Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Sept., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 1st Feb., 1897-Accepted, 8th May, 1897
We, CHARLES ALBERT MILLER and FREDERICK JOHN MILLER Managing
Directors of H. Miller and Company Limited, of Miller Street in the City of
Birmingham, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to lamps principally adapted for burning light volatile
oils, such as paraffin, and employed on cycles, motor carriages and other road
vehicles, and has for one of its objects, a smokeless lamp, not liable to be
extinguished by ordinary vibration, for another object, screening the reflector and
other bright interior parts of the lamps from the products of combustion of the
flame and for a further object, a new construction of lamp whose component parts
admit of being easily assembled.
The lamp consists of a shell body part or light chamber having a foot upon its
underside resting upon the top of the gallery wherethrough the hollow and circular
wick tube or casing and central air shaft up its middle axially pass, with the upper
end extending to near the mouth or circular opening of the cone or burner located
within and made a stationary part of the body or light chainber, which is formed
from a spherical shell, having parts or sections removed to form openings for the
hinged bell or front light, the reflector, the side lights and the crown or head of the
lamp to fit within.
Thus the body, which is made from a spherical shell, has at its inside bottom, a
burner cone with a circular burner hole through its middle coming coincident with
the wick and with the walls stepped or shouldered to receive and form the rest for
a glass chimney, which extends upwardly through the middle of the body and
terminates in an upper and inner ring, having inside spring bearings and being
carried by an outer and separated ring made fast to the top of the shell body.
The space left between these said double rings is open to the atmosphere, and
admits of cooling currents passing through the body of the lamp and of the removal
therefrom of all moisture which, in ordinary lamps, dulls the glazings and polished
surfaces.
Fitted upon the aforesaid inner ring is a sleeve, with the lower edge coming
upon bridging webs connecting the said separated inner and outer rings to one
another, and with the upper end shouldered or stepped and screwed to receive the
head or external chimney consisting of a conical shaped neck, open at top and
bottom, with the latter fitting upon the aforesaid sleeve.
Closed to the top of the neck is a breaker and above the breaker comes the cowl,
separated from the said breaker by a space wherethrough the products of combustion
from the internal glass chimney outwardly pass.
By employing a screwed-on head and part external chimney screwing upon the
sleeve surmounting the body of the lamp, the said head is made detachable and the
internal chimney can be readily withdrawn from the lamp for cleaning.
The front opening in the body of the lamp, whose boundary edge is wire
beaded, has an independent reflector cone of the figure of a bell, gapped at its
inside top and bottom edges to clear the internal glass chimney and the burner
cone, whilst fitted to and hinging upon the same joint is a bezel for carrying a
lens or other glazing, both cone and bezel opening independently, socketting into
the beaded front opening and fastened in common by the same catch,

page_text: The front of the foot of the lamp is extended and hinged to a like extended
part or annular plate of the gallery, whilst the opening in the back of the body,
whose edge is wire beaded, is closed by a hinged reflector, consisting of a hollow
and pierced back and edges with a set or shoulder formed thereon for the reception
of the edges of the silvered glass or other reflector, affixed in position by turning
the edges of the hollow or box back, wherethrough air currents may pass, over
the edges of the reflector.
The side lights consist of glazed rings with necks passed through openings in the
body sides and closed over the edges of the same.
The gallery consists of an inverted hat-shaped shell, pierced at its lower edges
or at front and affixed to the lower part of the wick tube or casing by the lower
end having a screwed pummel and an upper shoulder up to which the pierced
bottom of the gallery comes and is there affixed by a round nut or inside screwed
collar, between which and the said bottom of the gallery a bracket plate with a
rearwardly-extending and lower back-strap arm comes. The upper back-strap
arm is formed from a back extension of the flange at the top edge of the gallery,
whilst coming between the sleeved ends of the said strap arms is a back strap,
formed alike in shape to a chair bracket, fashioned from a blank of sheet metal
and turned staplewise upon itself and through gaps in which, the releasing arm and
catch end of a fastener for fixing the body to the gallery passes, whilst the standside
end of the spring rests and is secured to the inside back of the strap.
The combined oil tank and base screws upon the screwed foot of the gallery and
up to the nut or screw collar.
The body of the lamp is connected to its foot or rest by obliquely cutting its
bottom opening at a slight angle so as to cause the rays to be directed slightly
obliquely downwards instead of horizontally.
The wick casing is fitted with an ordinary winder and is circular at top,
gradually opening out to a section comprehending two thirds of a circle at the
bottom, thereby gradually converting a flat wick into a circular one.
It is understood when the body of the lamp is turned or thrown forwards on its
gallery for gaining access to the wick for lighting and trimming, the burner cone
and the whole of the cognate parts of the lamp above the burner are carried
forward with it.
Dated this 18th day of September 1896.
We, CHARLES ALBERT MILLER and FREDERICK JOHN MILLER Managing
Directors of H. Miller and Company Limited, of Miller Street in the City of
Birmingham, 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 lamps principally adapted for burning light volatile
oils, such as paraffin, and employed on cycles, motor carriages and other road
vehicles, and has for one of its objects, a smokeless lamp, not liable to be
extinguished by ordinary vibration, for another object, screening the reflector and
other bright interior parts of the lamps from the products of combustion of the

page_text: admit of being easily assembled.
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Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a complete vertical section of
a cycle lamp constructed and made according to our invention.
Figure 2 is a horizontal section of Figure 1 upon the dotted line x.
Figure 3. represents a front elevation of the said lamp.
Figure 4 represents the body of the lamp with its burner cone, and chimney,
turned from off the gallery and from over the wick tube or casing. It also shows
the reservoir and the head and guard ring detached.
Figure 5 represents a cross section of the lamp upon the dotted line ¹,
Figure 4.
Figure 6 is an elevation of the spherical blank from which the shell body part
of the lamp is made.
Figure 7 shows the said blank after segments of the same have been removed in
order to form the apertures wherein the cone, side lights, reflector, top and base
parts of the lamp are fitted.
Figure 8 represents a cross section of Figure 7, but with the metal at the edges
of the front and back piercings wire beaded.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the, several figures
of the drawings.
The lamp consists of a shell body part or light chamber a, having a foot a¹, upon
its underside supported from the top 6', of the gallery b, wherethrough the hollow
and circular wick tube c or casing and central air shaft c', up its middle axially
pass, with their upper ends, c, extending into the mouth or circular opening d' of
the cone or burner d, located within and made a stationary part of the body or
light chamber, which is formed from a spherical shell, having parts or sections a²,
a, a, a, a, removed to form openings e, f, g, h, a', for the hinged bell or front
light e, the reflector f, the side lights g, the crown or head h, and foot a', of the lamp
to fit within.
Thus the body, which is made from a spherical shell, has at its inside bottom, a
burner cone d, with a circular burner hole d' through its middle coming coincident
with the wick and with the walls stepped or shouldered at d', to receive and form
the rest for a glass chimney i, which extends upwardly through the middle of the
body and terminates in an upper and inner ring A', having inside spring holders or
bearings and being carried by an outer and separated ring he made fast to the
top a, of the shell body. A space or passage j, is left between the rings open to
the atmosphere, to admit of cooling currents passing through the body of the lamp
and of the removal therefrom of all moisture which, in ordinary lamps, dulls the
glazings and polished surfaces and which currents may be utilized also to promote
the combustion of the burner flame.
Fitted upon the aforesaid inner ring is a loose sleeve or guard ring with its
lower edge k, overhanging and standing away from the outer ring, being separated
therefrom by an annular space, wherethrough air currents may pass into the
interior of the lamp or ascending currents may pass outwardly for ridding the
interior of moisture, and whilst the upper edge, rests upon a shouldered or
stepped and screwed part A, of the inner ring which also receives the head or
external chimney h, consisting of a conical shaped neck A, open at top h° and
bottom, with the latter fitting and screwing upon the aforesaid screwed part of
the outer ring.
Closed to the top of the neck is a breaker h, and above the breaker comes the
cowl, separated from the said breaker by a space h10, wherethrough the products
of combustion from the internal glass chimney outwardly pass.
By employing a screwed-on head and part external chimney screwing upon the
sleeve surmounting the body of the lamp, the said head is made detachable and
the internal chimney can be readily withdrawn from the lamp for cleaning.
The front opening e, in the body of the lamp, whose boundary edge is wire
beaded, has an independent cone e, of the figure of a bell, gapped at its inside top

page_text: and bottom edges at e, e, to clear the internal glass chimney i, and the burner
cone d, whilst fitted to and hinging upon the same joint e, is a bezcl e, for carrying
a lens e, or other glazing, both cone and bezel opening independently, socketting
into the beaded front opening and being fastened in common by the same catch e
The front a¹, of the foot of the lamp is extended and hinged to a like extended
part or annular plate 6, carried on the gallery, whilst the opening f¹, in the back
of the body, whose edge is wire beaded, is closed by a hinged reflector, f,
consisting of a hollow and pierced back f³, and edges f, with a set or shoulder f³,
formed thereon for the reception of the edges of the silvered glass or other
reflector f, affixed in position by turning the said edges of the hollow or box
back, through which air currents may pass, over the edges f, of the reflector.
The side lights g, consist of glazed rings g, with necks passed through the
openings g', in the body sides and closed over the edges of the same.
The gallery b, consists of an inverted hat-shaped shell, pierced at its lower edges
or at front and affixed to the lower part of the wick tube or casing c, by the lower
end c, of the said tube having a screwed pummel c, and an upper shoulder cup
to which the pierced bottom 6 of the gallery comes and is there affixed by a
closing operation which at the same time secures a bracket plate m, with a
rearwardly extending and lower back-strap arm m', in position. The upper back-
strap arm m³, is formed from a back extension of the flange b, at the top edge of
the gallery, whilst coming between the sleeved ends m³, m, of the said strap arms
is a back strap me, formed alike in shape to a chair bracket, fashioned from
the blank of sheet metal and turned staple-wise upon itself and through
gaps mo, m, in which, the releasing arm n', and catch end n2, of a fastener n, for
fixing the body to the gallery passes, whilst the standside part n³, of the spring
rests upon and is secured to the inside back of the strap.
The combined oil tank and base o, screws upon the screwed pummel c³, at the
bottom of the gallery.
The body of the lamp is connected to its foot or rest a¹, by obliquely cutting
its bottom opening a', at a slight angle so as to cause the rays of the light to be
directed slightly obliquely downwards instead of horizontally.
The wick casing c is surrounded by a pierced baffle tube p', fitted with an
ordinary winder p and is circular at top, gradually opening out to a section
comprehending two thirds of a circle at the bottom thereby gradually converting
a flat wick into a circular one.
It is understood that when the body of the lamp is turned or thrown forwards
on its gallery for gaining access to the wick for lighting and trimming, the burner
cone and the whole of the cognate parts of the lamp above the burner are carried
forward with it.
The whole of the boundary edges of the piercings in the body of the lamp may
be turned over onto wires to form wire supported beadings, and exposed portions
of these said wires may be made to constitute joint centres or pivots, whereupon
the cone, bezel, reflector, side light frames or other parts of the lamp may be
hinged and turn.
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 :-
First. In cycle and road vehicle lamps, jointing the foot at the underside of the
body carrying the burner cone and chimney, to the gallery or to a gallery
surmounting the base of the lamp, as set forth.
Secondly. In cycle and road vehicle lamps in which the body part is hinged to,
or separable from, the gallery or base; carrying or fitting the burner cone within
the bottom entrance to the body, so that when the said body and the chimney
carried within it are removed or turned from off the gallery or base, the wick
casings are exposed.

page_text: Thirdly. In cycle and road vehicle lamps, the particular construction, arrange-
ment and combination of the parts of the inner and outer rings surmounting the
body, with their air circulating passages, substantially as set forth.
Fourthly. In cycle and road vehicle lamps, the combination with the inner and
outer rings referred to in the preceding claim, of the glass chimney holding means,
the guard ring and the head parts of the lamp, as set forth.
Fifthly. In cycle and road vehicle lamps, making the body part of the same
from a spherical or globular shell, with sections removed from the top, bottom,
front back and sides, to form openings, wherein the cone, reflector, sidelights, foot
and head parts may fit or be secured, substantially as described and set forth.
Sixthly. In lamp body parts as referred to in the preceding claim, turning the
boundary edges of the piercings in the same over into beadings, substantially as
described and set forth.
Seventhly. In lamp body parts as referred to in claim "Sixthly," turning the
boundary edges of the piercings in the same over onto wires to form wire beadings,
the said wires forming joints for the cone, bezel, reflector, and side-light frames to
turn upon, substantially as described and set forth.
DOLL
1907
CHARLES ALBERT MILLER,
FREDERICK JOHN MILLER,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicants.