IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMPS
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Davey Rippingille, of Aston Brook Lamp Works,
Aston-juxta-Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMPS." A communication from abroad by Messieurs
Schwintzer and Gräff, of Berlin; Prussia, in the Empire of Germany.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Davey Rippingille
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th March 1881.
JAMES DAVEY RIPPINGILLE, of Aston Brook Lamp Works, Aston-juxta-
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick. "IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMPS." A com-
munication from abroad by Messieurs Schwintzer and Gräff, of Berlin, Prussia,
in the Empire of Germany.
The Invention has for its object improvements in lamps, and relates to the use of
a glass oil basin for suspension, slide, and other lamps, provided with one or more
long necks carrying the burner or burners, and enclosed by a metal case capable of
boing readily put together and taken to pieces.
The above mentioned oil basin is made in one piece of glass of a convenient
shape by blowing or moulding the same.
In order to protect the glass from breakage and to give it a good appearance, it
is according to the Invention enclosed in a case or box capable of being readily
taken to pieces, as the basin and neck are of one piece.; this case is made of cast or
stamped metal, and is for a reading lamp preferably formed in three pieces. One
of such parts encloses the oil basin or reservoir, and is so shaped as to permit of
passing the neck of the glass vessel therethrough by first entering it through the
top opening, and then passing it out through an opening in the side or front of
such part of the case. The casing for the neck is formed in two parts of convenient
shape connected together and to the vase casing by bolts and nuts, or by any
other convenient means.
Or the case for the glass reservoir and neck may be otherwise divided; for
instance, the casing for the lower part of the reservoir and the neck may be made
in one piece, the casing for the upper part of the neck in another piece, and the

page_text: casing for the upper portion of the reservoir in a third piece, fastened together in
any convenient manner.
When the glass reservoir is provided with more than one neck, the casing will
be made in a sufficient number of parts to enable it to be readily put together and
taken to pieces.
Thin springs or soft padding may be interposed between the glass and the casing
to prevent fracture of the glass.
A collar or ring in some cases holds together the upper ends of the neck casing,
and to such collar or ring the burner is fixed, or the burner may be otherwise fixed
in position.
When the lamp is constructed as a reading lamp capable of being raised and
lowered on a standard, the neck of the glass vessel has fixed therein by blowing a
glass tube, and the casing of the neck has corresponding openings through which a
metal tube is passed and fixed in which latter the standard can slide.
The oil basin above described with its long neck or necks has the advantage of
keeping the wick constantly supplied with oil by the latter simply finding its own
level.
Attached to the casing or to other convenient part is a support or bracket to
which the gallery for supporting the chimney and shade is hinged, thus permitting
of the lighting of the lamp without dismounting the chimney and shade.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said James Davey Rippingille in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
19th September 1881.
JAMES DAVEY RIPPINGILLE, of Aston Brook Lamp Works, Aston-juxta-
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick. "IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMPS." A com-
munication from abroad by Messieurs Schwintzer and Gräff, of Berlin, Prussia,
in the Empire of Germany.
The Invention has for its object improvements in lamps, and relates to the use
of a glass oil basin for suspension, slide, and other lamps, provided with one or
more long necks carrying the burner or burners, and enclosed by a metal caso
capable of being readily put together and taken to pieces.
The above mentioned oil basin is made in one piece of glass of a convenient
shape by blowing or moulding the same.
In order to protect the glass from breakage and to give it a good appearance, it
is according to the Invention enclosed in a case or box capable of being readily
taken to pieces, as the basin and neck are of one piece; this case is made of cast
or stamped metal, and is for a reading lamp preferably formed in three pieces.
One of such parts encloses the oil basin or reservoir, and is so shaped as to permit
of passing the neck of the glass vessel therethrough by first entering it through
the top opening, and then passing it out through an opening in the side or front of
such part of the case. The casing for the neck is formed in two parts of convenient
shape connected together to the vase casing by bolts and nuts, or by any other
convenient means.
Or the case for the glass reservoir and neck may be otherwise divided; for
instance, the casing for the lower part of the reservoir and the neck may be made
in one piece, the casing for the upper part of the neck in another piece, and
the casing for the upper portion of the reservoir in a third piece fastened together
in any convenient manner..
When the glass reservoir is provided with more than one neck, the casing will
be made in a sufficient number of parts to enable it to be readily put together and
taken to pieces.
Thin springs or soft padding may be interposed between the glass and the casing
to prevent fracture of the glass; a collar or ring in some cases holds together the
upper ends of the neck casing, and to such collar or ring the burner is fixed, or the
burner may be otherwise fixed in position.
When the lamp is constructed as a reading lamp capable of being raised and
lowered on a standard, the neck of the glass vessel has fixed therein by blowing a
glass tube, and the casing of the neck has corresponding openings through which a
metal tube is passed and fixed, in which latter the standard can slide.
The oil basin above described with its long neck or necks has the advantage
of keeping the wick constantly supplied with oil by the latter simply finding its
own level. Attached to the casing or to other convenient part is a support or
bracket to which the gallery for supporting the chimney and shade is hinged,
thus permitting of the lighting of the lamp without dismounting the chimney and
shade.
And in order that the said Invention may be more clearly understood and
readily carried into effect. I will proceed aided by the accompanying Drawings

page_text: 【Figure 2 is'a plan view of those portions of the metal casing shown in
Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a side view, and
Figure 4 is a plan of that portion of the casing 'not shown at Figures 1 and 2,
but which with said parts completely encloses the glass reservoir.
Figure 5 is a vertical section of the ring that holds the burner.
Figure 6 is a vertical section of a modified form of lamp casing which can be
readily disconnected; Figure 6 is a cross section drawn on the line A, B, of
Figure 6, and showing the glass oil basin in position.
Figures 8, 9, 10, and 11 show side views of the separate parts of the casing and
the manner in which they are put together.
Figure 12 is a sectional elevation of the glass oil vessel, and
Figure 13 is a cross section drawn on the line C, D, of Figure 6 showing the
glass oil vessel in position.
Figure 14 represents a lamp of the above description provided with a hinged
gallery for supporting the chimney and shade.
In the arrangement represented at Figures 1 to 5, the casing for the glass oil
reservoir a is formed in one piece b, and the casing for the neck a' of the oil vessel
is formed in two parts c, c', meeting in a vertical plane, and connected to the part
6 by screws and nuts d, d, and united together at their outer ends by the burner
ring e. The glass vessel has fixed therein by blowing a glass tube a², and the
casing of the neck a' has corresponding openings through which a metal tube fis
passed and fixed, in which latter the standard g can slide.
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In fixing the parts in position the neck a¹ of, the glass oil vessel is first passed
through the part 6 of the casing, then the parts c, c¹, are placed in position and
connected together and to the part b, as above described.
In the arrangement represented at Figures 6 to 13 the casing 6 for the glass oil
reservoir fits a horizontal seat formed for it on the lower portion c³ of the casing
for the neck, and the upper portion c³ of the neck casing has connected thereto the
burner ring e. The parts are fitted together in the manner shown, and the
parts c³, c³, are connected together by strips of metal c³ fixed to the part c³, and
coming out through a hole in the part cat which place the two ends of the said
strips are bent outwards.
Thin springs or soft padding may be interposed between the glass vessel and the
metal casing to prevent fracture of the glass.
At Figure 14 I have represented a lamp of the above description provided with
galleries h and i to carry the chimney and shade, such galleries being hinged to a
bracket or support j fixed to the casing of the lamp. By hinging the galleries h
and i, as above described, the lamp can be lighted without dismounting the
chimney and shade. If desired two or more necks and burners may be connected
to a single reservoir, and enclosed in a metal casing in the manner above
described.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and the mode in which
the same is carried into effect, I would have it understood that what I claim is,―
First. Constructing lamps with a glass oil vessel enclosed in a metal casing
capable of being readily connected together and disconnected, substantially as
herein shown and described and for the purpose stated, and
Second. Hinging the galleries for the chimney and shade to a bracket or
support, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Davey Rippingille, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.