Improvement in or relating to Carriage Lamps.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Oct., 1893-Accepted, 9th Dec., 1893
Improvement in or relating to Carriage Lamps.
I JOHN CRAMPTON of 31 Dorking Road, Deptford, Lampmaker 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 an improvement in carriage lamps and has for its
object to throw a light on the step of the carriage when required upon a person
entering such carriage.
According to this invention I make the lamp in the usual way but the back
reflector I make hinged (preferably at top) and I also fit the lamp with glass or a
glass door at back in addition to the hinged reflector so that when the said reflector
is turned up towards the horizontal line in order to throw a light on the step of
carriage the lamp is enclosed by the glass in order to protect the flame from the
weather. I also provide means for retaining the reflector at the desired angle.
And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I will refer to the
drawings accompanying this Specification in which
Fig. 1 shews elevation of the upper portion of a carriage lamp.
Figs. 23 and 4 are details hereafter referred to.
The same letters denote the same parts in all views :-
a shews the back reflector of lamp hinged at b. On to reflector a I fix quadrant
piece c and on to top of lamp a catch d. In Figs. 1 and 4 the quadrant piece is
shewn with slots e in which a piece f (hinged also at b) works and is fixed in position
by the thumb screw g. (shewn dotted in Fig. 4) so that the piece f (dotted in Fig. 1)
may form a tooth for the catch d to take over in order to hold the reflector at the
desired angle as shewn in Figs. 1 and 4 (Fig. 4 being an enlarged view of other side
of quadrant). In Fig. 3 the quadrant piece c. is shewn as a toothed quadrant in
which case the reflector is fixed at the desired angle without having to adjust a
piece as in the former case, and the catch d would be a spring catch d¹. h is a
knob to lift the catch d or d' so as to allow the reflector a to fall to its normal
position. I also propose to have a glass over any other reflector that may be used
so as to facilitate cleaning.
It will easily be seen that when this lamp is on a carriage and the reflector
turned up as shewn in Fig. 1 that the light from the lamp is reflected on to the
step of the carriage and the flame is protected from the wind by the extra glass i
and when the reflector is allowed to fall down to its normal position it is fastened by
the catch k. in the ordinary way.
Although I have shewn the reflector hinged at top (which is preferable) I do not
wish to limit myself to this neither do I wish to limit myself to the means shewn for
retaining the reflector at the desired angle.
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.
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1. In carriage lamps the hinged reflector in combination with the extra glass i

page_text: 2. In carriage lamps the glasses covering the reflectors substantially as se
forth.
3. Carriage lamps constructed substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 31st day of October 1898.
BROWNE & Co.,
9, Warwick Court, W.C., Agents for Applicant.