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(No Model.) r F. FERGUSON.

' LAMPLIGHTER.

No. 522,462. Patented July 3, 1894.

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FLORIAH FERGUSON, OF SEATTLE, WYASHINGTON.

LAM PLIGHTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 522,462, dated July 3, 1894. Application filedMarch 3, 1893. Serial No. 464,557. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FLORIAN FERGUSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seat tle, in the county of King and State of Washmgton, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamplighters;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to lighting mechanisms for lamps and consists essentially of a rotatable circular ring placed in juxtaposition to the lamp wick, and'carrying a ring of ring point which bears friction caps, and a fixed scratcher or ignitupon the ring of caps and ignites them as they are rotated by it.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows a central sectional elevation of a central draft, circular wick burner of the class such as those known under the trade names of Rochester, Pittsburgh, Bradley & Hubbard, &c. Fig. 2 is atop plan view,of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation, partly in section of a common flat wick burner, showing the way of applying my lighter to this class of burners. Fig. 4- is atop plan View of the same with the cap removed. Fig. 5, is a view showing a slightly different manner of placing the ring which carries the caps.

Similar letters ofreference refer to similar parts in the various figures.

In'the burner shown inFigs. 1 and 2, A, represents the central draft tube, B, the annular space occupied by the wick, and C, the outer draft chamber immediately surrounding the wick and receiving its air through the perforations in its outer wall D. These points are common to all of this class of burners although the details of construction vary in each.

The upper portion or top of the outside air chamber 0, has its lower edge at E, beaded over the upper edge of the lower portion D, but loosely so that it may .turn thereon. This rotatable ring E, has the flange E located on or about the level of the wick. This flange is adapted to hold a ring F, of paste board or other suitable material which contains on its inner surface a number of. friction caps G. 1

Attached to a non d ctating part of the burner, eitheras shown in full lines at H, Fig. 1, or as shown in dotted lines at H, isaspring scratcher or igniter having its point pressing upon the inner surface of the ring F, which carries the friction caps. I

When the ring E, is rotated the caps will be rotated under this point and the friction produced thereby will ignite them and the flame will leap across the space separating them from the wick and light the lamp. The draft of air passing up between the caps and the wick is sufficient to prevent their being ignited by the heat of the flame.

The ring F, is large enough to accommodate a large number of caps and the lamp may be lighted as many times as there are caps on the ring. When the caps have all been used up the ring may be removed and a fresh one put in its place. The cost of these caps is nominal, being less than that of matches and moreover the bother of get-' ting rid of the burned matches is obviated. Where a lamp has a globe and a fancy shade it is sometimes a great deal of bother to have to remove these to light the lamp with a match and then have to replace them. With my invention it is not necessary to remove anything, a simple slight turn of. the rim E, sufficing to light the lamp.

In Fig. 5, I have shown a burner having the holder for the ring of caps F, inaslightly difierent position. It is dropped below the level of the wick and made of a conical form so that the caps face upward toward the wick. This cuts off the light a little less than does the other form and also makes it easier to examine the ring to see how many caps are left so that it may be renewed before it is completely exhausted. Figs. 3 and 4 show my invention applied to an ordinary flat wick burner. In Fig. 3, D, represents a sheet of perforated metal or gauze which supports the rotating piece E, which carries the caps in a similar manner to that shown in Fig. 1.

The scratcher or igniter H, is attached to the side ofthe wick tube. The cap M, is

fixed upon the upright pins L, which are supported by the gage D, and prevent the cap from rotating with the ring E and permit its removal to renew the ring of caps. Obvious mechanical-changes may be made in the details without departing from the essential features of my invention.

To light the lamp the piece E, is grasped by its outer rim and rotated suiiiciently to bring one of the caps under the igniter H. The friction caused by this ignites the cap and the flame leaps across the space between and ignites the wick.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a lamp burner, the combination with the wick tube, of an external rotatable ring surrounding said tube and adapted to be grasped by the hand to rotate itand provided with a flange forming a support to hold the friction match material in position with its face toward and at a distance from the wick,

and means for igniting the friction 1natch,

substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. In a lamp burner, the combination with the wick tube, of a flange forming asupport to hold a friction match material in position with its face toward and at a distance from and surrounding the wick tube, an igniter for said friction match material, one of said

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