Year: 1886

page_text: [Communicated from abroad by The Ansonia Brass and Copper Company,
Incorporated, Manufacturers of Sheet Brass Goods, and Walcott Abner Hull,
both of the City and State of New York, United States of America.]
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to ornaments for lamp shades.
Heretofore lamp shades have been decorated by painting and gilding as also by
arranging upon them ornamentally formed metal covers which have been known
by the name of cuirasses.
These cuirasses have been made of a single piece and have been therefore
exceedingly expensive to manufacture and to transport. The other referred to
methods of decorating shades have also been exceedingly expensive.
The present improvements consist in a cuirass or cover for a lamp shade made
of a number of sheet metal sections adapted to be detachably connected and
secured to a shade. The sections will consist of a ring or crown and ornaments
extending therefrom. These ornaments will preferaby be made entirely separate
from the ring or crown and hooked on the shade, or on the ring or crown, or
extended between the latter and the shade to retain them in place. The sections
can be made separately and hence cheaply without appreciable waste of metal.
They can be packed separately and hence transported cheaply and with little
liabilitity to damage. The retailer can use them as he pleases or to suit the
varying tastes of customers.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 ornaments for lamp shades.
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Heretofore lamp shades have been decorated by painting and gilding, as also by
arranging upon them ornamentally formed metal covers which have been known
by the name of cuirasses.
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These cuirasses have been made of a single piece and have been therefore
exceedingly expensive to manufacture and to transport. Other methods of deco-
rating shades have also been exceedingly expensive.
The object of the present improvements is to afford a means whereby a cuirass
may be used, for decorating a shade at a trivial expense both as regards manu-
facture and transportation.
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1, is a view of a lamp shade embodying
the improvement, part of a crown therefor being broken away to more clearly
disclose one mode of securing ornaments. Figure 2, is a section of a portion of the
shade, crown and ornaments shown in Figure 1. Figure 3, is a section of a portion
of a shade crown and ornaments showing a modified means of securing the orna-
ments Figure 4, is a view of a portion of a shade crown and ornament showing
another modified means of securing the ornaments. Figure 5, is a view of a
portion of a shade crown and ornament showing another modified means of
securing the ornament. Figure 6, is a view of a shade having a shade crown and
ornaments of modified form arranged upon the same. Figure 7, is a view of a
shade, a ring at the base of a shade and ornaments inserted between the shade and
ring so as to extend over the lower portion of the shade. Figure 8, is a partially
sectional side view of a shade having ornaments of modified form. Similar letters
of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.
A designates a shade for a lamp here shown as of curved outline, but which may
be of any desired shape.
'It is provided with an opening at the top as is usual and a circumferential rim
or flange a extending about the opening.
B. designates a shade crown, made of sheet metal which may be of any desired
configuration. The crown has a circular portion b extending, when in place, about
and outside the rim a on the shade.
C. designates ornaments of which there may be any desired number. They will
'be made of sheet metal or of analogous material. They are shown as disposed
about the shade at intervals and rest on the exterior of the shade.
In Figures 1 and 2 there is shown a means of maintaining the ornaments upon
the shade consisting in a portion or projection c of tongue like form, bent in such
manner as to extend between the portion b of the crown and the rim a of the shade.
The ornaments may be disposed about the shade, and the crown then placed outside

page_text: the portion c of the ornaments. The ornaments cannot then fall off from the shade,
being prevented by the portion of the crown. By making the portion c of the
ornaments of sufficient width the ornaments may be retained in an approximately
perpendicular position and the tendency to swing lessened: The upper ends of the
portion c of the ornaments may be bent in such manner as to hook over the edge of
the rim a on the shade if desired, as shown more clearly in figure 3.
In Figure 4, there is shown a means of making a positive connection between
the ornaments and the crown consisting of hooks d on the ornaments extending
into holes in a rim c in a portion b of the crown: The hooks & may be engaged
with the crown after the latter has been placed in position.
In Figure 5, there is shown a means of making a positive connection between
the crown and the ornaments consisting in providing the lower edge of the portion 6
of the crown with notches f which have other notches f¹ offset from their sides.
The portion c of the ornaments here have formed in them notches g on their side
edges thereby forming shoulders g¹. The portion of the ornaments between the
notches g extends into the notch f¹ in the crown and the shoulders g¹ interlock
with the notch f.
In Figure 6, there is shown a crown B made up of a number of segmental
portions which are separate from one another and which have depending from
them ornaments C of the same general character as the ornaments C shown in the
preceding figure. The segmental portions of the crown preferably overlap one
another. In any case they will meet so as to produce the appearance of a con-
tinuous crown. They are provided on the inner surface with looks c¹ adapted to
extend over the rim a of the shade for the purpose of securing them and the
ornaments C in place. These hooks c¹ may be made by slotting the metal of
which the segmental portions of the crown are made and bending inwards a portion
of the metal or they may be made of separate pieces of metal rivited or soldered to
the segmental portions of the crown.
The ornaments C are bent out abruptly from the lower part of the segmental
portions of the crown and the segmental portions of the crown rest upon the
upper part of the shade adjacent to the rim a hence the segmental portions have a
long bearing upon the shade and tend to preclude the displacement or disarrange-
ment of the ornaments C. The swinging or canting of these ornaments to one side
will thus be effectually prevented.
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In Figure 7, there is represented another method of using the ornaments C.
Here a ring D is used at the base of the shade. It inay be a ring having a flange d
for supporting the shade or merely a ring fastened thereto for ornament.
latter case it may advantageously be made to taper upwardly conformatively to
the contour of the shade and provided at the lower edge with clips bent upwards
under the bottom of the shade. The ornaments C in this example of the
improvement have extended bases or base lines and rest upon the flange d or the
clips. They will be held against the shade by means of the ring.
In Figure 8, the ornaments are shown as secured in place by the crown in the
same manner as in Figures 1 & 2. The ornaments are however here shown as
provided at their lower ends with hooks which engage with the lower edge of the
shade to additionally secure them in place.
In each example of the improvement heretofore described there is formed in
effect a section cuirass or covering for a shade which, although made of a number
of sections, in every instance is an entity. Because it is made in sections it can
be made out of sheet metal without appreciable waste and indeed scraps of sheet
metal which are comparatively useless may be utilized in this way. Not only in
manufacture is economy attained by the improvement but also in transportation
because the sections may be packed separately in every compact packages and
moreover would be much less liable than would be a cuirass made of only one
integral piece of metal.
The retailer may use as few of the ornaments C as he chooses upon his shade
except with the example of the improvement illustrated by Figure 6. He may

page_text: with any example of the improvement use ornaments of different configurations
alternately. In this way he may greatly vary the decoration of the shades which
he sells.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is
1. A cuirass for a shade made of a number of sheet metal sections adapted to be
detachably connected and secured upon a shade substantially as specified.
2. The combination with a shade, of ornamental plates resting thereon and an
ornamental crown, the said plates and crown being the one provided with a
projection or projections which will engage the other substantially as specified.
3. The combination with a shade of a crown or ring therefor and ornaments
provided with portions extended between the shade and the crown or ring, substan-
tially as specified.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.