US549921A - Lantern - Google Patents

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(No moaeL) i H. KORELL.

LANTBRN. No. 549,921. Patented Nov. 19, 1895.

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UNITED STATES ATENT FFICEa I-IENRY KORELL, OF HAMILTON, OHIO.

LANITERN.

SFECIFICATION forrning part of Letters Patent No. 549,921, dated November 19, 1895. Application filecl September 8, 1894. Serial No. 522,427. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERY KORELL, of Hamilton, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lanterns, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of lanterns that may be used for night signals, and the object of my improvement is to provide means to change the color of the light, to con- Vey the air-supply to the flame from beneath the lantern to prevent it vfrom being accidentally extinguished, and to provide an attachment for the wick to facilitate its insertion through the burner-tube. These obj ects are attained in the following-described manner, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a Vertical section through the axis of the lantern; Fig. 2, a section of the burner; Figs. 3 and 4, the attachment on the wiek to facilitate its insertion in the burner;

and Fig. 5 is a Vertical sectional view of one I of the shades, showing the smaller end beV- eled on the inside.

In the drawings, A represents the base mounted on annular flange B. It is cylindrical in form and contains perforations a| to admit the air to its interior. The frame O is formed of Wire and secured to the outside of the base a short distance below its top edge. Hood D covers the top of the frame and is fastened thereon by hinge b on one side and spring-catch c on the opposite side. Said hood is surmounted ,by Ventilating-chamber or ohimney E, that is formed With perforations d for the exit of the heated air and smoke. Globe F is preferably of transparent glass and formed .with each of its ends alike, to make it reversible. A short neck e terminates each end of the globe and is-adapted to fit snugly around the top portion of the base that eXtends upward Within the frame. The top of the globe is retained in the proper position within the frame by the pressure of hood D thereon when closed. Oil-cup G is formed with a bottom fiange f, by which it is removably fastened within the base in the usual manner, preferably like a bayonet-joint. It is formed With upWardly-convergent sides to resemble the frustum of a cone, and the top surface contains an opening g for the insertion of the burner IjI therein, similar to the stopper in a bottle. Said burner contains the usual wicktube 71', that is formed With opening through one of its sides and above the body of the burner. Finger j is attached to the 'top surface of the burner and at an angle to the tube.

Its point projects through opening i in the i consists of two sections that are detachably connected together by a sliding joint, the top section being formed in the burner, the other being held in position by brace n.

Shades R consist of glass or other suitable Semi-transparent material, each being of a color different from the other, as green, red, yellow, &c. They are formed With open ends and with tapering sides that conform in slant With the sides of the oil-cup. They also differ in size sufficiently to permit them to fit snugly Within each other and nest closely around the oil-cup. Any one of the shades may be separately removed from the nest and Wedged in an inverted position within the top portion of the space from which it is removed. In the inverted position the shade eXtends above and encircles the fiame L, and the rays of light that pass therethrough are changed to agree in color with that of the shade. The length of the shades may be such that they Will occupy the entire space under the hood to interoept all the light that radiates laterally from the fiame. Perforations p may be made in the sides of the shades and near their smaller ends to admit the air to the flame in addition to or in the absence of the tubes Z and m in the oil-cup. Set-screw M, With button 'r of some suitable yielding substance mounted on its point, is adjustable through the side of the -base A to clamp the nest of shades securely together and on the oil-cup.

Access to the shades may be had through the globe by opening the hood on its hinge, or

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the oil-cup may be removed from the base and replaced after the desired arrangement of the shades is cifceted.

N cedle T consists of a single strip of sheet metal, preferablytin, and fornlcd with wings t at one end that project therefrom in opposite directions from its respective edges. The width of the needle is prefcrably less than the width of the wiek K, and it is attached to one end of the wiek by having,` the wings t turned over the edges of the wiek and pressed elosely against its oppositc side. By first nserting the needle through the wiek-tube it serves to pull the end of the wiek therethrough with ease. After the wiek is properly in place in the wiek-tube it should be severed on the line m x to detach the needle thcrefrom. The same needle may be successively used on different wicks, or each Wiek maybe provided with its own separate needle.

A carrying-bail (not shown) for the lantern may be hinged to the chilnney E in the usual manner. The sinaller ends of the shades R may be beveled on the inside, as shown at V in Fig. 5, to facilitate their insertion when inverted in the top of the space between contiguous shades of the nest from which they are removed.

The lantern may be used with a yellow shade on quarantined residenees that contain patients afilicted with eontagious diseases. It may be proxidcd with a shade Variously colored to serve as a sign at night for a barbershop. Its use for many other purposes are evident.

of different colors and Variant diameters iit-V ting` around the cup, the smaller end of each of said shades being beveled n pon its interior, whereby it maybe l'enioved from around the cup and placed in an inverted position in the same position relatively to the other shades that it occupied before it was inverted, substantially as set forth.

In a signal lantern, the combination,with a base, of a tapering' oil cup reinovably secured therein, a series of tapering shades of Variant diameters around the oil cup, each of which is adapted to be removed and placed in an inverted position above the series, and a screw through the side of the base, the inner end of which is provided with a clamp for en' gag'ing with the shades around the cup and clamping them together, substantially as set forth.

IIENRY KORELL. W itnesses:

ROBERT S. CARR, CHAs. J. PARRIsH.

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