An improved Cycle Lamp.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Dec., 1894-Accepted, 5th Jan., 1895
An improved Cycle Lamp.
I HARRY LUCAS of The Tom Bowling Lamp Works, Little King Street,
Birmingham, Lamp Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention.
to be as follows
My invention relates to cycle lamps and my object is to make a lamp which is
more convenient to use and to clean than are ordinary cycle lamps now in use, and
without being complicated.
In my improved lamp I make the body to open diagonally so that the back and
one side form one part and the front and the other side form another part.
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The front part is hinged and fastened to, or is made to slide in grooves on the
back part to which the oil vessel is also fixed. I prefer to make the top of the
lamp and the reflector to slide together in grooves on the back part so that they
may be readily removed for cleaning, or the reflector may be attached by any
convenient method to the back, and the top may be fixed to the front part so that
it opens with it.
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Dated this Eighth day of March 1894.
HARRY LUCAS.
An Improved Cycle Lamp.
I, HARRY LUCAS, of The Tom Bowling Lamp Works, Little King Street, in
the City of Birmingham, Lamp Manufacturer, 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 cycle lamps, and its object is to produce a lamp which
is more convenient to use and is more readily cleaned than the ordinary cycle lamps
now in use. At the same time the advantages are obtained without any increased
complexity of construction.
The invention consists in so constructing the lamp as to enable the body to open
diagonally so that the back and one side form one part while the front and the
other side form another part. The part forming the front and one side is hinged
to the back part and fastened to it when closed by any convenient catch.
The oil vessel is also carried by the back part.
The top of the lamp and the reflector are made together and grooves are
provided in the back of the lamp in which to slide in the reflector and thus hold
the top in position. A very convenient construction suitable for cleaning is thus
obtained.
The top, however, may be attached to the hinging front part to open with it and
the reflector may be fixed to the back in any convenient manner.
In the accompanying drawings-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the lamp with the front hinged part open.
Figure 2 is a side elevation with the hinged part closed and the top part with
the reflector partly pulled out.

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Figure 3 is a separate side elevation of the top part with the reflector attached,
Figure 4 is a plan of the lamp with the top removed showing the grooves in
which the reflector slide operates.
The front A and the side B are in one piece and hinge from the other side and
back part respectively C and D as shown in Figure 1. By so hinging, the whole
interior of the lamp is at once opened for cleaning and inspection.
Grooves, E E are formed in the back part and in them fits the slide F carrying
the reflector G and the top part H.
The oil vessel I is held in a casing forming part of the portions C and D.
This arrangement of lamp is very simple and easily taken apart for cleaning.
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 cycle lamp in which the front and one side are constructed to
form one part and the back and the other side are constructed to form the other
part, the two parts being hinged together to enable the body to open diagonally
substantially as described.
2. An improved cycle lamp in which the front and one side are constructed to
form one part, and the back and the other side are constructed to form the other
part, the two parts being hinged together to open diagonally, in combination with
a lamp top formed with a slide carrying the reflector, the said slide operating in
grooves in the lamp back substantially as described.
3. An improved cycle lamp in which the front, one side and the top are
constructed to form one part and the back and the other side are constructed to
form the other part, the two parts being hinged together to open diagonally
substantially as described.
Dated this 29th day of November 1804
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.