
supply gas to the burner.
Thirdly That it does not require a ladder arm, and being flat sided a ladder will
rest steadily against it.
Fourthly. That owing to the lightness of its parts it offers great facilities for
transport.
Fifthly. That by the use of wrought iron steel or other malleable tubes it
may be made malleable or tough and consequently it will not be liable to fracture.
Sixthly. In the event of damage any part can be easily replaced at a small
cost.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
A lamp post or standard formed by the combination of two or more metallic tubes
placed on end in juxta-position and secured together by perforated plates or binders
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the annexed drawings.
Dated this Sixth day of February 1890.
GEORGE DAVIES,
4; St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agent for the Applicants.