Year: 1888

page_text: [Communicated from abroad by ROBERT JACOBS, of the City and State of New
York, United States of America, Gentleman.]
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co. Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex 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 supports for globes and chimneys used in connection with
gas or lamp burners; and consists essentially (1) of a ring sustained around the
burner and a series of spring slides adapted to move in guides on said ring, and
"having at their outer end suitable shoulders to catch the customary annular bead or
flange around the globe or chimney, and (2) of the ring sustained around the burner
and made in two sections adapted to be moved toward or from each other and
having shoulders to catch the bead at the lower edge of the globe and suitable
springs whereby the said sections of the ring are given a spring tension toward each
other and against the lower edge of the globe or chimney supported above or around
the burner.
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In the said invention the springs have a direct movement in line with their length
during the extension of the independent slides or sections of the ring which sustains
the globe or chimney and this enables the user to extend said slides or sections of the
ring to the maximum extent without impairing the utility of the catches and adjusting
the devices to receive globes of the largest diameter usually found on the market.
The invention will be more fully understood from the detailed description herein-
after presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which
Figure 1 is a vertical section of the globe support represented as applied around
a gas burner, the section being on the dotted line X X of Figure 2.
Figure 2 is a similar section on the dotted line Y Y of Figure 1 looking down-
ward in the direction of the arrow.
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£1.
Figure 3 is a like section on the dotted line Y₁ Y₁ of Figure 1 looking upward in
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Figure 4 is a detached section on the dotted line X'X' of Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a top view partly in section of a modified form of the invention the
annular ring in this instance being divided into two separable sections and the tubes
or casings enclosing the springs being illustrated in section.
Figure 6 is a vertical section on the dotted line Z, Z', of Figure 5, and
Figure 7 is a like section on the dotted line Z Z of Figure 5.
In the drawings A designates the customary burner, B the bracket supporting the
same, and the usual globe. Around the burner A is applied the ring D, being
there sustained upon the arms E extending upward from the disc F, which fits close
around the burner and rests upon the shoulder G. Upon the ring D, illustrated in
Figures 1, 2 and are secured the guides H, I, the latter being in line with the
burner and the former at an angle thereto. In the guides H, I, are placed the
slides J, which are provided upon their outer end with the shoulders or catches L
and upon their inner end with the springs M, which exert a tension on the slides J,
drawing them inward toward the burner, whereby when the globe is in position the
shoulders L are caused to firmly grasp the usual bead N thereon. The slide in the
guide being directly in line with the burner is provided with two springs M, one
extending from said slide on each side of the burner and being secured at their outer
ends to the ring D; and said slide is also provided, at its outer end, with the finger
piece P, by which, when it is desired to remove the globe from the burner, the slide
may be drawn outward freeing the catch or shoulder L from the bead N and per-
mitting the ready removal of the globe. The manner of applying the springs and
slides is clearly illustrated in Figures 2 and 3, which show said spring extended so as
to enable the slides J to clasp the bead or lower rim of a globe of large size. It will
be noted, however, that the devices constituting the invention are not confined to the
use of a globe of any particular size, since the slides J being self-adjusting, owing to
the spring M, will adapt themselves to all of the varying sizes of globes now on the
market.
In the use of the invention the globe is placed over the burner, its bead or rim N
being pressed against the shoulders L of the slides in the guides H and the slide in
the guide I being drawn outward until its shoulder L catches upon said rim, where-
upon the globe will be firmly held in place, its lower edge resting upon the outer ends
of the slides. When it is desired to remove the globe from the burner the slide J.in
the guide I will be drawn outward until its shoulder L is clear of the bead or rim,
thus freeing the globe at one side, and permitting it to be lifted from its support the
springs at this time immediately retracting the slides until their outer ends come into
contact with the ring D.
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Referring to Figures 5, 6 and 7 the ring D is made in two sections as shown,
connected by springs E¹ E', which are enclosed in casings or tubes F¹, F¹, also
formed in sections and secured to the sections of the said ring D. On the lower side
of the ring D are provided the loops, a, which receive the transverse bars b, as
illustrated more clearly in Figure 6 and the purpose of which is to prevent the
sections of the ring from being unduly spread apart. The ends of the bars bare
provided with shoulders in order to prevent them from slipping from the loop a.
sections of the ring D are also provided with the ears d through which the wires E
pass as illustrated in Figures 5 and 7. The upper ends of the wires being on a
horizontal plane, thereby enabling the said ends to act as supports and guides for the
ring D. The sections of the ring D may be moved outward or permitted to move
inward on the ends of the wires E and will be prevented from slipping therefrom by
the knobs e provided on the extremity of the wires. The sections of the ring D are
provided with shoulders fin order to catch the lower edge of the globe or chimney
and one of said sections may conveniently be provided with the finger piece P for the
purpose of enabling the user to readily draw one section of the ring from the other
after the globe has been placed against the catches of said other section, this operation
of securing the globe being the same as that described with respect to the devices;
illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3.
In all the Figures illustrated it will be observed that the sections holding the globe

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said sections or slides are moved apart the springs are extended in line with their
length so as to give the sections or slides a maximum amount of movement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent I declare that what 1 claim is:-
First. The ring D sustaining arms E and disc F combined with the slides J having
shoulders L, the guides for the slides and the springs M, each of the slides being
independent of the others and each spring M being secured at one end to the inner
end of its slide J and at the other end to the ring D on the opposite side of the
burner; substantially as set forth.
Second. The ring D sustained around the burner and having the guides combined
with the slides J and springs M each of the slides being independent of the others
and each spring M being secured at one end to the inner end of its slide J and at
the other end to the ring D on the opposite side of the burner; substantially as set
forth.
Third. The ring D sustained around the burner and constituting slides having
shoulders or catches to receive the bead usually around the lower edge of the globe
or chimney combined with guides for said slide and coiled springs which create a
tension toward the said globe or burner; substantially as set forth.
Fourth. The ring D sustained around the burner and formed in two sections
connected by springs and provided with shoulders or catches to receive the lower edge
of the globe or chimney combined with arms E which constitute guides for the said
slides; substantially as set forth..
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STL 1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.