IMPROVEMENTS IN FLASH LIGHTS be as follows
Year: 1885

page_text: I ALFRED KINNEAR, of N° 19, Camomile Street, in the city of London, Yarn
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN FLASH LIGHTS to be as follows:-
"
This invention relates to the combination with a self-lighting gas burner and tap
of the kind such as that described in the Specification of my Patent No 3442 dated
February 16th 1884 of suitable mechanism for operating the light intermittently
whereby a flash light is produced at intervals which may be regulated according to
requirements as a means of signalling at night in light-houses or light-ships or
elsewhere and which may also be employed for other lighting purposes such as for
illuminating clock-faces or for advertising on the flash light system, or the on and
off illumination of advertising lamps or machines, transparencies or illuminated
advertisements of any kind.
'
A suitable means for carrying out my invention is as follows:-I take a self-
lighting gas burner and tap such as is above named and I insert a pin in the button
thereof or in a lever bandle; attached to this pin by a moveable bearing which can
be altered at will to alter the throw of the lever, is a connecting rod the other end
of which is attached to a lever which is moved up and down at given intervals by
a wheel attached to an arrangement of clockwork mechanism, whereby the tap is
turned on and off by each revolution of the wheel.
It will be obvious that I can employ hydraulic power, steam, compressed or hot
air, gas or other means of producing the motive power instead of the clock work
arrangement above described for the purpose of turning off and on the self lighting
burner.

page_text: I ALFRED KINNEAR, of N° 19 Camomile Street, in the city of London, Yarn
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:-
This invention relates to the combination with a self lighting gas burner and tap
of the kind such as that described in the Specification of my Patent N° 3,442 dated
February 16th 1884 of suitable mechanism for operating the light intermittently
whereby a flash light is produced at intervals which may be regulated according to
requirements as a means of signalling at night in light-houses or light ships or
elsewhere and which may also be employed for other lighting purposes such as for
illuminating clock-faces or for advertising on the flash light system, or the on and
off illumination of advertising lamps or machines, transparencies or illuminated
advertisements of any kind.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same
by reference to the accompanying drawing which represents an elevation of an
arrangement of flash light according to my invention and suitable for advertising
purposes.
a, is a self-lighting gas burner and tap such as is above named supplied with gas
through the pipe A; b, is a pin in the button 61, of the tap a; attached to this
pin b, is a connecting rod c, the slot d, in which slides on the pin b, the other end
of the connecting rod is attached to a lever e, which is moved on its fulcrum f, at
given intervals by means of the rod g, to which a reciprocating motion is com-
municated by the disc crank or wheel h, attached to an arrangement of clock work
mechanism (not shewn in the drawing) whereby it will be obvious that the tap a,
will be turned on and off by each revolution of the wheel h, and that the burner
will remain lighted and unlighted for a certain time which length of time will be
regulated by the length of the slot d.
It will be obvious that I can employ hydraulic power, steam, compressed or hot
air, gas or other means of producing the motive power instead of the clock-work
arrangement above described for the purpose of turning off and on the self lighting
burner.
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:
1. The combination with a self lighting gas burner and tap of suitable mechanism
for operating the light intermittently in the manner and for the purposes sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The combination of parts forming the improved flash light apparatus herein-
before described and represented in the accompanying drawing.
1000
G. F. REDFERN,
Agent for the Applicant.