A Shade or Globe Holder for Electrical Lamps and other similar Purposes.
Year: 1885

page_text: A Shade or Globe Holder for Electrical Lamps and other
similar Purposes.
GEORGE MARRIS Manufacturer 58 Broad St Birmingham I do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for NEW SHADE OR GLASS HOLDER to be as follows:-
A is a ring of metal or other suitable material, grooved on the outer or inner
edge; in said groove is inserted a ring or band of wire or other material, three or
more slots or openings are cut in ring A at distances as required, from these slots
hang tongues or strips of any suitable material B, B, B, held in the slots in ring A
by the said wire ring or other band or fastening, the tongues or strips working
freely. The ring A may be used loose or attached to a shade cover C, of any
desirable shape. On the underside of the tongues or strips is a hollowed disc D of
metal or other suitable material; the said hollowed disc is fixed on the tube or
stem of the bracket, pendant, standard or other article to which this invention is
applied. The ring or band A, with the tongues or strips, to be above the said disc,
the shade cover C being above the ring A, the lock-nut E being over all.
When the cover C is forced down by the lock-nut E, it forces the tongues or
strips B, B, B, inside the shade-cover C, on to the outer edge of the hollowed
disc D, forcing the free ends of B, B, B, outwards against the inside bottom edge of
the shade-cover C, by their combined action gripping the shade or glass firmly so
that it may be held in any desirable position.

page_text: similar Purposes.
I GEORGE MARRIS 58 Broad Street Birmingham Manufacturer do hereby
declare the nature of this invention for A SHADE OR GLOBE HOLDER FOR
ELECTRIC LIGHT OR OTHER PURPOSES and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
Referring to the drawings accompanying my provisional specification A, is a ring
of metal or other suitable material, grooved on the outer or inner edge; in said
groove is inserted a ring, or band of wire or other material. Slots or openings are
cut in ring A at distances as required; from these slots or openings hang tongues
or strips of any suitable material B, B, B, held in the slots in ring A, by the said
wire band or other fastening, the tongues or strips B, B, B, working freely. The
ring A, may be used loose or attached to a shade or globe-cover C, of metal or any
suitable material & of any desired shape. On the underside of the tongues or
strips is a convex Disc D, of metal or any suitable material & of any desired shape
or size. The said convex disc D is fixed on the tube or stem of bracket, pendant,
standard, or other article to which this invention is applied. The ring or band A,
with the tongues or strips B, B, B, to be above the said disc D; the shade or globe
cover C. being above the ring A, the lock-nut E, being above all.
When the shade or globe-cover C is forced down by the lock-nut E, it forces the
tongues or strips B, B, B, inside the shade or globe-cover C, onto the outer edge of
the convex disc D, forcing their outer & free ends against the inside lower edgo
of the shade or globe-cover C, by their combined action gripping the shade, globe or
other article to be held so that it may be held in any desired position.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said
Invention & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The motion imparted to the tongues or strips B. B. B. (which are fastened to
the ring A) by the forcing them down on to the disc D by the shade or globe
cover C; which motion causes them to spread outwards & against the edge of the
shade or globe cover C.
2. The motion imparted to the tongues or strips B. B. B. causes them to hold
between themselves & the shade or globe cover C any shade or globe or other
Buitable article.
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