Improvements in Street Lamps.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in Street Lamps.
I, JOHN STEWART of 226 Warren Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., Contractor.
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In the street lamp of this invention a ring is placed in the upper portion of the
frame inside the top crown, said ring having an inwardly projecting flange to
receive the corresponding flange of the glass body or globe adapted to fit over the
same. This supporting ring is in one piece or made up of sections. The glass
body is made up of two or more sections with vertical flanges at the edges. Each
two flanged edges abutting together are held in a clip or guide attached to a vertical
bar of the lamp frame. When the sections of the glass body are placed together
and inserted in the ring they are secured and held in the frame by sliding their
adjacent vertical flanges down through the clips or guides and allowing the top
flanges which practically form a continuous circle to fit over the flange of the
supporting ring and rest thereon.
Conto 1800
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
I, JOHN STEWART of 226 Warren Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., Contractor,
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:-
The object of this invention is to provide a globe for street lamps that is formed
of different parts or sections.
In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is an elevation of a street lamp embodying
the improvements of this invention. Fig. 2 a sectional view of the globe, the
crown and the top and bottom supporting rings. Fig. 3 a section on line 3-3 of
Fig. 2. Fig. 4 a separate view of the top supporting ring.
A is the lamp frame. a clips. B the globe formed at top with an onwardly
projecting flange b. C the top supporting ring carried on the top of the frame and
formed with a flange c to receive or fit underneath the flange b of the globe.
In describing the invention the globe is to be understood as that part below the
dome or top of the lamp which globe, as now generally made is of a single piece of
glass circular in form. Thus made, whenever it is broken at one place the whole

page_text: of it is practically destroyed and a new globe with the attendant expense is
necessary to replace it. In constructing the lamp of this invention the top
supporting ring C is secured to the frame. This ring is shewn formed of one piece
but may be formed of several sections either abutting against or separate from one
another, the only object in this respect being that when the globe is inserted said
ring shall suitably receive the flange 6 for the support of the globe.
The clips a which are attached to the lamp frame are provided with a recess
forming a passage way and a support for the vertical flanges of the globe sections,
the globe being formed of two or more vertical sections with an outwardly pro-
jecting flange at each vertical edge, the lamp frame being constructed for the
attachment of any suitable number of clips corresponding to the number of the
globe sections. Two of the sections being fitted together their adjacent flanges are
of a proper width to slide down in the recess of the clips. Each globe section is
formed with its corresponding part of the top flange b.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my sai
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
In a lamp the combination of an outside frame provided with clips, and a
removable flanged ring in its upper portion, and a globe formed of vertical sections
having outwardly projecting flanges at their edges fitting into recesses in the clips
whereby the sections are held together, and an outwardly projecting flange at the
top fitting over and resting upon the flanged ring of the frame whereby the globe is
adapted to be inserted in the frame and held in position vertically, substantially
as described and shewn.
Dated this 25th day of May 1807
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.