AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR CONTAINING LAMP WICK
Year: 1886

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FREDERICK NEWBY, 23, Lancaster Road, St. Helens, Ipswich, Ironmonger, do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR
CONTAINING LAMP WICK, to be as follows:-
I apply two-plates, made of any suitable material connected in the centre by a
screw passing through them, forming an axle, and keeping them the required
distance apart, to place the wick between them, they are then placed in separate
divisions on bearings in a vertical or any suitable position; in a case where they
can turn, & allow the wick to be drawn through openings for each size; the case
being made to hold any quantity of sizes. By this means I facilitate the keeping
0 in order, & easy measurment of wick when exposed for sale.

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I, FREDERICK NEWBY of 23 Lancaster Road, St. Helens, Ipswich, Ironmonger,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR
CONTAINING LAMP WICK, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-.
In carrying out my Invention, I employ a pair of discs or plates A, A', shown t
detached in Figure 2 Sheet 2 of the accompanying drawings. The disc or plate A,
is provided with an axle B, which is screw threaded at B¹, to allow of said screwed
end B¹, taking into a corresponding screwed recess C, formed in the boss D, of the
disc or plate A¹
The axle, carrier, or bobbin, B, aforesaid, is passed through the hole in the
centre of the coil or roll of Lamp wick E, (Figure 3, Sheet 2), and the plate A, and
the axle carrier or bobbin B with the roll or coil of Lamp wick mounted thereon is
then screwed into position. Thus, when the end B', is screwed into the recess O,
the wick will be confined between the two discs or plates A, A¹.
A series of these discs or plates forming, when screwed up, as before described,
a number of circular cheek plates, each having confined therebetween, and carried
upon the central axle of each, a roll or coil of Lamp wick of various widths,
are then placed in separate divisions G, in a containing box or case H; the outer
ends of the axles being free to work in bearings F, formed upon the divisions
aforesaid.
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Figure 1, Sheet 1, represents by a plan view a series of the discs or plates A, A,
herein before referred to, mounted in the case H, furnished with a series of divisions G,
as aforesaid.
Figure 4, Sheet 2, is a transverse section of the plan view Figure 1; on referring
to which, it will be seen that the delivery end E', of the Lamp wick may be drawn
through openings i, in the front of the enclosing case or box H, the width of said
openings corresponding to the various widths of the Lamp wick, as will be also seen
on reference to the detached view, Figure 5, Sheet 3 showing a longitudinal
isometrical projection of the containing box or case H, the top of which, may also,
as shown, be furnished with scales h, for the easy measurement of the wicks―
exposed for sale, or required for domestic use,-as they are withdrawn from the
interior of said case.
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:-
Firstly-The arrangement of an apparatus for keeping in order, and to allow
of the easy delivery of Lamp wick, substantially as herein described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.

page_text: Secondly-The device as specially shown in detail in Figure 2, Sheet 2, for
carrying the rolls or coils of Lamp wick, and the means therein shown, and as
herein before described, to allow of the removal of the disc or plate A, with axle B,
for the purpose of replenishing or recharging the same substantially as herein
described and set forth.
JAMES
STEVENSON,
Gray's Inn Chambers,
20, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agent for Applicant.