This lantern, in John Rugotzke’s collection, appears to be dated Jan ’36. Press the pump handle down and lightly place your finger over the hole in the end. If the pump raises, you need to clean or replace your check valve. Coleman® lanterns help maintain lighting in a variety of settings, coleman sleeping bag particularly at your campsite. You can select between a variety of fuel types for the lantern that’s right for you. This lantern is similarly equipped as the Quick-Lites above but is only stamped F.S (for the U.S. Forest Service) on the rim of the fount that was once painted red.
This technique revealed the month number 3 (for March) in the upper right of the central opaque area. The year number wasn’t found in the lower left of the central opaque area and may not have been stamped. Jim Nichols modified an early 220B by adding a heat deflector and sight glass (2nd from left). In the instant lite position, air bubbles and fuel pass through the sight glass (2nd from right) while in the run position, only fuel passes through the sight glass (right).
Make sure that the valve wheel is turned fully clockwise to the closed position. Rotate the pump handle counterclockwise one full turn, place your thumb over the hole in the end and give it a few pumps. If there is no resistance when pressing down on the pump, you will need to repair it before continuing. The construction of the above 228B built in May 1930 includes a swaged bail that will only fit in the key slot on the frame member when it is under the frame. As a result the bail will not detach from an assembled lantern. But I was intrigued–and ready to check out some new camping gear.
They were the first Coleman model to have a pump as part of the lantern. These lanterns are in Shirley Willard’s (left)& Dean DeGroff’s (right) coleman lantern collections. The lighting collection from Coleman® includes propane or kerosene lanterns, headlamps, LED lights, spotlights and much more.
These models could be purchased with either a Pyrex (left) or mica globe (right). Details of the early construction of these models is shown below. By the time Coleman made this L427 Quick-Lite (Dec. ’36), the ventilator still lacked a brim but the bail was bent out to allow it to be used with a brimmed vent. The built-in pump is not angled to the right side inside the bottom of the fount; the fuel tube in the fount is bent to pass around the pump (right image). The L220 lantern above came with a Coleman reflector that appeared in the 1920 Coleman Parts Catalog 27 (no part number). The reflector was designed for the earlier LQ lantern but also fits in L220 and L228 models.
Coleman Lantern travel trailers feature the first name in camping to help you get away from it all. Spacious floorplans and a long list of amenities will have you by the campfire before you know it. Erb began collecting Coleman products more than 32 years ago. Remove the fuel filler cap and pour all the old fuel into an approved container for disposal.
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This MF143 lantern is stamped Sunshine Safety Lamp Co. on the baffle plate and is a built-in pump version of Model MF125 above. The brackets in the middle portion of the ventilator center the mica globe (image above). The detents in the bail tabs (image below) hold the bail upright.
Shop the entire collection of headlamps, flashlights and lanterns at DICK’S Sporting Goods. This Coleman 220B is date stamped July 1935 on the bottom. It was stamped CCC on the bottom rim between the filler plug and valve wheel (both images) presumably for the Civilian Conservation Corps. In the early 1930s Coleman made this F146 lantern for Sunshine Products Co., Chicago, Illinois, a wholly owned subsidiary of Coleman. Note the so-called carburetor valve enters the fount not the base rest. This lantern instant lights using the carburetor valve to feed gasoline from the fount.
The lantern is in Mark Baldwin’s collection; the collar badge (lower image) is on a lantern in Neil McRae’s collection. Model E20, the Quick-Lite Jumbo Gas Lantern, with a built-on pump (left), and the Quick-Lite Poultry House Lantern, without a pump (right),both featured a 1 gallon fuel tank. Steel wool and a coil of asbestos “rope” inside the globe rest kept dust from clogging the air intake and fuel from dripping on the floor. These lanterns are in Jerry Engbring’s collection. The Coleman Quick-Lite 327 was sold from 1920 to 1924 from the Wichita (USA) plant with no date stamp.