Improvements in Oil Lamps for Market Stalls, Booths, Shows, and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 9th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 9th May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Oil Lamps for Market Stalls, Booths, Shows, and
the like.
EDWARD GARNISS 54 Manchester Road Hollinwood in the County of Lancaster,
Oil and Cask Merchant WILLIAM BUNTING 68 Manchester Road Hollinwood in
the County of Lancaster, Broker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
It consists of a cock or valve placed inside the supply pipe, and at or near the
bottom of the reservoir of the oil lamp (I prefer a plug cock). The said cock or
valve may be opened or closed, by means of a rod, connected to the cock or valve,
& passes through a tube, or bush, soldered or otherwise secured to the top, and on
the inside of the reservoir. The said tube or bush will prevent any loss of oil along
the side of the rod.
The object of the invention is to regulate the supply of oil to the burner, inside
the reservoir, so that in case the cock or valve begins to leak, the oil will flow
through the pipe to the burner, instead of running down the outside as is the case
where the cock is outside and midway between the reservoir & burner, often
setting fire to the whole lamp, & other property.
Dated this Eleventh day of February 1891.
EDWARD GARNISS.
WILLIAM BUNTING.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Oil Lamps for Market Stalls, Booths, Shows, and
the like.
EDWARD GARNISS 54 Manchester Road Hollinwood in the County of Lancaster,
Oil and Cask Merchant WILLIAM BUNTING, 68 Manchester Road Hollinwood, in
the County of Lancaster, Broker 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 :-
It is well known that considerable damage to property by fire, is often caused by
the leakage of oil, from a defective cock or valve, in an ordinary petroleum oil lamp,
such as is used for market stalls, booths, shows, and the like.
Now this invention is designed to prevent such disasters, and consists of a cock or
valve, placed at the top of the supply pipe, inside and at the bottom of the oil
reservoir. The said cock or valve may be opened or closed at pleasure by means of
a rod or spindle connected to it. The said rod or spindle protrudes through a tube
or bush, soldered or otherwise secured to the top of the oil reservoir. The said
tube or bush will prevent any loss of oil along the said rod or spindle, the end of the
rod or spindle may be formed like a T like an ordinary screw down tap.
The object of the invention is to regulate the supply of oil to the burner from
the inside of the oil reservoir, by means of the aforesaid cock or valve, so that in
case the cock or valve becomes defective in its seating the oil will run through the
supply pipe to the burner and be consumed.
And in order that our present invention may be easily understood and readily
carried into practice we will proceed to further describe the same with reference to
the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation.

page_text: or valve.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our sai i
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that
what we claim is :-
1st. The cock or valve, placed inside the oil reservoir, and regulated at the top
and outside, of the said oil reservoir by means of rod or spindle.
Insuring perfect safety from fire in case the cock or valve becomes defective, as
hereinbefore mentioned.
Dated this 30th day of March 1891
WILLIAM BUNTING,
EDWARD GARNISS,
Patentees.