Milford chronicle., 1922-02-03
LIGHT REGULATIONS
FOR AUTOMOBILES
POLICE ARE INSTRUCTED In THE new
LAW, WHICH BECAME EFFECTIVE
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY l.
REQUIRES LENSES OR LIGHTS
$4,000 CARDS HAVE BEEN PRINTED,
SETTING FORTH THE NAME OF The
LENSES APPROVED.

A meeting of the State Highway
Department police and inspectors and
their assistants was held at Dover last
Friday, in the Senate chamber, and
State Senator Wallace Handy of the
automobile department in the Secre-
tary of States office, when police Of
fcers and inspectors had presented to
them the new law, effective February
l, requiring certain lenses or automo-
bile lights, is to be enforced.
The department has had $4,000
cards printed, which will be placed in
the hands of every automobile owner,
setting forth clearly the name of the
lenses approved by the State and
other matters pertaining to the focal
adjustment. Following is list of the
approved lenses:
Alfeco, Alvo, Bausch & Lomb, Ben
zer, Brown DehectOr, Clamert-Cona-
phore, Clear Type B; ConaphOre nov
iel type B; COnaphore, clear type F;
Conaphore, noviel type F; Dillon type
E; Flexo; Ford green visor headlamp
complete; Ford H, Green Moon; HOlO-
phane no tilt No. S55; Lee Knight;
Lagalite Mill; Liberty; Macbeth;
Mckee type NJ; National; Onlee head
light controller; Patterson; Saferlite;
Shaler rOadlighter; Suess Rob model
C. TwO-way light dis; Universal, Vio-
let ray.
To comply with the law motor We
hicle owners must use one of the
abOve-named lighting devices; keep
bulbs and lamps in adjustment; use
bulb whose candle power shall not ex-
ceed Is in the vacuum type or IL in
the gas-filled type.
The following instructions are Civ
en- for making adjustments: Focal ad-
justment: (A) Stand the car on level
ground in a dark place, 25 feet from
a wall.
OBJ Remove the lenses, turn on the
headlight and cover one lamp while
focusing the other.
(C) For focal adjustment No. 1,
move the lamp bulb backward or for
ward until the spot cast on the wall is
the smallest that can be obtained Tin
most cases the adjustment is made by
turning the screw in the back of the
lamp case, or by pushing or pulling
the bulb); only a small movement is
With this adjustment the
center of the lamp filament is at the
focus of the reflector.
Cd To find focal adjustment No.
2, set lamp for adjustment No. 1, and
then move it forward until dark
area appears in the center of the light
spot. Then move it back until the
dark area just disappears. This is
the proper position.
(E) Focal adjustment No. 8 is half
way between No. and No. 2.
Cd To make focal adjustment No.
4. proceed as in making, No. 2, but
move the lamp bulb backward instead
of forward.
Tilt-The list gives the downward
tilt per 100 feet. This is the distance
that the light spot should be below
the level of the centre of the lamps |
at a distance of 100 feet. At 25 feet |
it would be One-fourth of this. This /
adjustment can be made at the same |
time as the focal adjustment. The |
beam from the twO-headlights should |
be parallel. Headlights should be ad- /
justed with the car fully loaded and |
On level ground.
Condition of lamps-Reflectors must ,
be clean, polished and free from dents |
and other imperfections. The lamp /
BULBS must be, held rigidly in place.
Electrical contacts must be well made
md the lights steady.
The Ford green visor is approved
)nly where the complete headlamp is
installed.