US1132443A - Headlight for automobiles. - Google Patents

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T. H. COLE.

HEADLIGHT FOR AUTOMOBILES. APPLICATION FILED APR. 18, 1914.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

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HEADLIGHT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

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THOMAS HENRY COLE, 0F SOUTI-ISEA, ENGLAND.

HEADLIGHT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

Application filed April 18, 1914. Serial No. 832,953.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS HENRY COLE, a subject ofthe King of Great Britain, residing at 54c Margate road, Southsea, in the county of Hampshire, England, have 1nvented a new and useful Improvement in and Relating to Headlights for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to head-lights for automobiles and consists in an improved mode of mounting such lights within the bonnet, which latter forms the lantern or housing; my objects being to dispense with the usual body or shell which incloses the lamp and also with the usual brackets, stays, lugs and other appurtenances or fittings required with lamps as commonly employed, a further feature of my invention being that the lamp or each lamp may be provided with a larger reflector.

According to this invention the front end of the bonnet is provided with glass mounted in a frame or in a door or doors behind which is or are mounted a reflector or re flectors according to the number of headlights employed, and intermediate of the glass and reflector is mounted a lamp. The top of the bonnet is provided with a ventilator for conveying away the hot air.

An embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front View of the bonnet, and Fig. 2 is a view in longitudinal section. Figs. 3 and a are views similar to Figs. 1 and 2 illustrating a modification.

In the construction illustrated, the bonnet 1 is provided at its forward end with a transverse member 2 disposed in the roof of the bonnet, and to this member is detachably connected by any suitable means, a frame 3 wherein two lens mirrors 4 are mounted. These mirrors are held in their frame by means of springs 5 disposed diagonally one behind each mirror and having their ends engaged over rods 5 pivotally mounted upon the frame, a pad 5 of asbestos or other suitable material being interposed between each mirror and its spring support. Upon the front wall of the bonnet and opposite to each mirror is a door 6 of glass mounted in a frame 7 which is hinged midway of the bonnet and the outer sides of which are provided with fasteners 8 for securing the doors when closed. When the head-lights are of the acetylene type the generator 9 is supported upon the covering board of the chassis and the'burner tubes 10 extend upward in front of the mirrors. Upon the roof of the bonnet is mounted a ventilator 11 through which the hot gases escape. The generator 19 is provided with brackets 10 projecting from opposite sides thereof and arranged to be engaged by the sides of the bonnet,whereby to hold the tank 9 in a horizontal position when the bonnet is lowered. It is desirable that the burners 10 be arranged in such close proximity to the reflectors 4 that in raising the bonnet the reflectors would strike the burners. This contingency is avoided by arranging springs 14 on the bottom of the tank 9, preferably adjacent either end thereof, to rest on the covering board 13 and exert a pressure there against to normally tend to tilt the tank about its forward longitudinal edge. It will be understood that when the bonnet is lowered the side walls thereof will engage the brackets 40, and the weight of the bonnet will move the tank 9 against the action of the springs 14: to a position in contact with the covering board 13 throughout the length thereof, where it will be held against displacement during running of the vehicle and until the bonnet is raised to disengage the brackets 40 and permit the springs to move the tank 9. i

In place of the generator 9a storage cylinder 15 may be employed, supported, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, upon a seating or cradle formed by an end plate 16 having an inclined slot 17 to receive the neck 15 of the cylinder 15; the edges of said slot being formed or provided with a flange 17 which serves as a distance piece between the body of the cylinder and a stopper 15 and which flange is provided with bolt 17 to retain the cylinder in position. The end plate 16 is mounted upon a base plate 18 while at the opposite end the cylinder is supported upon a second plate 19 bent to form a turned-up end 19 and both of the plates 18, 19, are secured at their sides to angle bars 20, 21. The seating or cradle may, however, be constructed from a single piece of plate shaped and bent to form ends corresponding with the ends 16, 19 and sides corresponding with the angle pieces 20, 21. The angle piece 20 may be sunk into the covering board 13 to prevent forward movement of the cradle, or such movement may be prevented by providing the cradle with pins which enter holes in the covering board. That end of the cylinder 15 opposite to the neck is held by a strap 22 the ends of which are respectively attached to the angle pieces 20, 21. Supported upon the strap 22 and the plate 16 is a pipe 23 furnished with branch pipes 23* and burners 24c and connected at oneend by a flexible tube 25 to the outlet nozzle 15 of the cylinder 15. In order that the cradle 24.- may be tilted to move the burner tips away from the mirrors a when the bonnet 1 is raised, the seating of the storage cylinder 15 is controlled by springs which serve to raise the inner side of the seating. In Fig. 4 is shown by way of example a spring 26 mounted upon the upper flange of the angle piece 21 and hearing upon the covering board 13, there being a spring at each end of the flange, the ends 41 of which are held by the bonnet 1 against the influence of the springs, as indicated in Fig. 3.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to such features except as may be required by the claims.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a vehicle bonnet providing a lamp housing at the front thereof, a reflector arranged in said housing, a fuel tank mounted on the vehicle frame within the said housing, a burner communicating with said tank and projecting in front of said reflector, means for holding said tank against displacement, and means for moving said tank when the bonnet is raised, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a vehicle bonnet providing a lamp housing at the front thereof, a reflector mounted in said housing, a fuel tank supported on the vehicle frame within the said housing, a burner communicating with said tank and arranged in front of said reflector, brackets projecting from said tank and arranged to be engaged by said bonnet whereby to hold the tank against displacement, and a spring for normally tending to tilt the tank to move the burner and clear the reflector when said bonnet is raised, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a vehicle bonnet providing a lamp housing at the front thereof, of a ventilator formed on said bonnet at the top of the lamp housing, a frame depending from the roof of said bonnet, a pair of reflectors removably mounted in said frame, a fuel tank supported on the vehicle frame in said housing, a pair of burners projecting from said fuel tank in front of the reflectors, means for maintaining said tank in position to hold the burners in close proximity to the reflectors, and means for tilting said tank when the bonnet is raised to move the. burners and clear the reflectors, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a vehicle bonnet providing a lamp housing at the front thereof, a reflector mounted in said lamp housing, a fuel tank, a burner projecting from said fuel tank in front of said reflector, and a cradle for supporting said fuel tank comprising an end plate provided with a slot for receiving the neck of said tank, a strap for engaging one end of said tank, angle strips connecting said plate and strap, projecting ends on one of said angle strips arranged to be engaged by the sides of the bonnet and hold the cradle against displacement, and springs for tilting the cradle when the bonnet is raised, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS HENRY COLE. lVitnesses:

FRANK C. COLLET, H. A. B. HARINGTON.

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

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