Year: 1886

page_text: I, JOHN IMRAY of No. 28 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to means of aiding the vision of a person reading or
writing in cases where the light is situated in front of and above him, as, for
instance, in a railway carriage.
For this purpose, I provide a light mirror plate of silvered glass or metal, to
extend along the forehead at such inclination as to reflect a band of light on the
part of the paper looked at.
The mirror may be held on the forehead by a frame, like spectacles, it being
jointed to the frame so that it can be inclined to give the reflected light the
direction required.
The appliance is adapted for being worn with spectacles in the following manner.
A spring clip which fits on the bridge of a pair of spectacles has the mirror jointed
to it, the joint allowing the inclination of the mirror to be varied, and being
preferably such that the mirror can be folded over the glasses when the spectacles
are not in use.

page_text: I, JOHN IMRAY of No. 28 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane in the
County of Middlesex, Consulting Engineer, and Patent Agent 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:-
My invention relates to means of aiding the vision of a person reading or
writing in cases where the light is situated in front of and above him, as, for
instance, in a railway carriage.
For this purpose I provide a light mirror plate of silvered glass or metal to
extend along the forehead at such inclination as to reflect a band of light on the
part of the paper looked at.
The mirror may be held on the forehead by a frame like spectacles, it being
jointed to the frame so that it can be inclined to give the reflected light the
direction required. The appliance is adapted for being worn with spectacles in
the following manner. A spring clip which fits on the bridge of a pair of
spectacles has the mirror jointed to it, the joint allowing the inclination of the
mirror to be varied, and being preferably such that the mirror can be folded over
the glasses when the spectacles are not in use.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings is a front view and Fig. 2 is an end view
of an appliance according to my invention adapted for a pair of spectacles. A is a
mirror which is mounted by a joint on a clip B that can be sprung on the bridge
of the spectacles. The mirror A can be turned on the joint to such an inclination
that light from above as indicated by the line C is reflected in a direction D so as
to strike on and illuminate the part of a book, paper or other object on which the
wearer of the spectacles is looking.
When the appliance is not in use, it can be folded down as indicated at A¹ Fig. 2
against the front of the spectacles, and put in the pocket or other case with them.
When the person using the appliance does not require spectacles, the mirror A may
be jointed directly to a frame such as is partly indicated by the dotted lines F F
Fig. 1, being simply the upper part of a spectacle frame without provision for
lenses.
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
The construction and use of an appliance for aiding the vision, substantially as
berein described and illustrated by the drawings.