Improvements in Cycle and Carriage Lamps.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 14th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 15th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 1st May, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cycle and Carriage Lamps.
We, JOHN PARKER and CHARLES HUDSON, trading as S. Parker Hudson
and Company, of Midland Works, Kings Norton, near the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturers, and JOHN HENRY SMITH, of 94 Cooksey Road, Small Heath,
near Birmingham aforesaid, Foreman of Works, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to cycle and carriage lamps, principally in which a glazed
bell or cone is employed.
In cycle and carriage lamps the sides of the bell are usually made of metal and
are therefore opaque; now our improvements consist in making the said sides of
some transparent material, wherethrough rays of light emanating from the body of
the lamp, outwardly pass in a lateral direction instead of the whole of the rays
passing wholly outwardly through the front glazing.
Thus according to our invention, we employ a bell of a lens or other character
and fit within a bezel or frame capable of opening if necessary and with the sides
of the said bell made of some transparent material, such as glass, tale or the like,
and with the inner edge of the said bell formed with a flange for securing the same
to the front walls of the body surrounding the opening, leading to the interior of
the bell. The outer edge of the bell may also have a flange which when placed
edge to edge with the front light or glazing, the same may be connected together
by a spun-over ring.
If necessary the front light of the bell and the sides may be made in one piece, or
the sides of the bell may be made of metal and filled in with openings which may
be filled in with colored glass or talc, thereby dispensing if necessary with the use
of colored side lights.
These transparent sides of the bell may be made of any color.
When the combined bell and front glazing is made all in one piece, then it may
be hinged or jointed to the body, to admit of accessibility for cleaning.
As a further form of my invention, I may make the body or the middle body part
of the lamp with bell, from glass or talc and provided with crown and base metallic
fittings.
Dated this 12th day of Mon 1906
JOHN PARKER,
CHARLES
HUDSON,
JOHN HENRY SMITH,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in Cycle and Carriage Lamps.
We, JOHN PARKER and CHARLES HUDSON, trading as S. Parker, Hudson
and Company of Midland Works, Kings Norton near the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturers, and JOHN HENRY SMITH of 94 Cooksey Road, Small Heath
near Birmingham aforesaid, Foreman of Works, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to cycle and carriage lamps, principally of the type in
which a bell or cone with a lens inserted in the front opening, is employed, and the
sides of the bell are usually made of metal and are therefore opaque.
Our improvements consist in making the side walls of the bell or cone of some
transparent or semi-transparent material such as plain or opal glass talc,
wherethrough rays of light emanating from the body of the lamp outwardly pass
in a lateral direction instead of the whole of the rays passing outwardly through
the front glazing.
Thus according to our invention, we employ a bell or cone of suitable shape, and
with the walls thereof made of some transparent or semi-transparent material, such
as plain, colored, opal or other glass, tale or the like, and with the inner edge of
the said bell formed with a flange, annular sinking, beading or equivalent for
securing the same to the front walls of the body surrounding the opening leading
to the interior of the bell, whilst the outer or front end is provided with a lens or
glazing fitted within a bezel or frame capable of opening if necessary. The said
transparent cone and bezel being connected together by a ring or band spun or
turned over flanges or equivalents at their brought-together edges.
The sides of the bell may be made of metal and provided with openings, filled
in with colored glass or talc, thereby dispensing, if necessary with the use of
colored side lights.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a vertical section, partly in
elevation, of a cycle lamp fitted with a transparent bell or cone in accordance with
our invention.
Figure 2 is a vertical section of Figure 1 upon the dotted lines .r.
Figure 3 represents a side elevation of the cone, with its attachment fitting and
lens bezel separately, whilst Figure 4 represents, in section, the transparent bell, its
inner end attachment fitting, front lens and bezel, separated.
Figure 5 is a front elevation of Figure 3.
Figure 6 is a modified form of transparent or semi-transparent cone, made on
the principle of a dioptric lens.
Figure 7 is a side elevation of the modification in which the cone is made of
metal and has openings filled with colored glazings.
In Figures 1 to 5; a is the body of the lamp, and b is the transparent or semi-
transparent cone or bell, having a front lens b', fitted to the bell by a metallic spun
over bezel or mount 62, although, if necessary, the said lens may be secured to the
cone by cementing or otherwise, whilst the inner end 63, of the cone is fitted to an
attachment plate c, hinged to, or sliding outo, or made fast to the cone foot c², at
the front of the lamp a.
In Figure 6, a is the body of the lamp and b is the glass transparent or semi-
transparent cone.
In Figure 7, b is the cone, made in this case of metal, and with the piercings 6,
filled in with plain, colored or opal bulls-eye or other glazings 6.
Figure 8 represents a cross section of a cone or bell made up of a series of six
lenses and Figure 9 shows a like bell made up of a series of four lenses either

page_text: cemented together at their flanged edges or fitted within connected together frames,
so as to form the transparent walls of the bell wherethrough the rays of light
outwardly pass.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
First. In cycle and carriage lamps of the type provided with a bell or cone at the
front, making the said cone or bell, or the side walls of the same, of some
transparent or semi-transparent material, such as plain, colored, opal or other
glass, talc or the like, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1 to 6.
Secondly. In cycle and carriage lamps of the type provided with a bell or cone
at the front making the said bell or cone up of, or fitting the same with bulls eyes,
lenses, or other glazings, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 7, 8
and 9.
Thirdly. The improvements in cycle and carriage lamps, substantially as herein
described and set forth.
Dated this 12th dow of February 1807
JOHN PARKER,
CHARLES HUDSON,
JOHN HENRY SMITH,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicants.