US1210821A - Battery-lamp. - Google Patents

Description

H. E. McCLURE.

BATTERY LAMP.

APPuc/mou FILED PEI-315. 1915.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

Inventor a" I Attorneys HENRY ED MCCLURE, 0F MARION, INDIANA.

BATTERY-LAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

Application filed February 5, 1915. Serial No. 6,356.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY El) MoCLURE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marion, in the county of Grant and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Battery-Lamp, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in a battery lamp, one object of the in vention, being the provision of a lamp attachment adapted to be connected to the terminals of one or more cells, preferably a dry cell, so that the current therefrom may be utilized to energize a small bulb and thus provide a handy device, the attachment being exceedingly small so that it may be carried from place to place and be accommodated for use upon the various forms of dry cells now in use, either where the central posthas a horizontal or a vertical attaching means.

A further object of the present invention, is the provision of a device of this character, including a member having a socket receptacle for the lamp bulb and means for en gaging the threaded terminal of the bulb, such latter means being adapted to be held resiliently into and out of contact with a terminal hook carried by the opposite terminal of the battery, the socket carrying member being attached to the other terminal of the battery.

A still further object of the present invention, is the provision of a simple and inexpensive device of this character, which can be sold at a nominal figure and which will provide a handy light in lieu of a candle.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the upper end of a dry cell with one form of the present attachment connected thereto, dotted linesillustrating the position the parts assume when not in circuit. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the complete attachment per se. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the coil showing the attachment of the bulb thereto and of the resilient terminal carrying member. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the hook connection carried by the opposite terminal of the battery. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of another form of attachment. Fig. 6 is the same attachment used in connection with a vertically disposed binding post. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a sheet metal hooked terminal attachment.

Referring to the drawings, C designates a dry cell, which is of a type with the vertically disposed fastening A and the outer fastening B, said fastenings constituting the terminal connections for the cell. The attachment shown in Figs. 1 through 4, includes a resilient supporting member or limb 1. having the terminal coil 2 for engagement with the post A, the same when adapted to be attached to a horizontally disposed post, being bent to aline with the member 1 thereof so as to engage the same. As the present device is preferably made of wire, this may be readily accomplished. The opposite end of the member 1 is bent to form a. resilient spiral coil 3, in which is adapted to be fitted by turning as in entering the ordinary socket, the socket engaging member 4 of the electric bulb 5. The lamp bulb 5 as usual is provided with the central terminal 6, which is adapted to engage the end 7 of theresilient terminal arm 9, said arm being seated within and carried by the insulating block 8, which itself is journaled within the lower end of the coil 3. Thus the complete attachment carrying the bulb 5 may be attached to or detached from the post A of the cell.

The normal tension of the member 1 is to hold the parts in the dotted line position as shown in Fig. 1; therefore as the terminal 9 is bent downwardly to engage the hook 12 of the member 10, which is provided with the coil 11 to secure the same to the terminal post B, it is apparent that the proper connection will be made to energize the bulb 5. To release the device, the terminal 9 is merely moved to disengage the hook 12, at which time, the bulb will normally assume the dotted line position, as shown in Fig. 1.

In the form of attachment shown in Figs.

5 through 7, the main carrying parts are or bent as shown in Fig. 6 to form the terminal 15 so as to fit upon the vertical screw A. This member 14 is a rigid member and is not resilient as the member 1 so that the arm or limb 16 which is preferably made of wire and soldered to the center terminal of the bulb 5 has the terminal 17 so constructed as to be moved into and out of engagement with the hook portion 12 of the member 10 when the same is used in conjunction therewith, or with the hook 18 of the metal plate 19 (see Fig. 7), which a sheet metal device and is adapted to be attached to the terminal B.

The devices as shown in Figs. it and 7 are interchangeable, and can be used with either attachment as may be found desirable.

It will be seen that the main features of each attachment resides in the support for the bulb, and is adapted to be preferably attached to the carbon terminal of the cell, while the free terminals 9 and 17 are disposed to be placed into and out of engagement with the respective hooked terminal portions attached to the zinc attaching means B of the cell.

It will thus be seen that when the device is in use, upon the battery that in orderto energize the. bulb it is merely necessary to connect either one of the terminals 9 or 17 to the hooks 12 or 18 and that the same will the horizontal terminal B may be had at almost any supply place so that a party with the present attachment may readily engage or attach the same to a cell of this character and thus have a quick lighting attachment at hand at all times.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a battery, a limb having one end attached to one terminal of the battery and formed with a coil at its free end, an electric bulb engaged in said coil, :1 second limb connected to the central terminal of the bulb, and a portion carried by the other terminalof the battery for the engagement of the second mentioned limb, one of the limbs being resilient and tending to normally move the second mentioned limb away from said portion.

2. A lamp attachment for batteries, embodying a limb having means at one end for engagement with one terminal of a battery and formed with a coil at its other end for the reception of an electric bulb, a member of insulating material engaged within said coil, a second limb engaged through said member for connection with the central ter minal of the bulb and adapted to be connected with the other terminal of the battery, one of the limbs being resilient and normally tending to move the second mentioned limb away from the respective terminal of the battery.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. HENRY ED MGCLURE.

Witnesses:

A. E. STEELE, WILLIAM C. MCKINNEY.

Copies of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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