also the Various Modes of Application of same.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 25th Nov., 1889--Accepted, 25th Feb., 1890
Means of which one or more may be fou
also the Various Modes of Application of same.
I, JOHN HENRY WEBB, Ironmonger's Salesman, 125 Railton Road Herne Hill
London, S.E. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An Apparatus consisting of :-
a. A fount or container made of metal or other suitable material with cover to
screw on.
b. Collar of burner attached to cover.
c. Feed pipe fitted with stop end fixed on fount.
d. Stop tap, fixed to feed pipe outside fount.
e. Cup and ball valve made of metal, screwed to feed pipe inside fount.
f. Float made of cork or other suitable material placed inside fount and attached to
ball of valve.
g. Cylinder made of metal attached to inside of burner collar to avoid contact of
wick and float.
i. & h. Reservoir' made of metal, of any capacity and shape, fitted with float arrange-
ment to indicate on the outside the volume of contents; to be placed in any convenient
position, always providing it is on a higher level than the lamps or stoves to be
supplied and connected with the feed pipe.
Fig. 1. shows general arrangement of apparatus with ordinary duplex burner
attached.
Fig. 2. plan of Fig. 1. at x, x, the dotted lines showing the position of float.
Fig. 3. system of application to stationary house lamps & stoves.
Fig. 4. application to portable lamps.
Fig. 5. plan of Fig. 4. at i, i.
The general arrangements to be slightly modified according to the description of
burner and design of lamps & stoves to which it is applied.
The apparatus to be used in conjunction with every description of burner, with
either flat or circular wick, with or without centre air tube and applied to:-
1. Stationary bracket (D) Fig. 3. suspension (E) and standard (F) house lamps, church
lamps, street lamps, railway station, signal & carriage lamps, warehouse lamps, ship
lamps &c. &c.
2. Stationary cooking (G) & warming (H) stoves.
.3. Portable suspension (C) & standard lamps.
4. Portable cooking & warming stoves.
The whole of the apparatus being fixed as shown by figs. 1. 3 & 4 and oil placed in
the reservoir, to set the burners in action turn on the stop tap, when oil will flow into
the fount until it raises the float and thereby close the valve and stop the flow: light
the wick. As the oil is consumed.so will the float descend and open the valve causing
a constant & regular supply, of oil to the fount.
The advantages claimed for this apparatus are:
1. Any number of stationary. lamps & stoves may be fed by the one reservoir..
2. Absolute safety as the reservoir may be placed at any distance from the burners,
the founts made of unbreakable material the feed automatically regulated and upset
and overflow impossible.
3. Decreased attention as the feed may be arranged for any length of time depending
mainly on the size of the reservoir; the constant filling of founts being thereby
obviated. For use on board ship this is important.

page_text: 4. Decreased shadow the founts being smaller than those in general use.
5. Its adaptability to existing gas pipes and gas fittings.
6. Most advantageous in case of fire if the reservoir is placed outside a building.
7. Portable suspension & standard lamps may be arranged to burn a great length
of time and the reservoir being removed from the burner & the fount unbreakable is
much safer than lamps now in general use.
JOHN HENRY WEBB.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Original Apparatus for Feeding and Automatically Controlling
the Feed of all Burning Oils and Spirits to Lamps and Stoves by
Means of which One or More may be Fed from One Reservoir,
also the Various Modes of Application of same.
I, JOHN HENRY WEBB Ironmongers Salesman 125 Railton Road Herne Hill
London S.E. 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 :-
An annaratus consisting of

page_text: Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Any number of stationary lamps & stoves may be fed by the one reservior.
2. Absolute safety as the reservoir may be placed at any distance from the burners
the founts made of unbreakable material the feed automatically regulated and upset
and overflow impossible.
3. Decreased attention as the feed may be arranged for any length of time depend-
ing mainly on the size of the reservoir; the constant filling of founts being thereby
obviated. For use on board ship this is important.
4. Decreased shadow the founts being smaller than those in general use.
5. Its adaptability to existing gas pipes and gas fittings.
6. Most advantageous in case of fire if the reservoir is placed outside a building.
7. Portable suspension & standard lamps may be arranged to burn a great length
of time and the reservoir being removed from the burner and the fount unbreakable
is much safer than lamps now in general use.
Datad this 25th day of November 1889