US1124819A - Escutcheon-plate. - Google Patents

Description

" c. SIKORSKI.

BSGUTGHEON PLATE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 5 1914.

Patented-Jan. 12, 1915.

gee.

3 is a tmnsverse section J given r 1"" oaerennoe sieceem, Q1" cine-icon, oi-no.

aec'cs'cnncnmnaan.

fipeclficaticn of Letters Benzene.

e neaflmi me Jul 52,1914. sen-a1 an. acacia.

e woo-m it may concern lZRGWil fil al; if, CLARENCE Smonsiu, e on n of file United Scales, residmg'ai, T

facilitaiethe insertion of the key'in the lock,

is also nay purpose to provide an es cntcliecn piece which will carry an 'elec'ei'ic incandescent lamp end a swiificli controlling iihe lamp and located upon the place within ccnwnient reach so that the circuit of the le i may be closed and the lati'er illumialoe lamp being so'posiiionecl'upon 4 e plate ihac chc rays of light therefrom will be projectecl across an opening in the place for the i l lzb look whereby the keyhole \3' h of the laiierwill illuminated. Fil'ifcilQIInOl'Q, I n to provide en esciitclieon plate which ay be illiuninaied at anytime desired anei l. iereby the lame and switch contioiling the may be readily ancl quickly :einoved and applied to theplate. With the above and other objects in'view, the invention consists in theconsti'uction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinaftei' set forth in and falling Within the scope of the claim. f

In the accompanyingdrawing; Figure l is a View in frontelevation of en cecal-ch eon plate constructed in cccordence y iifilo. the present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional View thi Ling now to the chewing in detail, gnatcs a vertical escutcliecn plate havrnnlzen panel 2 ornamented inscme suit able mannez: Formed in the plate 1 ad.- cine-upper end thereof is an ogendos ned to receive the forward end of a point below the s formed with an ape1iure While cuitfwitlf the switch 5 and with gli elieiplete; Fig. V16 aliez'efiwougn. I

the frontface thereof formed "so proviae 3 1 approximately I back face of the escnicli eon plate immediately below the aperture therein is a SWliHFl'l caslng 5 containing an electrio Cll'Cilli; controlling switch embodying push bulbous 6, 7 Woi'king Within apertures 63 formed. in the QSCHtCllQOIL plate and by means of which the switch may be opened and closed repectively. Leading from the uppenend of iheoasing 5 is a conduit 8 termlnating in too ope'rfiuref'in the escutclieon 65 a tluitaoi y fixed to the front face of the escut'oheon plate and surrounding the forward end of zinc conduit 8 is a semi-bowl shaped receptacle 9 opening towgard the upper end of ihe plate and. seated within the receptacle 9 upon the-lootiom wall thereof is a receptacle l0 cei'rylng an incandescent lamp 11, the lamp receptacle being connected. 1n c1rsource of electrical energy, the Wires lead mg from ace switch casing. through the conduit 8. The inner Wall of the semi-bowl j shaped receptacle 9 is preferably out out to fO IH'L a reflector and, when the lamp is illuminated, projects-the rays "of light up Wardly along the outer face of the cscnizcln eon plate and acroes the opening 3 thereof iliereby illuminating em keyhole of the night lock so that such keyhole may be 35 readily and quickly located; v At a. point below the semi-bowl shape recemacle 9 and approximately centrally of its which the escutcheonplate is formed with an opening 1:2 through which passes the knob spindle l3. of'iahe door latch, a,

sleeve 1 surrounding the spindlel and having one enol roating Within the -opening 12 in the esouizclie'en plate and the oppositcenol equipped with e knob 15, the sleeve 14k be- 'ing fixed. ecilie spindle 15 so that in l1e 370-" cation of the knob the spindle will eerevolveql' s; c

The outer face of the escut'cheon plate etthe mar i-nal ed esof the sunken. anel2 is- 19 g e P suitably ornamented While 'the 'outei' wel'l; ofthe bowl, the outer face oftheknob and; that portion of the panel 2 'su'rrounkling the. opening 3 are forniecleio produce an-0m mental efi'ect.

connection with the accompanying drawi i the construction and mode "of operaiz ons-of my invention Will. be readily \apparent,

It will be seen thaiwhen the loui'ton'fi' iS 1i1 0 I pushed the switch 5 will be closed and illelamp 11 illumin'aieii whereby the reflecting a suitable 7 v .i 1e" From fiche foregoing description iaken'm thereby breakingthe circuit and extinguishing the lamp.

\Vhile I have herein shown and described one preferred form of my invention by Way of illustration, 1 wish it to he understood. that 1 do not limit or confine myself to the precise details of construction herein. de

variation may he made within the scope of she claim without departing fzror'i ibhe spirit of the invention.

I claim: An escutcheon plate having- 'mi opei'iing formed therein adjacent 'to the upper end 'ecriberl and delineated, as nioclilicz tion and thereof he receive "he might look, a eemihowl shaped receptac e secured. to the face of serial @leie bi w ihe opening 'tl'ierein, en elcclzrio lamp wifshin said receptacle, ehe inner face of said. receptacle acting as a lo flectorto throw the rays of light across the openin seiclplate lacing formed with openings beow said receo'bacle spaced apart (G15 tically, and an electric circuit controlling push button switch secured to the rear face ofsaid plate and. hevin the buttons; thereof projecting througl'i the last-mentioned open,- ings and connected in circuit 'Wlfl'l. said lamp whereby the latter may be illuminated and. extinguishefl.

In testimony whereof xiii in presence of B'JWO Witnessee sig nzihzre Witnesses STA? nix-c Smorisixn Emmy tgiizolasi r.

Images