Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Sept., 1887
Complete Left, 16th June, 1888
Complete Accepted, 20th July, 1888
IWALTER HOWES the younger, of No. 8 Brighton Place Alcester Road Moseley
in the County of Worcester Carriage Lamp Maker do hereby declare the nature of
this Invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of the construction and combination of parts herein after
described for connecting carriage lamps to the fixed lamp irons on the carriages and
also for fastening the removable candle tubes to the barrels of carriage lamps.
In connecting a carriage lamp to the lamp iron fixed on the carriage according to
my invention I make on the end of the arm of the lamp iron and crossing the said arm
a horizontal seat or plato and near the end of the said arm where the said horizontal
seat sets in a vertical cheek is made. The upper face of the said horizontal seat or
plate of the lamp iron is covered with vulcanized india rubber. In the middle of the
seat or plate described is a screw turned by an external fly-nut or handle. This screw
is capable only of a rotary motion in the seat or plate. In the bottom and at one side
of the carriage lamp a recess or depression is made of a size and shape suitable for the
india rubber covered seat or plate on the lamp iron to take into and at the middle of
the said recess or depression is a screwed hole or screw box for the screw on the seat
or plate of the lamp iron to screw into. At the outer edge of this recess or depression
is a pocket or case for the vertical cheek on the said seat or plate to take into the said
pocket and cheek guiding and steadying the lamp while it is being attached to or
detached from the lamp iron.
In attaching the carriage lamp to the fixed lamp iron on the carriage the pocket or
case at the side of the lamp is lowered onto the vertical check on the lamp iron scat or
plate. The screw on the seat or plate is then rotated so as to cause it to take into the
screw box in the bottom of the lamp and thereby draw the said lamp forcibly upon
the seat of the lamp iron and compress the india rubber covering on the said seat.
A very firm connection between the lamp and the seat on the lamp iron is thereby
produced and all jarring or rattling between the lamp iron and lamp effectually
prevented. As the lamp is drawn upon its scat the side pocket or case slides upon the
vertical cheek on the lamp iron.

page_text: By turning the screw in a direction contrary to that by which the lamp is fastened
to the lamp iron the said screw is withdrawn from its screw box and the lamp is lifted
from its seat and from the vertical check on the lamp iron and can be removed. In
fastening the removable candle tubes of carriage lamps to the barrels of the said lamps
I use a horizontal sliding bolt working under the lining at the bottom of the lamp the
said bolt being pressed towards the axis of the lamp by a spring. The inner end of
the bolt is bevilled and takes into a notch or recess near the top of the candle tube.
Above this notch or recess is an inclined shoulder for pressing back the bolt when the
candle tube is introduced into the barrel. The sliding spring bolt is withdrawn by
means of a rotating knob and follower acting on the outer end of the bolt. A longi-
tudinal rib on the upper part of the candle tube takes into a corresponding recess
inside the barrel and prevents the candle tube rotating in the said barrel. On
introducing the upper part of the candle tube into the barrel on the bottom of the
lamp body the inclined shoulder near the top of the candle tube bears against the
bevilled end of the bolt and presses back the said bolt and on the candle tube reaching
its proper position in the barrel the said holt snaps into the notch or recess in the side
of the candle tube and fastens it securely in its place. By partly rotating the knob
near the outer end of the bolt its bevilled end is withdrawn and the candle tube is
unfastened and can be withdrawn from the barrel.
Dated this Tranter ninth day
1003
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Carriage Lamps.
1 WALTER HOWES the younger of No. 8 Brighton Place, Alcester Road, Moseloy
in the County of Worcester, Carriage Lamp Maker do hereby declare the nature of
my Invention and the manner in which the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention consists of the construction and combination of parts herein after
described for connecting carriage lamps to the fixed lamp irons on the carriages and
also for fastening the removable candle tubes to the barrels of carriage lamps.
In connecting a carriage lamp to the lamp iron fixed on the carriage according to
my invention I make on the end of the arm of the lamp iron and crossing the said
arm, a horizontal seat or plate and near the end of the said arm where the said
horizontal seat sets in a vertical cheek is made. The upper face of the said horizontal
seat or plate of the lamp iron is covered with vulcanized india rubber. Near the
said check at the middle of the seat or plate described is a screw turned by an external
fly-nut or handle. This screw is capable only of a rotary motion in the seat or plate.
In the bottom and at one side of the carriage lamp, a recess or depression is made of
a size and shape suitable for the indiarubber covered seat or plate on the lamp iron
to take into and at the middle of the said recess or depression is a screwed hole or
screw box for the screw on the seat or plate of the lamp iron to screw into. At the
outer edge of this recess or depression is a pocket or case for the vertical cheek on
the lamp iron to take into the said pocket and cheek guiding and steadying the lamp
while it is being attached to or detached from the lamp iron.
In attaching the carriage lamp to the fixed lamp iron on the carriage the pocket
or case at the side of the lamp is lowered onto the vertical check on the lamp iron.
The screw on the seat or plate is then rotated so as to cause it to take into the screw
box in the bottom of the lamp and thereby draw the said lamp forcibly upon the seat
of the lamp iron and compress the india rubber covering on the scat.
In fastening the removable candle tubes of carriage lamps to the barrels of the said
lamps I use a horizontal sliding bolt (or sliding bolts) working under the lining at
the bottom of the lamp, the said bolt being pressed towards the axis of the lamp by a
spring. The inner end of the bolt is bevilled and takes into a notch or recess near
the top of the candle tube. The sliding spring bolt is withdrawn by means of a knob
or handle and follower acting on the outer end of the bolt. A longitudinal rib on
the upper part of the candle tube takes into a corresponding recess inside the barrel
and prevents the candle tube rotating in the said barrel.
On introducing the upper part of the candle tube into the barrel on the bottom of
the lamp body, the top of the candle tube bears against the bevilled end of the bolt
and presses back the said bolt and on the candle tube reaching its proper position in
the barrel, the said bolt snaps into the notch or recess in the side of the candle tube
and fastens it securely in its place. By acting upon the knob or handle near the
outer end of the bolt its bevilled end is withdrawn and the candle tube is unfastened
and can be withdrawn from the barrel. A bolt and follower may be situated on
opposite sides of the candle tube for fastening it at opposite points.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings represents in front elevation partly in
section; Figure 2 in side elevation and Figure 3 in plan of underside a carriage
lamp connected to the fixed lamp iron according to my invention; Figure 4 represents

page_text: in side elevation; Figure 5 in plan and Figure 6 in end elevation, a portion of the
lamp iron and the fixing and guiding appliances without the lamp: Figure 7 repre-
sents a plan of the underside of a portion of the bottom of the carriage lamp and
Figure 8 represents a side elevation (partly in section) of the lamp iron and fixing
and guiding appliances in combination with a portion of the bottom of the carriage lamp.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
a is the arm of the lamp iron fixed on the carriage, the said arm having at its end
a crossing horizontal seat or plate b. This seat or-plate 6 has near each end a guide
hole c and a boss or enlargement c on the underside of the said seat or plate ; d is
the vertical cheek near the end of the arm'a and at the middle of the cross seat or
plate bande is the fixing screw turned by the external fly nut or handle e². The
fixing screw e is incapable of removal from the lamp iron the said screw being secured
in its place while capable of a rotary motion by means of the collar e³ at one end and
the fly nute at the other end as represented. In the bottom of the carriage lamp
and at one side of the said bottom is a recess or depression g for receiving the strip
of india rubber packing against which the seat or plate b on the lamp iron is made
to hear; or the said scat or plate b itself may be covered with the strip of india-rubber
packing instead of placing the india rubber strip in the depression or recess g.
jecting from the depression g in the bottom of the carriage lamp are two guide pegs i, i
which take into the holes c, c in the cross seat or plate 6 on the lamp iron. At the
edge of the recess or depression is a pocket or case & for the vertical check d on the
lamp iron to take into the said pocket and cheek guiding and steadying the lamp in
conjunction with the guide pegs ii while the lamp is being attached to or detached
from the lamp iron is the screwed hole or screw box near the pocket or case k on
the bottom of the lamp for the fixing screw e to screw into. The carriage lamp is
represented in Figures 1, 2 and 3 connected to the lamp iron.
Pro-
In connecting the carriage lamp to the lamp iron a the pocket or case k at the side
of the lamp is lowered onto the vertical check d on the lamp iron a the guide pegs i i
on the bottom of the lamp at the same time entering the guide holes cc in the cross.
seat or plate on the lamp iron and the india rubber strip / scating itself upon the
said cross seat or plate b. The screw e is now turned by its fly nut e² so as to cause
it to take into the screw box in the bottom of the lamp and thereby draw the said
lamp forcibly upon the seat of the lamp iron and compress the india rubber strip,
packing or covering on the said seat bas represented in the Drawing. A very firm
connection between the lamp and the seat is thereby produced and all jarring or
rattling between the lamp iron and lamp effectually prevented. As the lamp is
drawn upon its seat the side pocket K slides upon the fixed vertical check d on the
lamp iron.
By turning the screw e in a direction contrary to that by which the lamp is
fastened to the lamp iron the said screw is withdrawn from its screw box and the
lamp is lifted from the seat band from the vertical cheek d on the lamp iron and can
be removed.
Figure 9 represents in elevation; Figure 10 in cross section and Figures 11 and 12
plans of the inside of the body of a carriage lamp, the removable candle tube of which
is fastened to the barrel according to my invention. In Figures 9, 10 and 11 the
candle tube is represented fastened in its place and in Figure 12 unfastened and ready to
be withdrawn from the barrel; Figure 13 represents a plan of the underside of the
candle tube and fixed barrel of the lamp: Figure 14 represents in elevation and plan
and Figure 15 represents partly in elevation and partly in section the removable
candle tube and its nozzle detached from the lamp.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in Figures 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,
14 and 15.
C
a is the removable candle tube and 6 is the nozzle of the sanie provided at its top
with a cupped receiver e into which the melted grease from the candle runs, thereby
preventing the said grease from flowing over the nozzle. The nozzle is fixed to the
candle tube a by a stud or projection a² on the candle tube taking into a cross recess
in the guiding rib 62 on the said nozzle.

page_text: The candle tube a is fastened to the barrel d of the lamp by the two sliding bolts e, e
situated on opposite sides of the candle tube, the said bolts taking into or engaging
with horizontal recesses, slots or notches g, g (see Figures 14 and 15) made at opposite
points in the candle tube and nozzle. The sliding bolts e e also work through slots in
the top of the barrel d. The sliding bolis e, e are carried by the levers or followers f
turning on the centre h the inner arms of the said followers carrying the bolts e e
being pressed towards one another by the action of the coiled spring between the
outer arms of the followers, the ends of the said spring being situated in small boxes
or cups on the followers.
On the outer arms of the followers f,fare knobs or handles f, by pressing which
handles together (after the door of the lamp has been opened) as represented in
Figure 12, the inner arms of the followers are separated and the bolts e, e withdrawn
from the slots or recesses g, g in the candle tube and nozzle. The inner ends of the
sliding bolts e, e are bevilled on their underside to enable them to be pushed back by
the candle tube when the latter is introduced into the barrel d.
The sliding bolts e, e may either be attached to and form part of the followers ff
or the sliding bolts may be made separate from the followers and be pressed together
and separated by the action of the spring followers.
The barrel of the lamp in which the candle tube is fixed is provided with a longi-
tudinal guiding recess k into which the longitudinal rib 62 on the candle tube a takes
for preventing the candle tube rotating in the barrel and causing the slots or
recesses g, g to be brought opposite the fastening bolts e, e.
On introducing the upper part of the candle tube a into the barrel d on the bottom
of the lamp, the rib 2 on the said candle tube is introduced into the recess k in the
barrel, and the candle tube is pushed upwards.
As the upper end of the candle tube approaches the upper end of the barrel d it
acts against the bevilled ends of the bolts e, e and presses them back and as soon as
the slots or recesses g, g in the said candle tube come opposite the ends of the said
bolts the latter snap into or engage with the said slots and fasten the candle tube in
its place as represented in Figure 10.
By pressing together the knobs or handles f, f the two bolts ee are simultaneously
withdrawn from the slots g, g in the candle tube and the said tube is released and may
be withdrawn from the barrel.
Instead of a double bolt a single bolt and follower at one side of the candle tube
may be used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that I claim
as my invention of "Improvements in carriage lamps'
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First The construction and combination of the parts herein before described and
illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the accompanying Drawings for con-
necting carriage lamps to the fixed lamp irons on the carriages; that is to say, making
on the lamp iron the cross seat band the fixing and guiding appliances e, d and
making in the bottom of the lamp the recess g for receiving the india rubber strip or
packing h, the side pocket k and screw box for receiving the vertical cheek d
and screw e the said parts being constructed arranged and acting substantially as
described and illustrated.
Secondly The combination of the parts herein before described and illustrated in
Figures 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 of the accompanying Drawings for connecting
the removable candle tubes of carriage lamps to the fixed barrels of the said lamps.
Dated this 15th day of June 1888.
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JUNIOR.