An Improvement in Oil Lamps.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 27th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 2nd Feb., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Oil Lamps.
We, JOHN THOMSON PAUL and JAMES PAUL, both of Grove Works,
Brandfield Street, Edinburgh, North Britain, Lamp Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in oil lamps, and has for its object to so
construct the same as to prevent accidents caused by explosions which are so
common with the lamps presently in use.
In carrying our invention into practice, we provide a union having a male screw
and female screw, and fixed to this union there is a cylindrical tube hereinafter
designated "safety tube." At the bottom of the safety tube there is a close fitting
cap having a slit or opening through it to allow the wick to pass through it into
the reservoir containing the oil. The female screw receives the burner, while the
male screw is inserted into the oil reservoir or vice versa.
The tube is of such a length as to suit depth of burner.
Dated this 14th day of November 1894
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicants' Agents.
An Improvement in Oil Lamps.
We, JOHN THOMSON PAUL, and JAMES PAUL, of Grove Works, Brandfield
Street, Edinburgh, North Britain, Lamp Manufacturers, 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 :-
Our invention relates to improvements in oil lamps, and has for its object to
provide an arrangement which may be attached or detached at will to a lamp so as
to prevent accidents caused by explosions, through breaking or upsetting, which
are so common with the lamps presently in use.
We shall now describe our invention, reference being made to the accompanying
sheet of drawings, of which
Figure 1 is a section of the union with safety tube attached thereto, to be
hereinafter described, while
Figure 2 is an elevation of the reservoir of a lamp showing this union with tube
applied thereto.
In carrying our invention into practice we provide a union A, having a male
screw B, and female screw C; and fixed to this union A there is a cylindrical
tube D, hereinafter designated "safety tube." At the bottom of the safety tube D
there is a close fitting cap E, having a slit or opening I through it to allow the
wick H to pass through it into the reservoir F containing the oil. The female
screw C receives the burner G, while the male screw B is screwed or fitted into the
mount J of the oil reservoir F, or vice versa. The tube is of such a length as to
suit depth of reservoir.

page_text: 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 claim is :-
1. In oil lamps, the union provided with male and female screws, substantially as
described and shown on the accompanying sheet of drawings.
2. In oil lamps, the combination of safety tube with cap, substantially as
described and shown on the accompanying sheet of drawings.
3. In oil lamps, the combination of the union and safety tube with cap provided
with opening, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and
shown on the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 26th day of December 1894.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicants' Agents.