A Reflector Attachment for Lamps.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 25th June, 1894-Accepted, 28th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. .
A Reflector Attachment for Lamps.
I, CARL QUITMANN of 17 Jewin Crescent in the City of London, Merchant, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of a reflector attachment for lamps, whether oil, gas,
electric or other lamps, and is more particularly applicable to and useful with
lamps which are stood upon the top of a piano. My reflector attachment will
reflect the light upon the sheets of music placed upon the ordinary rest and
therefore lamps or candles placed in sconces or upon the open keyboard cover can
be dispensed with. My reflector attachment is also applicable to lamps used in
other situations.
The said attachment consists of a reflector or mirror carried by brackets or
arms in which its position can be adjusted while its angle relatively to the said
brackets or arms can also be adjusted. With these objects the brackets have slots
or guides which receive trunnions or pivots on the two sides of the reflector so
that the said trunnions or pivots can be moved along the slots to adjust the position
of the reflector. The truunious or pivots also constitute an axis upon which the
reflector can be turned or swung to any angle desired. After every adjusting or
turning inovement the reflector is fixed in position by tightening nuts or otherwise.
The inner ends of the brackets or arms are connected to a bow, curved bar or
other suitable piece, having clips, hooks or the like to enable it to be attached to
any convenient part of the lamp such for example as the shade ring or the
gallery.
It will readily be understood that when the reflector attachment has been
attached to the lamp the position and angle of the reflector can readily be adjusted
so as to reflect the light of the lamp in any direction desired.
When the lamp is used on pianos as above mentioned the light can be thrown
upon the music sheets and at the same time kept from the player's face.
The reflector can if required be so adjusted on the lamp as to form a toilet glass
or a screen to the lamp.
Dated this 25th day of September 1893
A Reflector Attachment for Lamps.
I, CARL QUITMANN of 17 Jewin Crescent, in the City of London, Merchant,
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 consists of a reflector attachment for lamps, whether oil, gas,
electric or other lamps and is more particularly applicable to and useful with lamps
which are stood upon the top of a piano. My reflector attachment will reflect the
light upon the sheets of music placed upon the ordinary rest and therefore lamps
or candles placed in sconces or upon the open keyboard cover can be dispensed
with. My reflector attachment is also applicable to lamps used in other situations.
The said attachment consists of a reflector or mirror carried by brackets or

page_text: arms in which its position can be adjusted while its angle relatively to the said
brackets or arms can also be adjusted. With these objects the brackets have
slots or guides which receive trunnions or pivots on the two sides of the reflector
so that the said trunnions or pivots can be moved along the slots to adjust the
position of the reflector. The trunnions or pivots also constitute an axis upon
which the reflector can be turned or swung to any angle desired. After every
adjusting or turning movement the reflector is fixed in position by tightening nuts
or otherwise. The inner ends of the brackets or arms are connected to a bow,
curved bar or other suitable piece, having clips, hooks or the like to enable it to
be attached to any convenient part of the lamp such for example as the shade ring
or the gallery.
It will readily be understood that when the reflector attachment has been
attached to the lamp the position and angle of the reflector can readily be adjusted
so as to reflect the light of the lamp in any direction desired.
When the lamp is used on pianos as above mentioned the light can be thrown
upon the music sheets and at the same time kept from the player's face.
The reflector can if required be so adjusted on the lamp so to form a toilet glass
or a screen to the lamp.
In the accompanying drawings I show a reflector attachment constructed
according to my invention and applied to the shade ring of a lamp.
In these drawings
Figure 1 is a vertical section and Figure 2 a plan of the attachment together
with part of the shade ring of the lamp.
Figure 3 illustrates how the attachment can be used to reflect the light from a
lamp stood upon a piano to a sheet of music placed upon the ordinary rest.
a is the mirror or reflector and bare two arms by which it is carried. These
arms have slots or guides c to receive trunnions or pivots d on the two sides of the
reflector; these trunnions being capable of being moved along the slots to adjust
the position of the reflector. The trunnions also constitute an axis upon which
the reflector a can be turned or swung to any angle desired. ee are tightening or
clamping nuts which fit upon screw threads on the trunnions d of the reflector and
serve to clamp or secure the reflector in the position and angle to which it has been
moved and adjusted. The inner ends of the arms are connected to a bow or
curved piece which has clips gg to enable it to be attached to the shade ring h
of the lamp.
It is desirable to provide the lamp with a heavy elongated base or foot as
seen at in Figure 3 to counterbalance the weight of the reflector attachment and
thereby avoid any risk of the lamp being overbalanced by the attachment.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A reflector attachment for lamps constructed substantially as hereinbefore
described.