Certain Improvements in Pendants for Gas Electric Oil and other Lights."
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 15th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 15th Dec., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
"Certain Improvements in Pendants for Gas Electric Oil and other
Lights."
I, HARRY HATELEY, of Aber Lodge, Rollason Road, Erdington, in the County of
Warwick, Gas and Electric Light Fitting Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
This Invention has reference to those pendants for gas lights electric lights oil
lights and other lights in which two three or more bow shaped or other tubes or rods
hing down from a central upper body and are bent round towards each other and in
some instances are connected to what is called a lower body which carries the burner
or the oil or electric lamp and the globe or shade, the said tubes or rods being
also usually connected together by an intermediate metal ring which supports the
shade. These pendants are usually made so that the three or other number of
bow shaped or other tubes or rods are soldered into or otherwise permanently
secured to the body at the top of the pendant and to the ring or lower body at
the bottom of the same; thus these pendants are bulky and occupy a considerable
amount of room when packed for transit or when stored. The object of my
Invention is to sa construct the said pendants that they can be folded and occupy
much less room than heretofore and thus be packed in less compass and also
occupy much less space when stored on shelves or otherwise.
I will describe my Invention as applied to a pendant of that kind which has
three of the said bow shaped or other tubes ar rods connected to the upper body
at the top of the pendant and also connected to a lower body at the bottom of the
pendant this lower body carrying the burner.
In carrying out my Invention I prefer to make one of the bow shaped tubes
permanently fixed to the top and bottom bodies of the pendant and this tube,
when the pendant is for gas, forms the passage through which the gas flows from
the top of the pendant to the lower body and burner. The other two tubes or rods
are made of a shape corresponding with the first said tube but are both hinged
or jointed to the top body and to the bottom body so that they will fold flat ar
almost flat against what I call the fixed tube. To retain the said three tubes in
their opened out positions at equal distances apart around the pendant various
means may be adopted for instance this may be effected by a ring which carries
the lamp shade and which is arranged to be placed within the three bow shaped
tubes and be fixed by screws or by other means to small lugs or brackets formed
on the same thus keeping the three tubes at their proper distances apart. Or I
may make the joints of the two swinging tubes as plugs which fit into and will
swing in sockets formed on the top and bottom bodies these plugs having side
projecting pins when the tubes are in their opened out position take into notches
formed in the said sockets. Thus in this arrangement when it is desired to fold
the two tubes they first have to be lifted slightly so as to disengage the pins of their
plugs from the sockets of the bodies and then the two tubes have to be turned
round and folded against the fixed tube. When the said tubes are to be fixed in

page_text: their opened out position they are first opened out so that the side pins of the
plugs will enter the said notches and then the tubes are moved downward for a
short distance so that the pins will engage in the notches and thus retain the said
tubes or rods in their right positions.
My Invention is applied to the said pendants for oil lamps similarly as above.
described with reference to a gas pendant but the lower ends of the folding tubes
or rods are jointed to the ring in which the lamp fits.
Dated this 12th day of December 1896.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY.
Agent for the Applicant.
"Certain Improvements in Pendants for Gas Electric Oil and other
Lights.
I, HARRY HATELEY, of Aber Lodge, Rollason Road, Erdington, in the County of
Warwick, Gas and Electric Light Fitting Manufacturer, 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 has reference to those pendants for gas lights electric lights and
other lights in which two three or more how shaped or other tubes or rods hang
down from a central upper body and are bent round towards each other and are
connected to what is called a lower body which carries the burner or the oil or
electric lamp and the globe or shade, the said tubes or rods being also usually
connected together by an intermediate metal ring which supports the shade.
These pendants are usually made so that the three or other number of bow shaped
or other tubes or rods are soldered into or otherwise permanently secured to the
body at the top of the pendant and to the ring or lower body at the bottom of the
same; thus these pendants are bulky and occupy a considerable amount of room
when packed for transit or when stored. The object of my Invention is to so
construct the said pendants that they can be folded and occupy much less room
than heretofore and thus he packed in less compass and also occupy much less
space when stored on shelves or otherwise.
I will describe my Invention as applied to a pendant of that kind which has
three of the said bow shaped or other tubes or rods connected to the upper body
at the top of the pendant and also connected to a lower body at the bottom of the
pendant this lower body carrying the burner.
On the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a gas pendant
constructed in accordance with my Invention; Fig. 2 is a plan of the same; Fig. 3
is a plan of the same folded for packing or storage; Fig. 4 is an elevation partly
in section and Fig. 5 is a plan of a portion of the lower body part of the said pendant
on an enlarged scale; Fig. 6 shews the same parts as Fig. 4 to illustrate how part
of the joint has to be lifted before folding the pendant; Fig. 7 is an elevation
partly in section of a modified form of my Invention; Fig. 8 is a plan of the same;
Fig. 9 shews the pendant illustrated by Figs. 7 and 8 folded ready for packing;
Fig. 10 is a plan and sectional elevation of a ring part of the said pendant shewn
by Fig. 7, 8 and 9; Fig. 11 is a side elevation partly in section of another slightly
modified form of gas pendant constructed according to this Invention; Fig. 12
is a ring part of the same; and Fig. 13 shews another form of pendant constructed
according to this Invention suitable for carrying an oil lamp.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all
the Figures of the drawings.

page_text: A is the central upper body B is the lower body and C, D' and D³ are the three
tubes or rods which are connected to and hang down from the central body A
and are also connected to the lower body B which carries the gas burner marked E.
Referring firstly more particularly to Figs. 1 to 6 both inclusive, in carrying
out my Invention I make one of the three bow shaped tubes, namely the tube C,
permanently fixed to the top body A and to the bottom body B and through this
tube the gas passes from the top of the pendant to the lower body. B and burner E.
The other tubes D and D are both made of a shape corresponding with the first
tube C and are jointed to the top body A and to the bottom body B so that, as
shewn by Fig. 3, they will fold flat or almost flat against the fixed tube C. To
retain the three tubes CDD in their opened out positions at equal distances
apart, as in Figs. 1 and 2, various means may be adopted, for instance each of the
Lubes 11 may be formed with a downwardly projecting plug d' at the top and
a similar downwardly projecting plug at the bottom, these plugs fitting respec-
tively in the sockets a'b' formed on the top body A and bottom body B respectively
and each of these plugs did is provided with a side projecting pin marked d
which, when the tubes D' D are turned to their opened out position shewn by
Figs. 1 and 2 take into notches f formed in the sockets a' b' and are there retained
by the nuts g screwed on the ends of the plugs which project through the
sockets a b. Thus the tubes D'D' are rigidly fixed to the top and bottom
bodies A and B opened out as shewn in Figs. 1 and 2. When it is desired to fuld
the two tubes DID as shewn by Fig. 3 the nuts g have first to be unscrewed
slightly and then the tubes D' I have to be lifted far enough to disengage the
pins of their plugs d' d from the holes f of the sockets a 6 and then the two
tubes DD can be turned round and folded against the fixed tube C as shewn
in Fig. 3.
Instead of the plugs of the tubes D Ds being made to project downwardly
as in the arrangement shewn by Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 the said plugs d'd may as
shewn in Figs. 7, 11 and 13 be arranged to project upwardly to take into the
sockets a band in this case the nuts g will be arranged on the top of the sockets
as shewn.
It will be evident that various means other than the pins engaging in the
notches may without departing from the nature of my Invention be employed
for retaining the tubes D' D in their opened out positions for instance as shown
by Fig. 7, this can be accomplished by the ring H Figs. 7, 8 and 10 or the ring H
Figs. 11 and 12 which ring is fitted in between the upper part of the three
tubes CD D as in Figs. 7 and 8 or between the lower parts of said tubes as in
Fig. 11 and is secured thereto by screws i which pass through holes h h h³ in tho
ring into the brackets of the tube C and the brackets d' of the tubes D'D' and
thus secure them in their opened out positions. The ring H will also serve for
carrying the hanging lamp shade J by the usual screws as in Fig. 10 or the
ring H will serve for the lamp shade J to stand on as in Fig. 11.
My Invention is applied to pendunts for oil lamps similarly as above described
with reference to a gas pendant but the lower ends of the folding tubes or rods 1)'
13 are fixed as by the screws i to the ring H³ (see Fig. 13) in which the oil lamp
fits.
I construct folding pendants for electric lights similarly as above described with
reference to the accompanying drawings as applied to gas and oil pendants.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of may said
Invention and in what mann: the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. In a gas or other like pendant of the kind herein referred to in which an
upper central body is connected by three or mare bent tubes to a
lower central body, making one of the said tubes fixed to the upper
and lower bodies and the other tubes jointed to said bodies so that said jointed
tubes will either fold against the fixed tube or turn outwardly therefrom with

page_text: means for fixing the folding tubes equi-distant round the central bodies all sub-
stantially as herein set forth.
2. In a gas or other like pendant the combination of an upper central body, a
lower central body, a bent tube fixing the said bodies together, and two other bent
tubes each male with vertical plugs such as fitting in sockets formed with
the top and bottom bodies respectively so that the said two tubes will either fold
against the fixed tube or turn outwardly therefrom the said plugs having means
for fixing them in the said sockets with the folding tubes turned outwardly in
their right positions all substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to
the accompanying drawings.
3. In a gas or other like pendant the combination of an upper central body, a
lower central body, a bent tube fixing said bodies together, and two other bent
tubes which are made with vertical plugs such as fitting in the sockets
formed with the top and bottom lalies respectively so that the said two bent
tubes will either fold against the fixed tube or turn outwardly therefrom and a
ring such as I or II alapted to carry a central shade removably fixed between
said bent tubes to fix them in their outward positions substantially as hereinbefore
described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
4. In a gas or other like pendant the combination of an upper central body, a
lower central body forming a ring adapted to receive the oil lamp, a bent tube
fixing said bodies together and two bent tubes each made with vertical plugs
such as fitting in sockets formed with the top body so that the said tubes
will either fold against the fixed tube or turn outwardly therefrom and screws for
removally securing the bottom tubes to the ring like 'holy the whole forming a
folding oil lamp pendant substantially as herein before described with reference
to Fig. 13 of the accompanying drawings.
5. Gas and other like pendants constructed in any of the several ways substan-
tially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings
so as to fold and occupy less space as set forth.
Dated this 13th day of October 1897.
CILARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY.
Agent for the Applicant.