A New or Improved Rotary Firework or Pyrotechnic Device.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Jan., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 21st Oct., 1899-Accepted, 25th Nov., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Rotary Firework or Pyrotechnic Device.
We, HENRY JOHN PAIN, JAMES PAIN, Junior, and ARTHUR PAIN, all of
121, Walworth Road, London, S.E., Pyrotechnists, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved rotary firework or pyrotechnic
device and is designed to produce a firework which when ignited and placed
upon any suitable surface will rotate rapidly somewhat after the manner of a
spinning top.
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The present invention is carried out as follows:-
A body or frame (of any suitable material-for instance wood) is employed
of spherical or semi-spherical or partly spherical form or having a part thereof
of any suitable shape adapted to form a point upon which same can spin or
rotate round its vertical axis for instance such body or frame may be a trun-
cated cone, or conoidal or conical wholly or in part, and upon this body or
frame firework material is mounted in any suitable manner adapted to cause
said firework to rotate during the combustion thereof for instance firework
material wound circularly around same (such as in the well-known Catherino
wheels") such winding being advantageously in a horizontal plane or in such-
wise that when the outer end of said firework winding is ignited as said
circularly-wound firework burns away in a circular direction it will cause said
device to spin round (after the manner of a top) upon its vertical axis; thus
producing a fiery spinning top or novel pyrotechnic device.
A New or Improved Rotary Firework or Pyrotechnic Device.
We, HENRY JOHN PAIN, JAMES PAIN, Junior, and ARTHUR PAIN, all of
121, Walworth Road, London, S.E., Pyrotechnists, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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This invention relates to a new or improved rotary firework or pyrotechnic
device and is designed to produce a firework which when ignited and placed
upon any suitable surface will rotate rapidly somewhat after the manner of a
spinning top.

page_text: The present invention is carried out as follows:-
A body or frame (of any suitable material-for instance wood) is employed
of spherical or semi-spherical or partly spherical form or having a part thereof
of any suitable shape adapted to form a point upon which same can spin or
rotate round its vertical axis as a spinning top for instance such body or frame
may be a truncated cone or of conoidal or conical form wholly or in part, and
upon this body or frame firework material is mounted in any suitable manner
adapted to cause said firework to rotate during the combustion thereof for
instance firework material wound circularly around same (such as in the well-known
Catherine wheels") such winding being in a horizontal plane or in suchwise
that when the outer end of said firework winding is ignited as said circularly
wound firework burns away in a circular direction it will cause said device
to spin round (after the manner of a spinning top) upon its vertical axis; thus
producing a fiery spinning top or novel pyrotechnic device.
Referring to the accompanying drawings:
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Fig. is a view in side elevation--and Fig. 2 a plan thereof-showing a
fiery spinning top or rotary firework according to the present invention.
a is semi-spherical body (of wood or other suitable material) around which
is wound the firework material as shown in the drawings.
By igniting the outer end of said firework material (which is arranged
after the manner of the well-known "Catherine wheel") and placing the
device on the ground with the firework material uppermost and in a horizontal
plane the rapid rotation of the device will be caused by the combustion of the
firework and the device will assume the position shown in Fig. 1 while spinning
rapidly.
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. A fiery spinning top or pyrotechnic device consisting of a length of fire-
work material mounted in suchwise on a body or frame of such shape that the
combustion of said firework material will cause the whole device to rapidly
rotate on its vertical axis after the manner of a spinning top substantially as
described.
2. A rotary firework or pyrotechnic device constructed and arranged to act
substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein before described and
illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated the 91st day of ALL. 1900
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
31, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.