US1083895A - Reflector attachment. - Google Patents

Description

J. J. HOOVER & W. WHITFIELD.

REFLECTOR ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 1912.

1,083,895, Patented Ja11.6, 1914.

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JOSEPH J. HOOVER AND WILLIAM WHITFIELD, OF STEUBENVILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE NATIONAL REFLECTOR COMPANY, OF CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.

REFLECTOR ATTACHMENT.

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To all whom it may concern:

the county of Jefferson and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reflector Attachments; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to lighting fixtures, and more especially to canopy shades and reflectors; and the object of the same is to produce a device capable of attachment to an ordinary reflector whereby a series of electric bulbs may be mounted over the face of the same and the reflector may be supported from and set at the desired angle to a wall or other upright or to a desk or other horizontal support. These objects are carried out by employing a light fixture of peculiar construction for supporting the bulbs and for attachment to and removal from the edge of the reflector without detaching the latter from its support. The at tachment is made in a manner to be described and claimed hereinafter and as is shown in the drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a rear elevation of this device complete attached to a reflector; Fig. 2 is a central vertical section through the complete device; Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective detail of a portion of the channeled band and one of the socket clasps.

In the drawings we have used the letter R to designate an ordinary concavo-convex reflector which is silvered on one face and possibly on two faces, and B is a boss projecting to the rear from the center of the convex side as usual in reflectors of this kind.

The present invention is an attachment by means of which a number of ordinary incandescent lights I may be mounted around the periphery and over the face of this reflector and the whole supported at any suitable angle. The lights or ordinary bulbs screwed into sockets S, and from each of the latter lead two wires W, all of the wires being joined as at J to a feed wire F which eX- tends to a plug P capable of being screwed into an electric light socket in the ordinary house system. No novelty is claimed for the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 3, 1912.

Serial No. 701,352.

parts thus described and bearing reference Be it known that we, J osnrn J. Hoovnn and WILLIAM. lVHrrrinLn, citizens of the United States, residing at Steubenville, in

letters, further than that they are used in conjunction with the invention whose specific details follow.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a split ring or band which is made of sheet metal bent into U-shaped cross section, with its ends bent outward into ears 2 through which passes a screw 3 having a thumb nut at for drawing said ends together; and this band is made of a size to he slipped over the periphery of the reflector B, after which the thumb nut 4 is tightened up to hold it thereon. At several equi-distant points around this hand there are secured to it by rivets 5 or otherwise, tongues 6 forming parts of clasps 6 whereof each comprises a metallic band having outturned ears 7 through which passes a screw 8 receiving a thumb nut 9 for drawing said ears together into the form of an annular body or ring the split side of the ring being disposed opposite its tongue 6 and the point 5 of connection with the channeled band 1 as shown. This much of our invention is by preference made of sheet metal, preferably brass suitably treated as by nickeling or otherwise so that it conforms with the general appearance of the reflector and is tasteful and ornamental. The channeled band is applied to the periphery of the reflector in the manner set forth, the screws 8 are loosened and lamp sockets S passed inward through the clasps 6, after which the screws are set up tight to hold the sockets in place, bulbs or lights I are then inserted into the socket, and the plug at the remote end of the feed wire is passed into the socket of an ordinary electric light system (not shown) and the current turned on. Dividing at the point J, the current flows to the several bulbs or lights I which become luminous, and as they stand over the concave face of the reflector their light is given off both directly from the filaments and by reflection from the face of the reflector itselfhence the latter is caused to project a strong light in whatever direction desired.

With this improved reflector attachment we preferably employ a support for the reflector itself. This comprises a base 10 hav ing a number of openings or holes 11 for the passage of screws by which the base may be secured to an upright or to a horizontal support, a stem 12 rising from said base and Patented Jan. 6, 1914. v

turned at right angles as at 13 and threaded at its extremity for the reception of a nut 14, and a clasp by means of which the right angular portion or foot of the stem is detachably and adjustably connected with the boss B at the back of the reflector. This clasp comprises a band 15 encircling the boss and having outturned ears 16, a plate 17 bent at its center into an eye 18 surrounding the outturned foot 13 of the stem so that the two ends of the plate overlie the ears 16 of said band, and a screw 19 passing through holes in the two ears and registering holes in the two ends of the plate and receiving a thumb nut 20. Thus it will be seen that this clasp is composed of two parts-one surrounding the boss B at the back of the reflector and the other including an eye 18 which surrounds the foot of the stem rather closely and may be held tightly thereon by setting up the nut 14; and said two parts are adjustably connected by means of the screw 19 and thumb nut 20. The base of the stem is attached to any suitable upright or support (not shown) with the stem projecting away from the same, and the band 15 placed around the boss 13 at the back of the reflector; and then by adjusting one member of this clasp upon the other and the eye 18 upon the foot of the stem, and finally tightening up the thumb nut 20, the reflector may be caused to stand in almost any position so that it will direct the light from the incandescent lights I along the line to the point desired.

Vhile we have shown but four lights as carried by the attachment, it will be obvious that there could be more or less, and it is quite possible that each lamp socket might have its own snap or switch, so that one or more of the bulbs could be turned on as desired. Also it will be obvious that the bulbs might be colored, the current might be supplied thereto irregularly or in pulsation, or other means might be employed to render this device useful as an advertising novelty for calling attention to something. But the gist of the present invention lies in the construction of the attachment by means of which the channeled band 1 and its clasps 6 can be readily attached to the edge of an ordinary reflector, if the present form of illumination is employed. It is also quite possible that the supporting feature of this invention might be used to carry the reflector and permit its angle to be adjusted from time to time, whether the lamps were turned on or not. It is our purpose to manufacture and sell these attachments complete and in sizes ready to be applied to reflectors of various diameters and such as may already be in possession of the customer. The specific details of parts may be modified so long as the gist of the invention is retained.

What is claimed as new is 1. In a reflector attachment, the combination with a band of U-shaped cross section adapted to inclose the periphery of the reflector, said band being split at one point, and means for drawing the split ends of the band together; of a series of clasps carried by said band for holding incandescent light bulbs over the face of the reflector.

2. In a reflector attachment, the combination with a band of U-shaped cross section adapted to inclose the periphery of the reflector, said band being split at one point, and means for drawing the split ends of the band together; of a series of clasps each made of a sheet metal strip having a tongue at its mid-length secured to said band and having its body bent into a ring and its extremities outturned into ears, a screw passingthrough said ears, and thumb nut on one end of said screw, the whole for use as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH J. HOOVER. IVILLIAM WVHITFIELD.

WVitnesses:

J. OscAR NAYLOR, RALPH LEVINSON.

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

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