US118280A - Improvement in lamp-extinguishers - Google Patents

Description

PATENT QFFICE.

WILLIAM G. RUGE, OF HOLSTEIN, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN LAMP-EXTINGUISHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,280, dated August 22, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM Gltoen, of H01- stein, in the county of WVarren and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Lamp- Extinguisher; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view, partly in section, of my improved lamp-extinguisher. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail top view of part of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The careless handling and upsetting of kerosene-lamps is the most common cause of accidents from explosion and consequent conflagrations. I intend to prevent such explosions by the application, to the lam p-burners, of a device which will immediately extinguish the flame on the wick if the lamp is upset, shaken, or struck.

My invention consists in the application, to the wick-tube, of a pair of spring-jaws, which will close over the'wick and extinguish the flame unless they are held apart by a hook-lug and catch provided for that purpose. The hook is easily disengaged by a disturbance of the lamp, and will in that case release the jaws and let them extinguish the flame.

A in the drawing represents the wicletube of a suitable burner. B is a sleeve fitted around the wick-tube, and carrying at the sides a pair of spring-jaws, O (l, which have the tendency to close above the wick-tube sufficiently to enable the extinction of the flame. To one end of the sleeve B is pivoted, at a, afork, D, whose prongs enter between and under the jaws, while its shank 1) projects beyond the side of the burner. A hook, E, is suspended from the outer end of the shank b. F is a ring, placed upon the lampglobe or reservoir below the burner, and firmly clamped or fastened in place. From it project three or more radial wires, 0 c, which, at their .outer ends, hold a circular wire spring, (I. From against the inclined jaws O to spread them apart and clear the upper end of the wick. Whenever the lamp falls, or is struck or disturbed, the spring d will be first touched, and will, by the least displacement of the wire 6, at once disengage the hook E from the lug 9, thereby releasing the jaws, so that they extinguish the flame on the'wick before an explosion can occur. The notched wire 6 serves thus as a catch by which the hook is disengaged. The ring d may, if desired, be also used as a support for a lamp-shade.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters latent The spring-jaws G 0, combined with the pivoted fork D, hook E, lug g, and notched arm 6, all arranged to constitute a lamp-extinguisher,

as set forth.

WILLIAM G. HUGE. Witnesses:

A. F. EINSBECK, M. D., J ULIUs A. HUGE.

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