US1277549A - Electric lantern - Google Patents

Description

Patented sept. 3,1918.

Zigiz @figa CHARLES W. CONGER, 0F THE DALLES, OREGON.

ELECTRIC LAnTEnN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1.91.8.

Application filed August 13, 1917. Serial No. 186,014.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known tha t l. CHARLES lV. Corrente a n v n n s r citizen of the United. b'ates, residing at Ihe 'Dalles in the countv of Tasco State of Oregon, have lnventeril certain new :ind useful Improvements in Electric lniiitcrns; and I do hereby (flee-lare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertoins to make and use the saine.

This invention relates to electric lanterns, and has :for in object to provide un electric lantern of improvedv siinijile and inexpensive constriictioiin the parts thereof being so arranged that the rays from the lump contain-ed therein iiill be rciici'zted d ircctly upon the ground.

HWith the above. ind other objects of similar nature in View, the invention consists in the construct-loin combinationv and arrange nient of parts set forth in and falling Within the scope of the apliended claim.

In the drawing:-

Figure 1 a side clerationot' a lantern constructed in accordance with the inveiition,

Fig. 2 is a bottoni plan view thereof,

Fig. 3 is a cent-rei. vertical4 sectional view, and.

Fig.. 4 is a. transverse section. taken on the line {l-4 of Fig. 3, the battery being removed.

Referring accompanying drawinga there is shoivn an electric lantern7 such as contemplated by the invention, consisting of a skeleton base 5 including a circular bottoni ring 6, and equidistantly spaced pairs of uprights 7, each pair of said uprights being 'preferably formed. from a single length of relatively heavy Wire that is bent into substantially Ushape, and embraces diametiically opposite points ofthe ringnr 6 at the junctionofits arms with its connecting bight portion 8. Said bight portions 8 of the 'Wires extend diametriczilly of the ring 6 `rind cross each other at approximately the center of the latter While supported thereof; lit their pointA of crossing ie a. socket 9 in li'liich an electric lamp 10 is removably disposed. Supported by the iiprights 7 at 'their upper extremlties nonY more particularly to the` is a receptacle 11 in which is contained a battery 12.

Leading doii'niiardly from the rcceiitaoleC l1 along opposed uprights 7 und bent to extend into the socket 5)' are tubes 13. ivhile mounted upon the sideloif the receptacle is a. slide switch 14 adapted to engage the ter minals 15 and 1.6 to close the circuit, the switch being normally disengaged from the terminal 15 ii'hereby the circuit is open. A Wire 17 leads from one pole of the battery 12 to the terminal 15 of the switch while a sccond Wire 18 leads from the other terminal 16 and through one of the tubes 13 to the socket 9. A third Wire 19 leads from the socket 9 through the other tube 13 and there-A on to the other pole Ofi." the battery. Thus the battery 12, lump 10 and socket 9 are con-- neobed in circuit so that by operating the switch the lain p is controlled as is evident.

lt will be noted thatl` the bottom 2() of the receptacle 12 is disposed above the lamp 10 and when suitably polished or otherwise `treated provides an eliieient reflector tliirougrh.

y eyes as the case with lanterns of' other types, While the surface which he is traversing will be eli'ectiialfly illuminated. The receptacle 11 is equipped with a top 20 removably held in place by means of spring fasteners 21 while there is also provided for carrying the lantern a bail 22 that is pivotally carried bv army 23 secured to the side of the receptacle, there being mounted on said arms slides 24 and provided on the bail ends extensions 25 that are engaged by the slides so as to maintain thevbail in rigid relation to the receptacle to prevent swinging of the latter as Vit is carried What I claim is An electric lantern, comprising a bese formed from a circular bottom ring, U- shaped frames disposed inv crossed relation to Veach other to form uprights and having crossed portions thereof, a receptacle supported by the uprghtsata point elevated above the socket, tubes extending from the In testimony whereof I ailix my Signatura socket ullwardllly into the lreceptacle, a batin thc presence of two witnesses.

ter Wit in. t s receptac e, Wires leadin frobrrn the battery to Socket and traine CHARLES W' CONGER' through the tubes to form an open circuit, Witnesses:

and a switch exteriorly on the receptacle to W. W. RHODES,

close the circuit. GEO. A. CUTIING..

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