Improvements in or connected with Cycle Lamps.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 10th June, 1891-Accepted, 11th July, 1891
TRUYIDIVAAT DE MULLICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Cycle Lamps.
I HENRY SALSBURY of 125/126 Long Acre, Middlesex, Lamp Manufacturer do
hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows :-
This invention has for object certain detail improvements in or connected with
lamps for cycles and relates
1. To a coiled or volute spring affixed to the parallel or other motion apparatus
employed as a support of the lamp for absorbing the jolting and vibratory action of
the machine thereto to preserve a steady flame while travelling.
2. To a coiled or volute or other spring at the upper part of a lamp for lifting
the door when released for opening and for retaining it in a lifted open condition.
3. To a reflector which I make of crescent shaped leaves or by indentations in
the plate for casting rays of light downwards as well as forwards.
4. To a socket on the burner for holding a vesta or match with phosphorous end
exposed and within range of the wick for rapid lighting at any time.
5. To a projecting rib or beads on the front of the oil reservoir for the door to
press against when closed to keep the reservoir in a fixed position and to prevent
rattle while travelling.
6. To providing the bottom of a lamp with a pocket or loops or catches by which
the oil-can can be affixed to it.
7. To lamps burning candles, providing the outside socket or sleeve with the
spring for pushing the candle up the inner socket or tube whereby any escape or
guttering of the candle is prevented from obstructing the action of the spring and
also the separation of the parts when a fresh candle has to be inserted. This
arrangement permits of a candle being used in an oil lamp by making the bottom
plate the receptacle for the candle holder.
Dated this 10th day of September 1890.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said H. Salsbury.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Cycle Lamps.
I HENRY SALSBURY of 125/126 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:
This invention has for object certain detail improvements in or connected with
lamps for cycles and relates
1. To a coiled or volute spring affixed to the parallel or other motion apparatus
employed as a support of the lamp for absorbing the jolting and vibratory action of
the machine to preserve a steady flame while travelling.
This first part of my invention will be understood by reference to A Figure 1 of
the annexed drawings, one end of said spring being affixed at B to the tongue
socket and the other to the upper limb C of the parallel motion apparatus.
The coiled or volute spring or springs connected to other parts may be in any
part of the parallel motion frame other than that shown, and be in any number,
and of any shape of metal, but which in every case is silent in action, resilient in

page_text: character and takes up, mechanically, all the movement, jolting and concussion of
the machine without imparting them to the lamp.
2. To a coiled or volute or other spring at the upper part of a lamp for lifting
the door when released for opening and for retaining it in a lifted open condition.
The second part of my invention is exemplified by D Figure 1 or E Figure 2
of the drawings. According to this portion at Figure 1 one leg F of the coiled or
volute spring D is affixed to the inner side of the lamp and the other leg ( is free
to ride against the inside of the door 11 and put into tension on the door being
closed, but which on the catch of the door being released causes the door to lift or
fold outwards on the hinge joint and be retained in an open condition until
pressure he exerted to foll it downwards and closing it.
In the modification of coiled spring shown at Figure 2, instead of one leg being
affixed it is loosely hinged to the door at J, the other end which is looped encircles
the stem of a headed pin K and is provided with a kink L, on either side of which
the pin K can find a lodgment for holding the door 11 in an open state.
3. To a reflector which I make of crescent shaped leaves or by indentations in
the plate for casting rays of light downwards as well as forwards.
This will be understood by referring to Figures 3 and 4 of the drawing.
M, M. are the crescent shaped leaves or as sections of the same plate such as
produced by pressure indentations. The upper crescent shaped forms throw rays
of light downwards at different angles au spread over a large area, the lower
blades N. & being for straight ahead reflection.
4. To a socket for holding a vesta or match with phosphorous end exposed and
within range of the wick for rapid lighting at any time.
Figures and shew the sorket forming this part of my invention as applied
to a burner and Figure 7 as applied to the oil reservoir.
According to Figure 8 the socket P' forms part of a plate or strip Q hinged at R
to the bottom of the lamp and foldable ontwards by an action on the button S for
the vesta T to be lighted and be stuck into the socket previous to the folding in, or
the vesta may be first fixed in the socket as is preferred with regard to the plans
shewn at Figures 5, 6 and 7 and also on the right of Figure 8 where the socket is
fixed to the inside of the lamp body so that on the door being opened and a match
being lighted, the vesta can be lit and the door closed, the vesta then burning to
light the lamp wick, without requiring the cyclists attention as at present.
5. To a projecting rib or bends on the front of the oil reservoir for the door to
press against when closed to keep the reservoir in a fixed position and to prevent
rattle while travelling.
Referring to Figures 6 and 8 for this part of my invention V is the rib and
Figure 7, W the beads for the purpose explained for the rim of the door reflector
to press upon.
6. To providing the bottom of a lamp with a pocket or loops or catches by
which the oil can, can be affixed to it.
This is shown at Figure 1 and Figures 9 and 10 of the drawings, X being the
pocket or spring loops which hold an oiler under the lamp body, as in dotted lines.
A catch or spring may be employed to temporarilly lock the oiler in place or the
door will serve to fasten the oiler in place.
7. To lamps burning candles, providing the outside socket or sleeve with the
spring for pushing the candle up the bottomless inner socket or tube, whoreby any
escape or guttering of the candle is prevented from obstructing the action of the
spring, or of entering between the two tubes, and thereby facilitating the separation
of the parts when a fresh candle has to be inserted. This arrangement permits of
a candle being used in an oil lamp by making the bottom plate the receptacle for
the candle holder.
This will be understood by referring to Figure 11 which is a section of a candle
holder. Yis the outer tube or sleeve, % the inner tube which has the candle
within it, but said candle is acted upon by the spring pressing against the base of
the outer tube or sleeve.

page_text: 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. In a cycle lamp fitting a coiled or volute spring or springs outside of, but to,
the parallel motion frames known as non-vibrating backs, substantially as and for
the purpose herein before described.
2. In a cycle lamp fitting a coiled or volute spring within the body and having a
free end to act upon the door when released and to open the door and to hold said
door fully open, as described with reference to Figure 1 of the annexed drawings.
3. Applying a coiled or volute spring to the door of a cycle lamp with its
opposite end so shaped that the door can be held in an open condition by a sliding
action on a headed stud, as shown at Figure 2 and as described.
4. Making the reflector plate of a cycle lamp of a series of crescent shaped
sections or surfaces, for the purpose set forth and substantially as shown at Figures 3
and 4 of the drawings.
5. Fixing a socket for holding a vesta or match within range of the wick of a
cycle lamp so that said vesta or match can be lighted from another vesta or match
after uncovering an opening in the lamp, as set forth.
6. Fixing a vesta or match holding socket, to a burner, to a reservoir, or to the
body of the lamp as shown at Figures 5. 6. 7. and 8 of the drawings, for the
purpose of lighting the wick therefrom as described.
7. The modified arrangement of hinged movable socket or vesta holder described
with reference to Figure 8 of the drawings and marked P. Q. R. thereat.
8. Providing oil reservoirs of cycle lamps with a lip or with studs to be pressed
on by the door when closed, to fix the reservoir in position for the purpose explained
with reference to Figure 10 of the drawings.
9. Providing the bases of cycle lamps with a pocket or springy holders for the
reception and the retaining of an oiler substantially as described with reference to
Figures 9 and 10 of the annexed drawings.
10. So making candle holders that the outer tube carries the spring and the
inner tube the candle as and for the purposes described with reference to Figure 11
of the annexed drawings.
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H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said H. Salsbury.