Improvements in or relating to Lanterns.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 17th June, 1895-Accepted, 28th Sept., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Lanterns.
I, WILHELM BINDER, EDLER VON HOHENSTREBEN k.u.k. Riding-master in
the 7th Dragoon Regiment, Brandeis-am-Elbe, Bohemia, in the Empire of Austria,
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 a lantern to be secured to the front part of the harness
of a saddled horse in such manner that the rays of light may be thrown forward.
If the lantern is not in use it is stowed away in a leather pocket or bag attached
to the rear part of the saddle.
The lantern is represented in the accompanying drawings with the fittings
belonging thereto.
Figure 1 shows the mode of attaching the lantern to the front part of the horse's
harness;
Figures 2 and 3 are front and side elevations of the leather bag or pocket in
which the lantern is stowed away and slung to the hind part of the saddle when not
in use.
Figures 4, 5 and 6 are front side and back elevations of the riding lantern.
Figure 7 is a cross section of the lantern on the line x-x of Figure 4.
Figure 8 is a perspective view of the casing in which the lantern proper is
housed.
Figure 9 is a section on line y-y of Figure 7.
Figure 10 includes an elevation and vertical section of the telescopic candle-
stick or holder to be inserted in the lantern, and
Figure 11 is an elevation of an oil-lamp which may be substituted for the
candle-lamp for use in the riding-lantern.
The leather case or pocket to be secured to the hind part of the saddle by the
buckled strap a for carrying the riding-lantern when not in use (Figures 2 and 3)
is provided with a folding cover b closed by means of a strap and buckle or other
suitable fastening; and it carries at the side similarly closed two pockets c and d
whereof one c contains the oil-lamp and the other d the candle-stick.
The lantern itself consists of an outer casing A (Fig. 8) which for the purpose
of protecting the lamp from injury and deadening shock from blows, and also to
prevent the direct contact of the horse's body with the metallic lantern frame
(especially in frost) is covered over with felt A (Figs. 5 6 and 7).
The casing A of the lantern is pierced with a number of openings e in its
bottom through which the air for combustion obtains access to the inner lantern;
and is further provided with two metallic pipes forming spare candle holders,
and covered with a protecting felt cover. The candles may be withdrawn therefrom
by opening the spring-controlled sliding covers or bottoms g (Figure 9) so that
they may drop out of themselves. On each side of the casing, at the upper part
are placed tambours or wind-screens / to protect the vent-holes whereby the hot
air from the flame is drawn up and finds escape into the outer air sideways and
forwards so that the spent gases are so to say drawn out and the through-draught
s promoted.
The straps (Fig. 5) attached to the rear side of the case A serve to secure the
antern to the breast-plate of the riding-gear of the horse; while the loop or
trap serves to carry the lamp by hand when being removed and stowed away.

page_text: The lantern proper consists of a truncated preferably bexagonal pyramid j
provided with an aperture j' in the bottom for the reception of the candle (or
lamp) and an upper aperture terminating in the forwardly slanting chimney k the
outlet wherefrom is covered and protected by adjacent flaps k¹³ so as to provide
an escape for the combustion-products in a direction sideways and forwards.
The glass (or lens) of the lantern is provided with a protecting wire grid .
The construction of the candlestick and oil-lamp is well-known and requires
little notice. For instance, the 'candle m may be pushed up by the spring m¹ in
proportion to its consumption.
After the lantern has been secured to the horse's breast-plate the candlestick is
inserted from beneath and secured in place by a bayonet-or other suitable joint.
The oil-lamp (Figure 11) is inserted from the inside of the lantern for which
purpose the lantern glass is made to open on hinges and be subsequently closed. by
a catch in any well-known manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
1. A riding lantern having a felt-covered casing such as A fastened by straps i
to the breastplate of the horse's harness or riding-gear in such manner that the
rays of light are thrown forward substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
2. In combination with a riding-lantern the arrangement of wind-screens such
ash which guide the hot air between the frame A and the lantern-sides substantially
as and for the purpose described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. In a riding lantern the combination of a casing such as A with case such as f
for store or reserve-candles from which the said candles drop of themselves or can
be withdrawn by opening the spring-controlled covers such as g substantially as
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
4. A leather pocket or saddle-bag for the purpose of conveying a riding-lantern
with side pockets for carrying an oil-lamp and candlestick substantially as described
and illustrated with reference to Figures 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
5. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete riding
lantern substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 17th day of June 1895.
1
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.