Improvements in Binnacles and Lamp Attachments to the same and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd May, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Dec., 1898-Accepted, 21st Jan., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Binnacles and Lamp Attachments to the same
and the like.
WILLIAM THOMAS PARROTT, Harrow House, Harrow Street, Hessle Road, Hull,
Compass Adjuster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to so construct the lamp and lamp attachment
to the binnacle, as now usually fitted on bridge house top or roof, of steam.
vessels or steam trawlers; so that the lamp, or other artificial light can be put
in position, trimmed, lighted, extinguished, or extracted, without requiring to
climb on the top of bridge house, or without going outside of the house, or out-
side of the binnacle, thus making the trimming or lighting of the binnacie lamp
much safer and more certain.
I accomplish this, by making a special trunk square round or other shape,
which I attach close to the side of the binnacle, and the base of which is prefer-
ably an extension of the base of the binnacle. This trunk I make large enough
to admit the hand or arm, or both; so that the person in charge can easily reach
the lamp from the inside of the house. This lamp I preferably fix near the top
of the trunk, so that the light from same shines through the connecting passage
between trunk and body of binnacle, into the inside of binnacle.
The whole base of the binnacle and trunk I attach to the top or roof of the
bridge house, or other suitable place, and I am able to reach and work the lamp
or other artificial light fitted in the trunk or connecting passage, without requir-
ing to go outside of the bridge house, or climbing on the top of same.
Dated this 30th day of April 1898.
WILLIAM THOMAS PARROTT.
Improvements in Binnacles and Lamp Attachments to the same
and the like.
I, WILLIAM THOMAS PARROTT, of Harrow House, Harrow Street, Hassle Road,
Hull, Compass Adjuster, 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 consists of improvements in binnacles and lamp attachments
to the same, and the like, my object being to so construct such appliances as
to permit of the necessary manipulation in a more reliable, ready, and con-

page_text: venient manner than with such appliances of the ordinary construction as usually
employed on steam trawlers and other vessels.
In the two accompanying sheets of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter
referred to.
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation and Figure 2 a plan representing a binnacle
with lamp attachments and fittings as constructed and arranged in accordance
with my invention.
In carrying my invention into effect I form with or attach to the body A of
the binnacle a lamp casing or trunk A¹, the base a¹ of such trunk being prefer-
ably an extension of the base a of the binnacle. The trunk A¹ I make large
enough to enable the lamp trimmer or person in charge to insert his hand and
arm through the aperture at the base of the trunk, and thus access to the lamp
is attained from the inside of the bridge house on the top or roof of which the
binnacle is fitted.
The lamp B after its insertion within the casing or trunk A¹ is secured in such
a position on a platform or support A2, preferably by a bayonet like joint, that
the light from the flame will pass through the connecting passage A³ into the
interior of the binnacle.
The body A of the binnacle as also the whole of the upper part of the lamp
casing or trunk A¹ is made detachable from the lower part A, but is locked or
secured in position preferably by nut and screw connections as C C¹.
I provide the top of the lamp casing or trunk A' with a hinged ventilating
cap D which can be adjusted in position by the screwed rod or stem E and nut F,
to provide sufficient draught for the lamp under varying conditions of weather.
The complete base a a¹ of the binnacle and trunk I attach to the top or roof
of the bridge house or in other suitable position, and I am able to reach and work
the oil lamp or other artificial light without requiring to go outside of the bridge
house or cutside of the binnacle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
I claim is:
1. The improved construction of binnacles and lamp attachments to the same,
and the like, whereby the manipulation of the lamp can be effected from the
interior of the bridge house, substantially as described.
2. The combination with the binnacle body as A of the casing or trunk A¹
arranged for the reception of the lamp B and for the manipulation of such lamp
from beneath the binnacle, substantially as described and as illustrated.
Dated this 2nd day of Docomhar 1900
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., &
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.