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W. Y. A. BOARDMAN.

" Wick Raiser.

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IMPRCVENBNT IN wICII INSERTER ron LAMPS. y

WILLIAM Y, A. .BOARDMAN or Nnw HAVEN,` CONNECTICUT.

Letters .Patent lVVo 60,130, dated December 4, 1866. i

Y' A "SPECIFICATION. To ALL WIICM IT MAY CCNCERM;

vBe it known that I,WILLIAM Y. AIBOARDMAN, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new device for Inserting Wicks in Lamps; and I do hereby declare. the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the letters ofreferenceimarked thereon,I to

be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,' and which said drawings constitute partIof this specication, I

and represent, in

Figure 1, a side view.

Figure 2, an edge view.

Figure 3, a section on line :c zu; and, in

Figure 4, its operation, y 4 i i i I I My invention relates to an improvement-to facilitate the insertion of the wick through the tubes of lamps, designed more particularly for kerosene lamps, but equally applicable to all lampsusing Ia. .flat 6r similar wick.

The inconveniences which attend the "Introduction of the wick into the tube are too well known to require speci-` fication; by my invention these difficulties are entirely overcome, and in' order that' others may be enabled to construct and' use my improvement, I will proceed -to describe the same,'as illustrated in the accompanyingl drawin gs.` v

From a piece of sheet steel or other suitable metal I cut to the form shown in g. 1, of the proper width to I permit it to pass through the Atube of the lamp, the lower end pierced as at A, or other device by which the instrument I may behung up or otherwise disposed of when not i'u use. The upper end I,slit into five parts, (more or`less,)` `a and d,two of the parts co1 responding t'o the feed-wheels of the wick-tube two of these parts, d, `I bend out-4 ward' in one direction, the other parts, a, in the opposite direction; that is, 'alternate parts in ItheIsame direction; I These several parts, or fingers, as they may be called, are pointed, and the points turned inward, `as seen ing.;

` 2, and thus formed, possess considerable amount of elasticity. In order to strengthen the fingers, and the body i or handle, I corrugate the body, as denoted in iig. 3, the corrugation extending up through the corresponding y i n fingers, d, the other ngers curved iuIlikemannen If formed of steel the 'fingers should loe/tempered, if of other material' it should betreated with a like object, according to its nature; my instrument is then ready' for use, which is as seen in iig. 4. When it is desired to insert the wick` in the tube, pass the lower end or handle of the` instrument through the tube, either from the upper end down, or vice versa, and before the pointsLare closed by passing into thctube, as denoted in iig. 4, place the end of the wick within the' grasp of the several liingers,

then draw the instrument, with the wick securely held, through the tube, as seen in fighi, taking care 1in the insertion of the instrument-that the two spaces correspond to the two wheels in the tube; `By this arrangement not the slightest diiiiculty is found in the insertion of the wick.

Havin g therefore thus fully described my Inventlon, what I claim asnew and useful,` and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy The herein-described instrument for inserting wicks in lamp-tubes as a new article of manufacture.

l V WM. Y.` A. BOARDMAN,` i Witnesses: i I I I `Jenn E. EARLE,

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