US923622A - Lamp-extinguisher. - Google Patents

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H. A. BOYINGTON.

. LAMP EXTINGUISHEB. APPLwATIoN Hmm un. e. w09.

4Patnted June 1,1909.

5w/2%, mfg@ HERBERT A. BOYINGTON, OF NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT.'

LAMP-EXTINGUISHER.

I' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, loool Application filed January 8, 1909. Serial No. 471,324.

To all wfwm 'it may concern.' 4 Be it known that I, HERBERT A. BoYiNG- TON, a.citi`zen of the United States, residing at Newington, in the county of Hartford andl State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lamp-Extinguishers, of which'thc following' is a specification.

This invention relates to lamp extinguishers, the object of the invention being to provide a simple, inexpensive and safe appliance for extinguishing lamps, the device being constructed in the nature of an attachment which may be .readily applied to anyordinary lamp burner which may be easily operated to extinguish the flame without the Iiecessity-of turning down thc wick or making any other adjustments. l

With the above and other objects in View,

i the invention consists in the novel construc-l tion, combination and arrangement of parts as herein fully descr-died, illustrated and claimed. l

In the accompanying drawings:--l*`igure 1 Y, is a View partly'm vertical section and partly in side elevation of a lamp burner showing the' vattachment applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective View of the bracket of! the attachment.` Fig. 3 is a similar view of the hood. l Fig. it is a detail perspectiveyiew of the rocker shaft and the operatingslide rod. i ln the drawings, l designates an ordinary lamp burner embodying thc usual gallery 2 and cone 3, the latterl being provided around a portion of its periphery with perforations 4 to admit additional air to supply the flame and promote iaribustion. 'i

in carrying out lthe present invention, Iv provide a bracket shown in detail in F ig2,

said bracket. embodying a base 5 provided with a.holc'6 to receive a suitable fastener wheiewith to secure the bracket to the gal-v lery of the burner. The' bracket is lirovided 'at itslopposite ends with iipstaiiding lugs 7 having openings 8 forthe reei'gption offa rock shaft t) which is joiirnaled in said openings.

The rock shaft 9 is provided at' one end with a crank arm l() and has fast thereon between the lugs y7 an extinguishing hoody shown in detail in Fig. 3. This extinguishing hood comprises a bodyll in the form of a l'iat plate, one edge of which is curled or rolled to form a sleeve 12 which isl wrapped tightly around the rock shaft 9 and may, if desired, be soldered to said shaft so that as the shaft is turned a corresponding swinging movement. will be imparted to the body 11. Secured to the `outer ortion of the body is an extinguishing hoo( comprising a top 13 and side guards oriianges 14 which extend downward from the top and are secured to the opposite edges of the body 11 as clearly indicated in Fig. 3.

ln connection withthc rock shaftt) is ein.- ployed an operating sliding rod 15 which is priwided at its outer end with a hcad 16 and has the inner end thereof bent at an angle as shown at 17 to form an arm which. connects lthe crank arm l() as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4a convenient way of pivotally connecting the arms 1^() and 11 being to fornian eye or loop at the extremity of each arm, said eyes or loops indicated: at 18 passing through one another. The slide rod 15 is inserted through the openings 19in the base iiange 'of the burner asshown in Fig. 1, said opening -serving asa guide for the slide rod.

To extinguish the flame it is only necessary to pull outward on the head 16,`which re- 'lsiilts in swinging the extinguishing hood forward and inward over the wick of the burner thereby cutting oii" the air supply and snuffing out the flame. By pushing inward on the head 16 the hood is swung out of extinguishing position which enables the wick to vbe relighted.

I claim:

lhc combination with a lam) burner, of an extinguisher comprising a i'acket embodying a flat base adapted to bc fastened to the gallery of the burner and opstanding lugs at opposite ends of said base,' a rock shaft j o'urnaled-at its opposite ends in said lugs and provided with a crank arm atene end, an exi tingiiishing device arranged to swing toward and away from the wick, comprising a plate adapted to be disposed flatwise against one side of Ithe wick and having its 4bottom edge Afastened to said shaft, ahood or to -piece exhaving its inner end bent et un an le und tending laterallyfrom the top e ge of said linked to the crank erm on the rock s luft, 1

plate and adapted to overlie the extremit'l In testimony whereof I' affix my signature of the Wick, and side guards or fianges Whie 1 inpresenee of two witnesses.

close in the opposite corners and edges of the HERBERT A. BOYIN T ON Wick, and an 'operating rod mounted -to slide Witnesses:

through a guide lopening in the frame sind THOMAS A. FRANois,

provided at its outer end with a head and HERBERT C..FRANC1S.

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