US1124391A - Combined bollard and forward-deck light. - Google Patents

Description

- I. CHASE. COMBINED BOLLARD A'ND FORWARD DECK LIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11, 1914.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

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OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE ELCO COMPANY,-OE

BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

COMBINED BOLLARD AND FORWARD-DECK LIGHT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 12, 1915..

Application filed March 11, 1914. Serial No. 823,900.

provide a bollard suitable for use on the deck of a boat, the bollard being hollow to receive a lamp, and having an opening or openings through which the light from the lamp may shine as a warning 1i ht, or to illuminate the'path of the boat. 0 accomplish this and other objects, which will hereinafter appear, the bollard is constructed with a removable top so that access may be had to the interior for the introduction of a lens or window, and the curved rear wall of the bollard may be imperforate and polished on the inside to act as a reflector for the lamp.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a boat equiped on its forward deck with a bollard of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the bollard. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 illustrates the under face of the cover mem- 7 In the construction illustrated, body A of the bollard isof cylindrical outline with a flange at the bottom for the reception of bolts or screws fastening the body to the deck of the boat, or the like. The front of this cylindrical body of the bollard is cut away to form a window or windows, as shown in Fig. 2, with parts of the wall left intact to form guards A.

The inner cylindrical face a of the bollard is polished to serve as a reflector and is bordered on either side by shoulders G extending from top to bottom of the body and forming seats for the reception of the curved glass lens or window D. The lower edge d of the lens seats in an annular groove in the base of the bollard and its upper edge is received in the cover B.

The cover B is of circular outline and has on its lower face two depending flanges E and E the former overlapping the top edge of the rear wall of the body portion, and the latter lying between the front edge of the body portion and the top edge of the lens D. These flanges are of different curvature, the flange E being described from the center to, and being therefore of the same curvature as the reflecting inner wall a of the bollard, while flange E is described from y as a center, and corresponds with the curvature of the upper edge of lens D.

this arrangement an adequate seat is B a orded for the lens at C, and the ribs or guards A are thick and strongl The cover may be held in place by suitable screws, and when in the position shown in Fig. 3, holds the lens D firmly against the shoulders C and also holds its top and bottom edges firmly against their seats. In those seats gaskets g, g g and g may be provided to insure a water-tight connection, if desired.

WVithin the bollard is mounted an incandescent lamp F of any suitable type, and supplied with current from Wires entering through the deck of the boat.

With the arrangement above described the bollard is conveniently positioned for ready use .in tying the boat to a Wharf, and the light sheltered within the bollard'is at all times protected and is always ready for immediate use. The configuration of the lens D maybe altered as well as the size and shape of the windows in the front of the bollard, but it is preferable that the windows should be so shaped and positioned ,that rope wound around the bollard will not come in forcible contact with the glass of the lens or window.

I claim:

1. A bollard for boats, a lamp therein, and openings through the bollard serving as windows for the lamp, parts of the wall of said bollard serving as guards for said windows.

2. A bollard for boats, having a lamp therein, windows in said bollard through which the light from said lamp may pass, parts of the wall of said bollard serving as guards for said windows, and a lens covering said windows.

3. A bollard for boats, body portion and a cover, body portion,

dows and held in place by said cover.

consisting of a windows in the and a lens covering said win 4. A bollard for boats, consisting ofv a body portion open at the front to permit the passage of light, and closed at the rear to form a reflector, a lens for said light 5 openings,

holding said lens in place. 4

5. A boat bollard, having a cylindrical body portion with a flange for attachment to a boat deck, the front part of said body portion being formed With Windows, and the rear part being shaped to form a-refiector,

a lamp Within said body portion, glass for said Windows, and a cover for said body portion holding said glass in position.

15 6. In a boat bollard, the combination of a cylindrical body portion, shaped 'at its front to form a plurality of Windows with metal guards between, a curved glass for said Windows With its lower edge seated in a recess in said body portion, and a cover and a cover for said body portionfor said body portion, said cover having an annular flange for engaging said glass near its top to hold it in position.

7. A bollard for boats, comprising a cylindrical body member, having Windows at its front and a reflector opposite said Windows with seats on either side of said reflector, a curved lens for said Windows having its rear edges on said seats and its lower edge fitted to a recess in said body member, and a cover for said body member having an'an nular flange overlapping the top of the lens and holdin it firmly seated at its rear edges against sai seats;subs'tantiall as described.

In testimony whereof I a x my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

. IRWIN CHASE.

Witnesses:

v T. G. HANSON,

JULIA M. MCCABE.

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