US1166930A

US1166930A - Telescopic combined portable flash-light and writing-pad.

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Publication number: US1166930A
Application number: US3833815A
Authority: US
Inventors: John A Petrie
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1915-07-06
Filing date: 1915-07-06
Publication date: 1916-01-04
Anticipated expiration: 1933-01-04

Description

.J. A; PETRl-E; TELESCOPII'C comsmgu PORTABLE .FLASH uem ANDYWRITING PAD. APPLICATIDN FILED JULYVG; I915.

1,166,930; Patented Jail. 4, 1916.

W Y 'i and exact description erated by a button JOHN A. PETRIE, OF WESTVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

TELESCOPIC COMBINED PORTABLE FLASH-LIGHT AND WRITING-PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, H3316.

Application filed .Tuly 6, 1915. Serial No. 38,338.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J on)? A. Pn'rmn, a citizen of the United States, residing at W'estville, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Telescopic-Combined Portable Flash-Light and \Vriting- Pad; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in, a

Figure 1 a view of a telescopic combined portable flash-light and writing-pad, con structed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 a .plan view thereof. Fig. oan edge view thereof. Fig. 4: a view thereof in central vertical section. Fig. 5 a plan view of the device converted for use as a. writingpad. Fig. 6 an edge view thereof. Fig. 7 a view thereof in transverse section on the line a.b of Fig. 5, looking in the direction indicated. I

My invention relates to an improved telescopic combined portable flash-light and writing-pad, the object being tofprovide a simple and convenient device, the compactness and convenience of which is increased by its being' made on the telescopic principle.

lVith these ends in view, my invention consists in a telescopic combined portable fiash light and writing-pad having certain details ofconstruction and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In carrying out my invention as herein shown, I employ an ordinary standard pocket flash-light, such as may be found upon the market and needing no detailed description more than to say that it is adapted in size to be conveniently carried in the pocket of the user, and to be held in the palm of the hand, and that it consists of an oblong sheet-metal case 2 provided at its lower end with a hinged cover 3 through which an ordinary dry-cell battery, not shown, may be introduced and removed. The upper end of the case 2 is furnished with an ordinary incandescent lamp 4 op- 5 located in the rounded edge of the case near the adjacent end thereof. This standard pocket flash-light, I supplement by a sliding sheet-metal shell 6 transparent material.

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corresponding to it in general form, applied over it, open on one side, and furnished on its open side with offset retaining-flanges 7 forming guide-ways for interchangeable writing-plates 8 made of celluloid or other The said shell is furnished at its outer end with a hinged cover 9 through which access is had to the upper end of the flash-light for convenience in de-telescoping the two members, and for exposing the lamp et when the two parts are telescoped together for the use of the device as an ordinary pocket flashlight, as shown in Fig. The shell is also formed upon one edge with a longitudinal slot 10 for clearing the push-button When the two parts are shut together, as shown in Figs. 1 to at inclusive, the device may be used as an ordinary pocket flash-light by simply opening the cover 9 as shown by broken lines in Fig. 3, thus permitting the light to shine directly out. To use the device as a signaling device or as a writing-pad, the flash-light 2 and shell 6 are drawn apart, as shown in Figs. 5 and G, and the cover 9 closed,'whereby a light-diffusing chamber is 'created'within the shell 6. Now when the button 5 is operated, the shell is flooded with light which passes laterally outward through the transparent writing-plate 9 upon which a sheet or scrap of paper may be placed for writing in the dark without any extraneous light. No light to speak of, is then emitted, so that writing may be done without attracting attention. If it is not desired to use the device as a writing-tablet, it may be used for signaling purposes, as by Boy Scouts, Armyofficers, etc., the proper direction and holding it by the flash-light proper, which then constitutes a handle for it. If used for signaling purposes, it may be furnished with a series of interchangeable plates 8 some of which may desired, the flash-light 2 and shell 6 may be drawn sufficiently apart to cause the shell (3 at the point 11 to ride over the button 5 which is thus maintained in its depressed or operating position. Otherwise, the light may be kept lighted by constant inward pressure upon the button.

To increase the usefulness of the device, I prefer to provide it with an ordinary compass 12 which, as shown, is set into the upper end of the case 2 of the pocket flash-light on one side of the lamp 4 so as to be illuminated thereby. This compass feature is parby facing it 1n ticularly designed for the use of Boy Scouts, but, of course. not so limited.

I claim 1. A telescopic combined portable flashlight and Writing-pad, comprising a flashlight, and a telescoping shell applied over the same and furnished with a transparent writing-plate.

2. A. telescopiccombined portable flashlight and Writing-pad, comprising a flashlight, and a telescoping" shell applied there to, and adapted to be furnished with interchangeable transparent writing-plates.

3. A telescopic combined portable flashlight and writing-pad, comprising a flashlight, and a telescoping shell applied over the same and furnished with atransparent writing-plate and provided at its outer end with a cover.

4:. A telescopic combined portable flashlight and Writing-pad, comprising a flashlight, and a telescoping she ll applied over the same, furnished with a transparent Writing-pla-te and formed with a slot for the clearance of the push-button of thefiashlight.

5. A telescopic combined portable flashlight and Writing-pad, comprising a flashlight, and atelesc'oping shell applied over the same and formed with oft-setting guide- Ways for the reception of a transparent writing-plate. I

6. A telescopic combined portable flashlight and Writing-pad, comprisinga flashlight, and a telescoping shell applied over the same, and furnished with a transparent Writing-plate and provided at its outer end With a hinged cover.

7. A telescopic combined portable flashlight and Writing-pad. comprising a flash light. and a telescoping shell applied over the same, furnished with a transparent Writing-plate and adapted to be engaged with the operating button of the flash-light for maintaining the same in its operating position While the shell is extended with respect to the flash-light.

8. A telescopic flash-light and Writingpad, comprising a flash-light furnisl'ied at one end with an incandescent lamp and with a compass positioned to be illuminated by thesaid lamp, a telescoping shell applied over the said flash-light, furnished With a transparent writing-pad and provided with a cover arranged over the said lamp and compass.

JOHN A. PETRIE