Improvements in Painters' and Plumbers' Lamps.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 8th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 13th Apr., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Painters' and Plumbers' Lamps.
I, ALFRED JAMES REBURN, of Crescent Road, Crumpsall, Manchester in the
County of Lancaster, Plumber and Gasfitter, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to that class of lamps used for burning off paint and for
soldering in which a volatile oil is burnt and is designed to render such lamp
more serviceable and more readily applied in places difficult of access or awkwardly
situated.
Hitherto all lamps of this class have been constructed with straight burners
which remain in one fixed position relative to the lamp.
This invention consists essentially in the combination with the lamp and lamp
burner of a curved or bent nozzle or additional burner to be applied to the present
lamp and burner which is free to turn round so as to be placed with the aperture
in any desired direction or inclination.
In carrying out the invention I construct a nozzle or burner of curved or bent
shape of gradually decreasing area from the base to the end. The base is of such
a size as to fit over the burner as at present constructed or over an inner tube
placed to receive it. The other end is sufficiently small to allow the gas to issue
therefrom at considerable pressure.
The nozzle or burner is easily detachable from the straight burner and is capable
of being turned round thereon into any desired position to cause the flame to issue
in different directions so that by turning the burner the flame can be directed as
required without altering the position of the lamp.
A small spring or screw or other catch may be applied to hold the burner or
nozzle in the desired position.
Dated this 7th day of June 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
Improvements in Painters' and Plumbers' Lamps.
I, ALFRED JAMES REBURN, of 43 Crescent Road, Cheetham Hill, Manchester,
Plumber and Gasfitter, 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 the class of lamps used for burning off paint and for
soldering in which a volatile oil is burnt, and has for its object to render such
lamps more serviceable and to facilitate their use in places awkwardly situated and
difficult of access.
Hitherto all lamps of this class have been constructed with burners or nozzles
remaining in one fixed position relatively to the lamp, which made it difficult and
in many cases impossible to direct the flame upon the desired point. My invention
is intended to remedy this inconvenience and consists essentially in providing the
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page_text: lamp with a curved or hent nozzle which can be turned round and fixed with its
outlet in any desired direction or inclination. Preferably an additional nozzle or
burner of curved or bent shape is applied and fixed to the existing straight lamp
burner. The additional nozzle is preferably made of a gradually decreasing
sectional area from the base to the ends, the base being of such size or shape that
it fits over the end of the fixed lamp burner as at present constructed, or over an
inner tube placed into the same for this purpose. The outlet end is preferably
of the same size as the outlet of the fixed burner or less so that the gas issues
therefrom at the same pressure.
On the drawing the additional_nozzle_is_shewn with four different modifications
on the attaching device.
In the form shewn by Fig. 1 the additional nozzle a is fixed upon the burner
or nozzle 6 of the lamp by means of a set screw c formed with a milled head and
screwed into a boss a' formed on the nozzle a.
In the modification shewn by Figs. 2 and 3, the nozzle a is split open on one side
and has lugs a² a³ formed on it which are drawn together by a screw d so as to clip
the burner b.
In the modification shewn by Fig. 4, a flat spring e is fixed to the nozzle a and
provided with a projection e¹ which enters one of the slits 6' in the burner, or
equivalent indentations made therein.
Figs. 5 and shew another modification of spring locking device, the spring f
being bent round the nozzle a and attached to the bottom end thereof, a nib f¹ on
the spring passing through a slot in the nozzle a into one of the slits b¹.
Each of the arrangements shewn on the drawing allows the nozzle to be readily
turned in any direction on the burner b and to be locked in position. I do not
confine myself to the arrangements shewn, but any other suitable locking device
may be used.
Obviously the burner part b of the lamp may be made short and the straight
part of a fitting on longer so as to form the burner itself and be connected to
the short tube in any of the ways shewn and before described or any other
equivalent manner, allowing the orifice of a to be turned in any direction.
By means of any one of these arrangements the flame can be directed as
required without altering the position of the lamp body. When required, a second
nozzle of similar construction may be placed upon the nozzle a so as to obtain a
return flame directed towards the lamp body or at any angle thereto.
Having now particularly described and 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. In a lamp for soldering burning off paint and similar purposes the use and
arrangement of a curved nozzle or burner that can be turned round and locked in
position upon the gas outlet pipe of the lamp substantially as hereinbefore described
and illustrated by the drawings.
2. The combination with the straight burner or gas outlet pipe of a painters'
and plumbers' lamp of a curved nozzle that can be turned round on said burner or
outlet pipe and a device for locking said nozzle in its position substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
3. The use and construction of a curved revolvable nozzle attachable to and
detachable from the burners of painters' and plumbers' lamps substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
Dated the 6th day of March 1895.
R. J. URQUHART,
57, Barton Arcade, Manchester, and 5, Clayton Square, Liverpool,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent.