US931712A - Oil-lamp. - Google Patents

Description

Patented Aug. 24, 1909.

C. E. ADAIR.

OIL LAMP.

.APPLICATION FILED JAN. z, 1907. l

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INVENTOR: @Mik UNITED sf'rafrns iarrnivr CHARLES E. ADAIR, 0F BUFFALO, NEW YORK, SSIS-NOR TO CYPHERS INCUBATOR COMPANY, UF

' BUFFALO, NEVI YORK, A CORPORATIGN 0F NEW YORK. f

OIL-LAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug'. 24 13Min Application ined January 2, 1907. Serial No. 350,526.

T o all 'wlmi/t 'it lmay concern:

Be it known that l, (iiAnLEs E. Armin, a citizenol' the United States, and resident olE Bull'alo, in the county oi lCrie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful lin pro veinents in Oil-Lani ps, of which the following is a specilication.

' 'lhis invention relates to oil lanips, and

4 particularly to such lainps as are suitable for use in connection with brooders, iiicu bators, and like devices.

The invention consists in the mechanism hereinafter described and claimed, and itsobject is to produce an cllicient and convenientlamp for heating purposes that shall require the minimum care and shall einbodyT the maximum of safety.

In the drawings :Mhigure 1 is a vertical section through a lamp embodying this invention; and Fig. 2 is a perspective vieuT of suelta lamp adapted for use in connection with a particular forni of broeder, a part ot which is shown also.

In the drawings, 1 is a burner comprising a Wick tube as usual, and 2 is a chimney made of sheet metal, and having a sight-hole 3 covered with a noninilaniinable substance, such as mica.

4 is a shallow oil reservoir of large area, and 5 is a screw cap closing a perforation through which the oil reservoir 4 may be filled. The screw cap closes the oil reservoir air-tight. In the oil reservoir, and extending from the top to the bottom thereof, is a separate oil vessel 6, in which the iviclr 7. The top of the oil vessel (i carries the wick support l in any suitable manner. in the side, and close to the bottoni of the oil Vessel 6, is a perforation 0, Then the oil vessel 6 with its top S is in place, the oil reservoir 4 is air-tight, and the oil vessel 6 is airtight-except for the perforation 9 and the wick tube through which the wick 7 passes. When oil is placed in the reservoir 4, it will pass into the oil vessel through the perforation 9, and after the Wick 7 is soaked with the oil, the Wick will lill the wick tube so that the entrance of air into the oil vessel 6 is pre* vented, except as the oil troni said vessel is exhausted by the Wick. Nhen the level of the oil in the oil vessel 6 is below the top of the perforation 9, some of the air from the oil vessel will pass out through the perforation into the 'reservoir 4, thus permitting the corresponding quantity of oil to pass into the oil vessel (5, and thus the vessel is ,l'ed as the lamp is burned. This operation is enti rely automatic until the whole of the` oil `in the reservoir is exhausted. ,lhe shallou'ness and large area ol' the reservoir is such as to keep the oil cool to the lowest possible tenipciwitiu'e under the circumstances, The air tight character ol the vessels is such that vthe lainp niay be handled carelessly and tilted in any direction without oil passing outifroni the saine, except such amount as can pass through the wick itself. Of course, thejvicli inust 'lill the wich tube, and the wich support 1,'inust Ylit aiitight into the top perforation of the oil vessel. rthe small `quantitycol'oil that can pass out through the wi `iz'under these circumstances is negligible. Se too. a broeder in which this lanip is used need not be placed upon ground that entirely level., for the oil freed freni the reservoir into the oil vessel can occur only so tast as the burn,n ing exhausts it troni said oil vessel.

Vvlhen the device is used in connection with the broeder 11, the broeder is provided with an opening 1 2 through which the lamp may he inserted. To the top ollthe reservoir 4 is hinged a plate 13, which is of' sul'licient area to close the opening 1,2 and to constitute a door for the same. The wich rais* ing rod 14 has an extension 15 connected to it, which latter rod passes through perforation 16 in the plate 13, so that by turning the rod 15 troni outside the plate and broeder, the wick I nay be raised orloivcred. rlfhis operation is observed through a sight-hole 17 in the door 13. A. plate 18 is fastened 'to the door 13, and has a central sight-hole "iti (covered by a noninilaniniable substance, such as mica), which is in line with the sighthole 17, and the chimney 2 is so turned that its sight-hole 3 is in line with the tivo sightholes 17 and 19 and the condition of the ilanie may be observed through thein. The plate 18 is considerably greater in area than the sight-hole 17 so as to deflect the draft coniing out therefrom, and to revent fumes from blowing into the face o' the o crater, The said plate 18 is 'preferably raiser a suitable distance froin the plate 13 to act as a handle for manipulating the lanip itself, or the late 13.

W ien the device is to be shipped, the late 13 is turned down onv its hinges so as to ie against the top of the reservoir 4. In

this case the extension rod 15 is disconnected.

` In order to prevent heat radiating from the chimney 2 from affecting the adjacent of the lamp from the oil reservoir. This device is a great protection for this lamp, whicl` must necessarily be left for long periods of time Without any attent-ion. For this purpose the reservoir is adapted to con tain alarge quantity of oil.

In order to support the lamp in a broeder, the reservoir 4 has flanges 2() which are adapted to rest on a pair of cleats 2 (of which only one is shown)in the broeder, and which su port the lamp at a suitable height above the ground so that air can pass in under the reservoir and aid in cooling the oil in the reservoir and in the oil vessel.

The screw cap 5 is on the portion of the reservoir that 1s outside the plate 13,:md thus the reservoir may be filled without opening the door and with perfect safety, even though the lamp is burning.`

What I claim is 1. The combination of an incubator, broeder, or the like having a door opening, a lamp adapted to be inserted in said o )ening and com rising an oil reservoir, a p ate adapted to c ose Said opening and hinged to the top of said reservoir and provided with a sight-hole, and a delleetor plate supported over said sight-hole and having a glazed ori ice in line With said sight-hole.

2. The combination ol' an incubator, broeder, ortho like having a door opening, a lamp havingr an oil reservoir adapted to be inserted in said opening and normally projecting therefrom, and a plate projecting vertically from the top ol' said reservoir and adapted to close said door openingl when the lamp is inserted through the saine.

3. The combination of an incubator, broeder, or the like having a door opening, a lamp having' an oil reservoir adapted to be inserted in said opening and normally partly projecting therefrom, a )late projecting vertically from the to) oii adapted` to close said door opening when the lamp is'inserted through the same, and a illingoril'ice in that )ortion ol' said reservoir 'projecting from tie door opening and outside of said late.

4. The com ination of an incubator, broeder, or the like having a door opening, a lamp having an oil reservoir adapted to be inserted in said opening and normally partly projecting therefrom, a burner, a plate projecting vertically from the top of said reservoir and adapted to close said opening above the reservoir, a wick controller passing through said plate and adapted to be operated from outside the same, and a illing orifico in the projecting part of said reservoir vand outside of said plate.

' CHARLES E, ADAll.

Witnesses:

A. WY. HUMLEY, T. ll. Gnaaonn'r'rn.

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