Improvements in Hurricane Lamps.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 29th Jan., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hurricane Lamps.
I. CLEMENT WEST, of 44, Fisher Street, in the City of Birmingham, Lamp
Manufacturer, 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 hurricane lamps, and consists in
means for holding the globe or chimney in position without the said chimney
being attached to a carrier or other supplementary part.
The improved hurricane lamp comprises a base and air chamber surmounted
by a burner and gallery, and having air tubes directed from the said air chamber
to the hollow head, which has a flap, door or section hinged to the front of it and
through the gap covered by it, the upper part of the chimney passes when turned
upon the fore part of its foot as a centre, after the disengagement of the upper
or neck part from a nearly three-quarter circular clip. The wire at the two
terminations of this clip, is first bent backwards upon itself and then cranked
downwardly into side rods, which pass through guide eyes or like means secured
to the air tubes, and terminate in the gallery, to which this clip-carrying frame
is secured. This gallery is capable of being raised vertically off the burner so as
to gain access to the same for lighting and trimming the wick without removing
the globe, by means of a lever and crossing frame, a part of which is jointed to
the gallery, whilst the ends of the same work in bracket bearers of the air tubes.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a side elevation of a
hurricane lantern with removable chimney constructed and arranged according
to my invention.
Figure is a like elevation as Figure 1, but with the air tube broken away,
and the chimney disengaged from the neck embracing clip prior to being removed
from the lamp.
Figure 3 represents a front view of the lamp.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the drawing.
a is the oil tank, constituting the base of the lamp, surmounted by the air
chamber, fitted with burner b, and gallery c, and from the sides of which the
air tubes, proceed upwardly to, and terminate in, the hollow head a³, of the
lamp. is the globe or chimney, the foot d, of which rests upon the top of the
perforated gallery, whilst the contracted upper end, is embraced and partially
encircled by a three-quarter wire spring clip e, having an open front e, through
which the said neck of the chimney can be withdrawn when required and from
the end of this clip the wire is continued downwards into a frame e, the sides e³,
of which pass and work vertically through guide eyes e, secured to the insides
of the air tubes and then terminate at in, and are made fast to, the sides of the
gallery, so that when the said gallery is lifted by means of the hinged frame f,
pivoted to the air tubes, and lever, in connection therewith, the said clip-
carrying frame and chimney are carried up with it vertically, until the said gallery
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page_text: is at such a height as to allow of access to the burner for lighting and trimming
the wick.
A part a', of the head is in the form of a hinged section, which is turned up,
as represented in Figure 3, when it is required to remove the chimney, so as to
make sufficient clearance for this purpose in the edge of the said head.
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:
First. In a hurricane lamp, securing a loose chimney or globe in position by
a spring clip carried by a rising and falling frame connected to the gallery, sub-
stantially as described and set forth.
Secondly. In a hurricane lamp, securing a loose chimney or globe in position
by a spring clip, carried by a frame connected to the gallery on which the said
chimney rests, and which is capable of being lifted clear of the burner by a lever
and hinged frame or equivalent means, substantially as described and set forth.
Thirdly. In a hurricane lamp, the combination with a loose chimney supported
by a gallery capable of a rising and falling movement, of a chimney-holding clip
carried by a frame in connection with the said gallery and whose sides are guided
in their vertical movement by passing through eyes or equivalents on the air
tubes, substantially as described and set forth.
Fourthly. In a hurricane lamp. the combination with a loose chimney, held
in position upon the gallery by a clip carried by a vertically moving frame, of
a head having a hinged section or part, substantially as and for the purpose
described and set forth.
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DEAL .
ember 1907
CLEMENT WEST,
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.