Hi all, This hollow wire lamp was put in my "cold case" restoration projects box, years ago, after I received it and I realised that it was electrocuted. A 10 mm hole had been drilled through the valve and into the mixing tube, probably for electric wiring. Looking for parts to another restoration I saw this lamp again and decided to have a go at it. My ambition was only to get it running once more, not to have a "user" lamp.This hollow wire lamp was missing the gas burner, mantle hanger rod, shade, smoke bell with hanger pin and the fuel feed tube with connection nut. I managed to find and/or fix these parts and also got the valve functioning with a fuel feed tube soldered onto it. I connected the lamp to my "new" French Succes pressure tank and it lit up well on the first try. I had to do two pre heating sessions with an asbestos fork before it would start, but overall a good performance. The Bunsen flame was very powerful already on 0,7 bar (10 psi) and blasted the top of the mantle nearly right off. Enough left of the mantle for the money shots, though. This is a Tures Mfg. Nr. 20 from around 1907. Gasoline fed with a 600 CP output, according to catalogue page. The cleaning needle is 0,25 mm, so that would probably be correct. The patent number from 1904 refers to the generator and burner assembly that in the 1904 patent was put onto a gravity lamp, very similar to this one. In 1907 another patent is filed for and is granted 1908, which shows more or less this Tures hollow wire lamp. /Conny The drilled valve before....... 1907 patent and catalogue image.... Tures HW Nr.20 lamp with my Tures table lamp......
A wonderful and eccentrically brilliant design from an age of steam and airships Good for you for an heroic fettle with something very special Makes me want to wind up the gramophone and listen to something stirring Well done Conny! pb ps those signatures on the patent are great!
Excellent restoration work and a very detailed and informative post. I love the shot of the flame pattern without a mantle.
Thanks Phil and others; yes a very special odd design on this lamp for it to be a pressure lamp. /Conny
