Year: 1889

page_text: I, JOSIAH LANE, of Hampton Street Glass Works, Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Glass Manufacturer, 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 :—
This invention consists of the improved glass globe for vertical gas lights herein
described which is designed to serve the purposes of a gas globe, smoke-consumer and
reflector so as to dispense with the corona and separate smoke consumer as usually
employed with gas globes.
In carrying out my invention instead of making the top of the globe open as is
usual I make the top closed and provide a series of holes at a certain distance from
the top of the globe for the escape of the heated air from the gas flame. The said
closed upper part of the globe is by preference made of white enameled glass to serve
as a reflector and the bottom of the globe is open as usual and the globe is carried
by a globe holder in the ordinary way or is otherwise supported over the gas
flame.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 represents in elevation a gas globe constructed
according to this invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same and showing
also the gas flame and Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of the same.
The sauie letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the Figures of the
drawing.
a is the glass globe which is blown all in one piece open at the bottom a¹ and closed
at the top a. At a certain distance from the top is a serios of holes marked b.
When the globe is required to serve the purposes of a reflector as well as a smoke
consumer the upper part of the globe is made of white onameled glass. In the par-
ticular globe illustrated by the drawing this white enameled glass extends down to the
line c; below the line e the globe is of ordinary transparent glass; or the globe
may be wholly of enameled or of clear or coloured glass. The gas flame is marked d
and tho globe is carried at its lower edge a¹ by a globe holder (not shewn on the
drawing) in the usual manner. When in use the upper part a² of the globe becomes

page_text: intensely hot and thoroughly consumes any smoke from the flame and the heated air
passes out through the holes the light being reflected downwardly by the enameled
upper part of the globe.
The globe illustrated on the drawing is of spherical form and the upper part is
ornamented by being fluted but it will be evident that my invention can be similarly
applied to globes of other shapes such for instance as an oblong or egg shaped globe
and that the upper part can be made plain instead of fluted or be ornamented in any
other manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1st. A glass globe for vertical gas lights having an open baso and made integral
with a closed enameled top to serve as a smoke consumer and reflector, and sido
openings for the escape of the heated air and gases substantially as set forth and
illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
2nd. A glass globe for vertical gas lights having an open base and made integral
with a closed top to serve as a smoke consumer, and sido oponings for the oscape of
heated air and gases substantially as set forth and illustrated by the accompanying
drawing.