IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS USED WHEN OBTAIN- ING INSTANTANEOUS LIGHT
Year: 1851

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RODOLPHE
HELBRONNER, of Regent's Street, in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Nineteenth day of
December, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, in the fifteenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Rodolphe Helbronner, my exors, adññiors, and assigns, Her especial
licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said Rodolphe
Helbronner, my exors, adññors, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Rodolphe Helbronner, my exors, adññiors, or assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during
the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS USED WHEN OBTAIN-
ING INSTANTANEOUS LIGHT;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso
that I, the said Rodolphe Helbronner, shall cause a particular description of
the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be
performed, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, to be inrolled
in Her Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent,
as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at
large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Rodolphe Helbronner, do hereby declare that the nature of my Invention,
and the manner of performing the same, are fully described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawing
hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon (that is
to soul.
hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon (that is
to say)
My Invention consists,―
First, of applying a suitable arrangement of tube or case for containing
material, hereafter explained, for obtaining a light for lighting gas, candles,
tobacco, cigars, &c.
Secondly, my Invention consists of a means, herein described, of arranging
and preparing materials or substances, such as hemp, flax, cotton, German
tinder, &c., so as to render them suitable (when combined with other sub-
stances) to produce light for the purposes above referred to.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 shews a section of a tube or holder a formed according to my
Invention, having a slot 6 formed in it for the connecting pin on the stud c to
travel in. The stud c is connected to the cylindrical slide d, which has an
eye or loop e at its outer end. To fill the tube a, place into the eye or loop e
one end of a suitable length of prepared material f, as shown in Figure 2
(herein-after more fully explained), in the manner of threading a needle, when,
by causing the cylinder d to travel down the tube a by means of the stud c,
the igniting material will also be carried with it into the tube or case a in
such manner as to be entirely hidden from view. The cap or cover g is then
to be put on, when the instrument will be in a fit state for use, and may
conveniently be carried in the pocket of an individual. The material f, which
I have found to answer well, and which I prefer for this purpose, is the same as
that for which I obtained a Patent on the 31st of July, 1850, for a manufac-
ture of cotton roller for excluding dust from apartments; spun cotton, or any
other fibrous substances, answer the purpose. I cause this substance to be
coated with a cement, as gelatine, gum, starch, gutta percha, india rubber,
&c., mixed with saltpetre, acetate, chromate, or any other suitable nitrates.
This preparation, when used for fusees, I scent with bark or any perfumed
powder. To produce a flame instead of a fusce light, I give the foregoing
material an additional coating of stearine, wax, or other suitable substance or
composition, to maintain the flame produced by the friction applied to the
phosphoric preparation. The top g of the instrument a has a rough surface of
dried fish skin, or other material having a rough surface may be employed.

page_text: To make use of the instrument the top is to be removed, and the slide d
moved outward, until one of the spots or portions f¹ of phosphoric mixture
upon the igniting material shews outside the tube a, see Figure 3. The rough
surface of the cap or cover g is then to be rubbed against the spot or portion
on the igniting material f, and by which it will be caused immediately to
ignite, and burn either with a flame or as a fusee, according to which of the
above purposes the materialf was prepared for.
Figure 4 represents any number of lengths of the prepared material f placed
upon an even surface, in which position they are to be held by tying, or by
pins or tacks at their ends or otherwise, in order to have the phosphoric spots
or parts deposited upon them at intervals, as shown at Figure 5, the distance
between each spot f¹ depending upon the length of time the fusee or other
light is required to burn.
The
Figure 6 shews an instrument made according to my Invention for laying
on the spotting of phosphoric mixture used, and consists of a series of blades
or plates of metal, with their under sides slightly curved or bellied out.
blades or instruments are held in position by the transverse parts. This
instrument is to be dipped into the fluid phosphoric mixture, and then to be
placed at right angles to the lengths of the strands, strips, or cylinders of
material in such manner as to deliver itself of the mixture which it takes up
by its blades being dipped therein.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to
the exact materials herein mentioned, as the same may be varied without
departing from my Invention, but I have found those named to answer well.
But what I claim is,―
First, the causing the material f to be attached to a traveller or slide d, c,
in a tube or case a, and causing the material f to ignite, as explained.
I also claim the peculiar manner of spotting or depositing the phosphoric
mixture at intervals, so as to obtain continuous light.
I also claim the arrangement shewn and described of placing the lengths of
material f, and also the form and use of the instruments h, shewn at Figure 6,
for depositing the phosphoric mixture upon the materials prepared to receive
them, as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Rodolphe Helbronner, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of June, in the year of
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.
RODOLPHE (L.S.) HELBRONNER

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Nineteenth day of June, in
the year of our Lord 1852, the aforesaid Rodolphe Helbronner came.
before our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged
the Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and
specified, in form above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was
stamped according to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Enrolled the Nineteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.