US185147A

US185147A - Improvement

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Publication number: US185147A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1876-12-05
Anticipated expiration: 1893-12-05

Description

A. TUFTS, COMBINED TORCH AND HOLDER FOR FIREWORKS. m. 185,1.7.

Patented Dec. 5,1876;

HE GRAPHIC CO.N.Y

- AUGUSTUS TUFTS, or MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS. i

IMPROVEMENT IN? consisten- TORCH AND worsen FOR FIREWORKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. ll'S'DJ E'Y, dated December 5, 182d; application liled September 26, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS TUFTS, of Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a Combined Torch and Holder for ItomanOandles, Colored Lights, and 12ockcts,-of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in whichigure 1.is a perspective view of my combined torch and holder for Roman candles, 860. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the center of the same, with a blue or other colored light in place ready to be ignited. Fig. 4 is a horizontal'section on the line 00 w of Fig. 2.

My present invention consists in a torch provided with a holder for Roman candles, blue or other colored lights, rockets, 85c, which may be ignited by the flame of the torch when a salute or signal is to be given by campaign or other clubs, or on shipboard or elsewhere; and my invention also consists in certain details of construction, to be mentioned here after.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried lt-out."

In the said drawings, A is the receptacle for containing the naphtha or other fluid to be burned. Vertically through theccntcr of the receptacle is a cylindrical passage, a, which, with a tube, 1), extending below it, and a tube, a, pro ecting above it, all of corresponding diameter, forms a continuous vertical tube or holder, B, for the reception of the Roman candle, colored light, rocket, due, to be used when required by the bearer of the torch for giving signals, salutes, 850., the top of the firework being kept, by a spiral spring, d, up against a flange or shoulder, e, formed on. the inside of a screw-cap, h, which fits over a screwthread on a ring, 1;, secured at the top of two snort strips, 70, of metal, extending up above the top of the tube 0, the distance between the fuse 0t the firework and the top of the torch burner 1 being such that its flame will extend to and readily light the firework when placed in position. The lower end of the spiral spring rests on a movable stand or support, m, which may be raised or lowered within the tube 1) by means of a'knob or handlem, attached thereto, and projecting out horizontally through a vertical slot, 1), formed therein, the width of the slot being increased at various points, torn'ling recesses q r s, so that after applying the hand to the knob, and moving the stand up the slot against the resistance of the spring, the knob may be brought laterally into the recess desired, thus locking and supporting the stand with the spring thereon, by which ar-- rangement the tube or holder B is made to accommodate pieces of fireworks of different lengths, the pressure of the spring serving to keep the fuse of the firework constantly up against the under side of the screw-cap h in a position accessible to the flame from the burner.

As the screw-cap h is liabloto become so heated that it would be difficult to remove it alter the torch is lighted, the firework may be placed in position on top ofthe spring through the tube b, which is formed in two portions or halves, one, 5,being stationary, and the other, 6, movable around and behind it,-so that easy access is altbrded through the openingt to the interior of the tube,'to adjust the firework in place, the most convenient way being to direct the fuse end up the cylindrical passage a, through the center ot'thc torch, and slightly compress the spring 01, to bring it down under the lower end of the firework, when the movable portion 6 of the tube is swung around, so as to close the opening t, by applying the fingers to a knob or projection, u, on its outside.

Should the support m be at the bottom of the tube, and the distance between the top of the spring thereon be greater than the length of the firework to be ignited-for instance, a short blue light-after being placed in position through the opening 75, and closing the tube, the support at may be raised and locked in the tube at such height that the spring will constantly exert a pressure and force, and follow the blue light up the holder while it is burning.

Where Roman candles or rockets only-are to he used, the tube 1) may be closed and formed in one continuous piece, and the screw-cap k may be dispensed with, the firework being dropped into the holder through the top of the tube c, the fuse of the candle or rocket being brought up within reach of the flame of the burner by raising and locking the support in the proper recess q r s, and the empty shell may also he removed from the top of the tube 0 by carrying the support m still higher, till the top of the shell projects up a sufficient distance to he readily caught by the fingers.

\Vherc blue or other colored lights are not to he used,-;the spring may be dispensed with, the top of the firework being elevated within reach of the ilaine by raising the support m; and the holder may be composed of two rings or hands connected by rods or wires, or it may consist of a socket formed in the upper end of the stick or handle D, Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A torch provided with a holder for Beman can dles, colored lights, rocket-s, &c., which may be ignited by the flame rising from the torchhurner, substantially as described.

2. A firework -holder, B, passing centrally through or to one side of the fluid-receptacle A of a torch, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. As an improvement in torches, the holder B, with its slot 1) and screw-cap h, in combination with the spring 61 and movable support m, provided with a knob or handle, it, as and for the purpose described.

4. In combination with a torch, the tube 1), made in two portions, 5 6, constructed and operatin g substantially as described.

Witness my hand this 19th day of September, 1876. I

In presence of-- I N. W. STEARNS, W. J. CAMBRIDGE.

AUGUSTUS TUFTS.