Year: 1886

page_text: I HERBERT REEVES LAMPORT of Westmeon Petersfield Hants Auctioneer Valuer
and Estate Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
.
In order to throw the light from a carriage lamp well forward in front of the
horses heads I form the lamp with a circular lens at the front set in a conical
reflector which projects forward in front of the lens and at the back of the lamp
I use a concave reflector to reflect the light forward through this lens. At the
outer side of the lamp I provide a narrow glazed slit and on the opposite side that
is the inner side of the lamp I place a trough shaped reflector to throw light
through this slit. In this way I am able to throw forwards a powerful beam of
light whilst at the same time I provide sufficient side light to light up the road at
the sides. To allow the driver to extinguish his lamp whenever he desires without
getting down from his seat I provide within the interior of the lamp an extin-
guisher which is moved into position to extinguish the flame whenever a spring
button on the exterior of the lamp pressed on. At the bottom of the lamp I also
provide a match box holder so that the driver may always have a supply of
inatches ready for lighting his lamp.
I also in some cases provide for directing the light of the lamp to one side or
the other instead of straight ahead so that the driver when about to turn a corner
may be able to direct the light from one of his lamps in whichever direction he is
about to turn.
.
In some cases also in order to allow of the lamp being set higher or lower
I attach to the socket in which the lamp is held a spring catch to catch into one or
other of a number of recesses formed at different heights in the lamp stem-this
spring catch also acts as a safety catch to prevent the lamp from being jerked up
and thrown out from the socket.

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Improvements in Carriage Lamps.
I, HERBERT REEVES LAMPORT of Westmeon Petersfield Hants Auctioneer Valuer
and Estate Agent 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:-
In order to throw the light from a carriage lamp well forward in front of the
horses beads I form the lamp with a circular lens at the front set in a conical
reflector which projects forward in front, of the lens and at the back of the lamp
I use a concave reflector to reflect the light forward through this lens. At the
outer side of the lamp I provide a glazed slit and on the opposite side that is the
inner side of the lamp I place a trough shaped reflector to throw light through this
slit. In this way I am able to tlirow forwards a powerful beam of light whilst at
the same time I provide sufficient side light to light up the road at the sides. To
allow the driver to extinguish his lamp whenever he desires without getting down
from his seat I provide within the interior of the lamp an extinguisher which is
moved into position to extinguish the flame whenever a spring button on the
exterior of the lamp is pressed on.
I also in some cases provide for directing the light of the lamp to one side or the
other instead of straight ahead so that the driver when about to turn a corner may
be able to direct the light from one of his lamps in whichever direction he is about
to turn.
2.
In some cases also in order to allow of the lamp being set higher or lower
I attach to the socket in which the lamp is held a spring catch to catch into one or
other of a number of recesses formed at different heights in the lamp stem-this
spring catch also acts as a safety catch to prevent the lamp from being jerked up
and thrown out from the socket.
The drawings hereunto annexed shew a carriage lamp constructed as above
described.
Figure 1 is a front view of the lamp with the door carrying the lens opened.
Figure 2 is a vertical section through the centre of the lens when the door is shut.
Figure 3 is a vertical section taken at right angles to Figure 2. Figure 4 shews
a perspective view of the exterior of the lamp extinguisher. Figure 5 shews a side
view and Figure 6 a plan of a socket for holding a carriage lamp.
A is the front lens set in a conical reflector B-C is a concave reflector at the
back of the lamp to reflect light through the lens A. D is a glazed opening on the
outer side of the lamp and E a reflector on the inner side to reflect light through
this opening-F is an extinguisher carried by a lever arm G which at G₁ has pivots
projecting from it which are received and can turn in holes formed to receive them
in a small casing. H which projects out from the lamp casing. I is a coiled spring
one end of which is coupled to one of the pivots the other to the casing-it tends
to hold up the extinguisher in the position shown. An extension of the lever G
extends out from the casing H and forms a small handle by raising which the
extinguisher can be lowered on to the top of the candle holder and so extinguish
the flame. The stem of the lamp within which the candle is held has around it as

page_text: usual an oval shaped tube J to fit into a corresponding oval socket at the end of the
lamp iron but in place of the oval tube being rigidly fixed as heretofore to the stem.
of the lamp the stem is made capable of turning within it so that the lamp may be
turned and the light directed for a time to one side in place of straight in front.
Ordinarily the lamp is held in position to throw the light straight forwards by two
springs Ji contained within the oval tube J being made to spring into recesses in
the circumference of a flange M which projects out from the stem of the lamp as
shown in Figure 7 which is a horizontal section through the line A B Figure 2.
J2 J2 are holes formed in the tube J into any one or other of which a pin K
carried by the socket can be inserted so as to hold the lamp at different heights as
may be required-the pin K also serves to hold the lamp down and prevent it from
being jerked out of its socket. The pin K is pressed inwards into the interior of
the socket by a spring L which carries it.
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:
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1. A carriage lamp with a lens fitted in a conical reflector at the front and with
a concave reflector at the back to reflect light through the lens substantially as
described.
2. A carriage lamp with a lens fitted in a conical reflector at the front a concave
reflector at the back a glazed opening on the outer side and a reflector on the
opposite side to reflect light through this opening.
3. The extinguisher mechanism substantially as described.
4. The means substantially as described for admitting of a carriage lamp being
turned to one side, whenever desired or of being locked in a position to throw the
light straight forward.
5. The means substantially as described for holding a carriage lamp at the
height required and for preventing it from being jerked out from the socket which
carries it.
Tlated this 1st due of Onta 1002