New or Improved Appliance or Means for Drying, Cleaning, or Rubbing the Interior of Lamp or other Chimney Glasses, Globes, or the like, applicable to other analogous purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Aug., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 27th May, 1897-Accepted, 17th July, 1897
New or Improved Appliance or Means for Drying, Cleaning, or
Rubbing the Interior of Lamp or other Chimney Glasses, Globes,
or the like, applicable to other analogous purposes.
I, DUGALD SCOTT, of 12 York Street, Manchester, Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-.
This Invention relates to a new or greatly improved appliance or means for drying
cleaning or rubbing the interior of lamp or other chimney glasses globes or the like
whether of regular or irregular form but is specially adapted for cleaning and polishing
etc. the interiors of lamp chimney glasses of the well-known irregular shape at present
in use on duplex and circular wick oil lamps, incandescent gas burner chimneya,
etc., etc.
Or ny present invention may be used for any other purposes for which same is
applicable (and if necessary modified to adapt same for any special purpose) such for
instance as cleaning polishing or rubbing etc. the interior of rifles or other gun
barrels, chemical test glasses or the like, glass cylinders such as are used in laboratories,
etc., or wine decanters or bottles etc.
My present invention is as follows:-
I form a stem or holder of two or more parts adapted to slide or move upon one
another advantageously a rod and tube such as a stick or stem passing through and
much longer than a socket or device with an opening therethrough for said stem to freely
slide through or two (or more) sticks or rods may be combined and held together in
such manner that one can slide upon the other endwise or one may screw in or upon
the other and this part of the appliance (which may be arranged aud constructed in
any suitable manner for the purposes hereinafter explained) I will for the sake of
brevity term the "stick" and "socket" although I wish it to bo clearly understood
that same may be made of any suitable forins and material or materials.
At one end of the "stick" a knob or other suitable handle or device may be
provided while at the other end a bag or cover (either with or without padding or
stuffing in same) is secured one part thereof to said "stick" and another part thereof to
said "socket" so that when said socket is forced along said stick in the direction
away from said bag or cover thereby the latter is stretched or drawn in close to the
stick and thus the appliance can be inserted inside a lamp chimney or the like and in
this position used to clean etc. any parts of the chimney which it will clean without
being expanded such as the straight or narrow portions of said chimney-while to
reach the interior of the bulb or wider parts of the chimney the said socket is moved
along said stick in the direction of the aforesaid bag or cover thereon and consequently
the latter is bulged outwardly or forced into a bunch or form which reaches every
part of the interior of the chimney notwithstanding the varying widths thereof
and as much pressure can be put on said bunch or bulged cover or pad as desired.
The aforesaid bag or cover inay be of any suitable shape and of any suitable material
or materials (for instance made textile such as a cotton cut pile fabric or "picker" or

page_text: made of chamois leather etc.) and may be secured respectively to the stick and to the
socket in any suitable manner but advantageously so that same can be readily
detached therefrom if required, for washing, renewing, etc.
The aforesaid stuffing or padding (if used) may be arranged in any suitable manner
inside said cover or bag advantageously is permanently or otherwise suitably secured
to said stick and to said socket respectively so that,such padding is stretched or
bulged or pressed out (in a corresponding manner to the aforesaid bag or cover) when
the said socket is slid along said stick; for instance this stuffing or padding may be
formed of woollen or cotton threads or yarn tied at one end all round the stick and at
the other end all round the socket and then the removable cover or bag secured
over same in any suitable manner.
Furthermore I find it very advantageous to so combine the stick with the socket. as
to prevent the one twisting round without the other and this may be effected in any
suitable manner as for instance by forming the passage through the socket of a shape
other than a circle (in cross section) and the stem of a shape (in cross section) to
correspond or by means of a "feather" or a pin and alot arrangement.
I have found the following arrangement to be very suitable for carrying my present
invention into practice, viz:-
The stick and socket made of wood the latter advantageously of bamboo, the
passage way through the socket having a strip (of the form in cross section of a flat-
sided segment of a circle) inserted within same for as great a distance as required and
the stick being formed with a flat side thereto to correspond and thus twisting of the
one without the other is prevented.
The padding or stuffing may be used arranged as aforesaid while the bag or cover
may be somewhat egg-shaped or like the outer case or covering of a football which
outer cover or bag has a string ribbon or other suitable tie affixed thereto (or
equivalent) at each end for tying same on to the stick and socket respectively while I
also find it very advantageous to provide a string or tie round the middle or
thereabouts of the bag or cover which latter when in position by this means has the
middle part or thereabouts drawn in and tied tightly around the stick.
This last named tie is of great importance and may be of any suitable character or
more than one such tie may be employed at different points along the length of said
bag.
Means may be provided to prevent the bag or cover from twisting on the stick or
socket at the points where same is secured respectively to said stick and socket.
If desired a spring or springs may be combined with the stick or socket or stick and
socket in any suitable manner to normally force the one along the other in either
direction as required.
Furthermore I may use if desired auxiliary means for expanding the bag or cover
as for instance by arranging a number of flexible ribs or strips (such as cane, whaleboue,
metal, bristles, wire etc.) all round said stick and socket one end of said ribs being
secured to the said stick and the other end to said socket so that when the said socket
is slid along said stick towards said flexible ribs or strips the latter would be bulged
or forced outwardly and thereby mechanically expand the bag or cover over Eame
which bag or cover in such case need ouly be provided with one neck or opening
thereto and if desired secured only to the socket (instead of to both the socket and
stick as aforesaid) or instead of these flexible ribs 1 may use a series of pivotted rods
or links pivotted respectively to the said stick and to said socket in such wise that
same will act after the manner of a series of "toggles" to thus expand or stretch the
bag or cover over same.

page_text: New or Improved Appliance or Means for Drying, Cleaning, or
Rubbing the Interior of Lamp or other Chimney Glasses, Globes,
or the like, applicable to other analogous purposes.
I, DUGALD SCOTT of 12 York Street, Manchester, Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention and in what inanner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to a new or greatly improved-appliance or means for drying
cleaning or rubbing the interior of lamp or other chimney glasses globes or the like
whether of regular or irregular form but is specially adapted for cleaning and
polishing etc. the interiors of lamp chimney glasses of the well-known irregular
shape at present in use on duplex and circular wick oil lamps, incandescent gas
burner chimneys, etc., etc.
Or my present invention may be used for any other purposes for which same is
applicable (and if necessary modified to adapt same for any special purpose) such for
instance as cleaning polishing or rubbing etc. the interior of rifles or other gun barrels,
chemical test glasses, or the like glass cylinders such as are used in laboratories, etc.
or wine decanters or bottles, etc.
The apparatus consists of a tube through which a rod is passed so as to slide easily
and at the same time means being provided to prevent its rotation in the tube which
may be effected for example by means of a feather and slot or any other well-known
or suitable arrangement.
The tube may be of any convenient length to enable same to be grasped by the
hand the rod being made longer than said tube by an amount which will depend on
the size of the apparatus. The rod may be provided with a knob at one end.
I now pass the rod through the tube until it is arrested by the knob and surround
that part projecting through the tube with padding such as thick woollen or cotton
thread or other suitable material sufficiently longer than the part of the rod projecting
to enable such padding to be conveniently fastened one end to the end of the tube
the other to the extremity of the projecting rod.
I now provide a cover for the apparatus which may be of any convenient shape
advantageously approximately egg-shaped and of any suitable material advantageously
for example of a cotton cut weft pile fabric.
This cover may be fastened at one end to the projecting rod and at the other to the
end of the tube as with the padding before mentioned except that in this case the tie
may be effected in a convenient manner to allow of said cover being readily removed
for washing etc.
The cover is advantageously bound or tied in at or about the middle of its
length to the rod; in larger apparatus it may be bound twice or more in its
length.
To use the apparatus it is inserted into the lamp chimney or other vessel in its
extended condition. By withdrawing the rod more or less or by sliding the tube on
the rod the said cover will be expanded or bulged and will readily adapt itself to the
most irregular interiors, its power of adaptation in larger apparatus being greatly
increased by the before-mentioned intermediate tyings.
And in order that my present invention may be easily understood I will proceed to
describe same with reference to the drawings hereunto annexed.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the appliance or device ready for use.
Fig. 2 is a view of same expanded according to my present invention.
Fig. 8 is n view of the apparatus by which the material forming the cover or
rubbing surface is expanded.
Fig 4 is a view of said annliance with the outer case or cover (Fig. 6) removed.

page_text: Fig. 5 is a view of said cover or rubbing surface removed from the appliance.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout."
I form a stem or holder (such as shown in Fig. 3) of two or more parts adapted to
slide or move upon one another advantageously a rod and tube such as a wooden stick
or stem a passing through and much longer than a wooden socket or device such as
(which is sufficiently long to be grasped by the hand) with an opening therethrough
for said stein a to freely slide through (or two or more sticks or rods may be combined
and held together in such manner (not shown) that one can slide upon the other
endwise) and this part of the appliance-arranged and constructed as shown in the
drawings I will for the sake of brevity term the "stick "a and "socket" 6 although
I wish it to be clearly understood that same may be made of any suitable forms and
any suitable material or materials.
At one end of the "stick" a a knob at or other suitable handle or device may be
provided, while at the other end a bag or cover c (& either with or without padding or
stuffing in same) is secured one part thereof to the end of said "stick" a projecting
through the tube b for which purpose a neck such as a' may be formed on said stick
and another part thereof to said "socket" b on which latter also a neck or narrowed
part b' may be formed so that when said socket b is forced (i.e. moved by band)
along said stick a in the direction away from said bag or cover c thereby the latter is
stretched or drawn in close to the stick as shown in Fig. 1 and thus the appliance can
be inserted inside a lamp chimney or the like or through the narrowest part thereof
and in this position used to clean etc. any parts of the chimney which it will clean
without being expanded such as the straight or narrow portions of said chimney-
while to reach the interior of the bulb or wider parts of the chimney the said socket b
is moved (.e. forced by band) along said stick a in the direction of the aforesaid bag
or cover o thereon and consequently the latter is bulged outwardly or forced into is
bunch or form (such as shown in Fig. 2) which reaches every part of the interior of
the chimney notwithstanding the varying widths thereof and as much pressure can
be put on said bunch or bulged cover or pad as desired.
The aforesaid bag or cover c may be of any suitable shape and of any suitable
material or materials (for instance made of textile such as a cotton cut pile fabric or
cotton velvet as aforesaid or made of chamois leather elc.) and may be secured
respectively to the stick a at a and to the socket bat b' in any suitable manner (for
instance by ties such as c' and c) but advantageously so that such cover can be readily
detached therefrom if required, for washing, renewing, etc.
The aforesaid stuffing or padding (if used) may be arranged in any suitable manner
inside said cover or bag e but advantageously is permanently or otherwise suitably
secured to said stick a and to said socket 6 respectively so that such padding is
stretched or bulged or pressed out (in a corresponding manner to the aforesaid bag or
cover c) when the said socket b is slid along said stick a; for instance this stuffing or
padding inay be formed of woollen or cotton threads or yarn d tied at one end all
round the stick a at a and at the other end tied tightly at d all round the
socket bat b' and then the removable cover or bag c secured over same as before
described or in any suitable nanner.
Furthermore I find it very advantageous to so combine the stick with the socket.
as to prevent the one twisting round without the other and this may be effected in
any suitable manner as for instance as shown in cross sectional view in Fig. 6 by
forming the passage through the socket b of a shape other than a circle (in cross
section) and the stem a of a shape (in cross section) to correspond or by means of a
"feather" or a pin and slot arrangement.
I have found the following arrangement to be very suitable for carrying my present
invention into practice, via
The stick and socket inade of wood the latter advantageously of bamboo the
passage-way through the socket having a strip 6x (of the form in cross section of a
Hat-sided segment of a circle) inserted, and secured within same for as great a
distance as required and the stick a being formed with a flat side thereto to correspond
-and thus twisting of the one without the other is prevented.

page_text: The padding or stuffing d, may be used arranged as aforesaid while the bag or
cover c inay be somewhat egg-shaped or like the outer case or covering of a football
as shown in Fig. 5 which outer cover or bag c has a string ribbon or other suitable
tie affixed thereto (or equivalent) at each end vis: as shown at o' and for tying
same on to the stick and socket respectively while I also find it very advantageous to
provide a string or tie e round the middle or thereabouts of the bag or cover c which
latter (when in position on the appliance) by this means has the middle part or
thereabouts drawn in and tied tightly around the stick a.
This last-named tie e is of great importance and may be of any suitable character
or more than one such tie e may be employed at different points along the length of
anid bag c
Meaus may be provided to prevent the bag or cover from twisting on the stick a
or socket b at the points where samme is secured respectively to said stick and
socket.
By my invention of tying one end of the bag or cover c to the stick a (as at a c²)
and the other end to the socket or tube b (as at b¹ c) thereby I am enabled to cause
the bulging or expansion of said bag without the aid of any metal springs or the like
mechanical devices and moreover by tying said cover at e I obtain a very advantageous
and suitable device for the purposes described.
Figs. 7 and 8 illustrate a modified arrangement for cleaning long small bore tubes
or the like such as the barrels of rifles or shot guns, etc.
Fig. 7 being a sectional view and Fig. 8 showing the parts slid along one another
so as to expand or bulge the appliance.
Referring to these Figs. 7 and 8-
a is a string tape cord or the like passing from the end e' through the entire
length of the cover c and securely attached to the latter by sewing or other suitable
means at c¹; and 6 is a second and separate string tape cord etc. passing from the
end d' through the cover c and securely attached to the latter at c².
care tapes or extensions at each end of the cover c which latter may be
advantageously of a long cylindrical shape (or may be shaped approximately as in the
apparatus shown at Figs. 1 to 6).
ce are a number of ties by which the cover c may be tied in at various points
along its length.
Thus by pulling on the string a and holding string b (or vice versa) or by pulling
on both strings a and b together as shown in Fig. 7 thereby the cover c is gathered
or compressed as illustrated in Fig. 8 same having been previously inserted in the
gun barrel elc. into which it is easily passed (when in the form shown in Fig. 7) by
any suitable means (not shown) such for instance as a weight like a small bore rifle
bullet or equivaleut attached to the end c*.
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 :-
1. An appliance or means for the purposes specified consisting of two parts such
as a and b held to one another and adapted to slide lengthwise on one another as
described in combination and acting in conjunction with a flexible bag or cover of
suitable material one end of which is tied fast to one such part as at c* and the other
end tied fast to the other said part as at c¹ and means to tie in the said bag or cover
at the middle or other point or points thereof between c and arranged and
operating substantially as described.
2. An appliance or means for the purposes specified-consisting of a stick such as a
a socket such as b adapted to freely slide on a and of a length sufficient to be grasped
by the hand in combination and acting in conjunction with an egg-shaped cover or
bag auch as cover a padding or stuffing such as d-one end of which is secured
at a¹ o' to said stick a and the other end of said cover c secured at b c to said socket
and means such as the string e to tie said bag or cover at its middle or other point
or points between c' and e-closely around the stick a substantially as and for the
purposes described and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed,

page_text: 3. An appliance for the purposes specified constructed combined and arranged to
act substantially in the manner hereinbefore described and illustrated in the drawings
hereunto annexed.
TONGUE & BIRKLEECK,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.
Agents for the Applicant.