Improvements in Globe and Shade Holders for Gas, Electric Light, and Oil Lamps, Chandeliers, and other similar articles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Jan., 1891.
Complete Specification Left, 30th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 31st Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Globe and Shade Holders for Gas, Electric Light,
and Oil Lamps, Chandeliers, and other similar articles.
We JOHN BROOKES, of Hagley Road, Halesowen, Staffordshire, Diesinker,
and EDWARD GEORGE WARD, of 3 Saint George's Place, in the City of
Birmingham, Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates primarily to improvements in the manufacture of holders
for what are known as Comet globes, although it may be used for any other similar
purposes, it being very adaptable to suit globes or shades of other shapes and
purposes.
The object of this our invention is to provide a holder having three or more
arms, which are so made as to dispense entirely with the gripping screw or screws,
or the lever fastening actions which are at present used in holders of this kind; to
provide that the gripping parts of these arms shall be controlled or actuated by a
spring action formed upon, and in one with the said arm; to provide means
whereby the expansion or contraction or variance in the size to some extent, of the
globe &c. shall be readily accommodated in the said holders; and further, to provide
uniformity in each arm so that attachment or detachment can take place at either
arm, and also thus affording simplicity in their manufacture and the tools therefor.
We provide a centre plate, ring, or frame, suitably shaped &c. for the fitting
upon which it is to be carried, as for instance, in the case of gas globes, a central
hole is screwthreaded for attachment to the fitting. To this plate &c. is now
rivetted or soldered (the former preferred) the extending arms. These arms are
first bent or shaped into their respective forms before attachment to the said plate.
The precise shape into which these arms are bent may be varied to accommodate
taste or adaptation to the particular globe &c., but in each case the spring action
is to be preserved. Thus the part where the spring action is formed may be of
a C character, or zigzag or other geometrical shape affording the necessary
elasticity; or in some cases, these extending arms may be made of round or other
section wire and such spring part formed by one or more coils or bends. In either
case these spring actions afford sufficient adjustment & yielding, that the globe &c.,
may be readily fixed upon or removed therefrom. Upon the upper part of these
arms the metal is bent into an outstanding clip or loop, such clip or loop being bent
to such required angle to suit, in some cases, the clipping upon the inside of the
globe, while in others, to suit the clipping upon the exterior of the globe &c.
A similar part of this extended arm may be bent or formed into a thumb or
finger pressure piece for depressing the spring when attaching or detaching the
globe &c.
Thus by these means we are enabled to dispense with the ordinary screw or
lever fastenings, simplify their manufacture, and utilize the necessary spring part
as a means of, increasing the variety of their design.
Dated this 20th day of January 1891.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicants' Agent.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Globe and Shade Holders for Gas, Electric Light,
and Oil Lamps, Chandeliers, and other similar articles.
JOHN BROOKES, of Hagley Road, Halesowen, Staffordshire, Diesinker, and
EDWARD GEORGE WARD, of Saint George's Place, in the City of Birmingham,
Clerk, 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 improvements in the manufacture of globe holders, and
more particularly for those commonly known as "Comet" globes, that is, such as
are held or clipped from the inside, but which may also be used for globes having
a flange and requiring to be clipped externally.
The object of this our invention is to provide a holder having three or more
arms, which are so made as to dispense entirely with the gripping screw or screws.
or the lever fastening actions which are at present used in holders of this kind; to
provide that the gripping parts of these arms shall be controlled or actuated by a
spring action formed upon, and in one with the said arm; to provide means
whereby the expansion or contraction, or variances in size to some extent, in the
said globes, shall be readily accommodated, and further, to provide uniformity in
each arm so that attachment or detachment can take place at either arm, and also
thus affording simplicity in their manufacture and the tools therefor.
We provide a centre plate, ring, or frame, suitably shaped &c. for the fitting,
upon which the arms are to be carried, as for instance, in the case of gas globes, a
central hole is screwthreaded for attachment to the fitting. To this plate &c. is
now rivetted or soldered (the former preferred) the extending arms.
These arms
are first bent or shaped into their respective forms before attachment to the said
plate. The precise shape into which these arms are bent may be varied to
accommodate taste or adaptation to the particular globe &c., but in each case the
spring action is to be preserved. Thus the part where the spring action is formed
may be of a "C" character, or "zigzag" or other geometrical shape affording the
necessary elasticity; or in some cases, these extending arms may be made of round
or other shape wire, and such spring part formed by one or more coils or bends.
In either case these spring actions afford sufficient adjustment & yielding, that the
globe &c., may be readily fixed upon or removed therefrom. Upon the upper part
of these arms the metal is bent into an outstanding clip or loop, such clip or loop
being bent to such required angle to suit, in some cases, the clipping upon the
inside of the globe, while in others, to suit the clipping upon the exterior of the
globe &c.
A similar part of this extended arm may be bent or formed into a
thumb or finger pressure piece for depressing the spring when attaching or
detaching the globe and etc.
Thus by these means we are enabled to dispense with the ordinary screw or lever
fastenings, simplify their manufacture, and utilize the necessary spring part as a
means of increasing the variety of their design.
.
In order to more particularly explain this our invention we have appended
hereunto an illustrative sheet of drawings upon which are figures and letters of
reference similar letters referring throughout the several views to the same thing
or part, and in which :-
Fig. 1, is a view in elevation of this our improved holder for
Fig. 2, is a plan view of the holder.
Fig. 3, illustrates its application to the "Comet❞ globe.
a "Comet " globe.
Fig. 4, is a view in elevation of the holder as used for a globe having an external
flange.
Fig. 5, is a plan view of Fig. 4.

page_text: We provide a plate A, having in its centre a screwthreaded hole B, whereby it
is secured to the fitting.
To this plate A, is now rivetted the arms C. These arms are bent or shaped
into their respective forms before they are rivetted to the plate A. As before
intimated, the precise shape into which these arms are bent, may be varied to
accommodate taste or adaptation to the particular globe, but in each case, the
spring action is to be preserved. This spring part is formed by bending the arm
into the shape as shown at D. The upper part is formed at E, into an outstanding
loop or pressure piece, and is further formed at F, into an angular clip, which takes
inside the globe G, as seen in Fig. 3.
It will now be readily seen that by pressing towards each other the loops E, and
the lower part of the spring D, with thumb and finger in the line shown by the
arrows, the clip F, will be contracted inwards, when the globe may be withdrawn.
Inasmuch as all the arms are made alike, such releasing of the globe may be made
at either one of them.
In the modification shown in Figs. 4, 5 & 6, the clip F', is turned into the
opposite angular direction, so as to clip externally the flange H, of the globe G',
the spring part D', however remaining practically the same as in Figs. 1, 2 & 3.
The extreme end of this arm is bent or formed into a pressure piece J, so that
with the thumb and finger applied in the direction of the arrows, the clip F¹, will
be withdrawn from off the flange H, when the globe G¹, may be removed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improvements in the construction of globe holders as herein described
and illustrated, that is to say, the combination with the plate A, or its equivalent
of the arms C, having the spring parts D, pressure parts E, and loops F, substan-
tially as set forth.
2. In globe holders the modified combination with the central plate A', of the
arms C, having the springy parts D', pressure parts J, and loops F¹, substantially
as shown and described.
Dated this 29th day of September 1891.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicants' Agent.