Improvements in Spring-ring Globe Holders.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 5th Mar., 1898
Improvements in Spring-ring Globe Holders.
I, ALPHONSE FESER, residing at 131, W. 29th Street, New York, in the County
of New York, and State of New York, United States of America, Inventor, 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:-
.
This invention relates to devices for holding globes upon gas fixture and other
lighting apparatus, and has for its object to provide a simple and improved device
of this character which will obviate the employment of securing screws and similar.
mechanism such as are now generally employed, and by means of which the globe
may be quickly and conveniently sprung into or from its proper position in con-
nection with the lighting fixture.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improve-
ment are designated by the same letters of reference in each of the views, and in
which:-
Fig. 1, is a side elevation, showing my improved holder in position with relation
to the globe and a gas fixture: and,
Fig. 2, is a plan view showing the retaining arm of the holder.
In the drawing forming part of this specification A designates a gas or other
lighting fixture upon which is mounted, with proper relation to the burner, a, an
annular ring or platform, B, upon which the globe, C, is adapted to rest or be
seated. The ring B may be connected with the fixture A in any suitable or
desired manner, for instance; it may be supported upon divergent arms b, carried
upon a base ring b, adapted to slip over and embrace the burner a and rest upon
the body portion of the fixture, this construction being shown in the drawings.
My improvements comprise a spring wire arm 1), which is secured at a suitable
point upon the supporting ring 1, as shown at d, and projects upwardly therefrom
a suitable distance, us at (, from which upwardly projecting securing end the arm
is continued to form a horizontal curved or circular body portion, d, the end, d³,
of which terminates a short distance from the securing end, to form an opening
in said horizontal circular arm through which the globe may be readily and con-
veniently sprung into or out of position.
The operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood. The
spring arm 6, is adapted to embrace the neck portion, c, of the globe, and by its
spring tension retain the latter effectively in position upon the supporting rim
or frame B.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. An improved globe holding device of the class described, comprising a curved

page_text: receive and retain the neck of the globe, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
2. An improved globe holding device of the class described, comprising in com-
bination with a supporting frame or base upon which the globe is adapted to rest,
a curved spring arm projecting from said supporting base and having one end
connected therewith, the other end being free or open, said spring arm being
adapted to embrace the neck of the globe and retain it in position upon the
supporting base frame, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. An improved globe holding device of the class described, comprising the
annular base ring adapted to support the globe and having means for securing it
in position upon a gas or other lighting fixture, and the horizontal circular or
curved spring arm mounted above said supporting ring and carried thereby, one
end of said spring arm being secured to the ring and its other end being free or
open, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
4. A globe holding device of the class described, comprising a circular or curved
spring arm adapted to embrace the neck of the globe and retain the same in
position, one end of said arm being connected with a support or bracket, substan-
tially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 28th day of January 1898.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.