US1065669A - Street-hood for electric lamps. - Google Patents

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G. T. DUNKLIN.

Quim-w: Hoop POR ELECTRIC LAMPS.

APPLXGATION FILED 00T,3@, 1912 1,065,669- Patented June 24,1913.

UNITED :1ST-Arras ign-ENT `GILBERT T; DUNKLIN,` OFl SOUATH BEND, .INDIANA, .ASSIGNORTO GEORGE vGUTTER; COMPANY', OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, A CORP-ORATION` OF INDIANA.

STREET-'Hoon FOR ELECTRIC LAMPS.

Speci-cation of Letters Patent.

lApplication fl'ed October 30, 1912. Serial No. 728,659.

'To all 4:elm-m, i 1 may concern Be itknown that [,(lLm-:u'r 'l`. D UNKLIN, a Citizen of the [.nit'ed State.- `re -idin 1i at Sonth'lenth in the county .of St Joseph :1 Szand `'State ot' Indiana, have invented ce1-tain new and useful Improvements in Street- -llo-ods for lllec-triif-lianips of which the followingisasptaitication. I

:This invention relates to an improvement #10. in1street Ihoods for eleetric light; sockets,

tripulante-of the ohjeetsof the invention re-.

sides intheprovision.ofi-neans for reinforc- 1ing theinsnlator.portionlof the hood for the .eupportrof a ietleetor,.tomi-event. the latter :15; from:becoming disengaged from @Itho hood ldue to lllrealtiigo of; the ginsnlatin' .portion from-any cansei.-particularly when :the hood is used as :etarg'et toshoot at hy Inimhievons 'iperxonsi and the insulating portion' thereofv [220 broken into manyl parta. K

A' vfurtherv ohjeetnfofy .the invention resides in'theprovision=ofznieans \\herel \'--the leakage-ofenrmnt :froinianelectric light. soeltet Ast lpported :bythe-'hood wlill-be prevented 25"fmnrgroundinghy wayfof .thefmetalcanopy -of the hoodand-the metatpoet, orarin to Vwhich the canopy;isjattaehed for the snp-v -1 por-tof -thehood.

\Vth.theahove-amlother objects in view,

30 the;invention `eonhflstsin.the novel arrange` inentand cooperation of parts ihereinafter more specifically deserihedxand pointed ontA 'viii thel claims7 it.v being understood .that the reinhodinientof the invention illustrated in 53,5 the aeconipanying'drawings isthe: preferred v-forni `thereof .and that.modifications ma -helnade .withoutdepartinglfroni the s iirit ;or-Sac'r|tenig anyot lthe advantages o the onvention.

2:40 ,In kthe-drar.\vins: Figurell is av top plan /f 'porting arni in tht` customary lnannetf, .the

practice living to pam the conducting wlrea @tlnoligli Aauch poetswil'fn-llfle (o the street *55Q1houd .toconeeal thea-ami'.

-alinenient with the .groove'gl thelnmp soelgetis seeuredlhy holt-e. 9

ing from 'one socket .tothe other `;la|np socket saiidxfar`iy=4 taehed to theloweriportion-So thepoigeelmil lblock.

:through the metal eanopysintotlhe ,olie

.that in the event.- of :thepbloelgzbeiiil .away from sa id snppo'rtingiseregivps` 27 1:1 indicates a porcelainfinsnlatingblock havinr an npper reduced-portion 14 e'flfer which the lower portion .ofi-tlieeln'tipy fils, and which porcelainblockisseeuedt the.A canopy foimits support 2in1 ai mannelg" res-180 ently explained. -Tlie in sulatipgiblbc f providedwith an annlilarygrooveE15 ,upper 5in-face, andan annularjnndexge por? tion l-t in its loweriedgcfandfinfw t is "further provided witlrom up i 1G and a lower, soeketL17,=.divide foro-ler by Vthe partitioning =wall v8pt which wall .hasiapelfturesj 0 which .the conductor wires;` are as attachment to the binding;z lamp socket. "lho1Side-`witl socket a re fla red Y ontw'adl-f a y considerable ,I Space or gti .meta

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Disposed at pointsnintermedlgtte; ring,r connecting bolts ,524, mnd

blot-k beneath thenpperk i.'ing-a1ndsifit't-rieiitlyv paced from said ring .-to vvbe: insulated Vtherex from, are scrcweafl,` which/,.ptojct; a? Hi- .eient distance -intotlie gpo-reelain-tblocli s'o95 upper ring Vwill bearrested i .said screws 27, and by-vzirtue of :itssconhe-l T100 tion with said ring .the retleetor' resiente@ from also dropping tothe groiln ,twdithe loss resulting from damage' to'theref leetn-A h v contact with -the ground, ongbybilg iirvlo shooting ther-eat,-etfeetiyely -rprevgen edY `t. ywill also he observed t'liateilvly-yia a'e'iof currentfronx' the-lainpesoekegf.inl eroto" l Y ground through the eanopy @und-its-gplltt porting arm or post, must jump the gap between the Aupper ring 22 and the inet-allie canopy 10, but as the ring is seated deeply in the groove, any leakage in that direction is prevented.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed is v 1. A street hood comprising a canopy, a insulating block, a reflector, means supported by said canopy for attaching the reector to the insulating block, and means adapted to arrest separation between the reector attaching means and canopy upon the insulating block becoming lfragmented.

2. A street hood con'iprising a canopy, an insulating block supported by said canopy, a reliector, means for attaching the reflector to the insulating block, and means for attaching the insulating block to the canopy normally insulated by said block from the reflector attaching means, said ,attaching means cooperating to prevent separation of the reflector from the canopy `upon the insulating block becoming fragmented.

3. A street hood comprising a canopy, an insulating block supported by said canopy, rings disposed on the upper and under sides of said block, means connecting said rings, means connecting the canopy and said block and disposed intermediate said rings and :I

their connecting means, the connecting' means and rings being relatively insulated from each other by said block, a reliector, and means for attaching the latter to the under ring.

4. A street hood comprising a canopy, an insulating block, an annular groove formed in the upper side thereof, a ring seated in said groove, a recess formed in the under portion of the block for the reception of an electric lamp socket, a ring disposed against the under side of the block, means connecting the upper and lower rings, a reflector, means for attaching same to the under ring, and means connecting the canopy and block and disposed in the path of the upper ring to intercept the latter upon the insulating block becoming fragmented.

In testimony whereof I atix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' GILBERT 'l. DUNKLIN.

\Vitnesses LILA Coon, Gnomi: Ourson.

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