Carbide Cap Lamps/Justrite Matchless Reflector

Carbide Cap Lamps

Justrite Matchless Reflector.JPG - JUSTRITE NO. 99 WITH MATCHLESS REFLECTOR - Justrite “The Matchless Reflector” shown here with an early Justrite No. 99 Pit Lamp, 2 ½ in. dia., polished brass with lighter, adjustable to fit any lamp and held on tip holder by tightening screw in collar, Justrite item No. 26, marked on back JUSTRITE PAT. DEC. 17, 1901 (patent #688,926 was issued to A. L. Buffington on Dec. 17, 1901 for a bicycle light with a burner centered in the reflector without a glass lens; the earliest Justrite horizontal lamps had tiny 2-in. reflectors that did not extend beyond the rim of the tank so there was no place to mount the striker; when the striker came into use, it was considered essential equipment for a mine lamp, and this was Justrite's quick fix to add a larger reflector that would accommodate a striker; see Thorpe, Carbide Lamp, pp128-29; acquired from my Alaska friend Neil Tysver)

Justrite Matchless Reflector | JUSTRITE NO. 99 WITH MATCHLESS REFLECTOR - Justrite “The Matchless Reflector” shown here with an early Justrite No. 99 Pit Lamp, 2 ½ in. dia., polished brass with lighter, adjustable to fit any lamp and held on tip holder by tightening screw in collar, Justrite item No. 26, marked on back JUSTRITE PAT. DEC. 17, 1901 (patent #688,926 was issued to A. L. Buffington on Dec. 17, 1901 for a bicycle light with a burner centered in the reflector without a glass lens; the earliest Justrite horizontal lamps had tiny 2-in. reflectors that did not extend beyond the rim of the tank so there was no place to mount the striker; when the striker came into use, it was considered essential equipment for a mine lamp, and this was Justrite's quick fix to add a larger reflector that would accommodate a striker; see Thorpe, Carbide Lamp, pp128-29; acquired from my Alaska friend Neil Tysver)

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