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http://xxxxx/~asknet/james/ Joseph Hinks was a British inventor, working in Birmingham. He patented improvements to oil lamps, marketing the resultant Duplex lamp. The company, James Hinks & Son, of ****6 Great Hampton Street and *6 Hockley Street, irmingham, was established before ***5. He is buried in Key Hill Cemetery in Birmingham. James Hinks & Son, made many oil lamps and similar products. James and Joseph Hinks patented the duplex burner and the extinguisher lever in ***5. This was much better than the straight single wick burner and the idea was copied by others when the patent expired. They also invented the idea of using a key to raise the gallery to facilitate lighting the burner without the need to remove the glass chimney.