IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING LAMP SHADES
Year: 1884

page_text: I LIONEL GYE of 60 St James's Street in the County of Middlesex Gun
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING LAMP SHADES," to be as follows:-
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This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for supporting lamp
shades,
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The shades commonly applied to moderator and other lamps are usually supported
upon conical frames of wire work, and these are sometimes carried by rigid arms
connecting the conical frame with a ring surrounding the gallery of the lamp.
This arrangement does not admit of adjustment in the height of the lamp shade in
relation to the flame.
For the purpose of adjustment I employ in place of the rigid arms mentioned
above arms which are jointed midway in their length. These arms are jointed
also at their lower ends in their connections with the ring surrounding the gallery
of the lamp, and at their upper ends in their connections with the conical wire-
work frame. By the straightening of the joints in the supporting arms I effect
the raising of the lamp shade, and by allowing these joints to bend and the parts
of the arm to fold more or less together I cause the lowering of the lamp shade.
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The jointed arms may be controlled in various ways, but I prefer to provide a
second ring on the exterior of the ring to which the arms are jointed." Upon this
outer ring I provide inclines, which by turning the outer ring can be brought to
bear against the lower part of the arms just outside the joints' connecting them
within the inner ring.
The inclines then operate to thrust upwards these portions of the arms, and
cause them to assume a more or less upright position. On the other hand,
when the ring is turned in the reverse direction so as to remove the inclines the arms
together with the cone which they carry, and the shade decend by their own
weight, as far as the inclines in their new positions will permit them to go.
For convenience of manipulation, I provide lugs upon the outer and the inner
rings, and by pressing these between the fingers the one ring can be caused to.
turn upon the other in either direction as may be required.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I LIONEL CYE of 60 St James's Strect in the County of Middlesex Gun
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING LAMP SHADES" 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 its object improvements in apparatus for supporting lamp
shades.
The shades commonly applied to moderator and other lamps are usually supported
upon conical frames of wire work and these are sometimes carried by rigid armıs
connecting the conical frame with a ring surrounding the gallery of the lamp.
This arrangement does not admit of adjustment in the height of the lamp shade
in relation to the flaine.
For the purpose of adjustment I employ in place of the rigid arms mentioned
above arms which are jointed midway in their length. These arms are jointed
also at their lower ends in their connections with the ring surrounding the gallery
of the lamp and at their upper ends in their connections with the conical wire-
work frame. By the straightening of the joints in the supporting armis I effect
the raising of the lamp shade and by allowing these joints to bend and the parts
of the arm to fold more or less together I cause the lowering of the lamp shade.
The jointed arms may be controlled in various ways but I prefer to provide a
second ring on the exterior of the ring to which the arms are jointed. Upon this
outer ring I provide inclines which by turning the outer ring can be brought to
bear against the lower part of the arms just outside the joints connecting thei
within the inner ring.
The inclines then operate to thrust upwards these portions of the arms and
cause them to assume a more or less upright position. On the other hand when
the ring is turned in the reverse direction so as to remove the inclines, the arms
together with the cone which they carry and the shade descend by their own
weight as far as the inclines in their new positions will permit them to go.
For convenience of manipulation I provide lugs upon the outer and the inner
rings and by pressing these between the fingers the one ring can be caused to turn
upon the other in either direction as may be required.
In order that ny said Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a lamp shade support made in accordance with
my invention.

page_text: b. b. are the arms which carry the frame a and which in place of being rigid aro
now jointed. b b are the joints connecting the upper ends of the arms with the
frame a. 66 are intermediate joints connecting the upper with the lower part of
each arm and b³ 6ª are joints connecting the lower end of each arm with a ring c.
The ring c is supported upon the gallery of the lamp and lugs on its under side
serve to keep it steadily in place thereon. c¹ c¹ are thumb pieces or lugs provided
upon the ring c. d is an outer ring surrounding the ring c and capable of turning
around it. The lower limb of each arm b rests upon the upper edge of the ring d
and is supported thereby. Upon the edge of the ring. d thero aro inclines and by
turning the ring & around the ring c either a higher or a lower part of the edge of
the ring & can be brought beneath the arm. The ring & has thumb pieces or
Jugs upon it they are used in turning the ring. Movement can be given
to the ring d in either direction by pinching together two of the lugs c¹ ď
suitably selected.
Or the ring & by which the lower ends of the arms b are drawn together to raiso
the shade may be turned and retained by means of ratchet apparatus or by a
screw motion or by other mechanism the lower part of the arms 6 may be drawn
together or allowed to separate.
Thus a very simple and ready moans is provided for setting the shade to any
desired position either higher to allow the light to be more generally diffused in
the room or apartment or lower to concentrate the light downwards upon a small
area around the lamp as is desirable when the lamp is used for reading.
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
First An apparatus for supporting lamp shades having jointed arms, the parts
of which relatively the one to the other are capable of being set to various inclina-
tions to regulate the height of the support substantially as described.
Second-In apparatus for supporting lamp shades the use of jointed armsc apable
of adjustment by means of a moveable ring with inclines substantially as described.
Third An apparatus for supporting lamp shades substantially as described and
represented in the annexed drawings.