Improvements in Lamps for Velocipedes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 30th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 1st Mar., 1897-Accepted, 1st May, 1897
ONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lamps for Velocipedes.
We, WILLIAM THOMAS CHARLES GRAY. Junior, Insurance Agent, of
241 Walton Road, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, and HENRY THOMAS
LIVESLEY, of 21 Carisbrooke Roid, Liverpool, aforesaid, Bok-keeper,.do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A velocipede lamp according to this invention is provided at the back with
door, by which access can be had to it, and the lamp lighted by the rider of a
bicycle without getting off or stopping. This door is made, in one form, to slide
up and down; and the lamp inside is provided with a roughened or suitable surface
on which a match can be struck, and thus being within the lamp, and the door
opened to the required degree, the match is prevented from being blown out as and
after it is struck. Also in connection with the lamp, at the back and below the
door opening, a box or receptacle is provi·lel to hold matches, the box or
receptacle being provided with a suitable cover or lid, as a hinged lid or cover..
The lamp is supported on the bicycle in the usual way, its spring carrier
consisting of parallel arms, say, which connect the boly of the lamp with the part
fitting over the lamp support, such part being below the lamp bly, and having a
spring connecting it with the bottom of the lamp.
Dated this 29th day of May 1896.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15 Water Street, Liverpool, Applicants' Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFIC
TION.
Improvements in Lamps for Velocipedes.
We, WILLIAM THOMAS CHARLES GRAY, Junior, Insurance Agent, of
241 Walton Road, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, and HENRY THOMAS
LIVESLEY, of 21 Carisbrooke Road, also of Liverpool, aforesaid, Book-keeper,
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:-
A velocipede lamp, according to this invention, is provided at the back with a
door, by which access can be had to it, and the lamp lighted, by the rider of a
bicycle without getting off or stopping. This door is made, in one form, to slide
up and down; and the lamp inside is provided with a roughened or suitable
surface on which a match can be struck, and thus being within the lamp, and the
door opened to the required degree, the match is prevented from being blown out
as and after it is struck. Also in connection with the lamp, at the back and below
the door opening, a box or receptacle is provided to hold matches, the box or
receptacle being provided with a suitable cover or lil, as a hinged lid or cover.
The lamp is supported on the bicycle in the usual way, its spring carrier

page_text: consisting of parallel arms, say, which connect the body of the lamp with the part
fitting over the lamp support, such part being below the lamp body, and having a
spring connecting it with the bottom of the lamp.
The drawings hereto annexed illustrate cycle lamps provided with our
improvements; and the invention will be further described by the aid of the
drawings.
In the drawings,
Figure 1 is a back elevation shewing a lamp with the back open;
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the lamp; and Figure 3 is a perspective view.
Figure 4 is a plan shewing the upper surface of the oil container and wick.
Referring to the drawings, a represents generally the body of the lamp; b is the
movable back; c is the match box or holder at the back; d are roughened striking
surfaces; e is the front door of the lamp; and f is the oil container and burner.
Then in connection with these parts there are two levers hinged to the bottom
part of the body of the lamp, and socket piece i (which fits on the ordinary lamp
bracket of the cycle) hinged to and carried by the levers.
The door b, shewn in Figures 1 to 3, slides up and down in grooves at each side
of the lamp, it being operated by the projection . When it slides up to its upper
position, the burner of the lamp is exposed from the back, and can be lighted by
the rider without getting off or stopping. On the top of the oil container f, there
is provided a roughened or striking surface f¹ on which the matches can be struck
in lighting the lamp; this enables the lighting to be more easily effected, as it
avoids having to expose the lighted match to the outside air or wind which would
otherwise have to be done. In some cases, however, when desired, a striking surface
is provided on the outside of the lamp, as shewn at j Figure 2.
The match box e is simply a small box fixed on the back of the lamp body at
the bottom; and it has a hinged cover c' at the top, which overlaps the edges of
the body of the box and so makes the box weather tight.
With regard to the lamp supporting socket i, this, as will be seen, is not carried
from the body of the lamp from the usual pivot, viz. from the back, but from the
sides at the lower part by the arms h, and the weight of the lamp is supported from
the socket i by a spring k. This spring in the drawing is shewn to be of the
spiral kind; but any suitable kind of spring may be used, and placed at any
suitable point.
The front e is shewn in the drawing hinged, as usual, to the top of the lamp, and
opens upon this hinge for gaining access to the oil-container, so that it can be taken
out and put in as usual.
A modification of the form or arrangement of the door b is shewn in Figure 5, in
which case, the door is hinged at its upper edge, and swings up about this hinge
when the lamp is lighted; it being fastened when down aud closed by a suitable
catch, as the ordinary spring catch used for the ordinary front door.
As another modification of the lamp (shewn in Figure 6), the converse arrange-
ment and construction to that shewn may be used. That is to say, instead of the
door b being a moving one, it is fixed and supported by the levers h in the same
manner as an ordinary lamp; but the body of the lamp is adapted to be moved
(i.e. slide up and down) on the door.
With regard to the reflector, this, in the lamp described and shewn, is formed on
the door b, its formation being produced by simply forming a bulge on the door,
projecting outwards, of the form or shape required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. The herein described improvement in cycle lamps consisting of the construction
and arrangement of the parts of same, as described, by which they can be opened
and lighted at the back; substantially as and for the purposes described.

page_text: 2. The cycle lamp with moving back door, carrying or supporting means, and
other parts, arranged and constructed as shewn in and set forth with reference
to Figures 1, 2 and 3, and Figures 5, and 6 of the drawings, for the purposes.
described.
Dated this 27th day of February 1897.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15 Water Street, Liverpool, Applicants' Patent Agents.