Improvements in or relating to Lanterns or Lamps.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 20th Jan., 1900-Accepted, 17th Mar., 1900
Improvements in or relating to Lanterns or Lamps.
RICHARD POXON, 9, Paul Street, Newtown, Wednesbury, Shunter, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention consists of improvements in or relating to lanterns or lamps,
being particularly applicable to railway lamps.
In carrying out my invention, I provide an outer casing of suitable material
carrying the glass or lens. Inside this casing is placed an inner casing having
the required sections of coloured glass say for instance red & green. This inner
casing is adapted to turn in the outer casing or body being secured in the
required position by a clip having a projection which engages in apertures in
the inner casing, so as to retain the same in the required position. The outer
casing is also provided with a clip for preventing the inner casing from being
accidentally withdrawn from the outer casing. The outer and inner casings are
provided with suitable apertures for the purpose of ventilation. The lamp is
carried upon the bottom of the outer casing, and is maintained in position by
a guide upon which it is clipped or held. For the purpose of regulating the
wick so as to avoid the necessity of opening the lantern or lamp I provide a
spindle which passes through the reservoir, being enclosed in a tube. This
spindle projects through the bottom of the outer casing, and is provided with a
milled head or thumb piece, for purposes of rotation. The other end of this
spindle carries a toothed wheel which engages with a toothed wheel upon the
spindle which raises or lowers the wick. By this arrangement it will be seen,
that the wick can be regulated from the outside of the casing very expeditiously
thus avoiding picking or pricking up the wick.
Dated this 20th day of Anvil 1800
Improvements in or relating to Lanterns or Lamps.
I, RICHARD POxox, 9, Paul Street, Newtown, Wednesbury, Shunter, do hereby
O 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 follow-
ing statement :-
This invention consists of improvements in or relating to lanterns or lamps,
being particularly applicable to railway lamps.

page_text: In carrying out my invention, I provide an outer casing of suitable material
carrying the glass or lens. Inside this casing is placed an inner casing having
the required sections of coloured glass say for instance red and green. This inner
casing is adapted to turn in the outer casing or body being secured in the
required position by a clip having a projection which engages in apertures in
the inner casing, so as to retain the same in the required position. The outer
casing is also provided with a clip for preventing the inner casing from being
accidentally withdrawn from the outer casing. The outer and inner casings are
provided with suitable apertures for the purpose of ventilation. The lamp is
carried upon the bottom of the outer casing, and is maintained in position by
a guide upon which it is clipped or held. For the purpose of regulating the
wick so as to avoid the necessity of opening the lantern or lamp I provide a
spindle which passes through the reservoir, being enclosed in a tube. This
spindle projects through the bottom of the outer casing, and is provided with a
milled head or thumb piece, for purposes of rotation. The other end of this
spindle carries a toothed wheel which engages with a toothed wheel upon the
spindle which raises or lowers the wick. By this arrangement it will be seen,
that the wick can be regulated from the outside of the casing very expeditiously
thus avoiding picking or pricking up the wick.
For purposes of illustration, I will now refer to the annexed drawings. in
which:
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Figure is a sectional side elevation shewing my improved lantern or lamp.
Figure 2 section through line ay in Figure 1.
a is an outer casing which carries the lens or glass b. c is an inner casing
which is provided with the spaces d carrying glasses of the required colour,
such as red and green, and the casing being open at e for the purpose of enabling
the white light to be viewed through the lens b. This inner casing c is adapted
to turn in the outer casing a or body, being secured in the required position by
a spring clip f having a projection g which engages in apertures h in the inner
casing c. After having passed through an aperture in the outer casing a for
the purpose of retaining the inner casing c in the required position. h is one of
the apertures in the inner casing. is a clip attached to the outer casing for the
purpose of preventing the accidental withdrawal or removal of the inner casing
from the outer casing. Any convenient and usual means of ventilating the
lantern or lamp may be employed, and j being handles of any convenient con-
struction and arrangement which are here shewn broken away.
kis the reservoir which is maintained in position through the medium of
the sleeve attached to the reservoir and guide m attached to the outer casing a.
The reflector is adjustably carried upon the support o as shewn. In order to
raise or lower the wick, the spindle pas shewn in Figure 2 is rotated, and through
the medium of the bevel wheels the wick may be raised, s being a ratchet or
spur wheel employed for this purpose, and engaging upon the wick carried in
the wick tube u.
The spindle passes through the tube v in the casing or oil container k. The
milled head projects a sufficient distance through the bottom of the outer
casing a. The oil reservoir may be filled from any convenient outlet as required
and this outlet may be closed by a cap carrying the wick tube or may be inde-
pendent therefrom.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The lantern or lamp, substantially as described and illustrated herein and
for the purpose set forth.
2. In lanterns or lamps of the class herein described, an outer casing carrying
a lens or glass, an inner casing adapted to rotate in said outer casing and being
provided with apertures carrying coloured glass, and an aperture through which

page_text: the white light may be viewed; an oil reservoir carried upon a suitable support
attached to said outer casing and having a detachable reflector; a spindle for
operating the wick, upon which a spur or toothed wheel is carried, which engages
with the wick and the wick tube, said spindle being operated through the medium
of gear wheels, one of which is attached to the spindle passing through a tube
or passage in the oil container, said spindle passing through a tube or passage
being provided with a milled head or such like, in order that the height of the
wick may be adjusted, without necessitating the opening or separation of the
parts forming the lantern or lamp, substantially as described and illustrated
herein and for the purpose set forth.
3. In oil reservoirs and wick adjusting mechanism for lanterns or lamps of
the class herein described, a tube or passage through said reservoir a spindle
operated by a milled head or suitable projection, said sipndle in turn through
the medium of gear wheels operating a rod or spindle carrying a spur or toothed
wheel, in engagement with the wick of the lamp for the purpose of enabling the
wick to be raised or lowered from the exterior of the lantern or lamp, substantially
as described and illustrated herein and for the purpose set forth.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.