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E. R. BEACH.

LAMP WIQK. No. 247,150. Patented Sept. 20,1881.

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EDWIN R. BEACH, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

LAMP-WICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,150, dated September 20, 1881.

Application filed J'uly 27, 1881.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN R. BEACH, of Jersey City, Hudson county, New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamp-Wicks, of which the following is a specication.

My improvement aims to increase the supply of oil to the llame; and it relates to that class of devices which employ a secondary wick additional or auxiliary to the name-wick to bear against thelatter and convey a greater capillary Vfeed of oil thereto.

Several devices of this class have been .heretofore presented; but in most cases the burner is specially formed with some additional construction or attachment to receive the additional wicks. In one case an endless wicktravelingoverrollersandpressingagainst the llame-wick as the same is moved by the wick-adjuster has been employed. In another case an auxiliary wick is attached to the burner or to the llame-wick at the base ofthe wick-tube and on either side of the flamewick., In all of these cases, however, the constructions are comparatively complex, and burners of special forms are required or double or triple wicks are used.

My improvement is distinct, in that it lies entirely in a single wick itself, and is adapted for direct use in any ordinary burner, and is at the same time very simple, inexpensive, and efficient, and thus marks a material improvement in this line.

My invention may therefore be briefly stated to consist in constructing` the wick in the form of a loop or slip-noose, with the traveling or flame end passing through a knot or slot in the opposite or stationary end, which knot lies at the base of the wick-tube, while the loop or noose hangs in the oil, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure l of the annexed drawings presents an elevation of my improved form of wick as it appears in the lamp, which is shown in section; and Fig. 2 presents a plan view ot' my preferred form of wick spread out lengthwise.

The wick may be made of any of the usual or suitable fabrics, either from felt or from a woven cotton web, preferably the latter.

Referring now to Figs. l and 2, the wick is formed. in about the usual manner from the (No model.)

flame end throughout its main length, being made, however, much longer than ordinary Wicks or more than twice the usual length; and at the end opposite to the llame end the wick is formed with a slot, clasp, or any other device which will admit of passing the llame end of thewick therethroughin the manner of a slip-noose, as shown in Fig. 1. When the wick is thus doubled or looped upon itself, as seen in Fig. l, the lameend being drawn through the slotted end for a short distance,the projecting portion thus drawn out is then passed through the wick-tube, while the knotted or slotted-end at the opposite extremity of the wick rests against the base ofthe wicktube, and the loop or noose hangs in the oil, as shown in Fig. 1. Hence two branches of Wick, a. b, supply the tlame,and the flamebranch a is free to be moved through the slot or knot of the auxiliary supply-branch b as the wick elevators or ratchets draw on the same to raise the wick as it becomes burned away or as the adjustments of the dame require, while the entire looped wick is of course free to descend in the oil when depressed by the ratchets in the usual manner.

It will hence be seen that this construction is peculiarly simple and eicient, for the wick is complete in itself and is adapted for direct use in any ordinary burner, while it insures nearly double the supply-of oil to the flame, rendering the same more bright and steady, and preventing to a great extent the sudden decrease in its brilliancy due to the regular descent of the oil. of the improved wick is nothing, or almost nothing, more than that of the common wick, thus presenting an obvious improvement.

In case of a woven cotton wick, I prefer to form the slot c in the act of weaving and arrange it transversely, as shown in Fig. 2; but it may be arranged longitudinally, as indicated in dotted lines. In case ot' a felt wick, the slot may be cut therein, and preferably in a longitudinal direction.

My improved wick is, of course, equally ,adapted for stoves as for lamps or other' similar purposes.

What l claim isf l. Alamp-wick havingone extremity forme with a slot, loop, or slip-knot, with the other At the same time the costv IOC or flame extremity pas/sed through the same, Wick, suios'tantiaily as and for the prpose set whereby the entire Wick forms asimple single forth.

slip-moose, substantially as and for the purpose EDWIN R BE AGH set forth. 5 2. As a. new article of manufacture, a. Wick Witnesses:

or wicking formed with a. slot or loop at one GHAS. M. HIGGINS,

end, adapted to admit the opposite end of the JNO. E. GAVIN.

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