US1339449A

US1339449A - Adjustable lamp-support for motor-vehicles

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Publication number: US1339449A
Application number: US317952A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ray A Frisbie
Original assignee: Motors Liquidation Co
Current assignee: Motors Liquidation Co
Priority date: 1919-08-16
Filing date: 1919-08-16
Publication date: 1920-05-11
Anticipated expiration: 1937-05-11

Description

R. A. FRISBIE. ADJUSTABLE LAMP SUPPORT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILED AUG.I6, 1919.

1,339,449. Patented May 11, 1920.

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ADJUSTABLE LAMP-SUPPORT FOR MOTOR-VEHICLES.

T0 all whom; it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAY citizen of the United States, and resident of New York, New York county, State of New York, have-invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Lamp-Sup-' ports for Motor-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to lamps designed for use with automobiles, motor trucks and similar self-propelled vehicles, and particu-' larly to means for supporting a lamp from the fender or other portion of the automobile; andthe principal object thereof is to provide improved lamp supporting means or a lamp supporting bracket, which, in connection with a lamp having a spherical body will permit universal adjustment ofthe lamp in a convenient manner; thereby providing for adjusting the same with a minimum of effort'on the part of the operator, so that the rays or beam of light will be properly projected upon the roadway along which the vehicle is moving.

A further ob'ect' of "my' invention is to provide means or adjustably supporting a lamp which will .be simple in construction and easy to manipulate to secure the requiredadjustment of the lamp, and which at the-same time will be of such a form and construction as may be readily manufactured at a minimum of expense and by approved manufacturing processes. 7

My invention is illustrated in its preferred form in the drawing accompanying and forming a part of this specification;

' although it will be appreciated that the inventionis capable of modification, within r the scope of the concluding claims, and that 7 40 the same includes all such variations and modifications of the preferredsembodiment thereof illustrated as come within the scope of the claims wherein the 'distinguishin features thereof are particularly pointe out.

In the drawing accompanying and formin a part of this SPBCIlfiCZttlOIl? igure 1 is a view showing my improved lamp supporting bracket and a lamp supported thereby as seen from a position in front thereof looking into the lamp casing, .certain. parts of the lamp being broken away in part to better show features of internal construction. I

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view showing. a

. Specification of Letters Patent.

the line II II, ig. 1,'the plane bein per-' pendicular to the portion of the whereby the lamp is supported.

ender I Patented May 11, 1920. Application filed August 16, 1919. Sci-12.1110. 317,95al 7 section ofthe lamp supporting bracket and parts. of the lam upon a plane indicated byin substantially one-half of the vehicle, and

ig. is a view illustrating the lamp and supportlng bracket as it appears from a position to the rear of the lamp, or from the position occupied by the driver of the vehicle.

Referring now to the drawing, the reference numeral 5 designates the portion of the front wheel fepder of the vehicle which extends upward and outward from the frame thereof and supports the wheel protecting portion proper ofthe fender from the vehicle, and to which portion of the fender the bracket which supports the lamp in accordance with my invention is secured; from iwhich it follows that the base or main body portion of the bracket extends at an angle from the portion of the fender to which it is secured, as best shown in Figs. 1, 3 and'4, becauselof the inclined osition of the portion of the fender to whlch it is secured.

' This bracket is secured to the portion of .thefender whereupon it is supported in any way, as by means of bolts 6 extending through the lower wall of the base thereof,

and through a channel iron stifiening memher or brace 7 of the fender structure, as

clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The lamp used in connection with m mvention is formed with or includes a amp body or casing 8 which is substantially spherical in form, and is provided with an elongated slot indicated y the reference numeral 9. Within this spherical body portion OfxthB lamp is located the ordinary incandescent lampbulb or other source of 'light, and the lamp is provided with the usual reflector 10 secured in place within and extendin rearwardl from the open front end of t e lamp bo y in any suitable way. The lamp body. is provided with the usual door indicated by the reference numeral 1,1,..and with a glass 12, all as is usual in lamp construction; it being appreciated that my invention is in no way concerned with the details of construction of-the lamp further than that it shall include a'body portion or casing of curved or substantially spherical form.

The bracket whereby the lamp body is supported is indicated by the reference numeral 13, and the same comprises a body portion extending upwardly from the fender structure, as above pointed out, together with a lamp supporting portion or plate 14 at the upper end of the body ortion and arranged at an angle thereto. portion or supporting plate of the bracket is substantially circular in outline, as illustrated, and the same is concave in form or dished so as to conform approximately in curvature with the curved and approximately spherical peripheral surface of the lamp body or casing which fits within the said supporting portion; the portions of the lamp body and of the supporting plate being in contact with one another throughout the entire area of the plate, as will be appreciated.

The area of the supporting plate 14 is quite small as compared with the entire area of the body portion of the lamp, and contacts with a portion only of the lamp casing upon the under side and at the rear thereo or between the front and rear portions of the lamp body, as will be appreciated from Fi s. 2 and 4 of the drawing.

he inclined or angularly disposed supporting portion or plate 14 of the supporting bracket 13 is provided with a centrally located projection or boss 15 formed, preferably, by pressing a portion of the wall of the said plate outwardly from the main body portion thereof, and which boss is provided with a central hole through which a securing bolt 16 whereby the lamp body is secured to the bracket extends; and. the bracket as a whole may be formed'from cast metal, or

suitable pressing or die shaping operations,

or otherwise, according to the choice or manufacturing equipment of the user of the invention in each particular case.

Located within the body portion or casing 8 of the lamp is a reinforcing plate 17 concave or dished in form and curved so that it will conform substantially with the curvature of the inner surface of the wall or casing, and which reinforcing plate is preferably permanently securedto the inner surface of the wall of the casing, but which may be loose therein or unsecured to the casing if desired. This reinforcing plate is provided with a slot 18' corresponding approximately in form and len h with the slot 9 in the lamp casing; an portions of the wall of the said reinforcing plate are out free therefrom along three sides, and then struck up and bent over toward one another, to thereby provide retaining lugs 19 which extend parallel with the

elongated slots

9 and 17 and which overlie the head 20 his inclined inserted into the slot in the reinforcing 'plate, or after the bolt has been passed through the slots in both the reinforcing plate and in the body portion if'thereinforcing plate is permanently secured to the body portion of the lamp.

In view of the premises it will be appreciated that the securing bolt 16 will be permanently held in place relative to the reinforcing plate and to the lamp body or casing, so that the bolt will not become separated from the lamp structure inadjustin the same relative to the bracket where y it is supported, or even should the lamp be entirely removed from the bracket.

Furthermore, the diameter of the plate 14 which serves as the immediate support for the lamp body or casing is such that its periphery lies well beyond the ends of the slot 9, so that the ends of the said slot will not be uncovered or exposed as the result of any ordinary shifting of the lamp body to secure a proper projection of the beam of light emanating from the lamp.

The fact that the meeting surfaces of the.

body with which said plate contacts correspond in curvature one with the other provides an adjustable support for the lamp in which the lamp can be moved angularly in all directions, and in effect about a central point of support, by simply loosening the nut of the bolt whereby the lamp is held in place; thus providing for the adjustment of the lamp in all directions, and in such a manner that the beam of light projected therefrom may be made to fall properly in front of the vehicle and upon the roadway to be traveled.

Having thus described and explained my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

- 1. In an adjustable support for automobile lamps and in combination with a lamp body or casing substantially spherical in form and having an elongated slot in its wall, a

supporting bracket having an inclined or beneath and retained in place by sai retaining lugs and which bolt extends through the slots aforesaid and through a hole provided in said boss to thereby secure said lamp body in place and to said bracket.

2. In an adjustable support for automobile lamps and in combination with a lamp body or casing substantially spherical in form and having an elongated slot in its wall, a supporting bracket having a supporting portion or plate substantially circular in outline and a centrally disposed projection or boss, and which supporting portion is concave in form and corresponds in curvature with the curvature of the spherical wall of the lamp body; a reinforcing plate substantially spherical in form located within said lamp body and having an elongated slot adapted to register with the slot in said casing, and having also two retaining lugs extending from the inner surface of said plate toward said slots and toward one another; and a bolt the head of which lies beneath and is held in place by said lugs, and which bolt extends through the slots aforesaid and through a hole pro vided in said boss to thereby secure said lamp body in place and to said bracket.

3. In an adjustable support for automobile lamps and in combination with a lamp body or casing substantially spherical in form and having an opening in its wall, a supporting bracket having a supporting portion or plate and a centrally disposed projection or boss, and which supporting portion is concave in form and corresponds in l curvature with the curvature of the spheri cal wall of the lamp body; a reinforcing plate curved in form to correspond with the curvature of the interior of said lamp body, and which plate is located within said lamp body and is provided with an opening which registers with the opening) i2 said casing; a bolt extending through the openings aforesaid and through an opening provided in the supporting portion or plate of said bracket, and whereby said lamp body may be secured to said bracket;

and a lug carried by said reinforcing plate and adapted to overlie the head of said bolt to thereby retain the same in place.

4. In an adjustable support for automobile lamps and in combination with a lamp body or casing substantially spherical in form and'having an opening in its wall, a supporting bracket havin a supporting portion or plate concave in orm and corresponding in curvature with the curvature of the spherical wall of the lamp body; a reinforcing plate curved in form to correspond with the curvature of the interior of said lamp body, and which plate is located within said lamp body and is provided with an opening which registers with the openin in said casing; a bolt extending throug both said openings and through an opening provided in the supporting portion or plate of said bracket to thereby secure said lamp to said bracket; and lugs upon the inner surface of said reinforcing plate and adjacent the opening therein, and which lugs overlie the head of said securing bolt to thereby hold the same in place.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

RAY A. FRISBIE.