US2022719A - Snuffer for oil lamps and lanterns - Google Patents

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US2022719A
US2022719A US12147A US1214735A US2022719A US 2022719 A US2022719 A US 2022719A US 12147 A US12147 A US 12147A US 1214735 A US1214735 A US 1214735A US 2022719 A US2022719 A US 2022719A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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  • the invention relates to oil burning lamps and lanterns, and provides a simple and efficient device for automatically extinguishing the flame in the event of the lamp or lantern being overturned so that the attendant fire hazard will be eliminated.
  • the device is composed of a pair of arcuate plates having arms pivoted to suitable attaching means on the wick tube of the burner.
  • the plates are furnished with fingers that normally retain them at each side of the wick in order that one or the other will swing over it should the lamp or lantern be upset.
  • a distinctive feature of the invention resides in the attaching means, which comprises a detachable member constructed to clip onto the wick tube and equipped with integral pintles on which the arms of the plates are swingably mounted.
  • the device is inexpensive to manufacture, efficient in operation, and can be attached to conventional lamps and lanterns.
  • Figure l is a side elevation of a lamp burner to which the present invention is shown applied.
  • Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.
  • Figure 3 is a view at right angles to Figure 1, but showing the burner on its side with one of the snufier plates thrown over the wick.
  • Figure 4 is a side elevation of the attaching clip.
  • Figure 5 is a plan view thereof.
  • Figure 6 is a side View of one of the snuifer plates, and Figure '7 an end view thereof.
  • the reference numeral [0 denotes the conventional burner of an oil lamp or lantern. This has the usual wick H fed through the burner by a wheel 12 to the tube l3 projecting from the top of the burner.
  • the tube is fiat sided and has rounded edges as customary.
  • orifice is flared slightly as denoted at IS.
  • the snuifer plates 16 are of identical construction and each is of an arcuate cross section taken on an arc of a circle the centre of which is the pivotal axis of the arms 11.
  • the plates are fashioned from sheet metal and the arms are integrally formed at right angles to the length of the plates.
  • the plates are of a length slightly greater than the distance between the rounded edges of 5 the wick tube and are each sustained by a finger as at l8 that abuts the respective side of the tube.
  • the arms are loosely pivoted on the aligned pintles l9 extending outwardly from the edges of the tube and borne by the attaching means.
  • the clip constituting the attaching means, consists of a sheet metal member 20 extending across one side of the wick tube with the end 2
  • the other end 22 of the member 20 is also incurvate but is continued and out-turned as at 23 to form a latch.
  • a strip of metal is out and bent outwardly from each end of the clip to form the pintles on which the arms are pivoted.
  • the snufier is attached as a unit to the burner by placing the clip against a side of the wick tube with the end 2
  • a detachable clip providing a support for said snuffing members adapted to be applied sidewise of the wick tube, said clip consisting of a metal plate disposed across one side of the wick tube with an incurvate hook end engaged with an edge of the wick tube, the other end of said plate being bent incurvate to engage the other edge of the wick tube and continued into an out-turned portion to form a latch that will snap sidewise on the wick tube, and a pair of aligned pintles struck out of the clip ends to swingably support the snufiing members.

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Deco 3, 1935. Q lRVlNE 1 2,022,719
SNUFFER FOR OIL LAMPS AND LANTERNS Filed March 21, 1935 flttorne Patented Dec. 3, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Y 1 Claim.
The invention relates to oil burning lamps and lanterns, and provides a simple and efficient device for automatically extinguishing the flame in the event of the lamp or lantern being overturned so that the attendant fire hazard will be eliminated.
The device is composed of a pair of arcuate plates having arms pivoted to suitable attaching means on the wick tube of the burner. The plates are furnished with fingers that normally retain them at each side of the wick in order that one or the other will swing over it should the lamp or lantern be upset.
A distinctive feature of the invention resides in the attaching means, which comprises a detachable member constructed to clip onto the wick tube and equipped with integral pintles on which the arms of the plates are swingably mounted.
The device is inexpensive to manufacture, efficient in operation, and can be attached to conventional lamps and lanterns.
Referring to the accompanying drawing:
Figure l is a side elevation of a lamp burner to which the present invention is shown applied.
Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.
Figure 3 is a view at right angles to Figure 1, but showing the burner on its side with one of the snufier plates thrown over the wick.
Figure 4 is a side elevation of the attaching clip.
Figure 5 is a plan view thereof.
Figure 6 is a side View of one of the snuifer plates, and Figure '7 an end view thereof.
Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures throughout the drawing of the invention.
In the drawing, the reference numeral [0 denotes the conventional burner of an oil lamp or lantern. This has the usual wick H fed through the burner by a wheel 12 to the tube l3 projecting from the top of the burner. The tube is fiat sided and has rounded edges as customary. The
orifice is flared slightly as denoted at IS.
The snuifer plates 16 are of identical construction and each is of an arcuate cross section taken on an arc of a circle the centre of which is the pivotal axis of the arms 11. The plates are fashioned from sheet metal and the arms are integrally formed at right angles to the length of the plates. The plates are of a length slightly greater than the distance between the rounded edges of 5 the wick tube and are each sustained by a finger as at l8 that abuts the respective side of the tube.
The arms are loosely pivoted on the aligned pintles l9 extending outwardly from the edges of the tube and borne by the attaching means.
The clip, constituting the attaching means, consists of a sheet metal member 20 extending across one side of the wick tube with the end 2| incurvate to fit about one of the rounded off edges of said tube. The other end 22 of the member 20 is also incurvate but is continued and out-turned as at 23 to form a latch. A strip of metal is out and bent outwardly from each end of the clip to form the pintles on which the arms are pivoted.
The snufier is attached as a unit to the burner by placing the clip against a side of the wick tube with the end 2| hooked onto an edge thereof. The latch end 22 is then pressed so that it will click onto the other edge face of the wick tube. This securely holds it in place below the flared 25 orifice of the tube. It will be readily understood that in the event of the lamp or lantern being overturned, the snufier plate that happens to be uppermost will be thrown over the wick to extinguish it.
What I claim is:-
In a snuffing device in which snufiing members are swingably arranged about a fiat-sided wick tube, a detachable clip providing a support for said snuffing members adapted to be applied sidewise of the wick tube, said clip consisting of a metal plate disposed across one side of the wick tube with an incurvate hook end engaged with an edge of the wick tube, the other end of said plate being bent incurvate to engage the other edge of the wick tube and continued into an out-turned portion to form a latch that will snap sidewise on the wick tube, and a pair of aligned pintles struck out of the clip ends to swingably support the snufiing members.
CHARLES IRVINE.
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US4563150A (en) * 1983-02-17 1986-01-07 Leif Nilsson Illuminating device
US20040008509A1 (en) * 2001-11-19 2004-01-15 Decker Dayna Oil lamp
USD742585S1 (en) * 2014-02-14 2015-11-03 Don Bennett Snuffer tool

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US4563150A (en) * 1983-02-17 1986-01-07 Leif Nilsson Illuminating device
US20040008509A1 (en) * 2001-11-19 2004-01-15 Decker Dayna Oil lamp
US6991453B2 (en) * 2001-11-19 2006-01-31 Lumetique, Inc. Oil lamp
USD742585S1 (en) * 2014-02-14 2015-11-03 Don Bennett Snuffer tool
USD760951S1 (en) * 2014-02-14 2016-07-05 Don Bennett Snuffer tool
USD760950S1 (en) * 2014-02-14 2016-07-05 Don Bennett Snuffer tool

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