IMPROVEMENTS IN GALLERIES OR SUPPORTS FOR GAS SHADES
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Arthur Ransford, of the City of Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Brass Finisher, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN GALLERIES OR SUPPORTS FOR GAS SHADES."
Sealed the 12th March 1861, and dated the 13th September 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Arthur Ransford at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th
September 1860.
I, ARTHUR RANSFORD, of the City of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Brass Finisher, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN GALLERIES OR SUPPORTS FOR GAS SHADES," to be as
follows:-
Instead of the three-armed gallery or support as hitherto adopted I make it
circular or partially circular, with a screwed socket or connection at the
outside edge thereof, and a burner socket projecting inwards in a slanting
position, the said connecting socket being tapped to screw on the gas fitting or
apparatus, so that when the glass shade is put on this gallery and secured by a
thumbscrew in the usual manner, there will not be any shadow reflected from
it, as is the case with the ordinary galleries now in use. It is also so open and
free from obstruction that free access is left for the application of wax or other
lights to the gas as may be required. It is quite evident that this gallery
being made of a circular form, if made a section of a circle, that is, a space
left between the termination of each extremity, the ends of which being
turned up a little to support the glass shade by extending or contracting the
said space or opening it can easily be adjusted to any size of shade in common

page_text: use, and by forming the connecting socket in a horizontal or vertical position it
can be made to suit pendants, brackets, pillars, or other kinds of gas apparatus,
and instead of changing the position of the connecting socket from the hori-
zontal to the vertical position to suit pillars an elbow may be used if found
desirable.
The accompanying Drawing represents a gallery suitable for pendants or
brackets, but for pillars the connecting socket a must be made vertical, or else
a separate elbow may be used.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Arthur Ransford in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
13th March 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ARTHUR
RANSFORD, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Brass
Finisher, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-fourth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Arthur Ransford, Her special licence that I, the said Arthur Ransford,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Arthur
Ransford, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
GALLERIES OR SUPPORTS FOR GAS SHADES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Arthur Ransford, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Arthur Ransford, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say) :-

page_text: Instead of the three-armed gallery or support with its central supply pipe
and burner, as hitherto used, I make the gallery or support in the form of a
segment of a circle, with a screwed socket or connection at the outside edge
thereof, and a burner socket projecting inwards in a slanting position, the said
connecting socket being tapped to screw on the "gas fitting" or supply pipe,
so that when the glass shade is put on the gallery and secured by a thumb-
screw in the usual manner there will not be any shadow thrown, as is the case
with the ordinary galleries and supply pipes now in common use. With this
arrangement of the gallery and supply pipe free access is left to light the
gas.
This Invention will be clearly understood by referring to the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings, and the figures and letters thereon, in which Figures 1
and 2 represent a gallery suitable for pendants or brackets, and Figures 3
and 4 one for pillars or other vertical connections.
Figures 1 and 3 are edge views, and Figures 2 and 4 are plan views.
the gallery part for carrying the glass shade; b, the screw by which the glass
shade is secured to the gallery; c, the gas burner; and d, the socket part,
which screws on the gas supply pipe.
Though I prefer to construct my improved galleries for gas shades as shewn
in the Drawings, the burner may be arranged so that the flat side of the gas
flame will be in a horizontal position or nearly so.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be understood
that I claim as my Invention the improved gallery or support for gas shades
with the burner and supply pipe arranged substantially as herein-before
described and illustrated in the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Arthur Ransford, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eleventh day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named Arthur Ransford in
the presence of
ARTHUR RANSFORD. (L.S.)
E. J. HUGHES, Patent Agent,
Manchester.