US696854A - Lamplighter and match-extinguisher. - Google Patents

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No. 696,854. Patented Apr. l, |1902. W. H. CAIN & 0. B. KANE.v LAMPLIGHTER AND MATCH EXTINGUISHER.

(Application led June 6, 1900.)

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VESLEY R. GAIN AND OLIVE B. KANE, OF PORT JERvlS, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,854, dated April 1, 1902.

Application iilcd .Tune G, 1900.

To @ZZ whom, t may concern- Be it known that we, WESLEY R. OAIN and OLIVE B. KANE, citizens ofthe United States, residingat Port Jervis,in the cou nty of Orange and State of New York, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Lamplighters and Match-Extinguishers, ot' which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention, first, is to light lamps without removing` the chimney; second, to light lanterns without removing globe or cups; third, to light lanterns While in a draft; fourth,'to light a bicycle-lamp while riding; fifth, to make it safe for children` to light a lamp; sixth, to extinguish the flame' of match immediately after lamp is lighted; seventh, to light lamp exclusively by the eX- plosive material of match; eighth, to avoid smoke that is produced from the burning of the wood part of match; ninth, to avoid all danger of setting anything are from breaking of match when scratched; tenth, to avoid all danger of setting anything are from the blaze produced by the burning wood part of the match or from the live coal of match after the fiame is extinguished; eleventh, to extinguish flame of lighted lamp without removing from bracket-shelf or without removing globe or blowingin top of the same; twelfth, to save time in lighting lamp; thirteenth, to light lamp accurately; fourteenth, to light a match accurately; fifteenth, to light a wick that is charred; sixteenth, to light a Wick Without turning it up any higher than is necessary to leave, thus avoiding danger of exploding. We attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a View in elevation of a bicyclelamp with the invention applied. Fig. 2 is a sectional View showing a fragment of the bicycle-lamp. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a lamp-burner, showing the further application of the invention. Fig. 4. is a perspective view of the device for attachment to a lamp-burner.

-In the drawings, a, denotes a lamp-burner, which is provided with a short arm b, of resilient metal, secured on its under surface at the free end. Acting in conjunction with the arm b is a tube c, iiared at its outer end to form a thumb-piece d. Said tube is pivotally mounted on a rod d', attached to the burner. A spring c is attached to the burner and bears against the under surface of the tube to hold the outer end normally elevated.

Serial No. 19,339. (No model.)

The inner end of the tube is contracted and terminates on a line approximately the center of the wick-tube.

In practice the match is inserted in the tube, and as the outer end is depressed the head of the match is brought into contact with the short arm, which yields sufliciently to permit the head of the match to travel along the under surface in contact with the serrations, by which friction sufcient to ignite the match is produced.

When applied to a bicycle-lamp, the lampcasing is apertured, as at 2, and the tube 3 is inserted therein. The outer end of the tube in this application is cut away on one side to permit the outer surface to lie close against the lamp-casing for the purpose of excluding air and to prevent the formation of an. obstruction on the outer surface. As here shown, the casing is pivoted to ears 2', formed by cutting the opening 2, and the tube is pivoted to the ears by the pin f. The tube is held in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 by the spring g, encircling the pinj*1 and engaging said tube.

The arm h is secured to the casing in the same relation to the tube and operates in connection therewith, as fully described in con.- nection with the detail description of the invention as applied to a lamp-burner, having a concaved outer end to be used as a thumbpiece, an arm in proximity to which the inner end of the tube is adapted to swing, substantially as described.

Having fully described the invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

ln an attachment for lamps, a lamp-casing, ears located adjacent to an opening in said casing, a tube having one end projecting through the casing, the outer end of said tube being cutaway at one side to permit the tube to lie close against the lamp-casing forming a guard for the opening, means for pivoting the tube to the ears, a spring for holding the tube in its normal position and a matchscratching arm on the inside of the casing, in proximity to which the inner end of the tube swings.

WESLEY R. GAIN. OLIVE B. KANE.

Witnesses:

IRENE E. MYER, MARK V. RIoHARDs.

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