US580757A - Lam plighting device - Google Patents

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C. F. BERGMANN, LAMPLIGHTING DEVICE.

No. 580.j7'57.

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CARL F. BERGMANN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

LAM PLIG HTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 580,757, dated April 13, 1897.

Application filed October Z4, 1896. Serial No. 609,907. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL F. BERGMANN, of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Lamplighting Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improved device for lighting lamps that are provided with wicks, and more particularly for the ignition of the Wicks of bicycle-lamps.

The object of the invention is to provide aV novel-constructed attachment for a bicycle or other lalnp Which will enable the easy and protected ignition of a match and guide the lighted match into contact with the free end of the lamp-wick to light it.

The invention essentially consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as is hereinafter described, and defined in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciiication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a front elevation of a bicyclelamp broken away at one side, showing the application of the novel lighting device th ereto and which is represented in section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the bicycle-lamp, showing an end portion of the lighting device thereon. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detached perspective view of the lamplighting device. Fig. 4. is a longitudinal sectional view of the lighting attachment removed from the lamp. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a detail which is an essential part of the lighting device; and Fig. 6 is a side view of a house-lamp in part, showing the improvement applied thereto.

Briefly described, the improvement comprises a tubular guide that is secured on a lamp so as to have one endwithin the Wickinclosure, and containing an elastic matchscratcher that will by its frictional contact ignite the head of a' match that is pushed inwardly through the guide and into contact with the lamp-Wick, or near to the same, and

also completely close the tubular guide when said match is withdrawn.

In the drawings, l0 represents a tubular guide having sufficient length to extend y through the side wall of the lamp-case when l the device is applied 'to a bicycle-lamp A, and have the inner extremity of said guide-tube located near the wick-tube B and Wick C therein, the outer end of the tube being open for the free insertion of a match, as is indicated at D by dotted lines in Fig. l.- The guidetube 10 is preferably open-slotted on the upper side for a suitable distance extending from the end that is Within the lamp when in position for service.

Within the slot mentioned a gate ll is hung by one end, which is pivoted upon the Wall of the tube l0, as shown in Fig. et, the gate being free to incline and rest its inner end on a scratch-plate l2. The scratch-plate consists of a preferably elastic metallic strip, having hooks a turned upon the ends, said plate having such a length as will permit the hooked endsto be locked upon the edges of the guidetube at its ends and cause the body of the scratch-plate to arch between its ends.

The adjacent sides of the gate l1 and scratchplate l2 are furnished with teeth b,or are otherwise roughened near their inner ends, and a spring 13 is attached by one end upon the guide-tube lO, so as press its opposite end upon the gate ll and normally hold it inclined.

It will be seen that the relative positions of the spring-pressed gate ll and scratchplate l2 Will serve to prevent air from blowing into the lamp through the outer end of the guide-tube, as the gate having contact with the scratch plate closes the passage until said gate is raised against stress of the spring 13.

It will be apparent that to light the wie C, if the latter is supplied with oil, it is only necessary to push a parlor-match D into the guide-tube l0 and thus cause the head of the match to frictionally contact with the roughened opposite surfaces of the gate ll and scratch-plate l2, which will elfect the ignition of the match, that by further insertion will elevate the gate and so nearly approach the Wick as to light' it. Then the match is Withdrawn and the gate ll automatically closes the tube l0 against iniiux of air that would cause the lighted Wick to burn unsteadily.

In Fig. 6 the application of the lighting device to a house-lamp is clearly illustrated, and it Will be seen that a match D may readily be introduced within the guide-tube lO, and

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after ignition, as has been described, lightthe Wick C within the chimney E of the lamp F.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination, With a guide-tube penetrating the Wall of a lamp near its burner of a spring-pressed scratching device in the tube near its inner end, that is adapted to ignite an inserted match, and completely close the tube when the match is Withdrawn f and thus prevent air-currents from Haring the flame of the lighted wick, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a guide-tube secured to project through the Wall of a bicycle-lamp and have its inner end adjacent to the burner of said lamp, of a match-scratch er in the tube, comprising a spring-pressed gate adapted to vibrate in a slot of the guide-tube and incline therein so as to normally close the tube, and a scratch-plate roughened on the side adjacent to the gate, Whereon the inner end of said gate rests, substantially as described.

3. In a lamplighting device, the combination with a lamp-body, and a Wick-tube therein, of a guide-tube slotted on the upper side near its inner end, and penetrating the lampbody in direction of the Wicl -tube, a gate roughened on its lower side near the inner end, and loosely secured by one end to the guide-tube so as to lie inclined in its slot, a spring fast by one end on the guide-tube and pressing thel gate, and a scratch-plate'secured by its ends Within the guide-tube and having its surface nearest the gate roughened, substantially as described.

4. In a lamplighting device, the combination, With a lamp-body and Wick-tube therein, of a guide-tube slotted near the inner end on one side and penetrating the body in direction of the wick-tube, a gate hinged by one end to the guide-tube so as to incline Within the tube through its slot, a spring fast by one end to the upper side of the guide-tube and pressing the gate, and an arched scratch-plate that is elastic, having hooked ends that engage the ends of the guide-tube, the face of the scratch-plate nearest the hinged gate being roughened, substantially as described.

CARL F. BERGMANN.

`Witnessesz WM. P. PATTON, JNO. M. RITTER.

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