Improvements in Safety Devices for Vehicle Lamps.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Jan., 1899-Accepted, 25th Feb., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Safety Devices for Vehicle Lamps.
We, JOSEPH SANDERS and HENRY SQUIRE, trading as Sanders Brothers, both of
256, Globe Road, in the County of London, Corn Merchants, 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 an improved device for preventing the theft of lamps
from vehicles such as carts carriages waggons and the like.
Owing to the fact that the vehicles have often to remain stationary for some con-
siderable length of time and in many cases unattended it is an easy matter for
people to remove the lamp from off the vehicle or if by chance the lamp is attached
to said vehicle to remove the burner therefrom. This in the case where a large
number of carts or the like are employed represents during the course of the year
a serious item and it is to do away with such inconvenience that we have devised
the following arrangement which we have illustrated in the accompanying draw-
ing and which shews convenient methods of carrying out our said invention.
Figure 1 is an elevation partly in section shewing our arrangement as applied
to a cart, and
Figure 2 illustrates our invention as applied to a carriage.
In carrying our said invention into practice as applied to carts or the like we
provide a lamp case or holder a Figure 1 of such a size as to contain the lamp
proper k, said casing being permanently fixed to the cart or like vehicle h by
means of screws bolts and nuts or like fastenings c passing through the back b of
the lamp case or holder a and into the side or like part of the vehicle h. The lamp
case or holder a is provided with a hinged lid f having a tongue e adapted to pass
over the staple d of the case a and to be locked thereon by means of a padlock or
other suitable fastening and locking device m.
Openings are provided in the case a to allow the light of the lamp k to pass
therethrough, the openings being of such a size that it is impossible to either open
the lamp proper or remove the same therethrough. Holes are likewise further
provided to aid combustion.
To prevent the lamp h from rattling suitable means such as rubber pads may
be arranged in any desired manner or a spring f' may be provided on the under-
side of the lid f to press on the lid of the lamp k, or we may effect the same by
means of the pinching screw n passing through the case a and engaging the lamp
case proper.
We may attach the case a to the vehicle h by suitable means other than that
shewn provided that they are so arranged as to be inaccessible to the public; and
we may modify the construction of the case a without departing from the spirit
of our invention in accordance with the class of lamp to be used on the vehicle.
Such a modification is shewn in Figure 2 which represents our invention as
applied to a carriage lamp.
In this arrangement we provide the base a* of the case a with an aperture a**
adapted to receive the tail or socket piece k* of the lamp. The shape of the upper part

page_text: of the case a being made to conform to that of the lamp k. Instead of screwing
the case a direct to the vehicle we form the same with an extension a¹ integral
with or permanently attached to the case a, said extension being provided at its
end a² with holes for screws or like suitable fastening devices to attach said end
permanently to the vehicle.
We are aware that it is not new to insert and lock a lamp in an extra case or
holder or to fasten the case i.e. of the lamp proper to the vehicle and we do not
make any claim for such arrangement but
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
do claim is:-
1. As a means for preventing the theft of vehicle lamps the combination of
the case a permanently attached to the vehicle, the lamp proper k contained in said
case, and means such as a padlock or the like for securely locking the same in
said case, substantially as described.
2. As a means for preventing the theft of lamps from vehicles the arrangement
and construction substantially as described and for the purpose specified.
DI 11.
1000
JOSEPH SANDERS.
HENRY SQUIRE.