Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd July, 1886.
Complete Left, 1st Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 10th May, 1887.
We, EDWARD ALEXANDER RIPPINGILLE, Lamp Manufacturer, and FRANK
SIDEBOTHAM RIPPINGILLE, manufacturers' assistant, both of the Aston Brook Lamp
Works, Aston-juxta-Birmingham in the County of Warwick, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention has for its object improvements in or applicable to the bases or pillars
of lamps in order to render them more serviceable for the meal table and for the
toilet.
For this purpose we combine with the bases or pillars of lamps suitable receptacles
or holders for cruets for containing condiments such as pepper, sauce, vinegar, and
others also for containing pickles, sugar and such like accessories for the meal table
and various articles for the toilet.
In carrying our invention into effect we form the base or pillar of a lamp with a
number of receptacles or holders for cruets, bottles or containers which receptacles or
holders may be fixtures or may be arranged in a frame or carrier capable of revolving
around the base or pillar of the lamp or the base or pillar of a lamp may be formed
with a suitably shaped recess to receive a frame or carrier for such cruets bottles or
containers which frame or carrier may be either a fixture or removeable and may be
revolveable or not as may be desired.
E. A. RIPPINGILLE.
F. S. RIPPINGILLE.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.

page_text: around the groove b* whilst the lower part is formed with a central hole e* which
loosely fits the pillar b. This frame e carries the rings or holders d at its upper part
whilst its lower part may be formed as shown of a plain plate or it may be formed
with sockets c as in the arrangements shown in the previous figures to receive the
cruets or bottles. In this construction the frame carrying the cruets or bottles is
capable of revolving around the lamp pillar b.
The lamp represented at Figures 7 and 8 has its pillar formed with a ring groove 6*
of greater width than that in figures 5 and 6 and it has the base a formed with a rim
or flange a¹, whilst the holder e has the fitting e¹ and hole e formed with an open side
to enable the said frame e to be readily placed in position in relation to the lamp as
shown in the drawings so that when in such position the fitting e' shall rest upon the
lower flange of the ring groove b* and thereby support the frame e, whilst the lower
plate of the said frame e is contained within the rim or flange a¹. By these means the
frame e containing or carrying the cruets, bottles or containers may when in the
position shown in the drawings be readily rotated around the lamp pillar b whilst
the said frame e can be readily removed from the lamp pillar and base and as readily
replaced in position when required.
The lamp represented in figure 9 has the font carried by a bifurcated or double
pillar band the base a so formed as to receive a frame e formed to receive cruets,
bottles or containers, which frame, with the cruets, bottles or containers therein, may,
when required, be removed from the lamp.
Figures 10 and 11 represent a lamp in which the base a is formed with three
sockets c and the pillar b with two rings or holders d for the accommodation of two
bottles and a box, whilst the pillar has connected thereto an ornamental screen or
back piece provided with hooks and knobs or projections 63 to support rings
and other articles.
Figures 12 and 13 represent a lamp in which the base a is formed with three
sockets c and the pillar b with three rings or holders d for the accommodation of two
bottles and a box, whilst the base a is also provided with an ornamental holder ƒ for
rings and other articles.
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We would here remark that the various arrangements herein shown and described
are only given as examples of the mode in which we carry our invention into effect,
and we do not consequently confine ourselves to the precise details herein shown and
described as they may be considerably modified without departing from the peculiar
character of our invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is :-
The combination with the bases or pillars of lamps of suitable receptacles or holders
for cruets and other articles in order to render them more serviceable for the meal
table and for the toilet substantially as herein shown and described.
Dad thin 1
LA1 1007