Means for Transporting weisbach and other Mantles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 5th June, 1897
Means for Transporting weisbach and other Mantles.
A communication from THE UNITED GAS IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, a corporation
organised and existing under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, United
States of America, and having its principal place of business at Philadelphia
in said State.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 111 Hatton Garden in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, 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 :-
For the success of Welsbach and other incandescent gas lighting, it is necessary for
manufacturers to furnish consumers or users with renewals of mantles or incandescents.
Such mantles or incandescents usually comprise a net-work of oxides and are fragile
and quite easily broken or damaged.
It is the object of this invention to provide comparatively inexpensive and efficient
means whereby such mantles or incandescents may be safely packed, transported an I
unpacked, and to this end the invention comprises the improvements hereinafter
described and claimed.
The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will be more fully
understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying
drawings forming part hereof and in which
Figure 1, is an elevational view showing means for shipping mantles and illustrating
features of the invention.
Fig. 2, is a central sectional view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3, is a top or plan view of Fig. 1, after the cap has been removed from the end
of the device shown therein, and
Fig. 4, is a detached perspective view of the forked key or clevis shown in
Figs. 2 and 3.
In the drawings a, is a tube or receptacle shown as circular in cross-section and
adapted for the reception of a mantle or incandescent b, of which one is shown in the
drawings although two may be similarly placed and secured, one at each end of the
receptacle or tube. The incandescent or inantle b, is suspended from a ring c, closed
by a knot d, and ranging at right angles to a rod e. These parts c. d, e, comprise
what is commonly designated a mantle support. It will be noted that between the
rod e, and knot d, there is a shank f. 9, is a longitudinally ranging slot or notch
provided for the reception of the shank f. To protect the mantle or incandescent,
from breakage whilst in transportation and whilst being packed and unpacked, it is
important that its axis should substantially coincide with the axis of the tube or
receptacle and that it should not be pressed upon the internal walls of the tube or
receptacle. To accomplish this object use is made of a detachable or removable forked
key or clevis h, one leg of which passes on each side of the shank f, and enters
between the knot and the internal walls of the receptacle or tube adjacent to the
notch g, thus preventing the ring or loop c, from being displaced laterally and thus
insuring the proper central position of the mantle. One leg h¹, of the forked key or
clevis is illustrated as being thicker than the other 2, in order to properly engage the
knot in such manner that the central disposition of the tube is insured although the
knot is not disposed at right angles to the shank as will appear by reference to Fig. 3.
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page_text: The upper portion of the forked key or clevis h, affords means by which it may be
grasped between the fingers for the purpose of removing and inserting it. To this end
this upper portion may be permitted to extend beyond the end of the tube or
receptacle as shown. For the purpose of holding the rod e, use is made of a band
encompassing it and the tube or receptacle, so that the rod is firmly held against the
exterior of the tube or receptacle. As shown, this band i, is wound spirally and not
only encompasses the rod but also affords means for attaching the lids or covers j
and j¹, to place.
It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains that
modifications may be made in details without departing from the spirit thereof, hence
the invention is not limited to the precise construction and arrangement of parts
hereinabove set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, but
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :
; 1. Means for transporting Welsbach and other fragile mantles or incandescents
comprising a tube or receptacle, a mantle support provided with a shank, a forked key
or clevis accommodating said shank and wedging the support in respect to the tube or
receptacle, and means for attaching the rod of the support to the tube or receptacle,
substantially as described.
2. Means for transporting Welsbach and other fragile mantles or incandescents
comprising a tube or receptacle notched at its end, a mantle support provided with a
knot and with a shank adapted to said notch, a forked key or clevis accommodating
said shank and interposed between the knot and tube or receptacle, and means for
attaching the rod of the support to the tube or receptacle, substantially as described.
3. Means for transporting Welsbach and other fragile mantles or incandescents
comprising a tube or receptacle, a mantle support provided with a shank and knot, a
forked key or clevis adapted to accommodate said shank and provided with legs of
different thicknesses, and means for attaching the rod of the support to the tube or
receptacle, substantially as described.
Total thin 12th of A 1907
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.