AN IMPROVED APPLIANCE FOR FACILITATING THE TRIMMING OF WICKS OF OIL LAMPS
Year: 1884

page_text: TRUYIONAL
I, JOSEPH KNIGHT, of N° 172 High Road, Kilburn, in the County of Middlesex,
Contractor, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
APPLIANCE FOR FACILITATING THE TRIMMING OF WICKS OF OIL LAMPS," to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to the construction of an improved appliance for facilitating
the removal, in the desired manner, of the consumed or, partially consumed or
calcined portion of the wicks of oil lamps by means of a pair of scissors or other
suitable cutting instrument.
The said appliance consists of a plate of metal bent into a U shape, the same
being tempered in order to give the requisite degree of elasticity to allow the ends
to remain open when not brought together by the pressure of the hand for the
purpose of gripping the end of the wick. In the bend of the appliance is a slot for
the passage of the wick and also, when desired, of the upper part of the wick case
or holder.
I will now proceed to refer to the accompanying drawings from which the nature
of the said Invention will be more clearly understood. The same letters of
reference indicate like parts in all the Figures. Figure 1. is a view of the appliance
which is stamped from sheet metal, and the same, having been bent as shown in
Figures 2. and 3, is tempered. Figure 4. is a bottom view of the appliance. a. is
the before mentioned slot, and b. are the said ends for gripping the end of the
wick.
When it is desired to employ the appliance herein before described for the purpose
of facilitating the trimming of a wick, the latter is passed through the slot a. until
the end thereof projects beyond the ends b., as shown in Figure 2., these said ends
are then compressed so as to grip the wick when that portion thereof which is
above the said ends can be readily removed by means of a pair of scissors or other
instrument. The ends b. aro, by preferenco, slightly curved as shown in Figure 2.
so that by cutting the end of the wick to a corresponding shape the corners of the
flame will not rise above the centre thereof as is frequently the case when the end
of the wick is level.
Dated this twelfth day of November One thousand eight hundred and eighty

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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J, JOSEPH KNIGHT, of No 172ª, High Road, Kilburn, in the county of Middlesex,
Contractor, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED
APPLIANCE FOR FACILITATING THE TRIMMING OF WICKS OF OIL LAMPS," and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
My said invention relates to the construction of an improved appliance for
facilitating the removal, in the desired manner, of the consumed, or partially
consumed or calcined, portion of the wicks of oil lamps by means of a pair of
scissors or other suitable cutting instrument.
'
The said appliance consists of a plato of metal bent into a U shape, the same
being tempered in order to give the requisite degree of elasticity to allow the ends
to remain open when not brought together by tho pressure of the hand for the
purpose of gripping the end of the wick. In the bend of the appliance is a slot or
aperture for the passage of the wick and also, when desired, of the upper part of
'tho wick case or holder.
I will now proceed to refer to the accompanying drawings from which the nature
of the said Invention will be more clearly understood. The same letters of reference
indicate like parts in all tho Figures. Figure 1. is a view of a piece of metal which
is stamped from sheet metal, in the desired shape to form, when bent, the said
appliance, and the same, having been bent, as shown in Figures 2 and 3., is
teinpered. Figure 4. is a bottom view of the appliance. a is tho before mentioned
slot or aperture, and b. are the said ends for gripping the end of the wick.
When it is desired to employ the appliance herein before described for the purpose
of facilitating the trimming of a wick, the latter is passed through the slot c. until
the end thereof projects beyond the ends b., as shown in Figure 2., these said ends
are then compressed, so as to grip the wick, when that portion thereof, which is
above the said ends, can be readily removed by means of a pair of scissors or other
instrument. The ends b. are, by preference slightly curved, as shown in Figure 2.;
so that by cutting the end of the wick to a corresponding shape the corners of the
flame will not rise above the centre thereof as is frequently the case when the end
of thic wick is 'lovel.
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
"The appliance for facilitating the trimming of wicks of oil lamps, substantially as
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this twenty eighth day of March One thousand eight hundred and