Improvements in Portable Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Portable Incandescent Electric Lamps.
I, WILLIAM MORISON, of Montclair, New Jersey in the United States of America,
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The shell of my battery consists preferably of a homogeneous plastic material
hardened under pressure, formed of electrically non-conducting material and is
provided with openings in the top (in which are moulded rings) and with a discharge
orifice in one side. A plate and caps and wires and lamp socket are also moulded in
the same.
The rings are double grooved rings, provided with a cut away portion, through
which the hooks of the zinc pass and engage with the upper of said grooves. The
lower grooves serve to hold the said rings firmly in the insulating material of the
case, which also extends up inside the said rings, thus entirely protecting the rings
from the action of the excitant.
My case has an interior partition, extending from the top almost to the bottom.
The independent bottom or cover which is cemented to the case (after which the
whole interior is coated with hot insulating material) is provided with a truncated
cone shaped, sharp edged orifice or vent serving to allow gas to escape, and with feet,
and with a vent closer consisting of a spring, cushion, and adjustable guard or screw.
The carbon blocks are provided with a shoulder and are preferably driven in the caps.
My zines have screws cast in them, passing through plugs and are provided with
hooked disks and nuts. The zinc electrodes are inserted in the orifices in the shell
within the grooved rings, and the hooks passed through recesses in the top of the
same and engaged with the flanged tops. By screwing up the nuts the elastic plugs
are compressed and the zincs are hermetically sealed in the openings. Preferably
horizontal binding posts are connected by concealed wires with the caps, rings and
lamp socket.
When the battery stands on its feet the same will be inoperative, but upon
reversing the battery, the anodes and cathodes are immersed in the exciting fluid and
the lamp will burn. I provide a swivel joint for my battery by securing a strap or
plate holder to battery case. A spring creates sufficient friction to retain the battery
in any position. My battery may have a handle or other support. The plate
moulded in this shell is laterally grooved and has an angular face. My battery has
an orifice lined with a metal ring, and the same is closed by a pointed stopper which
also has an elastic plug.
That the of Isl 1906
WILLIAM MORISON,
By Fowler and Co., Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Portable Incandescent Electric Lamps.
I, WILLIAM MORISON of Montclair, State of New Jersey, in the United States of
America, Broker, 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:-
My invention relates to batteries and lamps used in connection therewith, and has
for its object the provision of devices simple in construction, inexpensive to
manufacture and efficient in practical use. In the drawings, Fig. 1 represent a
front view of a battery and lamp constructed according to my invention; Figure 2 is
a central vertical section thereto; Figure 3 is a plan, and Figure 4 a side elevation
of the same, Figures 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are views in detail respectively of my zinc
cap and ring holder, carbon cap, battery support and battery holding plate.
The shell A of my battery consists preferably of homogeneous plastic material
hardened under pressure, formed of electrical non-conducting material, and is
provided with openings in the top (in which are moulded rings B) and with a discharge
orifice A3 in one side.
A plate E, and caps D and wires C, C¹, C³ and D³, and lamp socket I2, are also
moulded in the same with or without the carbons G being in the caps D.
The rings B are double grooved rings, provided with a cut away portion b²,
through which the hooks h of the zinc H, pass and engage with the upper of said
grooves. The lower groove serves to hold the said rings firmly in the insulating
material of the case, which also extends up inside the said rings, thus entirely
protecting the rings B & B from the action of the excitant.
My case has an interior partition a, extending from the top almost to the bottom.
The independent bottom or cover A¹ is provided with a truncated cone shaped, sharp
edged orifice or vent, A2, located within a raised ring or guard integral with the
case and serving to allow gas to escape, and with the feet A', and with a
vent closer consisting of a spring, a, cushion a², adjustable guard or screw, a³.
The carbon blocks G are provided with a shoulder g, and are preferably driven in
the caps D; and the bottom or cover A¹, then cemented in the shell A; and the
openings A2, and A³ temporarily closed; after which preferably hot insulating
material is poured in ordinarily through the ring B and the shell turned sideways
several times, so as to seal the corners of the cover, the joints being thus hermetically
sealed. My zines H, have screws h², cast in them, passing through plugs B³, and
are provided with hooked disks H, and nuts h¹. The zinc electrodes H, are inserted
in the orifices in the shell, which are concentric with, but somewhat smaller than, the
rings B and B¹.
The hooks h are passed through recesses 62 in the top of the rings B & B¹, and
engaged with the flanged tops of said rings, and by serewing up the nuts h¹, the
elastic plugs B³, are compressed and the zines are hermetically sealed in
the openings in the shell surrounding the rings B & B, forming a lining for
the openings in the shell,-the washers BS serving to protect the said rings from
the action of the battery excitant. Preferably two horizontal binding posts K, K¹ are
used and respectively connected with the wires C3, D3 running to Caps D and
rings B. Wires C connect caps D and wires C¹ connect caps D with rings B, and
the Lamp I is preferably connected by wires C3 and Ds with binding posts, K, K',
by being screwed into the socket L2, the threaded socket being immovably moulded
in the shell, and connected with the concealed wire C3, the lamp resting against the
insulated wire D³. The opening' A3 is, after the battery charging fluid is inserted,
hermetically sealed by stopper a³.

page_text: When the battery stands on the feet A, the same will be inoperative, but upon
reversing the battery, the anodes and cathodes are immersed in the exciting fluid and
the lamp will burn. I provide a swivel joint for my battery by securing a strap or
plate holder F (or clamp for handles J or J¹) to battery case by a screw f¹, A
spring F serves to create sufficient friction in the joint to retain the battery in any
position in which it may be placed. By means of a handle J, provided with an
orifice J, for suspension purposes, my battery lamp may be made as a hand lantern,
or by use of the support J, it may be utilized as a carriage lamp. The plate E is
also mokled in my shell as stated; it is provided with a lateral groove e and angular
face e, in order that the same may be rigidly held in position in said shell or cast.
My battery case is, as stated, provided with means for filling or emptying the
same, consisting of an opening or orifice, A, perfectly lined with a metal ring A",
to close which I use a pointed stopper, a³, made of the same material of which
my case is constructed. A screw 13, is cast in the same, on which works a
nut, which serves to compress and laterally expand the flexible cushion a¹,
thus enabling me to secure a tight joint, By the use of a pointed stopper, I avoid
drippings falling from the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A battery case consisting of an electrical non-conducting material provided with
an orifice, having an insulated metallic ring, molded in the same, the said ring being
insulated from the interior of the case, and having a flange extending outside the
case, in combination with an electrode provided with an elastic plug to seal the case,
and with means to engage the flange of the ring, whereby electric connection may be
established through the ring and electrode outside the shell or case.
2. A double grooved ring provided with peripheral recessed portions in combination
with an electrode consisting of a body provided with a screw moulded within it and
an elastic plug, and a dise provided with raised lateral adjustable and actuating
wings, the extremities being curved upward and then turned down, so as to form
hooks to engage a groove of the ring, and a nut to secure the parts together.
3. A double grooved ring provided with a peripheral recessed portions in
combination with an engaging disc provided with raised lateral adjusting and
actuating wings, the extremities being curved upwards and then turned down so as
to form hooks to engage a groove of the ring.
4. A battery case consisting of a non-conducting material and having an
independent cap, as D, molded in the same, insulated from the top and opening into
the interior of the case or shell' and a carbon, as G, provided with a shoulder, as g,
driven in said cap.
5. A battery case consisting of a non-conducting material and having
independent cap, as D, moulded in the same and insulated from the top, and opening
into the interior of the case or shell, and a carbon, as g, driven in said cap, and also
a ring B, and connecting wire, also moulded in the shell or case.
6. A battery case consisting of a non-conducting material and provided with a
holding plate, as E, moulded in the same, in combination with a friction spring holder
as the Clamp F, and spring, f, and means as a screw, to hold the parts together.
7. A battery case composed of a nonconducting material, and provided at one end
with anodes and cathodes and at the other with a vent orifice, consisting interiorly
of a truncated cone, located within a ring or guard integral with the case and
provided with a sharp edge in combination with a vent stopper consisting of a
cushion, a, supported by a spring a', and an adjustable guard, consisting of a
screw to control the same, the case being provided with raised portions, to support
the said spring and adjustable screw.
8. The combination with a battery case composed of a nonconducting material,
and provided with metal caps and rings and a screw socket with wires attached to
electrie connections, for said caps,-which are insulated from the case top and opened
into the interior of the case or shell,-and for said rings,-which are insulated

page_text: from the interior of the case,-said wires being also attached to said lamp screw
socket, which is practically flush with the box face, of an electric lamp to make
electric connections with said socket.
9. A battery case composed of a non-conducting material and provided with a
supporting or holding plate moulded into same flush with the box face, the said plate
being provided with a central screw threaded orifice, and also being grooved laterally,
and provided with an angular edge or face, in combination with a friction spring
holder as the clamp F, and spring f, and means, as a screw, to hold the parts
together.
10. A battery case composed of a non-conducting material, and provided with a
charging orifice, having a metal lining, a, in combination with a pointed, rigid
non-conducting stopper, 3 having a screw moulded into same, and also having an
elastic plug, to engage the said metal ring, and a nut a¹³ to compress the
elastic plug, to secure the said stopper in the charging orifice.
11. A box moulded with an opening in the top, having a concentric larger metal
ring B, moulded in the same, and a plurality of metal caps, D, opening into the
interior of the box, the said box also having a recess in the front in which is a
wire, C³ connected with the metal caps and around which is a ring 12 immovably
moulded in the box case and being connected by a concealed wire, C³, with a top
ring.
12. A box moulded with two openings in the top, having larger projecting
concentric rings, B, and caps D moulded in an opening to the interior of the same,
and with a partition extending nearly to the bottom of the box, and a discharge
opening at one side lined with a metal ring, a, moulded in said side.
13. A box moulded with a recess in the front and a recess in the rear, the first
surrounded by a metal ring, 12, and the other by a metal plate, as E, each being
immovably moulded in the box and each having interior screw threaded openings.
Dated this 22nd day of April 1897.
WILLIAM MORISON,
By Fowler & Co., Agents.