Improvements in Holders and Locks for Bicycle Lamps or Lanterns.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 21st June, 1897--Accepted, 28th Aug., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Holders and Locks for Bicycle Lamps or Lanterns.
I, WEST MONTGOMERY CARSON, residing at 115 W. 106th Street, New York,
in the County of New York, and State of New York, United States of America,
Physician, 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 bicycle lamps or lanterns, and to means for securing said
lamps or lanterns on their supports, and the object thereof, is to provide a device
of this class which is simple in construction and operation, and also comparatively
inexpensive, and which is adapted to be used in connection with a bicycle or
similar vehicle.
This invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the
accompanying drawing forms support, in which :-
Fig. 1, is a side view of the lower part of the forward fork of a bicycle or similar
vehicle, provided with my improved lamp or lantern support; and,
Fig. 2, a view at right angles thereto, showing the lamp or lantern detached
from the vehicle; and showing the lock which I employ in section.
In the drawing forming part of this specification, the separate parts of my
improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the
views, and in said drawing, reference being made to Fig. 1, I have shown at 5,
one side of the lower end of the forward fork of a bicycle or similar vehicle, and
at 6, the shaft on which the guide wheel is mounted, said guide wheel being not
shown; and the shaft 6, projects through the fork 5, and is provided with a nut 7,
and I have also shown a lamp or lantern holder which consists of a plate 8, in
which is formed an oblong opening 9, and the lower end of which is provided with
a projection 10, which extends at right angles to said plate, and on which is formed
an angular projection 11, through which the end of the shaft 6, passes.
The bicycle lamp or lantern, one of which is shown in dotted lines at 12, in
Fig. 1, is connected with the plate 8, in the usual manner, and that part of said
plate which is connected with the forward fork 5, of the vehicle, and in which the
oblong opening 9, is formed, is of the usual form and construction, and in the
practice of my invention, I form thereon, an upwardly directed extension 13, the
upper portion of which is reduced in size as shown at 14, whereby outwardly
directed shoulders 15, are provided, and formed in one side of the reduced
portion 14, of the extension 13, is a triangular notch or recess 16.
I also provide a lock which comprises a casing 17, which is open at its lower end,
and adapted to receive the reduced portion 14, of the upwardly directed
extension 13, of the plate 8, and when the lock is mounted on said extension, or
the reduced portion thereof, the lower end of the casing rests upon the shoulders or
projections 15, and the lock casing is provided at one side with an inwardly
directed shoulder or projection 19, and adjacent thereto, with a key hole 20, and
secured within the lock casing, opposite the shoulder or projection 19, is a
spring 21, which extends parallel with the key hole 20, and which is provided
with a triangular head 22, which is adapted to engage with the triangular notch or

page_text: recess 16, in the reduced portion 14, of the upwardly directed extension, of the
plate 8.
The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description, when
taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, and the following statement
thereof.
When the lamp or lantern is connected with the plate 8, in the usual manner,
the lock is slipped onto the reduced portion 14, of the upwardly directed
extension 13, of said plate, and the spring 21, immediately engages with the
notches or recesses 16, therein, and will hold the lamp or lantern in position, and
the latter cannot be removed without removing the lock, and this can only be done
by inserting a key through the key hole 20, and operating the spring 21, therewith.
My improvement is simple in construction and operation, and is perfectly
adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, while being also
comparatively inexpensive.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. A holder and lock for lamps or lanterns for bicycles or similar vehicles, said
holder consisting of an upright plate which is adapted to be secured to the frame of
the vehicle, and which is provided with an upwardly directed extension, and a
lock which is adapted to be connected with said extension, substantially as shown
and described.
2. A holder and lock for lamps or lanterns for bicycles or similar vehicles, said
holder consisting of an upright plate which is adapted to be secured to the frame
of the vehicle, and which is provided with an upwardly directed extension, and a
lock which is adapted to be connected with said extension, said lock consisting of
a casing provided with a spring, and said extension being provided with a notch
or recess in connection with which said spring operates, substantially as shown
and described.
3. A support and lock for the lamps or lanterns of bicycles and similar vehicles,
consisting of a plate as 8, having an upwardly directed extension, in one side of
which is formed a notch or recess, and a lock comprising a casing which is open at
its lower end and into which said extension is adapted to be inserted, said casing
being provided with a spring which is adapted to engage with said notch or recess,
and which is adapted to be operated by a key, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 21st day of June 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.