Flame of Oil or other Lamps or Burners.
Year: 1886

page_text: Flame of Oil or other Lamps or Burners.
We JOHN HOWARD Ross & Ross' PATENT LIGHTING COMPANY Limited Dublin
(Lighting engineers) do hereby declare the nature of our invention for COMBINED
ELECTRICAL MOTOR AND FAN FOR FORCING AIR TO THE FLAME OF OIL OR OTHER
LAMPS OR BURNERS and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This improvement consists in the application of an electric motor to drive a fan
for forcing air to an oil lamp or oil lamps, gas or vapour of oil lamps or burners.
for lighthouse or other public or private use for the purpose of producing more
perfect combustion, the said motor being supplied with an electric current from
one or more batteries, or any number of motors may be driven by one or more
batteries at any distance from the lamps or motors. With reference to the
accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 shows a motor fan and battery attached or fixed into the case of a
portable oil lamp.
Fig. 2 shows the top view of armature and ends or poles of permanent magnet.
Fig. 3. shows top view of battery with the metal plate and half washer for
making and breaking the connection by turning the battery round to either side.
The same letters refer to the same parts of each Fig.
A. Oil reservoir suspended from cover B. by brackets C. C. in such a manner as
to admit of a free current or draught of air passing up round and between the
reservoir and the outer case D and cover B and thence out through burner.
E Circular electrical battery as is well understood, which rests upon and is held
in its. place by ring F F which is screwed to ring G G soldered to case D.
H. H. Section of cylindrical case round fan having a flange at top edge to
screw motor to ring or washer I. I. which is soldered to case.
J. Bracket across fan cylinder through centre of which fan spindle K passes,
and to which the permanent magnet L L is screwed.
M. The fan for forcing air.
.
N. Vulcanite plate screwed to bottom of permanent magnet L. L for the
purpose of supporting and insulating the metal pillars which carries the
brushes 0

page_text: P. Comutator divided into 4 sections..
Q. Armature of soft iron having 4 arms lapped with wire and connected
respectively to each of the 4 sections of comutator in such a manner as that the
arms of armature which are at right angles to the permanent magnet L L. are
connected by means of the comutator to the brushes and consequently to the
battery, the object of this arrangement is that the permanent magnet holds two of
the arms of armature between and on a line with its poles thus leaving the other
two in a proper position to be acted upon so as to start of itself when connection
is made by turning the battery or by a switch of the ordinary kind which would
answer the same purpose.
R & S. Two springs connecting. pillars carrying the brushes to the poles of
battery, spring R always presses on metal plate U. which is connected to one pole
of the battery.
Spring S may either be connected by turning battery round. by handle ▼ until
the spring rests upon half washer of metal W or disconnected by turning battery
back until spring rests upon half washer of vulcanite X or other nonconducting
substance.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we do claim is
1st. The application of an electric motor as a means of driving a fan for the
purpose of producing more perfect combustion in the flame of oil lamps gas or
vapour of oil burners either for public or private use as and for the purposes
described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2nd. The arrangement construction and combination of the motor and fan as
adapted to one or more lamps or burners in combination with and connected to
either one or more batteries and as for the purposes described and as illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
3rd. The application of an electric battery or batteries at any distance from
but connected by wires to one or more motors carrying a fan or fans to force
currents of air to one or more lamps or burners respectively as described and as
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.