US1337222A - Flag-support - Google Patents

Description

C. T. HARNED.

FLAG SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31.1919.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

Mar/5 Z'hamea IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEY.

CHARLES '1. EARNED, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FLAG-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

Application filed May 31, 1919. Serial No. 300.839.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. HARNED, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Flag-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to flag supports and it has more particular reference to that type or form of support with which is associated an illuminating device whereby the rays of light will be directed on to the flag or flags.

The main object of my invention is to provide a device of the nature referred to which is especially adapted for attachment on the radiator cap of an automobile.

A further object is to provide a device of the type referred to embodying means whereby the light from the source of illumination is more effectively directed on to the waving flag or flags when the automobile is in motion.

lVith these and other objects in view my invention consists essentially in combining a source of illumination with a holder adapted to support a series of flags and in adapting said holder for easy attachment to the radiator cap of an automobile.

In the further disclosure of this invention, reference is to be had to the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings constituting a part of this specification, in which like characters of reference denote the same or similar parts in all the views, and in which,-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved flag support and illuminating device as applied to the radiator of an automobile.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section of the device with flags removed; and,

Fig. 3- is a fragmentary outside view showing a convenient form of lens protecting shield or cover.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 designates the radiator of an automobile 11 and to the cap 12 of said radiator 10 I attach the flag support which is indicated generally by the numeral 13. This flag support 13 includes a base 14 provided with a vertically depending threaded extension 15 for passage through a hole 16 provided for its reception in the cap 12, and it IS adapted to be securely attached thereto by a lock nut 17 Verticallv central of the base 14, I

form a cylindrical portion 18, which is internally threaded at'its upper part to receive an ordinary electric incandescent lamp 19 and seated in said cylindrical portion 18 is a washer 20, on which rests a tubular part 21, adapted to be closed at its unoer end by a second washer 2-the parts 20, 21, and 22 being all made of insulating material. Housed in the tubular part 21 is a metallic conductor 23 into which is threaded a terminal screw 24, shrouded by an insulating bushing 25, and having attached thereto an electric lead or wire 26. Connected into the upper end of the conductor 23 is a contact .27 with which contacts the lamp 19. Seated over the cylindrical portion 18 and lamp 19, is a spherical casing 28, preferably made of brightly burnished or plated metal, and said casing is securely held in place by a second terminal screw 29 to which is attached the second electric lead or wire 30.

Projecting tangentially upward from the i V spherical casing 28, are three tubular holders 31 in which snugly fit the poles 32 of flags 33 and these holders 31 may be fitted with attached or detachable closures 34 for preventing the ingress of dirt and moisture when the flags 33 are not in use. Seated in the upper part of the casing 28 is an appropriate lens 35, which is. held in place by a spring ring 36 and in order to protect said lens from damage and dirt when the device is not in use, I may fit thereover a concavoconvex shutter 37, arranged in arcuate guides formed on or attached to the crown of the casing 28 and provide a finger piece 39 whereby said cover can be manipulated.

Air holes 40 may be provided around the base of the spherical casing 28 for purposes of ventilation and to prevent overheating of the various parts.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that when the device is installed and the wires 2630, connected with a storage battery for example, and the current switched on, the flags 33 will be illuminated very effectively as the automobile travels along, and that said flags will wave in the beam of light emitted. through the lens 35. hen it is desirable to remove the flagsas for example in inclement. weather-the tubular holders 31 can be closed by the caps 34:, while the concavo-convex shutter 37 can be moved over the lens 35, the entire device then presenting a not inartistic appearance.

While I have described in detail one practical embodiment of my invention, I Wish it understood thatv various changes may be made in the form and arrangement of the several parts Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, such changes and other combinations being limited by the ambit of the appended claims. Having described my invention, 1 claim- 1. A flag supporting and illuminating device comprising in combination, a base having a tubular vertical portion, an electric incandescent light mounted on the vertical portion, a spherical casing enveloping the tubular vertical portion and light, an electric conductor housed in and insulated from the tubular vertical portion and serving to complete the circuit to the incandescent light, a lens mounted in the upper part of the spherical casing for projecting the rays of light upwardly, and a series of flag supporting members arranged tangentially to the spherical casing.

2. A flag supporting and illuminating device comprising in combination, a base having a tubular vertical portion, an electric incandescent light mounted on the vertical portion, a spherical casing enveloping the tubular vertical portion and light, an electric conductor housed in and insulated from the tubular vertical portion and serving to complete the circuit to the incandescent light, a lens mounted in the upper part of the spherical casing for projecting the rays of light upwardly, a series of flag supporting members arranged tangentially to the spherical casing, and a concavo-convex shutter for closing in the lens When desired.

3. A flag supporting and illuminating de vice comprlslng 1n comblnation, a base having a tubular vertical'portion, an electric incandescent light mounted on the vertical portion, a spherical casing enveloping the tubular vertical portion and light, an electric conductor housed in and insulated from the tubular vertical portion and serving to complete the circuit to the incandescent light, a lens mounted in theupper part of the spherical casing for projecting the rays of light upwardly, a series of flag supporting members arranged tangentially to the spherical casing, a concavo-convex shutter for closing in the lens When desired, and closures for the flag supporting members when not in use.

4. The combination With the radiator cap of an automobile and a source of electric energy of a flag supporting and illuminating device comprising a base having a tubular vertical portion, an incandescent light mounted on the' vertical portion, a spherical casing enveloping the tubular vertical portion and light, and electric conductor housed in and insulated from the tubular vertical portion and serving'to complete the circuit to the incandescent light, a lens mounted in the upper part of the spherical casing for projecting the rays of light upwardly, a series of flag supporting members disposed tangentially to the spherical casing, and means for closing in the lens and flag supporting members when the device is not in use.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

CHARLES T. HARNED.

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