Improved Means for Lighting Lamps.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Nov., 1896-Accepted, 19th Dec. 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Lighting Lamps.
We WILLIAM HENRY COOPs of Park Cottage, Ashton-on-Mersey, in the
County of Chester, Manufacturer, GEORGE ALFRED CRIGHTON, of Richmon
Villa, Ashton-on-Mersey, in the County of Chester, Machinist, and ROGER
TATHAM of 2 Lansdown Terrace, Blackpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention relates to lamps enclosed in a lantern, and the object is to provid
means for readily and with certainty igniting the said lamps without opening the
lantern. The invention is specially applicable to out-door lamps, and more
particularly to bicycle lamps, police lamps, and the like.
The invention consists essentially in making the lantern with an aperture through
which a match may be inserted, and with guides for directing the match towards a
friction piece carried by the lamp or lantern in such position, that the match
inserted through the aperture will be ignited sufficiently near to the burner to
light the oil, gas, or other illuminating agent.
Dated the 31st day of January 1896.
J. JOHNSON,
Agent.
Improved Means for Lighting Lamps.
We WILLIAM HENRY COOPS of Park Cottage, Ashton-on-Mersey in the-
County of Chester, Manufacturer, GEORGE ALFRED CRIGHTON of Richmond
Villa, Ashton-on-Mersey in the County of Chester, Machinist, and ROGER
TATHAM of 2 Lansdowne Terrace, Blackpool in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, 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 :-
The invention relates to lamps enclosed in a lantern, and the object is to provide.
means for readily and with certainty igniting the said lamps without opening the
lantern. The invention is specially applicable to out door lamps and more.
particularly to bicycle lamps, carriage lamps, police lamps, and the like.
The invention consists essentially in making the lantern with an aperture through
which a match may be inserted, and with guides for directing the match towards a
friction piece carried by the lamp or lantern in such position that the match
inserted through the aperture will be ignited sufficiently near to the burner to
light the oil, gas, or other illuminating agent.
The accompanying drawing is a sectional view of a lantern or lamp under our
invention. a is the lantern containing a lamp 6 of any usual kind. c is an
aperture through the side of the lantern through which a match d may be inserted..

page_text: e is a guide or guides secured to the lantern for directing the end of the match
towards a friction piece f secured to the guide or guides e or it may be secured to
the lantern. The guide or guides e and friction piece fare so arranged that a
match after being pushed over the friction piece and being thereby ignited will be
in such a position near to the wick or burner 61 of the lamp that the oil, gas, or
other illuminating agent will be ignited. The guide or guidese or one of them
may be formed as or with springs in order to keep the match in close contact with
the friction piece, or the guide or guides may be roughened to form the friction
piece. Instead of the friction piece f being secured to the guide it may be
secured to the lamp near the burner.
If it is desired to use what are known as safety matches, the friction piece f is
coated with the necessary composition for igniting such matches.
The lamp b can be removed from the lantern for cleaning or other purposes
when desired without interfering with the guides or friction piece in any way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
First. A lantern having an aperture, guide or guides, and friction piece sub-
stantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Second. The combination of a lamp, friction piece, guide or guides, and lantern
with an, aperture therein substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated the 2nd day of November 1896.
W. B. JOHNSON,.
Agent.