US1081028A - Lantern attachment. - Google Patents

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W. W. EASTMAN.

LANTERN ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28, 1913.

Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

W 71 Ea/GiIII/a/Iz/ ll STATES WALTER W. EASTMAN, OF HILL, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR TO FRANK R. WOODWAR-D, OF HILL, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

LANTERN ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 9,1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VALTER W. EASTMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Hill, in the county of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Lantern Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in lantern attachments and more particularly to a signal attachment therefori the object being to provide an attachment which is so constructed that the same will adjust itself to any sized lantern, thereby enabling the attachment to be used in connection with various styles of lanterns.

A further object of the invention is to provide an attachment which comprises a plate carrying a colored glass or bulls-eye, having attaching members pivotally carried thereby for securing the same, in position upon the tubes of the lantern frame in order to provide a signal lantern which is especially adapted to be used on a vehicle for the side or rear lamp.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which is exceedingly simple and cheap in construction and one in which the attaching members can be folded so as to lie fiat, thereby enabling the attachment to be folded into compact form for shipping or transportation purposes.

T am aware that I am not the first to provide a signal attachment for a lantern having means for securing the same to the frame of the lantern; but in devices of this character previously constructed, the device was not provided with grasping or attaching members which would expand or contract to fit any sized lantern, nor were means provided for allowing said members to be folded for shipping purposes.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by the appended claims.

In the drawings-Figure 1, is a perspective view of a lantern showing the application of my improved attachment thereto and Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the attach-- ment detached.

Like numerals of reference refer to like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

In t 1e drawings 1 indicates a sheet metal l i E l plate formed of any suitable metal having a central opening 2 over which is arranged a colored glass 8 which is secured in position by bending the upper and lower edges of the plate back upon itself, as clearly shown at 4: and 5; the central portion being slightly offset as shOWn at 6 forming a central pocket to receive the ends of the plate 3 so as to prevent longitudinal movement of the plate after being placed in position. The side edges of the plate are bent back upon itself as shown at 7 to form a finished edge. The bent back portion 4; of the plat-e 1 forms an eye in which the connecting bar of a substantially U-shaped spring frame 8 is pivotally mounted; said frame being provided with coil portions 9 in order to allow the free ends to expand to accommodate different sized lanterns and the free ends of said frame are provided with substantially semi-circular portions 10 which are adapted to embrace the vertical tubes of the lantern frame, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

It will be seen that by mounting the wire frame within the eye of the plate in this manner, it can be folded fiat upon the plate when not in use. The bent back portion 5 at the lower edge of the plate forms an eye in which the connecting member of the substantially U-shaped frame 11 is pivot-ally mounted; said frame being provided with coil portions 12 and the free ends thereof are provided with substantially U-shaped portions 13 slightly twisted as shown, to embrace the tubes of the lantern frame at the junction of the vertical and horizontal tubes thereof and when inserted in position thereon, they are subjected to a twist in order to exert torsional stress so as to hold the plate in position, as shown in Fig. 1, thereby preventing the same from moving in an way. It will be seen by this construction, that by changing the angles of the frames 8 and 11, the plate can be held at the desired distance from the globe of the lantern as by spreading the free ends of the frames, the plate will be drawn toward the globe or by moving the same together, or into parallelism and the plate will be forced away from the globe and this enables frames formed of fixed sizes to be applied to any sized lantern.

The coil portions 9 and 10 of the frames 8 and 11 prevent longitudinal movement of the connecting bars of the frame within the tachment for a lantern with a pair of piv otally mounted spring frames having gripping portions at the free ends thereof capable of gripping the frame of a lantern in such a manner as to hold the signal plate firmly in position thereon without any dan ger of the plate being accidentally detached by the jolting of the vehicle to which it is attached, and this attachment is especially adapted to be used in connection with a lantern holder as disclosed in my Patent $21,042,898, granted to me October 29, 1912.

By constructing an attachment as herein before set forth,.the same can be attached to a lantern carried by various forms of holders without interfering with the support in any way.

I claim:

1. A signal attachment for lanterns comprising a plate having an opening, a pocket formed on said plate to each side of said opening, a signal glass arranged over said opening in said pockets, and a pair of spring frames pivotally mounted upon said plate, said frames being provided with gripping portions at their free ends for engaging the frame of a lantern.

2. An attachment for lanterns compris ing a plate having an opening, a glass arranged CV61 said opening, the upper and lower edges of said plate being bent back upon the glass, said bent-back portions forming horizontal eyes, and spring frames mounted in said eyes having gripping por tions at their free ends for engaging the frame of a lantern.

3. A lantern attachment comprising a signal plate having its upper and lower edges 45 bent back to form eyes, said bent-back portions being olfset to form pockets, said plate having an opening formed therein between said pockets, a glass arranged in said pockets, substantially U-shaped spring frames pivotally mounted in said eyes, the

free ends of said frame being provided with l gripping portions for engaging the frame of a lantern.

l. A lantern attaclnuent comprising a sigframe, the free ends of the other frame being provided with substantially U-shaped portions arranged at an angle to the semicircular shaped portions, and subjected to a torsional stress when placed in position upon a lantern frame.

5. A lantern attachment comprising a plate having its edges turned back upon itself and provided with a central opening, a signal glass arranged over said opening and secured in position thereon by two of the bent-back edges thereof wire frames arranged under the bent-back portions of said plate, having coil portions and provided at their free ends with gripping portions for engaging the frame of a lantern.

in testimony whereof I a'HiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VALTER V. EASTMAN.

lVitnesses HENRY A. BURDE'r'r, IVERNA GRADY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington. D. C.

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