Improvements in or relating to Lamps.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Lamps.
I JAMES COLLINGE, Hill Place, Preston, in the County of Lancaster,
Photographer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention relates to means for inducing a continuous air
current without the use of a chimney, and to arrangements in connection therewith.
To attain this object I place one or more suitable shaped burner cones inside an
outer one, of any length with cavity between each, which may rest upon the
gallery, font, or may be so produced as to form a cavity with font, each of any of
these cones may be plain, fluted, partially, or wholly perforated, and provided with
a metal cap, with suitable slot, when the cone slots are so placed to the wick groove
that the flame passes through the said slots, heat is given to metal cones and each
becomes a radiater, heating the enclosed air, which by the law of convection passes
through slots forming steady current.
JAMES COLLINGE,
Applicant.
I, JAMES COLLINGE, Hill Place, Preston, in the County of Lancaster,
Photographer, 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 relates to means for inducing a continuous air
current through a lamp burner cone, without the use of a chimney, and to arrange
ments in connection therewith. To attain this object I place one or more suitable
shaped burner cones inside an outer one, of any length and shape, with cavity
between each, which may rest upon the gallery, font, or may be so produced as to
form a cavity with font; each of these cones may be partly or wholly perforated,
and provided with a metal cap, with suitable flame slot. When the cone slots are
so placed to the wick groove that the flame passes through the said slots, heat is
given to metal cones, and each becomes a radiater, heating the enclosed air, which
by the law of convection passes through flame slots forming steady current.
In the accompanying drawing the outside cone is shewn as in two parts a a',
which can be made of sheet brass, copper, or other suitable metal, of any outward
form, the upper part a is provided with a suitable flame slot, around the base of
part a are perforations for the inlet of cold air, and arrangements for same to be
attached to bottom of burner 6 which is provided with a screw thread C, or other
means for the purpose of being attached to the oil font. Enclosed are two other
cones d and e made of similar metals; the object of cone d is to take heat from the

page_text: flame and to direct one portion of the current to the point of combustion and the
other to the flame as indicated by the direction of the arrows, it is provided with
suitable flame slot and perforations around its base, and is held in position by being
rivetted to or being pressed into a groove F provided in the outer cone.
The cone e is perforated around its top and base, and is provided with a slot
through which the wick tube passes. The top of this cone is preferably soldered
to the wick tube, its object is to take heat from the wick tube and give it up to the
enclosed air.
Attached to the top of this cone may be used a perforated annular ring, or
stripes of metal G to connect inner and outer cones or casings to give rigidity to
same, but if outer cone is made in one piece, such connection is not required. In
place of inner cone C may be used discs, or perforated stripes of metal.
ratchet wheel for raising and lowering the wick which is not shewn.
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.
1. Lamp burners constructed substantially in the manner and for the purpose
herein before described.
2. Lamp burners containing inner cones or equivalent device for heating the
enclosed air for the purpose of producing an air current to complete combustion
without the use of a chimney.
3. A lamp burner having cones, discs, or stripes of metal attached to the wick
tube for the purpose of conducting heat therefrom.
Dated this 0th dome
2007
JAMES COLLINGE.