US103338A - Improvement in lamp-lighter, and burglar and fire-alarm - Google Patents

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J. B. iRWIN. Lamp Lighter, Burglarand'FireAlarm.

Patented May 24,1870. I

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To all whom it may concern:

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j Letters a a. 103,338, dated May 24, 1am.

'mraovnwtnn r InnAMP-nI-en rnm-Ann BURGLAR ANI D FIRE-ALARM.

, The Slchednlerefen'ed to these-Letters Patent and making part of the name Be itknown that I, JAMES BJIRWIN, of N ewark, n the county of Licking and State of Ghio, have ins vented a new and improvedLainp-Lighter, and Burglar and Fire-Alarm; an'dIdo hereby declare thattbe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing'forming part ofthis specification.'

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for lighting and extinguishinglamps, and giving alarm forawakening persons at reqnired times, or. in case of burglars making attempts to enter buildings, or .of

The invention consistsjin a revolving, match-holding, and scrapingmechanism, worked by a spring, let free eltherby pulling a cord by a a person in bed, or by a weight let fall at the required time bythejact-ion-of attachment to a clock, or by the moving of doors-or windows by theattempts of burglars to enter, or by strings burned oh by fire in case of fire.

It also consists in the connection therewith .of an alarm mechanism, to be set in -:motion by the clock, v burglars, or fire,.all constructed and arranged as'herematter more fully specified;

U Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved apparatus; Figure 2 is-a sectional elevation'ot' the same, taken on-the linexa: offig. l; 1

fi Figure 3 is a sectional elevation on the line y g of Figure Lisa horizontal section on the line z z of fig. 2; and I Figure 5 is a side elevation.

y Similar letters of referenceindicate-corresponding parts. i i

A.is a lamp standing, at the side of a case, B, and rising to thetop of the same, or thereabont.

O is .a'match-holdingdisk, mounted on a shaft, 1),

which passes up through thecase. y This disk has armsE,.ada pted to hold-matches F,

and, when revolved, to cause them to rub against the side of a roughenedspiing scraper, G, to ignite them.-

The lower end of the shaft is provided with a coiled spring, H, forrevolviug it when let free, to light -the matches.

It is also provided with holding-pins I and acatch, K, for arresting ittohold the match, after beinglighted,

over the lamp, in ordertoignite it. g g Tothis catch isattachedj-a retract-or, L, jointed to a lever, M, whiclifiis pivoted at N, and against which a vibrating arm, 0, works .at its opposite end to re tract the catchK, and let the spring H free.

This is efiected when the said armOismulled'by a wire, P, leading from it ,in any suitable direction over hour-hand of the clock 3 bell-cranks or pulleys to the bed, or other place where it may be conveniently reached.

The top of the disk Q, carrying the pins I, has vertical pins I', which, when the shaft is rotated, (after the catch K has been disengaged,) come in contact with the retractor L, and carry it back away from contact with the catch K, to allow it, K, to engage the carrier.

The said retractor is returned, after the pin passes it, by the spring R, and the lever M is returned by the spring S. Y

For extinguishing the lamp, a cap, '1, is'pivoted to a suitable support, and arranged to swing over the flame.

For operating this cap,'I proi'ide a bell-crank lever,W,and a cord, U, and, for retracting it, the springX. i f The spring H is wound-up by turning the knob Z, the catch K andretractor L beingso arranged as-no't to arrest the pinswhen moving in that direction. 1

This lighting apparatus is connected with the dropis worked by spring clock mechanism, and strikesa bell, b.

This dropdever'is shaft or roller a.

fixed on tlJGDllliGl' end of the a catch, A, which is operated to let said lever fall, by

acam-wheelor plate,'i, attached to the-arbor of the This clock may be set so as to cause the pinof the lever g tofall into the notch of the wheel tat any desion of the spring f, and disengaging the lever A to releasethe arm a of the escapement a, to which last the bell-hammer is attached. A

When the shaft a is thus turned, the cscapementwheela is disengaged, so that the spring of the clock mechanism therewith connected revolves it rapidly, and imparts acontinnons vibrating-motion to the bellhammer.

The connection between the alarm and match-lighting mechanism is established by means of the hooked *catch a, which-is pivoted to an arm, a, of the shaft next pin I of the series, and thus arrest the matchlever A, which lets go an alarm-bell hammeiya, which I The lever A is held up in an inclined position by:

means of an arrangement of cords and levers con j g carries a pin at its opposite end, which bears on sired hour, thus raisingthe Catch A against the ten-- As A falls, it turns the shaft a,-causing its arm a 1 this'lever-k may be connected with all the doors rod 0 allows the pinf to be worked by other means.

To sound the alarm'and light the lamp by the raising of windows or opening of doors, -I have placed the lever k in connection with the pin f, to raise it when moved upward; and I connect this lever with the bellcrank l by a wire, m.

The other arm of the lever l is connected by a wire with a bellcrank, a, so arranged relatively to the small door which represents the door of the house, that, it it is opened, the levers will be moved to raise the catch A, and let the arm A fall. In like manner and windows ot'a house.

For sounding the alarm and making the light in case of fire in the house, I propose to attach to the wires 1', (leading fronrthelever It to the door and windows,) the arms 1. a, which are jointed together and arranged'so that thewire will be free to be moved by the movement of the doors and windows, as above described, .and which will also be moved when the arms a drop, the said arms being'snspended by cords V, which will burn ofl.

These arms amay have springs '10 or weights, to insure their falling with sulficientforce.

As many of these arms t u may be placed about the house as may be desired, and in such places as will be most likely to expose their suspending cords soonest to the fire. V

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure Patent- 1. The combination with the catch K of .the retractor L, lever M, vibrating arm 0, and cord P, substantially as specified.

by Iietters of a clock, substantially as specified.

6. The combination with the pin f of the catch A, the lever k, bell-crank 1, wires m and the bell-crank specified. l I p 7. The combination with the lever k and connecting-arms, and bell-cranks, of the jointed arms t 'u, arranged for operation as described, and the arm u being suspended by a cord, all substantially as specified.

8. The combination with the lamp, of the extinguisher T, lever W, cord U, and springs X, all substantially as specified.

J. B. IRWIN.

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Geo. M. Gmssnn, HOWARDBROOKE.

2. The combination with the retractor L and lever t, adjustably attached to the arbor of the hour-handn,-attachedto a door or window, all substantially as

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