Improvements in Lamps.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 9th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 23rd Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lamps.
I JOSEF SZABÓ, Manufacturer, of Budapest, in the Kingdom of Hungary, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to lamps for burning petroleum or other suitable liquid
and consists in improved devices to facilitate the lighting of the lamp. without
removal of the lamp glass and for the quick extinguishing of said lamp without
blowing thereon by the mouth. The former is obtained by division of the burner
head underneath the lamp glass holder and the raising of the upper part with glass
and shade by means of a spring; the latter is obtained by pressing an india rubber
ball.
The accompanying drawing illustrates the improvements.
Fig. 1 partly in section showing the raising device for the glass and shade when
closed.
Fig. 2 is an elevation of the burner head when open with raised lamp glass.
Fig. 3 shows the burner with extinguishing device in vertical section.
Fig. 4 is a plan of the base of said burner.
Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on 1 ne y, Fig. 2.
The arrangement for raising the lamp glass for the purpose of lighting the
lamp is as follows.
The outer frame of the burner head is divided horizontally below the gallery a
for the lamp glass and said gallery a is, by means of the three legs firmly
connected to the ring e. The ringe is guided to move up and down on the three
vertical ribs e on the burner cone d. The ring e rests with its flange upon a
strong spiral spring g which causes the raising of the gallery a with glass and shade
when occasion requires and leaves between the burner d and the gallery a a space A
sufficiently large to light the wick in an easy fashion, Fig. 2. In order to prevent
the ring e from rising above the burner & the ribs e are provided at their upper ends
with the projections h.
After lighting, the gallery a is pressed down again and is kept in its place in the
lower part by a nose which springs over the edge (Fig. 1).
The extinguishing apparatus is as follows. The spindle of the wick regulating
device (Fig. 3) is made somewhat stronger than usual; it consists of a tube, aud
instead of ending outside with a button or disc as heretofore it carries a hollow
hemisphere within which lies a rubber ball c'. A tube is attached to the
latter and traversing the hollow spindle a' is in connection with the lower end of
the bent tube e in the interior of the burner d (Figs. 3 and 4).
At the upper end of said tube e' is the flame distributor g' held centrally in the
burner d by means of the wings" the shaft of this distributor is hollow as far
as just above the burner and at this height it is provided with holes arranged in
a circle. By a sudden pressure on the ball c¹ the air therein- will traverse the
tubes d and and the shaft leaving through the openings opposite the flame
and extinguishing the latter. The wick motion is not obstructed by the arrange-
ment of the hollow spindle as the spindle a' may be turned in the journal j¹ by
means of the semiball 6¹ around the tube d¹ independently of the latter.
Dated this 13th day of March 1891.

page_text: Improvements in Lamps.
I JOSEF SZABÓ of Budapest in the Kingdom of Hungary 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 relates to lamps for burning petroleum or other suitable liquid
and consists in improved devices to facilitate the lighting of the lamp without
removal of the lamp glass and for the quick extinguishing of said lamp without
blowing thereon by the mouth. The former is obtained by division of the burner
head underneath the lamp glass holder and the raising of the upper part with glass
and shade by means of a spring, the latter is obtained by pressing an india-
rubber ball.
The drawings filed with the Provisional Specification illustrate the improvements.
Fig. 1 partly in section showing the raising device for the glass and shade when
closed.
Fig. 2 is an elevation of the burner head when open with raised lamp glass.
Fig. 3 shows the burner with extinguishing device in vertical section.
Fig. 4 is a plan of the base of said burner.
Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on line y, Fig. 2.
The arrangement for raising the lamp glass for the purpose of lighting the lamp
is as follows. The outer frame of the burner head is divided horizontally below the
gallery a for the lamp glass and said gallery a is firmly connected to the ring e by
means of the three legs b. The ring e is guided to move up and down on the three
vertical ribs c on the burner cone d. The ring e rests with its flange upon a
strong spiral spring g which causes the raising of the gallery a with glass and shade
when occasion requires and leaves between the burner d and the gallery a a space A
sufficiently large to light the wick in an easy fashion (Fig. 2). In order to prevent
the ring e from rising above the burner d, the ribs care provided at their upper
ends with the projections h.
After lighting, the gallery a is pressed down again and is kept in its place in the
lower part by a nose which springs over the edge i (Fig. 1).
The extinguishing arrangement is as follows. The spindle a¹ of the wick
regulating device (Fig. 3) is made somewhat stronger than usual, it consists of a
tube and instead of ending outside with a button or disc as heretofore it carries a
hollow hemisphere 'within which lies a rubber ball c¹. A tube d¹ is attached to
the latter and traversing the hollow spindle a' is in connection with the lower end
of the bent tube e' in the interior of the burner d (Figs. 3 and 4).
At the upper end of said tube e¹ is the flame distributor g' held centrally in the
burner d by means of the wings f¹, the shaft ' of this distributor is hollow as far
as just above the burner and at this height it is provided with holes arranged in
a circle. By a sudden pressure on the ball e¹ the air therein will traverse the
tubes d' and e¹ and the shaft h¹ leaving through the openings opposite the flame and
extinguishing the latter. The wick motion is not obstructed by the arrangement of
the hollow spindle a' as the spindle a' may be turned in the journal by means of
the semi-ball around the tube d' independently of the latter.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. A lamp having the outer burner head divided horizontally below the gallery a
with ring e connected by legs to said gallery, spring g for raising said ring e upor
the wick tube or cone and spring nose i substantially as set forth.

page_text: 2. A lamp having a hollow wick spindle a¹ with pneumatic ball and pipe d'
connected therewith traversing said spindle, and connected to the hollow shaft
carrying the flame distributor said shaft having holes as and for the purpose set
forth.
Dated this 9th day of December 1891.
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.