US1196760A - Headlight-dimmer. - Google Patents

Description

H. S. CLARK.

HEADLIGHT D|MMER..

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 17 1915.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

HARRY -S. CLARK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HEADLIGHT-DIMMER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

Application filed December 17, 1915. Serial No. 67,347.

To all whom it may concern Be it knownthat I, HARRY S. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Headlight- Dimmers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a headlight dimmer and has for its objects, to providea dimmer that is capable of being readily attached to and detached from an ordinary headlight, to produce a dimmer that is capable of being folded into a small space so that it-may be readily carried in the pocket or elsewhere, to produce a dimmer that will illuminate objects near to they headlight,'to produce a dimmer that is simple in construction and one that can be made at a very small cost, and, in general, to produce a dimmer of the character referred to.

This invention will be readily understood from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ordinary headlight with the dimer in position, part of the dimmer being broken away. Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a dimmer in'folded position.

Referring to the drawings, 10 represents an ordinary headlight, to which the dimmer 11 is attached. Sewed to the rear portion of the dimmer is a piece of material, preferably cloth, as at 12. And also to the rear portion of the cloth is secured a cord 13. This cord is preferably an endless elastic band. The face 14 of the dimmer is made of celluloid'or other translucent material. This celluloid part is made up of two sectorlike pieces. These two pieces are held together by a strip of cloth or other material as at 15. This cloth is stitched to the celluloid. The cord 13, which extends com-. pletely around the headlight when applied thereto, is preferably placed in an opening formed by sewing the rearportion of the cloth 12 to itself.

When it is desired to attach a dimmer to an ordinary headlight the tvimsector-like venient and economical method of securing the dimer tothe headlight. The stiffness of the celluloid keeps the dimmer in shape when 1n place. The c0rd.13 fits snugly in the crotch where the body of the headlight and rim adjoin.

It will readily be seen that when the dimmer ls applied to the headlight the light shmlng on the interior-of the dimmer from the headlight. will illuminate the face 14. Thls permits the light to shine in every directlon except directly backward. By this arrangement the ground directly below the headlight and all objects close to the headlight Will be illuminated. This enables the driver to see objects close at hand such as the curbing and obstacles in the road directly beneath the wheels.

accomplished in the desired manner. It will.

also be obvious that the details of construction may be modified without departing from the invention, especially as set forth in the broader of the appended claims. I do not, therefore, wish to be understood as being limited to the precise details of form and construction as shown.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination of an automobile search lamp, and'a collapsible cone-shaped translucent dimmer element detachably secured thereto.

2. The combination of an automobile head lamp, a cone-shaped foldable translucent dimming element, and meansfor securing said dimming element over the face of said lamp .to completely cover the same, comprising a flexible border attached to the periphery of said dimming element and fitting over the rim of the lens opening of the lamp and having associated therewith a circumferential elastic member for holding the rear edge of the said flexible border member in position over the rim of said lamp.

3. A headlight dimmer for lamps, comprisinga border frame of material formed and adapted to inclose the periphery of a lamp, and a dimmer element connected with the border frame and arranged to completely cover the face thereof.

4. A headlight dimmer for lamps, comprising a border adapted to inclose the periphery of a lamp, an elastic element for securing the border material to the perlphery of the lamp, and a dimmer element secured to the border material and arranged to completelg cover the face thereof.

5. headlight dimmer, comprising an element adapted to inclose the rim of a head-' closing element, said translucent material adapted. to assume a cone-like form when secured to the rim of the headlight.

6. A foldable headlight dimmer adapted to assume the shape of a cone when applied.

'7. In a detachable headlight dimmer, a translucent face adapted to cover the face of a headlight, said translucent face being made of two sector-like pieces adapted to assume the shape of a cone when applied, an element secured to the translucent face and adapted to inclose the" rim of the headlight, and means for securing the element in position when applied.

8. In a detachable headlight dimmer, a translucent member adapted to cover the front of a headlight, said translucent member being made of sector-like pieces and adapted to assume the shape of a cone when applied, and an expansible element secured to the translucent member and adapted to inclose the rim of the headlight. I

9. A headlight dimmer, comprising an element adapted to be attached to the rim of a headlight, and a dimmer element composed of sector-like pieces of translucent material adapted to be secured together and to the first mentioned element cone when applied and detachably secured to the rim of the headlight.

12. In a detachable headlight dimmer, a dimming member arranged to cover the face of the headlight, said dimming member being cone-like in shape when applied, and a fastening member secured to the dimming member and adapted tobe secured to the headlight. I

13. The combination of an automobile search lamp, and a flexible resilient translucent curved dimmer element detachably secured thereto and adapted to assume a flat shape when detached from the search lamp.

14. The combination of an automobile head lamp, a translucent dimming element, and means for securing the dimming element to cover the face of the lamp, said dimming element being of sufiicient rigidity to cause portions thereof to project outwardly from the face of the lamp.

HARRY S. CLARK.

Witnesses:

WALTER H. REDFIELD, G. A. SoANs.

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