Improvements in and in connection with Lamp Wicks and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 12th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 21st Jan., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Lamp Wicks and the like.
I, MICHEL BRIGNOLAS, of 140, Queens Road, Bayswater, in the County of
London, Dyer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object the treatment of lamp wicks and the like
whereby the same are made to burn with a pure white light of much greater
intensity than heretofore, while the heating power of the flame is also increased.
In carrying my invention into practice I prepare three separate solutions or
baths as follows: An aqueous solution of quick lime hereinafter called the lime
bath. A weak aqueous solution of alum forming the alum bath and a saturated
aqueous solution of salt preferable sea salt constituting the salt bath.
Into these baths in their turn the lamp wicks are placed in the following
manner:-
The wicks are first impregnated with the lime water by immersion in the lime
bath they are then removed the superfluous liquid being shaken off and dipped
into the alum bath and again shaken whence they are placed in the salt bath
and allowed to remain for a time until a sufficient quantity of the salt is retained.
The wicks are then removed and allowed to dry ready for use in the usual
manner.
The prepared wicks may be used either with paraffine or any other burning oil
with the same result. If found desirable I may treat the material of which the
wicks are formed before the same are woven for use.
Dated this 11th day of March 1808
J. B. FLEURET,
5, Hatton Garden, Holborn Circus, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
I, MICHEL BRIGNOLAS, of 140, Queens Road, Bayswater, in the County of
London, Dyer, 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:-
My invention has for its object the treatment of lamp wicks and the like
whereby the same are made to burn with a pure white light of much greater
intensity than heretofore while the heating power of the flame is also increased.

page_text: In carrying my invention into practice I prepare three seperate solutions, or
baths as follows: An aqueous solution of quick lime hereinafter called the lime
bath. A weak aqueous solution of alum forming the alum bath and a saturated
Into
aqueous solution of salt, preferable sea salt constituting the salt bath.
these baths in their turn the lamp wicks are placed in the following manner.
The wicks are first impregnated with the lime water by immersion in the lime
bath they are then removed the surperfluous liquid being shaken or drained off
when they are dipped into the alum bath and upon removal are again shaken
or drained, whereupon they are placed in the salt bath and allowed to remain for
a time, about an hour, more or less or until a sufficient quantity of the salt is
retained by the said wicks.
They are then removed drained and allowed to dry when they are ready for
use in the usual manner. If it is found desirable I may treat the material of
which the wicks are formed before they are woven for use in the manner above
described.
The prepared wicks may be used either with paraffine or any other burning oil
with the same result.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
(1) The treatment of lamp wicks by the use of an aqueous solution of quick
lime, alum, and salt in the manner substantially as described and for the pur-
poses specified.
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J. B. FLEURET,
5, Hatton Garden, Holborn Circus, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.