Apparatus for filling lamps
OwnerMichael V. Caccamisiinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for safely and conveniently filling oil lamps of the kind often used for decorative lighting in restaurants and clubs. It includes a housing proportioned to fit over a lamp to be filled. The upper portion of the housing contains an oil supply tank or reservoir. Extending downwardly from the bottom of the reservoir is an oil delivery line having a valve in it operable from the exterior of the housing. Light means within the housing may be provided, and the housing may be partly or totally transparent. A hose and filling wand may be provided as an alternate means for drawing oil from the reservoir.
Claims7
Apparatus for filling oil lamps of the kind having an oil supply container with a centrally positioned fill opening in the top thereof comprising:
- an open-bottomed housing proportioned to be removably fitted over the oil supply container of an oil lamp and to substantially center said container within the confines of said housing;
- an oil supply reservoir in said housing above the portion thereof removably confining the oil supply container of said lamp;
- an oil delivery line extending from the bottom of said reservoir to the fill opening of the oil supply container of said lamp, said delivery line being in fluid communication with said reservoir, open at its lower end, and further being substantially aligned with the fill opening of said oil supply container at least at lower end of said line;
- valve means in said line;
- bias means normally urging said valve to a closed position;
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- valve operating means operable from the exterior of said housing for opening said valve to admit oil from said reservoir to said container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.