A New or Improved Device for Cleaning or Trimming Cylindrical. Round-burner-wicks.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 30th June, 1887
Complete Left, 19th Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 4th May, 1888
A New or Improved Device for Cleaning or Trimming Cylindrical.
Round-burner-wicks.
I, AUGUST MEYER of Graskeller 21, Hamburg, in the Empire of Germany,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The improved wick-cleaner consists of a metal tube, which is open above and closed
below and corresponds in diameter to the opening of the burner tube. From the wall
of the tube project two wings; these wings stand away moro or less vertically from
the rim of the wick-tube, as soon as the cleaner is placed upon the burner and penetrato
into that part of the wick, which projects over the tube, without pressing the same
flat. By turning the tube the wings shave off the projecting edge of the wick and
conduct the particles into the tube through suitable openings in' said tube situated
before the wings, the said particles are subsequently removed after the cleaner has.
been taken out of the wick tube or burner. To allow the cleaner to be employed for'
burners which are slightly different in the diameter of the wick tube, the tabe may
be slitted, so that it can be slightly compressed and thus used for differont
burner-tubes.
Dad the nth J
T 1007
HERBERT & Co.,
67, Strand, Agents.

page_text: A New or Improved Device for Cleaning or Trimming Cylindrical
Round-Burner Wicks.
I AUGUST MEYER of Graskeller 21 Hamburg in the Empire of Germany
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The improved wick cleaner consists of a metal tube closed below, and from opposite
sides of which project two inclined wings, preferably formed by bending outwardly a
part of the metal wall of the tube.
When using the cleaner, the closed end of the same is placed in the burner tube, so
that the two wings stand on the edge of the latter.
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On turning the tube, the wings shave off the charred portion of the wick and
transfer such portions to the interior of the cleaner.
The shape of the wings is such that a smoothly rounded wick-rim remains projecting
so far from the wick tube as is required for producing a normal flame without
necessitating a turning up or down of the wick on or after lighting the same.
Referring to the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is an elevation of a cylindrical burner with the wick cleaner placed thereon.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the upper part of the burner tube and of the
wick cleaner therein.
Fig. 3 is a cross section of the wick cleaner along line ab, the burner being shown
in plan.
Fig. 4. is an elevational view of the wick cleaner and section of the burner tube.
The wick cleaner consists of the metal tube E which is open above and closed below
and corresponds in diameter with the interior opening of the burner tube B. Out of
the wall of the tube E are cut the two wings m and n which are coherent but on one
side with the tube and are bent outwardly as shown in Fig. 3. The two small
projections kk on the lower edges of the wings arrive on the inner edge of the wick
tube B when introducing the cleaner into the burner while the wing points arrive
on the outer edge of the said burner. The parts of the wings between k and I however,
penetrate perpendicularly into the part of the wick projecting from the burner tube
without flattening the same. The edges ii have the height and shape of the rim of
the wick which is to project from the wick tube.
They must be made so much deeper the larger the burner is and the farther the
wick must project therefrom for producing a normal flame. On turning the tube E
the wings shave off the projecting edge of the wick and convey the same into the
interior of the tube, from which the refuse may be afterwards emptied.
To allow the same cleaner to be employed for burners which have slightly different
diameters of wick tube, the tube E may be slitted and the base thereof also
as shown in plan by Fig. 5 it can be a little compressed and thus fitted to various
burner tubes,

page_text: Figs. 6, 7 and 8 show a modification in which the bottom of the tube E mounts
upward in the shape of a cone. The hollow space p allows the cleaner to be used for
such burners which are provided with a stem for holding a flame deflecting plate v
(Fig. 6 dotted lines).
After lifting off said plate the cleaner can be introduced over the pin z into the
burner and employed in the manner described above.
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:-
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1. A wick cleaner consisting of cylinder E with wings m n for the purpose
set forth.
2. A wick cleaner consisting of tube E closed below and having wings m n and
openings before said wings.
3. A wick cleaner comprising in combination the tube E closed below, wings mn
thereon having guide surfaces and cutting surface i, and openings in said tubo
before said wings as and for the purpose set forth.
4. A wick cleaner consisting of a slitted tube E diametrically compressible,
a slitted base substantially closing the same, and wings m n on said tube and opening
before said wings for the purpose set forth.
5. A wick cleaner comprising in combination a tube E having wings m n and
openings before said wings togother with a floor to said tube rising towards the centre
above the lower rim of the tube as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 10th day of March 1999
Dinted this 10th day of March 1900
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C., London,
Agents to Applicant.