New or Improved Means for Supporting Lamps in Cycles and other similar Vehicles.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Means for Supporting Lamps in Cycles and other
similar Vehicles.
I, HERBERT TANNER, of 1, Devonshire Road, South Lambeth, in the County of
Surrey, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:
It is well known that in cycles and other similar vehicles it is at present
customary to mount the lamp on the steering bar at about the level of the steering
handles. This position of the lamp entails two disadvantages. In the first place
it is inconveniently near the face of the rider so that the products of combustion
arising from it are frequently inhaled by him; and in the second place, the lamp
is not so far forward on the machine as is desirable, seeing that the nearer to the
extreme front of the machine that the lamp can be placed the better.
The object of my present invention is to obviate these disadvantages, and for
this purpose I mount the lamp on a suitable supporting device just over the steer-
ing wheel preferably in a position considerably lower than the steering handles,
and further forward on the machine. In order to support the lamp in the position
just indicated, I sometimes extend the mud-guard of the steering wheel forward
beyond the steering bar, and mount the support for the lamp on the front end of
such extension of the mud-guard. This extension of the mud-guard may be made
sufficiently rigid to support its own weight and that of the lamp without stays or
struts; but if preferred it may be furnished with stays or struts extending
to the axle of the wheel, or to the fork or other suitable part of the
framework of the machine. In some cases the extension of the mud-guard may
be dispensed with, and the lamp be carried on any suitable support connected with.
the axle of the wheel, the fork, or the framework.
The hook, pin, or other device to which the lamp is immediately connected may
be made detachable from the extension of the mud-guard or other support by being
screwed into or on to the same, or it may be connected therewith by a bayonet joint
or otherwise in any suitable way so that it can be removed when not required for
supporting the lamp.

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New or Improved Means for Supporting Lamps in Cycles and other
similar Vehicles,
I, HERBERT TANNER, of 1, Devonshire Road, South Lambeth, in the County of
Surrey, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 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:-
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It is well known that in cycles and other similar vehicles it is at present
customary to mount the lamp on the steering bar at about the level of the steering
handles. This position of the lamp entails two disadvantages. In the first place,
it is inconveniently near the face of the rider so that the products of combustion
arising from it are frequently inhaled by him; and in the second place the lamp
is not so far forward on the machine as is desirable, seeing that the nearer to the
extreme front of the machine that the lamp can be placed the better.
The object of my present invention is to obviate these disadvantages, and for
this purpose I mount the lamp on a suitable supporting device just over the steer-
ing wheel preferably in a position considerably lower than the steering handles
and further forward on the machine. In order to support the lamp in the position
just indicated I sometimes extend the mud-guard of the steering wheel forward
beyond the steering bar, and mount the support for the lamp on the front end of
such extension of the mud-guard. This extension of the mud-guard may be made
sufficiently rigid to support its own weight and that of the lamp without stays or
struts; but if preferred it may be furnished with stays or struts extending to the
axle of the steering wheel, or to the steering wheel fork. In some cases the exten-
sion of the mud-guard may be dispensed with, and the lamp be carried on any
suitable support connected with the axle of the wheel, or the fork.
The hook, pin, or other device to which the lamp is immediately connected may
be made detachable from the extension of the mud-guard or other support by
being screwed into or on to the same, or it may be connected therewith by a bayonet
joint or otherwise in any suitable way so that it can be removed when not required
for supporting the lamp.
And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I will proceed to
describe the same with the aid of the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a side view of a lamp support attached to the front part of the mud-
guard of the front or steering wheel, or an extension of such mud-guard, Figure 2
a front view, and Figure 3 a plan of same.
A represents the front part of the mud-guard of the steering wheel or of a
forward extension of such mud-guard. Ba stem secured at its lower end to the
said mud-guard, either directly or, preferably as shown in the drawings, to a cross-
piece C supporting the mud-guard, and which cross-piece is supported by two
stays or struts D extending down to and connected with the axle of the front wheel
(not shown in the drawings) or, with some part of the front fork. The upper end
of the stem B is provided with a flat slotted part B₁ to which the lamp can be
attached by bolts or otherwise. Or the said upper part of the stem may be
otherwise adapted to have the lamp suitably secured to it. The lower end
of the stem B may be permanently secured to the mud-guard or to
the cross-piece, but I prefer to arrange it so that it can be readily detached when
the lamp is not required, and fixed in place when the lamp is to be used. For this
purpose the method of fixing shown in the drawings will be found convenient. E
is a slot in the mud-guard of such a size as will admit of a cross-head B2 of the

page_text: stem B being passed through it. B³ is a square part of the stem B adapted to fit
into a notch C made in the cross-bar C. 13 is a screwed part of the stem B, and 135
is a wing-nut adapted to screw on to the said screwed part B. It will now be
understood that when it is required to fix the stem B in place, the cross-head B2 of
the stem is passed through the slot E, and the square part B³ is placed in the notch
C of the cross-piece C: the wing-nut B5 is then screwed down on the screwed
part B until the underside of the said nut bears firmly against the upper surface
of the cross-piece C and draws the cross-head B2 firmly against the under side of
the cross-piece, as shown clearly in Figure 2. Then when it is desired to remove
the stem B it is only necessary to slacken the wing-nut B5, and the square part B³
can be withdrawn from the notch C¹ and it and the cross-head B2 drawn out
through the slot E.
Instead of the method just described I sometimes affix the lamp support B to
the cross-piece C by cutting a screw thread for the lower part of it and screwing
this into the cross-piece, using the wing-nut B5 to hold it steady in the desired
position.
I sometimes support the lamp on the cross-piece C and stays or struts D without
the help of the mud-guard; but in that case I prefer to stay the cross-piece C to
the steering fork by means of suitable stay rods or otherwise, thereby forming a
kind of triangular supporting bracket with the angle on which the lamp is carried
standing over or nearly over the axle of the steering wheels.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
First. In a cycle or other similar vehicle, mounting the lamp on a suitable sup-
port over the front steering wheel, substantially as described.
Second. In a cycle or other similar vehicle, mounting the lamp over the front
steering wheel on the mud-guard of such wheel or on a forward extension thereof,
substantially as described.
Third. In a cycle or other similar vehicle mounting the lamp over the front
steering wheel on a support connected with the axle of such wheel or with the
front fork, or with both the axle and front fork, substantially as described.
Dated this 6th day of January 1090.
Dated this 6th day of January lov0.
Per W. H. Beck,
H. TANNER,
Agent, 115, Cannon Street, London, E.C.