IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING LAMPS TO CARRIAGES
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Neale, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, and Joseph Beverley Fenby, of the same
Place, Civil Engineer, for the Invention of “IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING
LAMPS TO CARRIAGES."
Place, Civil Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING
LAMPS TO CARRIAGES."
Sealed the 24th February 1871, and dated the 3rd September 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Neale and Joseph
Beverley Fenby at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 3rd September 1870.
We, JAMES NEALE, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, and JOSEPH BEVERLEY FENBY, of the same Place, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING LAMPS TO CARRIAGES," to be as follows, that is to
say:-
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Our Invention refers to improved means for attaching, securing, or
fixing the lamps in position in or upon the lamp irons, brackets, or

page_text: supports projecting from the carriage for such purpose. We form upon
and surrounding the barrel of the lamp at or near its junction with the
lamp a collar made by preference of brass of suitable depth and thickness,
and either circular, oval, or other approved outline in plan so as to fit
into a corresponding shaped adjustable clip of the lamp iron provided
with a gripping or tightening action effected thus:-The forward end of
the lamp iron is formed with a clip of the shape of and to receive the
collar upon the lamp barrel the free end of the clip is made with a
square shoulder to fit against a similar part on the lamp iron at the
point where the shaped clip commences; the free end of the clip and the
squared boss of the lamp iron are made to receive an adjusting screw
provided with a thumb piece and stop, the free end of the clip working
loosely upon the screw, and the boss upon the lamp iron_being_tapped-|
to receive it. When a lamp is to be fixed or secured in position in a
lamp iron formed as described the collar upon the lamp barrel passes
into the clip which is open or expanded, the clip may then be tightened
upon the collar and the lamp made secure by means of the thumb piece
and adjusting screw, the reverse action of which will release. the parts
when desired. To increase the security of the lamp when held in the
lamp iron we sometimes form a stop piece or wedge upon the collar to
fit into a recess or groove cut upon the inner edge of the clip.
By another method we form the clip as described separate from the
lamp iron, and secure it upon the back or side of the lamp to receive
the end of a lamp iron shaped so as to accurately fit in the clip, which
is made of suitable depth, and if necessary a cap or tubular holder may
be formed above the clip to receive the end of the lamp iron, the gripping
action taking place upon a part below, so as to obtain increased security
and rigidity.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Neale and Joseph Beverley Fenby in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 3rd March 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JAMES
NEALE, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, and
JOSEPH BEVERLEY FENBY, of the same Place, Civil Engineer, send
greeting.

page_text: thus: The forward end (a) of the lamp iron is formed into a clip or
adjustable collar (b) of the shape of and to receive the collar, Figure 1,
upon the lamp barrel, the free end of the clip (6) is made with a square
shoulder (c) to fit against a similar part (d) on the lamp iron at the
point where the shaped clip commences; the free end (c) of the clip or
adjustable collar (6) and the squared boss (d) of the lamp iron are formed
to receive an adjusting screw (e) provided with a thumb piece (f) at
one end and a stop (g) at the other end, the free end (c) of the clip (6)
works loose upon the screw (e), the square shoulder or boss being
tapped to receive the screw as shewn. Thus when a lamp is to be. fixed
or secured in position in a lamp iron formed as described the collar,
Figures 1 and 2, upon the lamp barrel passes into the clip or adjustable
collar (6) of the lamp iron, which is open or expanded to receive-it,-the-
clip (6) may then be tightened upon the collar, Figures 1 and 2, and
the lamp made secure by means of the thumb piece (f) and adjusting
screw (e), the reverse action of which will release the parts when desired,
Figure 4 shews in plan the collar, Figures 1 and 2, here marked (p)
secured in the adjustable clip (6) of the lamp iron, the lamp barrel or
other parts of the lamp being omitted in this and the other Figures for
the sake of clearness. To increase the security and rigidity of the lamp
when held in the lamp iron we sometimes form a stop piece or wedge (h)
upon the collar, Figures 1 and 2, to fit into a recess or groove (i)
Figure 3, cut upon a convenient part of the inner edge of the clip (b).
By another method and as shown in Figure (5) we form the adjustable
clip or gripper (k) similar to that already described and separate from the
lamp iron, and secure the clip (%) upon the back or side of the lamp
by means of the plate (7) or other similar arrangement, the adjustable
clip or gripper (k) receives the part (m) of the lamp iron, Figure (6),
shaped as a wedge or otherwise so as to accurately fit in the clip (k),
which is made of suitable depth, and if necessary as a further security
a cap or tubular holder (n) may be formed upon the plate (1) or as part
of the clip (k) so as to receive the end (o) of the lamp iron, Figure 6.
Figure 7 shews in elevation the lamp iron held as described in the clip
or gripper (k) and cap or tubular holder (n). ·

page_text: means for attaching lamps to carriages, substantially in manner as herein
described.
In witness whereof, we, the said James Neale and Joseph Beverley
Fenby, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Second day
of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one