IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMPS AND IN LAMP STOVES, OR COOKING AND WARMING APPARATUS IN WHICH MINERAL OIL IS BURNED
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Alexander Rippingille, of Holborn, in the County
of Middlesex, and of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, for the Inven-
tion of "IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMPS AND IN LAMP STOVES, OR COOKING AND
WARMING APPARATUS IN WHICH MINERAL OIL IS BURNED."
Sealed the 1st September 1876, and dated the 11th July 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Alexander Rippingille
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th July 1876.
EDWARD ALEXANDER RIPPINGILLE, of Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, and
"IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMPS AND IN
of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick.
LAMP STOVES, OR COOKING AND WARMING APPARATUS IN WHICH MINERAL OIL IS
BURNED."
The Invention has for its object improvements upon Inventions shown and
described in the Specifications of Letters Patent granted to me, dated September 2,
1872, Number 2604, March 13, 1874, Number 920, and November 29, 1875,
Number 4137, and relates to means for cheapening the manufacture of lamps and
lamp stoves, and rendering them more efficient in use, and the Invention relates,
firstly, to improvements in the manufacture of the cone and cone plate of lamp
stoves, and in the method of mounting the same.
For this purpose instead of forming the cone and cone plate as heretofore by
casting or by stamping the same out of sheet brass, I stamp them out of sheet iron,
and afterwards tin or galvanize the same; and instead of hinging the cone plate as
heretofore to a block of wood carried by the reservoir to insulate the same, I fix to .
the cone plate descending lugs or ears, which work on a fixed axis carried by
standards fixed to the reservoir, the descending lugs being formed with offsets to fit
and act as distance pieces between the said standards to retain the cone plate in
proper position. Or the distance pieces may be carried by the standards.
This arrangement of mounting the cone plate is also applicable to cast cones and
cone plates, but in the latter case I prefer to cast on the cone plate descending lugs
carrying short necks or axes working in standards carried by, the reservoir, and
having stops to retain the cone plate in the proper position.
These modes of mounting the cone plates in addition to ensuring the accurate
position of the cone in relation to the flame also prevents the communication of
heat from the cone plate to the reservoir, whilst I am enabled to employ the said
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page_text: arrangements in lamp stoves in which the reservoir is slidden into position, or in
which the body of the lamp stove is dropped over the reservoir, and is adjusted in
its position by the legs thereof acting in combination with the corners of the
reservoir, or where the body of the lamp or lamp stove is hinged to the reservoir or
to standards carried thereby.
My Invention also relates to that class of lamp stove in which the inner chimney
is dependent from an upper division plate in the body of the stove; and according
to this part of my Invention instead of as heretofore fixing the cone or cone plate to
the lower part of such inner chimney, I cause the cone or cone plate to slide within
or under the same, in which case I cause a plate fixed to the cone plate to seal or
close the opening in the chimney through which the cone is passed. Or I cause the
lower end of such inner chimney to fit on to the hinged cone plate in cases where
the body of the lamp is separate from the reservoir, and is simply dropped into
position over the same, or where the body of the lamp is hinged to the reservoir or
to standards carried thereby. In some cases the inner drop chimney is not per-
manently fixed in position, but is capable of being dropped into position, and being
there fixed by keys or cotters or other moveable fastening means, this mode of
construction facilitates the packing of the lamp stoves and other articles in a
smaller space than heretofore for transport.
My Invention also consists in connecting the plate carrying the dependent
chimney to the body of the stove by means of angle plates, which also serve to
support a boiler or other utensil at the proper height above the top of such
dependent chimney, and at the same time by forming the upper parts of such angle
plates inclined serve to guide such utensil into its proper position.
My Invention also relates to lamp stoves in which two or more flat wick burners
are arranged side by side, and consists in making longitudinal slits or openings for
air between the several cones. In cases where a lamp stove is employed to heat a
body of water for a bath, or for heating purposes, I fix the plate carrying the inner
chimney much nearer the burner than that before described, and I carry the inner
chimney considerably above such plate. The boiler which in formed with a deep
concave bottom is placed inside the upper part of the lamp stove, but with the
lower part thereof only a short distance above the plate carrying the inner chimney,
and the boiler is provided with a suitable filling orifice, and with circulation pipes
communicating with the upper and lower parts thereof as usual. By these means
the beat is caused to act upon an extended heating surface, whilst the boiler is
capable of containing only a comparatively small body of water, and the circulation
pipes are capable of being placed low down. If, however, it be desired to employ
heated air instead of water, and at the same time prevent the products of com-
bustion entering the apartment or place being heated, I form a large air space at
the upper part of the lamp stove, into which the inner chimney rises to a con-
siderable height; one end of a circulation pipe communicates with such air space,
and after passing in any required direction such pipe is conducted to the outside of
the apartment, where it terminates under a head or guard constructed as herein-
after described. The air to support combustion enters the same head or guard, and
is by a pipe conducted to the air space under the cone plate of the lamp stove, 4
which latter is otherwise sealed up, and has no openings into the apartment or
place being heated.
In case it should be desired to regulate or moderate the temperature of the air
passing through the circulating pipes, I fix in the air chamber of the lamp stove
another plate with a hole in the centre thereof, above but near to the top of the 5
inner chimney, and [between such plate and that carrying the inner chimney I
arrange an inlet passage or passages capable of being opened or closed as may be
required. The head or guard is formed of an ordinary box head surrounded by a
wind guard. Into this box head the chimney or pipe conveying the products of
combustion from the lamp stove is carried and brought nearly to the top, where the 5
products of combustion are allowed to escape underneath a lid or cover. Within
the box head are placed vertical divisions forming air supply passages, which. are

page_text: closed at their upper ends, and which communicate through perforations with the
outside of the box head. The lower ends of these air supply passages are fixed to a
plate forming the bottom of the box head, and communicate through openings in
such plate with the air supply tube to the lamp stove. Corresponding divisions
are fixed between the wind guard and the box head so as effectually to separate
the currents of air entering the lamp head to support combustion from those passing
away therefrom, which escape through perforations in the box head between the air
supply passages.
This construction of head or guard is also applicable to other forms of lamps and
When an oven is
lamp stoves, and may be placed directly on the heads thereof.
placed at the upper part of the lamp stove instead of allowing the products of
combustion to strike immediately against the bottom of the oven, and there to exert
their greatest effect, and then diffusing them all around the oven before they arrive
at the top thereof, I interpose a plate forming part of a flue between the bottom
of the oven and the top of the inner chimney, and I carry the products of com-
bustion from such flue through one or more passages or flues at the back of the
oven, or occupying only a comparatively small portion of the sides thereof, whence
they pass in horizontal directions over the top of the oven, where they may pass to
the flue or to the under side of a saucepan or other culinary vessel. By these means
I obtain a more intense degree of heat at the upper part of the oven, and a more
moderate degree at the lower part, thereby obtaining a better effect than where
the more intense heat is at the bottom of the oven.
Where the oven is at the side of the inner chimney instead of completely
separating the part of the lamp stove in which the inner chimney is placed from the
oven by a plate as heretofore, I cause the inner chimney to be simply passed through
the body of the oven near one side or end thereof, and I fix the upper end of the
inner chimney to the top plate of the oven, and I cause the lower end to pass
through and a short distance below the bottom plate of the oven, where the modes
herein-before described of introducing the cone and sealing the space through which
such cone is introduced into the inner chimney are adopted.
The Invention also relates to providing means for preventing the loss by radiation
of heat from lamps and lamp stoves for burning mineral oils, and for preventing the
communication of heat to the oil reservoir, as also for preventing the passage of heat
in other directions than those desired. For this purpose I cover such parts as may
be required with any suitable non-conducting material, and in order that such
material may be readily fixed, and at the same time protected from injury, I cover or
enclose such material in a metal tray, or cover fitting the same, which is secured to
The metal
the lamp or lamp stove by bolts and nuts, or by other suitable means.
protecting cover or tray is so formed as to touch the lanp or lamp stove only by
its edges, or the non-conducting material may be thick enough to prevent any
contact between the cover or tray, and the lamp or lamp stove, or the plate to
which it is fixed.
The Invention also relates to improvements in the fountain supply reservoir
described in the Specification of my Patent, Number 4137 aforesaid, which improve-
ments are also applicable to other forms of fountain reservoirs, and consists in the
addition of an air tube thereto for regulating the supply of oil to the burner. One
end of this air tube is fixed in the dip tube of the burner at the level at which it is
desired to retain the oil therein, that is to say, at the level of or a little below the
bottom of the oil supply tube, whilst the other end is preferably fixed at or near
the lower end of the fountain reservoir, and communicates therewith. The oil
supply tube connecting the burner to the reservoir is turned down at the end which
enters the reservoir below that end of the air tube so as to prevent air passing up
through the oil supply tube to the reservoir.
This arrangement of fountain supply also prevents the overflow of the oil from the
burner in case the expansion of air in the reservoir should force the oil out there-
from to a higher level in the dip tube than the mouth of the air tube, as the oil
instead of being confined to the dip tube may also rise within the oil supply tube.

page_text: These improvements in fountain supply reservoirs are especially applicable to
cases where the lamp or lamp stove is liable to be thrown out of its proper vertical
position.
The Invention also relates to means for facilitating the lighting and trimming
of oval or flat wick lamp burners. For this purpose I fix around the wick tube a
perforated tube, which is closed in at its upper end with a perforated plate. This
perforated tube is provided with vertical projections standing out therefrom to act
as guides and distance pieces to another perforated tube which is capable of being
readily passed over the same. This outer perforated tube carries the gallery or
chimney and globe holder, which also has the cone fixed or formed thercon. Thus
by removing the gallery or chimney and globe holder, with the parts attached
thereto, the burner can be readily trimmed and lighted, whilst the latter is at all
times protected from dirt, as the trimmings of the wick cannot lodge in the same.
By employing an oval or elongated form to these perforated tubes I am enabled to
dispense with any special means for securing the correct adjustment of the outer
tube on the inner one, and therefore of the slot in the cone over the wick, as it will
answer perfectly well in whichever of its two positions it is placed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Edward Alexander Rippingille in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
11th January 1877.
EDWARD ALEXANder Rippingille, of Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, and
of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick. "IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMPS AND IN
LAMP STOVES, OR COOKING AND WARMING APPARATUS IN WHICH MINERAL OIL IS
BURNED."
The Invention has for its object improvements upon Inventions shown and
described in the Specifications of Letters Patent granted to me, dated September
2nd, 1872, Number 2604, March 13th, 1874, Number 920, and November 29th,
1875, Number 4137, and relates to means for cheapening the manufacture of lamps
and lamp stoves, and rendering them inore efficient in use, and the Invention
relates, firstly, to improvements in the manufacture of of the cone and cone plate of
lamp stoves, and in the method of mounting the same.
For this purpose instead of forming the cone and cone plate as heretofore by
casting or by stamping the same out of sheet brass, I stamp them out of sheet iron,
and afterwards tin or galvanize the same. By these means the cone and cone
plate are made much cheaper and stronger than when made in the manner here-
tofore adopted. When two or more cones are required side by side I stamp each
cone with a portion of the cone plate connected thereto separately, and then
connect the various portions of the cone plate together by rivetting or soldering.
Instead of binging the cone plate as heretofore to a block of wood carried by the
reservoir to insulate the one from the other, I, according to my Invention, fix to
the cone plate a, as shewn at Figures 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13, 16, 18, descending lugs or
ears a', which work on a fixed axis b carried by standards c² fixed to the reservoir c,
the descending lugs a¹ being formed with off-sets a² to fit and act as distance pieces
between the said standards c¹ to retain the cone plate a in proper position. Or
the distance pieces marked c may be carried by the standards c', or by the reservoir,
as shown at Figures 8, 9, 10.
This arrangement of mounting the cone plate is also applicable to cast cones and
cone plates, as shewn at Figures 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, but in the latter case I prefer to
cast on the cone plate a descending lugs a², carrying short necks or axes a³, working
in standards c¹ carried by the reservoir c, and having stops or distance pieces a² to
retain the cone plate a in the proper position, as shown at Figures 5, 6, 7, or the
stops or distance pieces may be fixed to the standards, as shown at c, Figures 8, 9, 10.
Or the descending lugs a¹, stops or distance pieces a³, and necks or axes a³ may be

page_text: formed out of sheet metal cut and bent to the shape required, and fixed to a cast
or to a stamped cone plate, as will be readily understood."
These modes of mounting the cone plates, in addition to ensuring the accurate
position of the cone a' in relation to the flame, also prevents the communication
of heat from the cone plate a to the reservoir c, whilst I am enabled to employ
the said arrangements in lamp stoves in which the reservoir is slidden into position,
or in which the body of the lamp stove is dropped over the reservoir, and is adjusted
in its position by the legs thereof acting in combination with the corners of the
reservoir, or where the body of the lamp or lamp stove is hinged to the reservoir
or to standards carried thereby, as has heretofore been the case when the cone
plate has been otherwise mounted.
My Invention also relates to that class of lamp stove in which the inner chimney &
is dependent from an upper division plate e in the body of the stove; and according
to this part of my Invention, which is represented at Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12,
16, 18, 20, I cause the cone or cone plate a to slide within or under the same, in
which case I cause a plate a", fixed to the cone plate a, to seal or close the opening
in the chimney d, through which the cone a* is passed. Or I cause the lower end
of such inner chimney d to fit on to the hinged cone plate in cases where the body
of the lamp is separate from the reservoir, and is simply dropped into position over
the same, or where the body of the lamp is hinged to the reservoir or to standards
carried thereby.
In some cases, according to another part of my Invention, the inner drop
chimney d is not permanently fixed in position, but is capable of being dropped
into position, as shown at Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, through a hole in the upper division
plate e, and of being retained in its proper position by one or more keys or cotters f
passing through a loop or eye d2, (see Figures 1, 2,) or by other fastening means. This
mode of construction facilitates the packing of the lamp stoves and other articles
used therewith in a smaller space than heretofore for transport, as the space in the
interior of the lamp stove is thus rendered available for packing.
My Invention also consists in connecting the plate e carrying the dependent
chimney d to the body of the lamp stove by means of angle plates g, (see Figures
1, 2, 3, 4, 11,) which also serve to support a boiler or other utensil at the proper
height above the top of such dependent chimney, and at the same time by forming
the upper parts of such angle plates inclined serve to guide such utensil into its
proper position. These angle plates g are also shown applied to Figures 16, 17,
18, 19, in which they are used solely for supporting a boiler or other utensil and
not for connecting the plate e to the body of the lamp stove, whilst in Figures
20, 21, in which the opening in the top plate is not in the centre thereof, only
two of the angle plates g are used to assist in supporting the plate e, whilst the
other two are fixed to the plate e, and are used only to support and assist in
guiding the boiler or other utensil in position.
My Invention also relates to lamp stoves in which two or more flat wick burners
are arranged side by side, and consists in making longitudinal slits or openings a
for air between the several cones. This arrangement is represented at Figure 13,
where only two cones are shown side by side with a slit or opening a between
them.
In some cases where a lamp stove is employed to heat a body of water for a bath
or for other heating purposes, fix, as shown at Figure 11, the plate e for carrying
the inner chimney d much nearer the burner than that herein-before described,
and I carry the inner chimney & considerably above such plate c. The boiler h,
which is formed with a deep concave bottom h¹, is placed inside the upper part of
the lamp stove, but with the lower part thereof only a short distance above the
plate e, and the boiler is provided with a suitable filling orifice d, and with
circulation pipes d³, d', communicating with the upper and lower parts thereof as
usual. By these means the heat is caused to act upon an extended heating surface
whilst the boiler is capable of containing only a comparatively small body of
water, and the circulation pipes d³, d, are capable of being placed lower down

page_text: than if the bottom of the boiler were placed at or near the top of the lamp stove.
If, however, it be desired to employ heated air instead of water for heating purposes,
and at the same time prevent the products of combustion entering the apartment
or place being heated, I form a large air space i at the upper part of the lamp
stove, as shown at Figure 12, into which the inner chimney d rises to a considerable
height, one end of a circulation pipe d³ communicates with such air space i, and
after passing in any required direction such pipe is conducted to the outside of
the apartment, where it terminates under a head or guard constructed as herein-
after described. The air to support combustion enters the same head or guard,
and is by a pipe d* conducted to the air space under the cone plate, or to an air
space communicating therewith, which latter air space is sealed up by the means
described with respect to Figure 27 in my said Specification, No. 4137, and has
no openings into the apartment or place being heated.
In case it should be desired to regulate or moderate the temperature of the air
passing through the circulating pipes, I fix in the air chamber of the lamp stove
another plate e¹ with a hole e in the centre thereof, above but near to the top of
the inner chimney d, and between such plate e¹ and the plate e I arrange an inlet
passage or passages i, capable of being opened or closed as may be required by a
slide, or by other suitable means. The mode above described of carrying the
inner chimney considerably above and a short distance below the plate e is also
applicable to stoves used for other purposes, as, for instance, by removing the cover
of the stove, shown at Figure 12, a boiler or other vessel may be placed on the top
thereof. The improved head or guard herein-before referred to is represented in
position at Figure 12, and separately in vertical and horizontal sections at Figures
14, 15.
It is formed of an ordinary box head j surrounded by a wind guard E.
Into this box bead the chimney of the lamp or the pipe conveying the products
of combustion and heated air from the lamp stove is carried and brought nearly
to the top, where the products of combustion and heated air are allowed to escape
underneath a lid or cover l. Within the box head are placed vertical divisions j¹
forming air supply passages, which are closed at their upper ends, and which com-
The
municate through perforations in the box head with the outside of the latter.
lower ends of these air supply passages are fixed to a plate j, forming the bottom
of the box head, and communicate through openings in such plate with the
air supply tube d' to the lamp stove or lamp. Corresponding divisions j' are fixed
between the wind guard and the box head j so as effectually to separate the
currents of air entering the lamp head to support combustion from those passing
away therefrom, which escape through perforations in the box head j between the
air supply passages j, j'.
This construction of head or guard is also applicable to other forms of lamp
stoves and to various forms of lamps, and may be placed directly on the heads
thereof. When an oven is placed at the upper part of the lamp stove, instead of
allowing the products of combustion to strike immediately against the bottom of
the oven and there exert their greatest effect, and then diffusing them all around
the oven before they arrive at the top thereof, I, according to my Invention, as
shewn at Figures 16, 17, 18, 19, interpose a plate m forming part of a flue between
the bottom of the oven n and the top of the inner chimney d, and I carry the
products of combustion from such flue through one or more passages or flues o at
the back of the oven, or occupying only a comparatively small portion of the sides
thereof, whence they pass in horizontal directions over the top of the oven m,
where they may pass to a flue or to the under side of a saucepan or other culinary
vessel. By these means I obtain a more intense degree of heat at the upper part of
the oven and a more moderate degree at the lower part, thereby obtaining a better
effect than where the more intense heat is at the bottom of the oven.
In cases where the oven is at the side of the inner chimney, instead of completely
separating the part of the lamp stove in which the inner chimney d is placed
from the oven by a plate as heretofore, I cause the inner chimney, as shown at
Figures 20, 21, to be simply passed through the body of the oven n near one side

page_text: or end thereof, and I fix the upper end of the inner chimney to the top plate n¹ of
the oven n, and I cause the lower end thereof to pass through and a short distance
below the bottom plate n² of the oven, where the modes herein-before described
of introducing the cone a into the lower end of the chimney d and sealing the
space in the chimney d through which such cone is introduced into the inner
chimney are adopted.
The Invention also relates to providing means for preventing the loss by
radiation of heat from lamps and lamp stoves for burning mineral oils, and for
preventing the communication of heat to the oil reservoir, as also for preventing
the passage of heat in other directions than those desired. For this purpose I
cover such parts as may be required with any suitable non-conducting material 2,
and in order that such material may be readily fixed, and at the same time be
protected from injury and from being a source of danger, I cover or enclose such
material in a metal tray or cover q fitting the same, which is secured to the lamp
or lamp stove by bolts and nuts, or by other suitable means. The metal protecting
cover or tray q is so formed as to touch the lamp or lamp stove only by its edges
or by small projections therefrom, or the non-conducting material may be thick
enough to prevent any contact between the cover or tray and the lamp or lamp
stove, or the plate to which it is fixed.
This part of my Invention is shown applied to Figures 11, 12, 16, 18, 20, to
prevent the radiation of heat downwards to the oil reservoir c, and at Figures 10
and 17 to prevent the radiation and therefore loss of heat from the outside of the
flue o, whilst at Figures 22 and 23 I have shown it applied to an oven to be placed
on the top of such a lamp stove as that represented at Figures 20 and 21, or to other
descriptions of lamp stoves. The non-conducting material may be applied to other
parts of lamps and lamp stoves, such, for instance, as the inner chimney d in a
similar manner to that herein-before shown and described.
The Invention also relates to improvements in the fountain supply reservoir
described in the Specification of iny Patent, No. 4137, aforesaid, which improve-
ments are also applicable to other forms of fountain reservoirs.
This part of my Invention is represented in sectional clevation at Figure 24, and
in plan at Figure 25, and consists in the addition of an air tube thereto for
regulating the supply of oil to the burner. One end of this air tube is fixed in
the dip tube 8 of the burner at the level at which it is desired to retain the oil
therein, that is to say, at the level of or a little below the bottom of the oil supply
tube t, whilst the other end is preferably fixed at or near the lower end of the fountain.
reservoir and communicates therewith. The oil supply tube t connecting the burner
or dip tube to the reservoir u is turned down at the end which enters the reservoir u
below that end of the air tube so as to prevent air passing up through the oil
supply tube t to the reservoir u.
This arrangement of fountain supply also prevents the overflow of the oil from
the burner in case the expansion of air in the reservoir u should force the oil out
therefrom to a higher level in the dip tube s than the mouth of the air tube », as
the oil instead of being confined to the dip tube s may also rise within the oil
supply tube t.
These improvements in fountain supply reservoirs are especially applicable to
cases where the lamp or lamp stove is liable to be thrown out of its proper vertical
position, and although I have shown these improvements applied to a vertical
reservoir, they are, as will be well understood, also applicable to fountain reservoirs
of other forms.
The Invention also relates to means for facilitating the lighting and trimming of
oval or flat wick lamp burners.
This part of my Invention as applied to flat wick burners is represented at
Figures 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30). For this purpose I fix around the wick tube va
perforated tube v¹, which is closed in at its upper end with a perforated plate v³.
This perforated tube v is provided with vertical projections standing out there-

page_text: from to act as guides and distance pieces to another perforated tube 2*, which is
capable of being readily passed over the same. This outer perforated tube v
carries the gallery or chimney and globe holder, which also has the cone a fixed
or formed thereon. Thus by removing the gallery №5 or chimney and globe holder
with the parts attached thereto the burner can be readily trimmed and lighted,
whilst the latter is at all times protected from dirt, as the trimmings of the wick
cannot lodge in the same. By employing an oval or elongated form to these
perforated tubes v¹, v, and by forming a slot in each end of the tube to fit over
the cotton wheel spindle, I am enabled to dispense with any special means for
securing the correct adjustment of the outer tube on the inner one v¹, and
therefore of the slot in the cone a over the wick, as it will answer perfectly well
in whichever of its two positions it is placed. By forming the perforated tubes v₁, v',
slightly tapered, as shown at Figure 30, facility is afforded for producing such
parts by stamping them out of sheet metal, by which means the projections or
distance pieces ³, instead of being formed of strips of metal or wire soldered to the
outside of the tube v¹, as shown at Figures 26, 27, 28, and 29, may be formed at
the same time and from the same piece of metal as that used to produce the tube v¹
by forming corrugations or projections thereon.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the mode.in which I
carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that what I claim is-
Firstly. The mode herein described of manufacturing cones and cone plates for
lamp stoves by stamping the same out of sheet iron and afterwards tinning or
galvanizing the same.
Secondly. I claim mounting the cone and cone plate in manner and for the pur-
pose substantially as herein shown and described.
Thirdly. I claim introducing the cone within or under the inner chimney of a
lamp stove and sealing or closing the opening in the chimney through which the
cone is passed in manner substantially as herein shown and described.
Fourthly. I claim making the inner chimney capable of being readily fixed in
position and removed therefrom in manner and for the purpose substantially as
herein shown and described.
Fifthly. I claim fixing the plate e in position by means of angle plates g, which
also serve to support a boiler or other utensil in the proper position, substantially as
herein shown and described.
Sixthly. I claim in cases where two or more flat wick burners are arranged side
by side making a longitudinal slit or opening for air between the several cones, sub-
stantially as herein shown and described.
Seventhly. In lamp stoves for heating water I claim carrying the inner chimneys
considerably above the plate to which they are fixed in combination with a boiler
having a deep concave bottom and circulation pipes all arranged in manner and for
the purpose substantially as herein shown and described.
Eighthly. In lamp stoves for heating air I claim carrying the inner chimney con-
siderably above the plate to which it is fixed, thereby forming a large air space at
the upper part of the lamp stove, and I claim in combination therewith a circulation
pipe communicating at one end with the hot air space and an air supply tube com-
mmunicating with the space under the plate supporting the inner chimney, the outer
ends of these two tubes being carried to the outside of the apartment being heated
and terminating under a hood or wind guard in manner and for the purpose sub-
stantially as herein shown and described.
Ninthly. I claim the mode of regulating or moderating the temperature of air
passing through the circulation pipes of hot air lamp stoves, substantially as herein
shown and described.
Tenthly. I claim the peculiar construction and arrangement of head or guard to
be applied to lamps and lamp stoves, substantially as herein shown and described
with respect to Figures 12, 14, 15.
Eleventhly. In cases where an oven is placed at the upper part of a lamp stove

page_text: I claim interposing a plate, forming part of a flue between the bottom of the oven
and the top of the inner chimney, and carrying the products of combustion from
such flue through one or more passages at the back or sides thereof in manner and
for the purpose substantially as herein shown and described.
Twelfthly. I claim in cases where the oven is at the side of the inner chimney
carrying such inner chimney through the body of the oven in manner and for the
purpose substantially as herein shown and described.
Thirteenthly. I claim applying and fixing non-conducting material to lamps and
lamp stoves for burning mineral oils in manner and for the purpose substantially as
herein shown and described.
Fourteenthly. I claim in fountain supply reservoirs the addition of an air tube
in manner and for the purpose substantially as herein shown and described.
Fifteenthly. I claim the peculiar arrangement and construction of lamp burner,
substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described with respect to
Figures 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Alexander Rippingille, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
EP. ALEX³. RIPPINGILLE. (L.S.)