Means for Attaching and Detaching Electrio Light Globes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date claimed for Patent under Sect. 103 of Act, 1
hoing date of first Foreign Application (in 26th June, 1996
United States of America),
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 21st Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 21st Dec., 1896-Accepted, 27th Mar., 1897
United States of America),
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 21st Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 21st Dec., 1896-Accepted, 27th Mar., 1897
Means for Attaching and Detaching Electrio Light Globes.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM MAYER, of No. 76 Main Street, in the City of
Hartford, County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, United States of
America, Jeweller, 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 means for attaching and detaching light globes-such
as incandescent electric-light globes-to or from their supports, the object. thereof
being to provide a device of this character whereby such globes can be placed in
position on a ceiling or wall, or other high place, and removed therefrom, when
desired, without the necessity of erecting a scaffold or using a ladder to reach the
same.
A further object of the invention is to provide a device not only simple in its
construction and effective in use, but also inexpensive in its manufacture, and
which in the use thereof will facilitate the placing in position and the removal
therefrom of incandescent-light globes.
In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification,
Figure 1 is a view of this device in position on an incandescent-light globe and
showing a part of the handle or pole thereof broken away. Fig. 2 is a view
similar to Fig. 1, taken at right angles thereto.
Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the device, with the pole or handle removed
and showing an electric-light globe in dotted-line position.
Fig. 4 is a plan view; and Fig. 5 is a view, similar to Fig. 1, on a relatively
small scale, showing the manner of placing or removing the device with relation to
the globe..
Similar characters designate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.
It is a well-known fact that in buildings as now constructed incandescent-light
globes are placed near the ceiling, or near the top of the side walls, or at other
comparatively remote distances from the floor, it being quite common to erect
expensive chandeliers carrying a large number of these globes near the ceiling;
but as the filaments thereof become broken, or the lights burn out or become
otherwise defective, it necessitates the use of a ladder in ordinary buildings and
oftentimes the use of a scaffold in large structures, or makes it necessary that the
chandeliers be movable, in order to lower the same to permit the light to be
removed and replaced, and all of which is more or less expensive, both in time and
labor, and is, moreover, exceedingly dangerous, and especially so when the
chandeliers are movable, as at some time or other they are liable to fall-not
being fixedly secured in position-so that it is a great advantage to be able to

page_text: remove or place in position an electric-light globe without the necessity of moving
the chandelier, or erecting a scaffold, or using a ladder. Moreover, as these lights
are now used in large numbers in stores, it has been found in practice to be a
great hindrance to business to be put to the necessity of having a ladder placed in
the midst of the crowded store during the busiest hours of the evening, in order to
remove the defective lights and replace the same; and hence, in order to
accomplish this purpose without the disadvantages heretofore usually attendant,
I have provided a lamp attaching and detaching device whereby the use of a
ladder, or a scaffold, or the necessity of lowering the chandelier, is obviated, and
whereby the lamps can be quickly, and easily detached from their support or socket
on the chandelier or other support and readily and easily replaced by others, with
comparatively little inconvenience and trouble.
In a general way this device comprises a pair of members (designated by A
and B,) secured together, and a pole or haudle operatively connected thereto, said
members being so constructed that they can be quickly and easily placed around
the globe or bulb of a lamp to engage the same, whereby on the turning of the
pole the lamp will be unscrewed from its support or socket, or screwed thereon ;
or, whereby on the downward or upward movement of the pole the lamp can be
detached or attached, as the case may be, in that class of lamps which are not
screwed into their sockets.
In the preferred form thereof herein shown and described the member A
preferably comprises a ring-shaped member or band 10, (herein shown provided
with an inwardly-turned flange 11, for the purpose hereinafter set forth,) and
which member is adapted to be placed in position around the lower end of an
incandescent-light bulb, such member or band preferably flaring outward to
conform to the usual contour of such bulb. The other member B comprises a
preferably substantially semicircular band 12, disposed concentrically to the
band 10 and of a diameter adapted to engage the smaller or neck portion of the
globe, said band being preferably provided with outwardly-flaring ends 13, whereby
the same can be readily placed in position around the neck in a manner hereinafter
set forth. This band 12 is herein shown as of the same diameter from its upper
to its lower edge. These two members 10 and 12. may be fixedly secured in
position relatively to each other by any suitable means, whereby one will engage
the relatively large portion of the globe and the other the relatively small or neck-
shaped portion thereof; but in the form shown, and which is the preferable
construction thereof, such members are united by a series of connecting members
or ribs 14, equidistantly disposed and preferably shaped to conform to the usual
contour of the globe. There may be any desired number of these ribs and they
may be secured to the bands in any suitable manner-such as integrally therewith,
or soldered or riveted thereto, or in any other desired way-and may be of any
shape and construction adapted for the purpose-as flat or round--but they are
herein shown preferably comprising a series of wires.
As a means for placing this device in position on the globe, the bands 10 and 12
are herein shown operatively connected to a pole or handle 15. For this purpose,
a tubular member or socket 16 is provided and adapted to be placed on one end of
the pole or bandle 15, which is reduced in diameter at one end thereof in the usual
way for this purpose. This tubular member 16 is connected to the lower band. 10
by some suitable means-in the preferred form, by a series of connecting members
or ribs 17, herein shown as ogee in construction, secured to the band or sleeve in
any suitable way. These ribs 17 are preferably so disposed that the ends thereof
will come as far as possible intermediate of the points of connection of the first set
of ribs 14 with the lower band 10, whereby greater rigidity and a firmer clamping
means is obtained.
In order to obtain a firm, frictional engagement of these members 10 and 12
with a globe, and in order to also prevent the breakage thereof, each band is shown
provided on its interior with .a lining of some suitable cushioning material-
preferably rubber, 18-which may be secured in position thereon in any desired

page_text: manner, as by cement, or by riveting the same, in which latter case the heads of
the rivets would be countersunk in the rubber to prevent contact with the globe.
The band 10 in the form shown has this cushioning or frictionally-engaging
material 18, resting on the flange 11, whereby the same forms a seat for the rubber
to thereby more thoroughly hold the same in place.
Any suitable means may be used for securing the tubular member or socket 16
to the pole or handle-such as by frictional engagement therewith, or the socket
may be made removable by securing the same thereto by a clamp device-whereby
different lengths of poles could be used and be furnished with each device, if desired,
or the parts detached in order to place the same in a smaller space, which object,
however, could be better accomplished by making the pole of separate members
and jointed in the same manner as an ordinary fishing rod, the sections, however,
being secured against independent rotation relatively to each other, whereby any
desired length of pole or handle could be used.
In the use of this device when a light burns out, or for any other reason becomes
defective, the device is placed at an angle to the lamp, as shown in Fig. 5, to
permit the lower band to encircle the larger portion of the globe, and is then moved
to permit the semicircular band to grasp the neck or smaller portion of said globe,
whereby on turning the pole or handle sail lamp can be unscrewed, or otherwise
detached, from its socket or support, owing to the frictional engagement of the
rubber material 18 with such globe, in a manuer that will be obvious without
further description; such device being removed from the lamp when a perfect one
has been placed in position by reversing the foregoing operations, whereby, as
before stated, incandescent-lights when they become defective can be quickly and
easily removed and replaced by others, without the necessity of a scaffold, or the
use of a ladder, or the necessity of lowering the chandelier for this purpose.
It will be obvious from an inspection of the drawings that the upper semicircular
member could be easily dispensed with, and the upper ends of the ribs made to
simply grasp or clamp the globe at the neck portion thereof.
It will also be understood that the device is adapted for use in order to remove
and replace globes which are not screwed into position but simply inserted in their
sockets, it being obvious that the engagement of the bands with the globe will
permit this on the upward or downward movement of the pole or handle.
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. A device for attaching and detaching electric-light globes, comprising a semi-
circular band and a circular band, both of said bands being connected together and
adapted to engage an incandescent lamp at relatively remote points in its length,
and a pole or handle secured to said device.
2. A device for attaching and detaching electric-light globes, comprising a pair
of bands secured together and of substantially the same width and adapted
frictionally to engage an incandescent-lamp globe directly at different points in its
length, and a pole or handle secured thereto.
3. A device of the class specified, comprising a lower, circular band and a smaller,
upper, semicircular band concentric therewith, both of said bands being adapted to
engage an incandescent-lamp globe directly; a series of ribs connecting said bands
together; and a pole or handle secured to the lower band.
4. A device for attaching and detaching electric-light globes, comprising a
circular band and a substantially semicircular band; a series of ribs connecting
said bands together; a pole or handle; a socket secured to one end of said pole or
handle; and a series of ribs secured to the lower band and to said socket.
5. A device of the class specified, comprising a relatively large band and a
relatively small, substantially semicircular band concentric therewith, said bands
being adapted to engage a lamp-globe directly at relatively remote points in its

page_text: length; cushioning or frictionally-engaging material on the interior of each of said
bands; and a pole or handle secured to said device.
6. A device of the class specified, comprising a relatively large, upwardly-flaring
band and a relatively small, substantially semicircular band having outwardly. flaring
ends, said bands being adapted to engage an incandescent lamp at relatively remote
points in its length; and a pole or handle secured to said device.
7. A device of the class specified, comprising a pair of bands adapted frictionally
to engage a lamp-globe at different points in its length, and each of said bands
being lined on its interior with rubber or other soft material; and a pole or handle
secured to said device.
8. An incandescent-lamp attaching and detaching device comprising a relatively
large circular flaring band having an inwardly-turned flange at its lower edge and
a rubber lining on its inner face; a relatively small substantially semicircular band
concentric with said larger band and having outwardly-flaring ends and also having
a rubber lining on its inner face; a series of ribs connecting said bands together;
a pole or handle; a socket engaging one end of said handle; and a series of ribs
connecting the lower band with said socket and having their points of connection
with the relatively large band intermediate of the points of connection of the first
series of ribs with said band.
Dated this 3rd day of December 1896
FREDERICK WILLIAM MAYER.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.