Improvements applicable to Hanging-lamps.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 7th May, 1898-Accepted, 11th June, 1898
Improvements applicable to Hanging-lamps.
I, HERMANN WINKLER, of 97, Dresdener Strasse, Berlin, in the German Empire,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the construction and application to hanging-lamps, of
an improved device for use with the globes thereof the said device forming a
swinging support for the globe when the latter is removed for enabling the lamp
to be attended to.
According to the invention, the device consists of a support having a hook at
its upper end and a flange at its lower end. The lower end of the socket upon
which the globe is fixed is provided with an eye to which the support is adapted
to be suspended by means of the hook secured to its upper end.
The device is employed as follows,-When it is desired to obtain access to the
interior of the lamp, the support is hooked in the eye upon the lamp socket and
the sleeve to which the globe is secured is loosened upon the socket and allowed to
slide down upon the support, being retained thereon by the flange at the lower
end thereof,
In practice I find it advantageous to form the support of a tube, the upper end of
which is cut at an angle and has secured to it a hook preferably made of steel wire,
the apex of which is in the axis of the tube. The lower end of the tube is preferably
made of less diameter than the rest thereof in order that the globe shall have play
whereby it can be tilted upon the support to facilitate its cleaning.
It will be seen with this arrangement, that the attendant, when seeing to the
burners, has both hands free after the globe has been dropped upon the support
and that the globe itself can be tilted to any position for cleaning as above
described, as it can be tilted upon the support and the support can be swung
upon the eye as a pivot.

page_text: same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
This invention relates to the construction and application of an improved device
for use with hanging-lamps, the said device forming a swinging support for the
globe when the latter is removed either for enabling the burner to be attended to
or for cleaning purposes.
a hook or
According to the invention, the device consists of a support having
the like at its upper end and a flange at its lower end. The lower end of the
stem or socket upon which the globe is fixed is provided with an eye to which
the support is adapted to be suspended by means of the hook secured to its upper
end.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a hanging lamp provided with my improved
globe support; and
Figure 2 is a vertical section of the said support drawn to a larger scale than
Figure 1;
Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 but shewing the globe lowered on to the
support.
a is a tube the upper end of which is cut at an angle as shewn at b, c is a
hook secured to the upper end of the said tube the hanging point of which hook is
in the axis of the tube so that the said tube shall hang vertically and d is the
flange at the lower end of the said tube. Instead of the hook any other form of
attaching device may be used provided the support is free to swing relatively with
the stem or socket.
e is the lower end or stem of a lamp of ordinary construction and f is a sleeve or
holder which fits upon and is adapted to be fixed to the said stem and which carries
the globe g.
h is the eye which is formed at the lower end of the stem e and from
which my support is adapted to be suspended by means of the hook c.
When it is desired to obtain access to the burner of the lamp or to the interior
of the globe, the support is hooked to the eye h and the sleeve or holder f to which
the globe is secured is loosened upon the stem and lowered until it rests upon the
flange d of the support, as shewn in Figure 3; when the globe is in this position
it will be obvious that the burner of the lamp can be cleaned or adjusted as desired
and also that the interior of the globe can be readily cleaned.
The lower end of the tube a is advantageously made of smaller diameter than
the other portions thereof in order that the globe holder f shall have slight play
upon the support to permit of the globe being tilted, for instance, as indicated by
the dotted lines in Figure 3, to facilitate its cleaning.
With the arrangement herein before described it will be understood that the atten-
dant has both hands free after the globe has been lowered on to the support and
that the globe itself can be tilted to any position for cleaning whilst at the same
time the support with the globe upon it can swing upon the eye in the same
manner as in a ball and socket joint so that no strain will be thrown upon any
part of the lamp as would be the case if the support was fixed relatively with the
said lamp.
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. A globe supporting device applicable to a hanging lamp provided with a stem
or socket on which the globe slides vertically such device being formed of a rod
or tube having a hook or other loose attachment at its upper end adapted for con-
nection with the said stem or socket and which will allow of the device swinging
freely and a flange or the like at the other end for supporting the globe, substan-
tially as described.
2. The combination with a hanging lamp of a globe supporting device having a

page_text: hook or the like adapted to be attached to an eye upon the said lamp, substantially
as described for the purpose specified.
3. The manufacture and use of the improved globe supporting device substan-
tially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 7th day of May 1898.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.