An Improved Lantern.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 28th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 10th Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Lantern.
I JOAQUIM ANTONIO DE MACEDO of Osmondthorpe Hall in the City of
Leeds in the County of York Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to so construct a lantern that it may be collapsible
into a small volume so that it can be placed and carried conveniently in the breast
or other pocket of a coat and so that when required for use the said lantern on
being withdrawn from its case or sheath shall instantly expand into a complete
lantern and at the same time light its own candle.
To accomplish this I make a lantern of tin plate or other suitable material as
shewn in the accompanying drawing (the thick lines in the said drawing represent
the thickness of the tin plate).
Fig. 1 is a back view of the lantern when closed, but with its door open and its
back lid lifted so as to shew the manner in which the match is placed to light the
candle when the lantern expands.
Fig. 2 is a back view of the lantern in its expanded state with its handle F
turned down.
Fig. 3 is a front view of the expanded lantern with its handle F turned up.
Fig. 4 is a side view of the expanded lantern with its handle F turned up.
Fig. 5 is a side view of the lantern in a state of collapse with its handle turned
down, and
Fig. 6 is a section through the dotted lines & Fig. 5.
Each side of the lantern is made of 4 pieces of tin plate articulated together and
capable of folding up as shewn in Fig. 6. The pieces nearest to the front and
nearest to the back, have a projection V. V Fig. 6. to prevent their folding the
wrong way. The steel wires J J J J J J Fig. 4 which hold the pieces together
are bent in opposite directions at the top and bottom so that when the sides are
shut up as in Fig. 6. they act as torsion springs and cause the sides to open as soon
as they are free to do so. The sides are hinged to the parallelogram shaped
frame B Fig. 2 & 3 into which they just fit when folded up except at the top
where a space is left for the flame of the candle and for the hole X Fig. 4. for the
smoke to issue out of. To the front and back parts enclosing this space M. M.
Fig. 2 and 3 two lids C. C. Fig. 4 are hinged. To the front and back of the
bottom of the frame B are hinged two flaps D. D. having their side edges turned
up forming the bottom of the lantern. Each of these flaps has a small projection R.
Fig. 1. to prevent its opening too far. A socket G. Fig. 3. is fixed to the bottom
of the frame B in which a candle H. is placed. To the right hand back side-
piece A Fig. 1. is hinged the match holder I Fig. 1. by means of the wire OO
Fig. 1. To this match holder is soldered one end of a thin steel wire K K Fig. 1.
the other end of the wire being soldered to the lower part of the side-piece at K in
such a position that when the lantern is expanded, and a match is inserted in the
holder, the said match shall be pressed against the wick of the candle. To the
left hand back side-piece A Fig. 1. is hinged the striking-part L Fig. 1. which
consists of two pieces of tin folding together like the backs of a book. Each of
these pieces of tin has a slit at the top and bottom to hold the extremities of a
piece of sand paper, emery paper, stamped metal or other rough surfaced material.
The striking part is hinged to the side piece by a wire NN Fig. 1. which is
soldered to it. A steel wire SS Fig. 1. is soldered to the back of the striking

page_text: part the extremities of which can be placed on the front flap or leaf so as to press
the head of the match against the two pieces of sand-paper. In the front of the
lantern is a glass plate W Fig. 3 and 6. At the back of the lantern is a door E
Fig. 1. 2. and 6. which extends only far enough down to be able to open when the
back bottom flap is shut up as at D Fig. 1. and this door can be fastened by a
latch Q Fig. 1. and 6.
The mode of operation is as follows:-A candle of suitable size having been
fixed into the socket G the lantern is shut up by pressure of the hands and inserted
into its case nearly as far as the bottom of the door: the door is then opened and
a wax vesta or other lucifer match P is placed in the holder I so that it shall be
a little higher than the top of the candle H. The striking part L is then opened
and the head of the match is placed between the two pieces of sand-paper and the
ends of the wire spring S S are placed on the front flap, and the door having been
closed and fastened by the latch Q the lantern is pushed into its case and is ready
for the pocket.
The instant the lantern is withdrawn from its case its sides are expanded by the
torsion springs JJJJJJ and as they expand they open the lids C C and the
bottom flaps DD and the holder I draws the match head rapidly between the sand-
papers which are pressing against it by means of the spring SS and thus ignites
the match. As soon as the match gets free from the striking part it is at once
directed to the wick of the candle by the torsion spring K and thus lights the
candle.
Dated the Fourteenth day of April 1893.
JOAQUIM ANTONIO DE MACEDO,
Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Lantern.
I JOAQUIM ANTONIO DE MACEDO of Osmondthorpe Hall in the City of Leeds,
in the County of York Gentleman 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 object of this invention is to so construct a lantern that it may be collapsable
into a small volume so that it can be placed and carried conveniently in the breast
or other pocket of a coat and so that when required for use the said lantern on
being withdrawn from its case or sheath shall instantly expand into a complete
lantern and at the same time light its own candle.
To accomplish this I make a lantern of tin plate or other suitable material as
shewn in the drawing left with the Provisional Specification (the thick lines in the
said drawing represent the thickness of the tin plate).
Fig. 1 is a back view of the lantern when closed or folded up, but with its door
open and its back top lid lifted so as to shew the manner in which the match is
placed in order to light the candle when the lantern expands.
Fig. 2. is a back view of the lantern in its expanded state with its handle F.
turned down.
Fig. 3 is a front view of the expanded lantern with its handle F. turned up.
Fig. 4 is a side view of the expanded lantern with its handle F. turned up.
Fig. 5 is a side view of the lantern in a state of collapse with its handle turned
down and
Fig. 6 is a section through the dotted line a. Fig. 5.
Each side of the lantern is made of 4 pieces of tin plate articulated
together and capable of folding up as shewn in Fig. 6. The pieces nearest to
the front and nearest to the back have a projection V. V. Fig. 6. to prevent

page_text: their folding the wrong way. The steel wires J. J. J. J. J. J. Fig. 4. which hold
the pieces together are bent in opposite directions at the top and bottom so that
when the sides are shut up as in Fig. 6. they act as torsion springs and cause
the sides to open again as soon as they are free to do so.
The sides are
hinged to the parallellogram shaped frame B. Fig. 2. and 3. into which they
just fit when folded up, except at the top where a space is left for the flame
of the candle and for the hole X. Fig. 4. for the smoke to issue out of.
To the front and back parts enclosing this space M. M. Fig. 2. and 3. two
lids C. C. Fig. 4. are hinged. To the front and back of the bottom of the
frame B are hinged two flaps D. D. having their side edges turned up forming
the bottom of the lantern. Each of these flaps has a small projection R Fig. 1.
to prevent its opening too far. A socket G. is fixed to the bottom of the
frame B in which a candle H. is placed. To the right hand back side-piece A.
Fig. 1. is hinged the match holder I. Fig. 1 by means of the wire 0.0. Fig. 1.
To this match holder is soldered one end of a thin steel wire K. K. Fig. 1. the
other end of the wire being soldered to the lower part of the side piece at K.
in such a position that when the lantern is expanded and a match is inserted in
the holder, the said match shall be pressed against the wick of the candle. To
the left hand back side-piece A. Fig. 1. is hinged the striking part L. Fig. 1.
which consists of two pieces of tin folding together like the backs of a book.
Each of these pieces of tin has a slit at the top and bottom to hold the
extremities of a piece of sand-paper emery paper, stamped metal or other rough
surfaced material. The striking part is hinged to the side-piece by a wire N. N
Fig. 1. which is soldered to it (the side-piece). A steel wire S. S. Fig. 1. is soldered to
the back of the striking part the extremities of which can be placed on the front
flap or leaf so as to press the head of the match against the two pieces of sand-
paper. In the front of the lantern is a glass plate W. Fig. 3 and 6. At the
back of the lantern is a door E. Fig. 1. 2. and 6. which extends only far enough
down to be able to open when the back bottom flap is shut up as at D. Fig. 1.
and this door can be fastened by a latch Q. Fig. 1. and 6. The mode of operation
is as follows:-A candle of suitable size having been fixed into the socket G.-
the lantern is shut up by pressure of the hands and inserted into its case nearly
as far as the bottom of the door: the door is then opened and a wax vesta or
other lucifer match P. is placed in the holder 1. so that it shall be a little
higher than the top of the candle H. The striking part L is then opened and
the head of the match is placed between the two pieces of sand paper and the
ends of the wire springs S. S. are placed on the front flap and the door having
been closed and fastened by the latch Q. the lantern is pushed home into its
case and is ready for the pocket.
The instant the lantern is withdrawn from its case its sides are expanded by the
torsion springs J. J. J. J. J. J. and as they expand they open the lids CC and
the bottom flaps D. D. and the holder I. draws the match head rapidly between
the sand papers which are pressing against it by means of the spring S. S. and
thus the match is ignited. As soon as the match gets free from the striking part
it, is at once directed to the wick of the candle by the torsion spring K. and thus
lights the candle. I may make the lantern without the striking part so that it
may expand into a lantern ready to be lighted.
In the foregoing Specification wherever I mention any component part or parts
of the mechanism I mean to include its or their equivalent or equivalents, and
wherever any material is mentioned I mean that material or any other suitable
material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is
The combination of the several parts as described in the foregoing Specification
and in the drawings to which it refers, so as to produce a lantern capable of being

page_text: compressed into a small space and placed in a case so that it can be conveniently
carried in the pocket and in such a manner that when it is withdrawn from its
case it shall at once automatically expand into a lighted lantern or lantern ready
to be lighted.
Dated this Twenty-seventh day of December 1893.
JOAQUIM ANTONIO DE MACEDO,
Applicant.