Improvements in Oil Lamps.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 7th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 8th Sept., 1894
Improvements in Oil Lamps.
We JOSEPH HINKS and JAMES HINKS AND SON LIMITED, of Great Hampton
Street, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction and arrangement of
oil lamps in which the burner or burners are carried in a circumferentially extended
position from the reservoir, and more particularly intended for those lamps whose
flames issue in a sideway or horizontal direction, and consists primarily in providing
that one, two, or more of such circumferential burners shall be carried upon a
common plug or attachment, removably to the ordinary reservoir mount or socket.
Hitherto circumferential lamps have been used but in such cases, the tubular
branches to which the burners have been attached, have branched direct from the
reservoir itself, hence necessitating special reservoirs. In our invention however,
we provide that the tubular wick channels shall converge to a common centre,
which latter terminates upon its underside with a suitable plug, to fit into the
socket of the reservoir mount. By these means various centres having circum-
ferential lights may be interchangeably made to suit similarly interchangeable
reservoirs.
Further In adopting this arrangement for suspended lamps, we provide that
the suspension attachment is made to the upper part of the said centre, and not
from or below the reservoir as at present, which still further avoids down or side
shadows. In most cases we prefer that the plug of the said centre shall be con-
nected to the socket mount of the reservoir, by means of a screw thread, so that it
may thereby be the more securely connected, although in some cases we may adopt
the usual bayonet joint fastening.
At the outer end of the tubular wick channels or arms we fix the burners, upon
which are carried the galleries, cones and chimneys in any suitable manner.
Dated this 18th day of November 1893.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicants' Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Oil Lamps.
We JOSEPH HINKS and JAMES HINKS AND SON LIMITED, of Great Hampton
Street, in the City of Birmingham, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in the combination and arrangement of
oil lamps, in which the burner or burners are carried in a circumferentially
extended position from the reservoir, and more particularly intended for those
lamps whose flames issue in a sideway or horizontal direction, and consists primarily
in providing that one, two, or more of such circumferential burners shall be carried
upon a common plug or attachment, removably to the ordinary reservoir mount or
socket.
Hitherto circumferential lamps have been used but in such cases, the tubular
branches to which the burners have been attached, have branched direct from the

page_text: reservoir itself, hence necessitating special reservoirs. In our invention however,
we provide that the tubular wick channels shall converge to a common centre,
which latter terminates upon its underside with a suitable plug, to fit into the
socket of the reservoir mount. By these means various centres having circum-
ferential lights may be interchangeably made to suit similarly interchangeable
reservoirs.
Further In adopting this arrangement for suspended lamps, we provide that
the suspension attachment is made to the upper part of the said centre, and not
from or below the reservoir as at present, which still further avoids down or side
shadows. In most cases we prefer that the plug of the said centre shall be con-
nected to the socket mount of the reservoir, by means of a screw thread, so that
it may thereby be the more securely connected, although in some cases we may
adopt the usual bayonet joint fastening.
At the outer end of the tubular wick channels or arms, we fix the burners, upon
which are carried the galleries cones and chimneys, in any suitable manner, and
particularly in the manner already described in a former application for Patent
numbered 7145 of 1893.
In order to more clearly explain this our invention, we have appended hereunto
an illustrative sheet of drawings upon which are figures and numbers of reference
similar numbers referring throughout the several views to the same thing or part,
and in which :-
Fig. 1, shows a group of burners arranged upon a lamp, according to this our
invention.
Fig. 2, is a plan view of the same.
Fig. 3, is a part sectional view on line A-B, Fig. 2, showing the central fitting
with one of the burners.
4, is the oil container, 5, is the central attachment, which is made to screw into
the said container by means of the screwthread at 6, taking into the screwthreaded
mount 7. Instead of a screwthread, a bayonet or other suitable fastening may
be used. 8, 8, 8b, are burners grouped around and fixed to the fitting 5.
Any required number of such burners may be used. Instead of these burners
being fixed direct to the fitting an intervening tubular piece may be employed
between them so as to increase the diameter of the lights in the group when
desirable.
9, is the suspension attachment, which is secured to the central fitting 5, so that
the container is removable from the group of burners independently.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this 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 combination with the oil container 4, of a central fitting 5,
having two or more burners fixed thereto and branching therefrom, substantially
in the manner shown and described.
2. In oil lamps having two or more burners branching from a common central
fitting 5, and the removable container 4, the suspension of such lamps from the
said central fitting as set forth and shown.
Dated this 4th day of August 1894.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicants' Agent.