Improvements in Burners for Oil Lamps.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 26th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 9th Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Burners for Oil Lamps.
I GOETZ DAVID PEISER of Kimberley, Cape of Good Hope South Africa
but at present residing in London Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object to provide a burner for lamps for burning
paraffin or other oil which burner can be readily cleaned. Cleansing such burners
as hitherto made is extremely difficult & inconvenient as the interior is not
accessible. According to my invention I make the burner in parts connected
together in any suitable way so that they can be readily separated. For instance
the parts may be hinged together so that they can be opened out to expose-the
interior of the burner for cleaning or other purpose. The parts may be secured
together in any suitable way when closed for instance the screwing of the burner
into its place in the lamp may be the means of securing the parts together. The
wheel and its axle or spindle by which the wick is raised and lowered may be
carried by one part only so that the opening out of the parts will not interfere
with the said axis or spindle and wheel. I may make the wheel and its axle or
spindle so that they may be readily removed. With this object the said axle or
spindle is within the metal work of the burner and is secured in place by a screw
at one end passed through the metal casing into one end of the axle or spindle the
operating handle or button at the other end having its stem screwed into the other
end of the said axle or spindle.. The burner may include one or any desired
number of wick tubes.
Dated this 9th day of February 1893.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Burners for Oil Lamps.
I, GOETZ DAVID PEISER, of Kimberley, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa,
but at present residing in London, 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 :-
My invention has for its object to provide a burner for lamps for burning
paraffin or other oil which burner can be readily cleaned. Cleaning burners as
hitherto made is extremely difficult and inconvenient as the interior is not
accessible. According to my invention I make the burner in parts connected
together in any suitable way so that they can be readily separated. For instance
the parts may be hinged together so that they can be opened out from each other
to expose the interior of the burner. The parts may when closed be secured
together in any suitable way for instance the screwing of the burner into its place
in the vase of the lamp may be the means of securing the parts together. The
axle or spindle and wheel by which the wick is raised and lowered may be carried
by one part only so that the opening out of the parts will not interfere with the
said axis or spindle and wheel. I may make the wheel and its axle or spindle so
that they may be readily removed. With this object the said axle or spindle is
within the metal work of the burner and is secured in place by a screw at one end
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page_text: passed through the metal casing into one end of the axle or spindle the operating
handle or button at the other end having its stem screwed or otherwise removeably
secured into the other end of the said axle or spindle. The burner may include
one or any desired number of wick tubes. When more than one wick is employed
one may be carried by each division of the burner.
I will further describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The arrangements shewn are what I consider the best for the practical application
of my invention but I do not limit myself to the precise details shewn.
Figure 1 represents in elevation a lamp burner (with a single flat wick tube)
constructed according to my invention it being shewn in its open position exposing
the interior of the burner.
Figure 2 is a horizontal section on the line 1-2 Figure 1 and
Figure 3 is an elevation of the burner shewing the parts in their closed position..
Figure 4 is an elevation partly in section and Figure 5 a plan of a burner (shewn
partly open) having two wick tubes which when the burner is closed form a circular
or Argand burner.
b
Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3 the burner is divided in a longitudinal direction
into two parts A. A² the division being preferably through the centre of the burner
the two parts being connected together at one side by a hinged joint a, and a
catch or fastening b being provided at the opposite side by which the parts are retained
in position when closed. The catch or fastening & may be dispensed with and the
parts be retained in their closed position by the cap or dome B engaging with rims
or projections on the two parts A. A² as shewn by dotted lines at i in Figure 1 the
dome being in this case undivided and detachable. Or the cap or dome may be
formed on or attached to the parts A. A2 and divided therewith as shewn and
the parts be maintained closed by the screwing of the stem of the burner into the
collar on the vase of the lamp.
The spindle d and wheel e by which the lamp wick is raised and lowered is
mounted in the part A and the wick tube C is fixed to or carried by the other
part A2 and one side of the wick tube which is adjacent to the wheel e when the
parts A A² are closed is hinged or removeably fitted to the main part of the tube
and is provided with an opening c through which the wheel passes when the parts A A²
are closed so as to bear upon the wick. By making one side of the wick tube
hinged or removeable facility is afforded for gaining access to the interior of the
tube for cleaning. The wick operating spindle d carrying the wheel e is fitted to
the part A so as to be capable of being readily removed and replaced when
required it being held in position by a screw 9 passing through the metal case A
and screwing into one end of the spindle d the stem of the operating handle or
button being screwed into or otherwise connected to the opposite end of the said
spindle d so that the parts may be readily detached and removed for cleaning and
replaced without difficulty.
In the arrangement shewn in Figures 4 and 5 each part or division A A² of the
burner is provided with a wick tube C C2 which may if desired be flat like those
of an ordinary duplex burner, or semi circular, as shewn, so that when the parts of
the burner are in their closed position they form a circular or Argand burner. The
tubes C C² are arranged at an angle to each other as shewn so as to provide between
them sufficient space for the wheels e e² by which the wicks in the tubes are raised
and lowered. These wheels are mounted on axes carried on a bracket e³ projecting
from one of the tubes C C² the said wheels being geared together so as to act
simultaneously on the wicks in the tubes through slots or openings c in the inner
sides of the said tubes. One of the wheels e e2 is provided with an operating
spindle d which projects outside the burner and which may be like that herein before
described with reference to Figures 1, 2 and 3. The inner side ff2 of each of the
wick tubes C and C2 may be hinged or otherwise attached to the main part so as to
be capable of being readily opened out or removed to gain access to the interior of
the tubes for the purpose of cleaning them.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
1st. An oil lamp burner made in parts capable of being readily separated or
opened out so as to obtain access to the interior substantially as and for the purpose
hereinbefore described.
2nd. An oil lamp burner divided longitudinally into parts connected together so
as to be capable of being opened out or separated, the wick tube being carried on
one part and the wick operating device being carried on the other part and the
wick tube having one side hinged or removeable so as to afford access to the
interior thereof substantially as hereinbefore described.
3rd. An oil lamp burner divided longitudinally into parts connected together so
as to be capable of being opened out or separated each part carrying a wick tube
and each wick tube having a hinged or removeable side to afford access to the
interior of the tubes, in combination with means for raising and lowering the wicks.
in the tubes substantially as herein before described.
4th. The combinations and arrangements of parts constituting the improved
burners for oil lamps substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by
Figures 1, 2 and 3, and Figures 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings.
Deted this Ofth day of October 1893.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
Agents.