Improved Means and Appliances for Securing Lamp Sockets to Tongues of Bicycle and other Lamps.
Year: 1885

page_text: Improved Means and Appliances for Securing Lamp Sockets to
Tongues of Bicycle and other Lamps.
I, HENRY SALSBURY of 125 and 126 Long Acre, Middlesex, Lamp Manu-
facturer do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for IMPROVED MEANS
AND APPLIANCES FOR SECURING LAMP SOCKETS TO TONGUES OF BICYCLE AND
OTHER LAMPS to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to secure lamp sockets to tongues of bicycle and
other lamps of various sizes or thicknesses, by a wedge or inclined surface acting
directly or indirectly on the packing by a screw, lever, or other appliance which
can be moved by hand.
Improved Means and Appliances for Securing Lamp Sockets to
Tongues of Bicycle and other Lamps.
I HENRY SALSBURY of 125 and 126 Long Acre, Middlesex, Lamp Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
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The object of my invention, is to secure lamp sockets to tongues of bicycle and
other lamps of various sizes or thicknesses, by a wedge or inclined surface acting

page_text: directly or indirectly on the packing by a screw, lever or other appliance which
can be moved by hand.
My invention will be clearly understood by reference to the annexed drawings
in which Figures 1 and 2 are sectional views of the appliance. The screw A
(which is screwed through the case B) when turned by hand acts upon the inclined
surface or wedge C attached to the back of the rubber plate or pad D and presses
said rubber plate or pad D towards the rubber plate or pad E, or it may be a
rubber tube, thus clipping or holding fast the lamp tongue F of the bicycle as
shown at Figure 2.
Figure 3 shows another lamp socket fastener constructed according to my
invention in which the screw on the pin A is dispensed with, a pivotted lever A¹
being used to press down the wedge pin A between two plates or projections C, C,
thereby compressing the rubber pads D and E against the tongue F as shown.
When the lever A¹ is lifted into the position shown in dotted lines, the pin A is
withdrawn from the plates C, C, and thus takes off the pressure by which the
tongue F is clipped, enabling the lamp to be easily removed from the bicycle
head.
Figure 4 shows a similar arrangement to that shown in Figures 1 and 2 but
having the head of the screw A. shaped like a wing nut.
Figure 5 represents a modified arrangement in which the screw A is not screwed
through the case B but passes through it and is held in position by collars I and J.
the runner K being drawn upwards (when the screw is turned by hand) and
acting against the inclined surface C for the purpose of clipping the lamp tongue.
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
The improved means and appliances consisting of wedge plate and pressure pin
for binding a yielding material into contact with the tongue of a lamp used for a
bicycle, tricycle, or other vehicle as hereinbefore described and substantially as
shown on the annexed drawings.