IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMP BURNERS
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Seymour Hughes, of Islington, in the County of
Middlesex, and James Turner, of Victoria Park, in the County of
Middlesex. for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMP BURNERS "
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Seymour Hughes and
James Turner at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 3rd February 1875.
WC, SEYMOUR HUGHES, of Islington, in the County of Middlesex,
and JAMES TURNER, of Victoria Park, in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
LAMP BURNERS," to be as follows:-
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This Invention has reference to the construction of mineral oil lamp
burners with a view to the more economical development of the illumi-
nating power of the oil or spirit consumed therein, and consists in the
combination of two or more circular wick cases or separate burners
placed at a suitable distance from each other, so as to produce separate
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page_text: and distinct circular flames, the whole being surrounded by a cone
having apertures corresponding in position with the tops of the burners.
Exterior to and above the cone aforesaid is placed another cone, pierced
with holes for the admission of air, and having similar apertures to the
cone first mentioned. Attached to or near the bottom of the burner is
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a shade holder or gallery, with suitable openings or air passages.
wicks may be flat, and introduced through curved or semicircular shaped
openings at the bottom of the burner, and raised or lowered by the usual
pinions or indented wheels.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the 'said Seymour Hughes and James Turner in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 3rd August 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, SEYMOUR
Hughes, of Islington, in the County of Middlesex, and JAMEs Turner,
of Victoria Park, in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto us, the said Seymour Huglies and James Turner,
Her special licence that we, the said Seymour Hughes and James Turner,
our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the
said Seymour Hughes and James Turner, our executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMP BURNERS,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Seymour Hughes
and James Turner, our executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under our, or one of our, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six

page_text: Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Seymour Hughes and James
Turner, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what
.manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being had to
the accompanying Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked
thereon, that is to say :—
This Invention has reference to the construction of mineral oil lamp
burners with a view to the more economical development of the illumi-
nating power of the oil or spirit consumed therein, and consists in the
combination of two or more circular wick cases or separate burners
placed at a suitable distance from each other, so, as to produce separate
and distinct circular flames, the whole. being, surrounded by a cone
having apertures corresponding in position with the tops of the burners.
Exterior to and above the cone aforesaid may be placed another cone,
pierced with holes for the admission of air, and having similar apertures.
to the cone first mentioned. This second cone however may be well
dispensed with, and as it is not new we make no claim to it as part of
our Invention. Attached to the burner is a gallery, with suitable
openings or air passages, and so arranged as to support a chimney or
globe, or both. The wicks may be flat, and introduced through curved
or semicircular shaped openings at the bottom of the burner, and raised
or lowered by the usual pinions or indented wheels.
In order that the foregoing may be more easily understood Drawings
are-attached hereto, of which the following is a description: -
Fig. 1. is a vertical section of the combined burners through A, B,
Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a plan of the same; Fig. 3 is a plan of the combined
burners or wick cases with the dome and gallery removed; and Fig. 4 is
an elevation of the burner or combined burners.
In Fig. 1, C and D are the wick cases, with their central apertures E'
and F, the air passages to which are marked G and H. The pinions or
indented wheels by which the wicks are raised or lowered are by pre-
ference two in number to each wick case, and are marked I, Î. In one of
the burners D a wick or portion of wick J is shown, but in the other
burner C, for the sake of showing more clearly its construction, the wick
its omitted. K is the outer perforated casing, and L the gallery or globe

page_text: holder, with a recess or opening to fit over the stud M so as to retain
the cone P in its proper position, while N is the guide and support for
the chimney, and O the stem of the burner, which may be made of such
diameter as to slip into the neck of the ordinary oil reservoir.
The parts shown in section are coloured, and similar letters refer to
the same parts in each of the views.
In the foregoing illustrations it will be observed that only one cone is
used; and that a combination of only two burners are shown, but it is
evident three, four, or more burners may be combined without making
the burner as a whole more than proportionately complicated.
The burner as constructed by us we denominate the "Brilliant."
Having now described and particularly set forth the nature of this
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or
carried into effect, we would observe in conclusion that we do not confine
or restrict ourselves to the precise details or arrangements which we have
described or referred to, as variations may be made therefrom without
deviating from the principles or main features of this Invention, but
what we consider to be novel an original, and therefore claim as the
Invention secured to us by the herein-before in part recited Letters
Patent is, constructing burners with two or more circular wick cases or
holders, in which two or more flat wicks are inserted, the said wicks
becoming circular in form as they reach the top of the burner, and so
producing two or more separate and distinct circular flames when
lighted.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Turner, have hereunto set 2
my hand and seal, this Third day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.