US1094977A - Supporting-bracket. - Google Patents

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R. B. CABLE, JR.

SUPPORTING BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12, 1913.

1,094,977, Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

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ROBERT B. CABLE, JR., OF RIDGEWOOI), NEW JERSEY.

SUPPQRTING-BRACKET.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, ROBERT B. CABLE, JR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ridgewood, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supporting-Brackets, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description.

This invention relates to a bracket which is intended to be used for supporting an incandescent electric lamp, although it is capable of use for different purposes where a device must be attached to supports of different kinds and in various positions.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a bracket which is adapted to be secured to supports of different kinds and comprising a joint for supporting the lamp or similar part which will hold a lamp in any position desired and without necessitating the use of any threaded parts such as clamping screws or bolts.

Further objects of the invention will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the arrangement of parts hereinafter described, all of which contribute to produce'a simple and elfective bracket.

A preferred embodiment of my invention will be particularly described in the following specification, while the broad scope of my invention will be pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation in partial section of a lamp bracket emplan of the parts shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side elevation in partial section illustrati ing the manner in which the bracket may be attached to the head-rail of a bedstead or a similar horizontal rail; Fig. 4 represents the device attached to the wall; Fig.

represents the device resting upon a horizontal support such as the top of a table; Fig. 6 is a side elevation illustrating the manner in which the bracket may be applied to a vertical rail or stem; Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section through the joint of the de- 5 vice, the ends thereof being shown in e le vation; and Fig. 8 is a side elevation in partial section embodying my invention in a slightly difierent form.

Referring more particularly to the parts, i 1 represents a case or shell of substantially tubular form and preferably provided on its side with a circumferentially disposed? slot 2. Within this case or shell I prefer i Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 12, 1913.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914. Serial No. 753,701.

to provide a rotatable member which is of curved form substantially conforming to the curvature of the wall of the case but tending resiliently to assume a larger diameter than the case so that it develops a considerable friction which tends to hold the barrel against rotation in any position in which it is placed. This member 3 is preferably a split-tube or a tube divided from end to end to form a gap or slit in its wall extending substantially parallel with the axis of the tubular case; it is of slightly larger diameter or radius than the inner diameter of the case and of resilient material so that it can be slightly compressed and forced into the interior of the case. To the side of this inner member I may attach a lamp socket i for an ordinary incandescent lamp 5. Such a lamp should be provided with a shade 6 of a common form, which has aswiveling movemen-t at 7 on the socket. In order to support this joint I provide the bracket with an extension 8 which preferably projects from the case along a line lying transversely to the axis of said case, that is, along a line of direct-ion preferably substantially at right angles to the axis of the case. It is preferably formed of a flat piece of resilient ma terial, and this extension is preferably substantially straight near the joint, and secured tangentially to the case. At a suitable distance from the joint, the bracket has a transverse extension 9 which preferably forms an angle 10 with the extension 8, and beyond the transverse extension 9 the ma terial. may be bent around so as to form an enlarged resilient bow or spring 10 which may terminate in a tongue 11 projecting toward the angle'lO and in the same plane with the extension 8. This tongue and the extension may cooperate together to support the device on supports of different form. For example, they may cooperate to support the device on the headrail 12 of a bedstead as illustrated in Fig. 3. The bow 10 also forms a handle for carrying the device in the hand, and it also may cooperate with the underside of the case 1 so as to support the bracket on a horizontal support such as a table top 13, as illustrated in Fig. 5.

The transverse extension 9 and the bow 10 are preferably bifurcated so as to form two resilient fingers 14 with an opening or gap 15 therebetween. The device is provided at a suitable point with means for engaging a wall support such as a hook 1 6,,

In order to attach the device to such a hook, I prefer to provide the extension 9 with an opening or eye 17 which is opposite the gap 15 so that the hook may pass down through the gap and. up through the eye 17, and when applied in this way the bow formed by the fingers 14 engages the wall 18 and supports the device.

The device may be attached to a vertical support such as a rail or stem 19 in the manner illustrated in Fig. 6, its operation being similar to the operation when applied as in Fig. 3, but in this case the axis of the joint at the case 1 is in a vertical position.

On account of the relatively large size of the how 10, the tongue 11 has a great range in clamping furniture or supports of different kinds enabling the device to be attached to the edge of a table or the side edge of a roll top desk, or at'other points on furniture. The extension 8 and the tongue 11 are preferably provided with cushions 20 of felt or similar material which will prevent the device from scratching the furniture.

The electric cord 21 which supplies the current for the lamp may pass into the lamp socket by having thetwo parts 22 of the cord pass through-the ends or heads 23 of the case.

V In the form ofthe invention shown in Fig. 8, the bracket and case are formed in one piece and the case 24: in this form is simply formed by bending an extension from the bracket 25, and this is done preferably in such a way that a slight offset 26 is formed in the material, forming a shoulder for the edge 27 of the case. In this form of the invention I prefer to leave the edge 27 unattached or free, so that the resiliency for holding the inner member or barrel 28 against rotating will be supplied by the outer case, and in this form the inner part or barrel 28 need not be resilient ortend to assume a larger diameter than the case. 7

It is understood that the form of the in- ;vention I have described is only one of the from falling sidewise when resting on a table.

What Iclaim as new is 1. A bracket having a tubular case, a lamp socket disposed soas to hold a lamp in a radial direction from said case, a member carryin said lamp socket resiliently engag ing said tubular case and adjustable circumferentially thereon to hold said lamp socket in different positions, said bracket having a resilient part and a substantially straight extension rigid with said tubular case projecting from said tubular case in a direction substantially at right angles to the axis of said tubular ease, and a tongue adjacent said extension lying in substantially the same plane with and cooperating resiliently with said extension to clamp a support for said bracket.

2. A bracket having a joint comprising an enlarged tubular case and a resilient inen1- ber within the same, said resilient member having a curved wall with a gap in the side thereof extending through the end thereof, and conforming to the curvature of the in nor face of said case while tending to assume a curvature at a larger radius than said case.

3. A bracket having a swiveled joint consisting of a tubular case and a split-tube within said case, said split-tube being of resilient material and tending to assume a larger diameter than the internal diameter of said case.

a. A bracket having a joint comprising a tubular case and a resilient member within the same, said resilient member having a curved wall slit in a direction substantially parallel with the axis of said tubular ease and conforming to the curvature of the inner face of said case while tending to assume a curvature at a larger radius than said case, said shell having a circumferential slot in the wall thereof, and a lamp socket secured to said inner member at said slot.

5. In combination, a bracket having a joint comprising a tubular case, a substantially tubular member mounted within said case and resiliently engaging therewith, a lamp socket secured to said inner member so as to hold a lamp projecting laterally from the axis of the case, said bracket having a substantially straight extension adjacent to said case having a. transverse extension with a resilient bow, and a tongue spring-pressed by said bow and cooperating with said substantially straight extension to hold said bracket upon a support, said sub stantially straight extension and said tongue lying in the same plane, said plane being transverse to the longitudinal axis of said case.

6. In combination, a bracket having a joint comprising a tubular case, a, substantially tubular member mounted within said case and resiliently engaging therewith, a. lamp socket secured to said inner member so as to hold a lamp projecting laterally from the axis of said case, said bracket having a substantially straight extension adjacent to said case with a transverse extension and a resilient bow, and comprising a tongue spring-pressed by said bow and cooperating llO with said substantially straight extension to hold said bracket upon a support, said substantially straight extension and said tongue I lying in the same plane, said plane being extension disposed substantially tangentially transverse to the longitudinal axis of said case, said transverse extension having means for securing the same to a wall support, whereby said bracket may engage the wall and cooperate wit-h the wall support.

7. In combination, a bracket having a joint comprising a tubular case, a substantially tubular member mounted within said case and resiliently engaging therewith, a

lamp socket secured to said inner member, said bracket having a substantially stralght extension adjacent to said case and having a transverse extenslon and a resilient bow,

bracket upon a support, said transverse extension being bifurcated and having means for engaging a wall support passing between the fingers formed by the bifurcation.

8. A bracket comprising a joint consisting of a substantially tubular case having a circumferential slot in the wall thereof, a substantially tubular barrel rotatably mounted within said case, said barrel being of resilient material split longitudinally and tending to assume a larger diameter than the inner diameter of said case, a lamp socket attached to said barrel at said slot,

said bracket having a substantially straight to said case and extending in a plane sub stantially at right angles to the axis of said case, said bracket further having a transverse extension forming an angle with said first named extension and a resilient bow beyond said transverse extension having a tongue projecting toward said angle and co operatmg with said straight extenslon to clamp said bracket upon a support.

9. A bracket comprising an enlarged joint conslsting of two curved tubular members having a common axis, one of sa1d members being divided longitudinally from end to and comprising a tongue spring-pressed by a said bow and cooperating with said sub- 1 stantially straight extension to hold said March, 1913.

ROBERT B. CABLE, J12. Witnesses:

F. D. AMMEN, BEATRICE MIRVIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

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