Improvements in Lamps, which are specially applicable to Cycles and such like purposes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Oct., 1395
Complete Specification Left, 9th July, 1896-Accepted, 5th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lamps, which are specially applicable to Cycles
and such like purposes.
1, FREDERICK JOHN SMITH of 62 Sidbury Worcester in the County of
Worcester Cycle Maker do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to
be as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in lamps which are specially
applicable to cycles and such like purposes by which great simplicity of con-
struction is attained and the parts are united together without the use of solder.
Besides this every portion of the lamp is accessible for examination cleaning
renewal and for repairs and it may be packed into a very small compass. One
part of this invention may be worked in connection with my previous Patent
No. 18,277 A.D. 1893.
I construct my lamps in separate portions all of which are easily detachable the
one from the other. The hood or top forms one portion and is the foundation to
which the two inside sides are hinged by a removable wire or other pivot. The
edges of these sides are enlarged to form slides which the back piece embraces as it
is slided into its position and likewise the front embraces the other edges of the side
pieces so that the body part is firmly united together without the use of solder the
whole being dependent upon the top. The side pieces carry supplimental slides to
receive the side pieces into which the side lights are fixed the inside side pieces
being cut out to give access sideways to the light when required as the outside side
pieces lift in the skeleton side slides aforesaid. The front door carrying the main
light opens on a hinge with a spring fastening. The bottom or reservoir slides
outwards and inwards on slides at the bottom of the front and back and is locked
in its closed position by the side slide shutting down over a projection upon it.
The pivot wire securing the side or sides has a bow formed upon its end which
turns down and around a projection on the back as an extra security. The
connection on the back is made up of two links joined to the socket piece by
tubular hinges and no indin rubber washers or pieces are used in this connection.
These links are formed by stampings having each four ears to receive the tube and
the spring is applied underneath in the recess or box formed by the turning down
of the edges the lower link but the upper and lower links may be duplicates.
This part of my invention is equally applicable to my previously patented lamp
18,277 A.D. 1893.
Dated this 15th day of October 1895.
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Lamps, which are specially applicable to Cyclos
and such like purpose9.
1, FREDERICK Jons SMITH of 62 Sidbury, Worcester, in the County of
Worcester, Cycle Maker do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 has for its object improvements in lamps which are specially
applicable to cycles and such like purposes by which great simplicity of con-
strition is attained and the parts are united together without the use of solder.
Besides this every portion of the lamp is accessible for examination, cleaning,
renewal, aml for repairs and it may be packed into a very small compass,
I construct any lamps in separate portions all of which are easily detachable the
one from the other. The hood or top forms one portion and is the foundation to
which the two sides are hinged by removable hinge pins. The edges of these
sides are enlarged to form slifes which the back piece e braces as it is slid into its
position and likewise the front embraces the other edges of the side picces so that
the body part is firmly united together without the use of solder the whole being
dependent upon the top. One of the side pieces carries supplemental slides to
receive a plate fitted with a side light. The side piece over which the said plate
slides is cut out to give arress from outside to the burner when required. The
front door carrying the main light opens on a hinge with a spring instening. The
bottom or reserv ir slides outwards and inwards on sludes at the bottom of
the front and tack and is locked in its closed position by the side light plate
aforesaid shutting down ever a projection upon it. The hinge pin of one of the
sides of the lamp hes a bow formed upon one end, which bow when the pin is
turned down and pushed home passes over a stud on the lamp back. The con-
nection on the back is made up of two links joined to the socket piece by tubular
hinge pins India-rubler washers or pieces are not used in these connections.
The links which are stamped out have tach four ears to receive the tubular pins
and the spring is applied underneath in the recess or Lox formed by the turning
down of the edges of the lower link. A spring may also be applied in like manner
to net in the upper link.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood 1 now proceed to
describe the same with reference to the accompanying sheets of diawings in
which
Figure is a side elevation of a limp constructed according to my invention.
Figure 2 is a front elevation of Figure 1 with the front, back and oil-tank of
the lamp removed therefrom.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of Figure 2 showing the top portion of the lamp and
one side detached, and also showing the hinge or connecting pin between.
Figure 4 is a similar view to Figure 3 of the other side of Figure 2 showing the
sliding side light and plate.
Figures 5 and 6 are plan views of the side portions of Figures 3 and 4
respectively.
Figure 7 is n front elevation of the oil tank or reservoir detached from the body
of the lamp.
Figure 8 is an end elevation of Figure 7.
Figure 9 is a side elevation of the spring back of the lamp shown in Figure 1
detached from the body portion of the lamp.

page_text: Figure 10 is a plan view of Figure 9.
Figure 11 is a side elevation of the front portion of the lamp as detached from
the body or main portion and showing the door carrying the lens or front light
open.
Figure 12 is a plan view of Figure 11.
Figures 13 and 14 are plan and side elevation respectively of parts comprised in
the spring back arrangement as shown in Figures 9 and 10.
In carrying my invention into practice I construct my lamps in separate parts
in such a manner that they are easily detached from one another. The hood or
top A forms one portion and is the foundation which carries the other portions or
members of the lamp. The edges of the base of the hood A are formed, by
suitable tools, with sockets a', a² which form portions of the hinge for connecting
the two sides B, B' of the lamp thereto. The side members B, B₁ are also formed
with sockets 2, 3 which fit between the sockets a', a², the pin C passing through
the sockets a, b and the pin C¹ through the sockets a², 63, thus hinging the hood A
and sides B, B' together. The edges b, of the sides B, B₁ respectively are
turued over to form slides as shown more clearly at Figures 5 and 6 which fit into
corresponding grooves d², formed on the edges of the back and front portions or
members D and D' of the lamp (see Figures 10 and 12) the side member B carries
a fixed side light 68 and the side member B' is provided with a movable side
light carried by a plate & adapted to be slid up and down in the grooves 6º
provided in the side member B' (see Figures 4 & 6) so as to enable the lamp to be
lighted when fixed to the lamp bracket of a velocipede. The pivot pin ci has a
loop formed upon the end which when the pin is turned down and pushed home
passes over the stud d" (Figure 10) on the back member D as an extra security for
holding the back member in position. The front portion or member D', the side
edges of which are formed into grooves ³ and into which the edges of the side
member fit, has the top and bottom edges d' and do bent inwards at right angles.
When the front member D' is fixed in p sition the top edge d' abuts against
the hood A and prevents the said member D
oving any further upwards.
The bell to which the front door d' carrying the main light or lens d³ is
hinged (see Figures 11 and 12) is fixed into the front member D' an aperture
being provided in the face thereof for that purpose. A spring catch d³ secured to
the "bell" is provided for keeping the door d firmly closed and a thumb
piece dis attached to the said door for opening the same.
1'
The oil tauk or reservoir E into which the burner e fits has a supplementary
top ² secured to the top of the tank at e³. When introducing the oil tank into the
body of the lamp the side member B' is pushed upwards and the ledge on the
bottom of the front member D¹, and the ledge " on the bottom of the back
member D, slide between the supplementary top e and the top of the tank, and
the turned up end of the supplementary top presses against the underside of the
projection (Figure 5) formed out of the bottom edge of the side member B thus
securely and firmly holding the said oil tank or reservoir, so that when the side
member B is shut down again it bears against the projection e' connected to the
supplementary top and locks the oil tank in position.
The back of the lamp is carried by two links H, H' linked to the plates h², h
by the four tubular binge pins h passed through sockets provided for them at
the top and bottom ends of the plates. The plate 2 is connected to the back
member D and the plate 43 carries the socket he formed on the back which
socket fits on to the lamp bracket of the velocipede. The tubular hinge pins h³, h
are held in position by the caps h', h, which fit over the ends, the said ends being
turned over thus preventing them from working loose. India rubber washers are
not used in these connections.
The tension spring K, one end of which is anchored to the plate h³, is coiled
around the hinge pin tubular hinge h, a portion of the socket through which
the pin is passed, being cut away for that purpose and the other end of the
spring K is anchored it the underface of the link H¹.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the game is to be performed declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. A lamp for cycles and like uses, in which the parts constituting the lamp,
that is to say, the top, bottom, front, back, and sides, are separable from each
other & are adapted to connect and hold together, without the employment of
solder, or the like, substantially as hereinabove described.
Second. A lamp of cycles and like uses, having the sides adapted to be hinged
to the top by removable hinge pins such as c, c and capable of being readily
connected and detached.
Third. A lamp for cycles and like uses having the front and back detachably
held to the sides by shaping the corners of the front and back to clip on and slide
over guides provided on the sides, substantially as hereinbefore described and
shown in the accompanying drawings.
Fourth. A lamp for cycles and like uses having the sides detachably hinged to
the hood, and the oil tank adapted, by means of a plate such as e to be supported
in place on a ledge such as projecting inward from one of the sides, a ledge such
aa projecting backward from the front and a ledge such as d projecting
forward from the lamp back.
Fifth. In a lamp for cycles and like purposes, a movable side light plate, such
as arranged to slide vertically in guides such as 6 provided on the lamp side,
and adapted also to lock, in conjunction with the projection, the oil tank in place
substantially as hereinbefore described.
Sixth. In a lamp for cycles and like uses, the attachment of the socket 4° by
which the lamp is affixed to the cycle or in a like place, the said attachment being
effected by means of tubular hinge pins such as passed through sockets provided
at the rear end of links such as H, H' and by similar tubular hinge pius passed
through sockets provided towards the top and bottom of the back plate D, a spring
such as K. (to one or both links) being so applied and set as normally to tend,
when the lamp is not fixed to the cycle to keep the links H, H' in the position
shown at Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings, but allowing play under
vibration.
Dated the 8th day of July 1896.
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.