US1360232A - Carbid-lamp tool - Google Patents

Description

J. LACKD.

CARBID LAMP TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 7. 1920.

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oARBIn-LAMP TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

Application filed m 1 20. Serial No. 371,913.

-f"o ol LUILO'IIL it may concern:

lie it known that I, Jo N LACKO, a citizen of Czechoslovakia, residing at Portage,

in the county of Cambria and State of lfeunsylyania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in (l arbid-Lamp Tools, of which the following is a specification.

'lfh is invention relates to certa in new and useful improvements in carbidlamp tools particularly adapted to provide in a com pact and readily accessible manner means for cleaning the carbid container, meansfor cleaning the perforations of the burner of the lamp, and means for igniting the lamp.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a tool of the above character which is extremely elicient'and durable inconstruction as well as capable of being cheaply and easily manufactured and p which embodies means for permitting the tool to be readily clasped upon "the peak of a mincrs cap or other article of clothing for carrying the tool when not in use.

Further objects will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, and the same consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed. p

In the drawing wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a view partly in side elevation and partly broken away of a tool constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Fig. 2 is an edge elevational view, partly Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a top plan View thereof,

Fig. i is a transverse fragmentary sectional view on a slightly larger scale illustrating the igniting device and the manner of mounting the same upon the handle of the tool, and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged view partly in side elevation and partly in section and taken substantially upon line VVof Fig. 3.

Referring more in detail to the several views, the present invention embodies a straight metallic shank 5 which is reduced at its free end to provide a blade 6 serviceable in removing the hard carbid from the carbid container of a carbid lamp, the other end of the shank 5 being return bent to proride a handle in the form of a loop 7, the other end of the device terminating in a tongue 8 lying closely to the shank 5 as shown in Fig. 1. The loop 7 is preferably resilient and the free end. of the tongue 8 is slightly curved outwardly as at 9 so that peak of a miners cap or the like may be sprung between the U 8 for carrying the tool when not in use. A tubular container 10 is formedin any suit able manner upon the end portion bf the shank 5 adjacent the handle frn'ming loop 7. and this container is adapted to hold a suit able pin or needle 11 serviceable in removing obstructions from the perforations in theburner of a carbid lamp, the needle 11 being provided with an enlargement 12 adjacent one end for being grasped by the user of the needle. A suitable slip cover or cap 13 is provided for the open upper end of the container 10.

A sheetymetal bracket 14 rests upon the upper end of the loop 7 and extends downwardly along one edge of the latter as at 15 then under the same as at 16, and then downwardly withinthe loop 7 as at 17 where a suitable shaft 18 is journaled therein. The bracket 14: extends laterally beyond the op posite edge of the top portion of the loop 7 as at 19 and is provided in this extended end with a i into which is screwed a hollow plug 21 haying a depending leg 22in which the other end of the shaft 18 is journaled. A suitable milled or peripherally roughened wheel 23 is fastened upon the shaft 18 adjacent the leg 22, and a stick of flint 24 or equivalent ma terial is slidably disposed within the plug 21 and has its lower end yieldably pressed into engagement with the periphery of the wheel by means of a helical spring 25 which is interposed between the cap 26 of the plug 21 and the upper end of the stick 2-1. A lever 27 is fastened upon the shaft 18 adjacent the depending leg 17 of the bracket 14;, and said lover or arm 27 extends through an elongated slot 28 which is provided in the upper and outer portions of the loop 7 as will clearly appear in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The hub portion of the lever 27 is provided with a downwardly extending car 29 to which one end of a tension spring 30 is attached, the other end of said spring being attached as at 31 to the lower portion shank 5 and the tongue screw threaded aperture as at 20 of the loop 7. It will thus be seen that when the lever 27 is swung downwardly manually as indicated by the arrow lines in Fig. 1

against the action of the spring 30, the

'pass throughsuitable perforations provided in the bracket 14 and'are threaded into suitable sockets 33 formed in the upper portion of the loop 7 as shown in Figs. 3 and The threaded sockets are preferably arr: nged 'in pairs so that the bracket 1 L may be se' cured in anyone of a number of positions farther from or nearer to the needle container'ld Gne purpose of this adjustment will be understood from the fact that when the bracket let is positioned as seen in Fig. 3, the forward edge 34 oi said bracket will form a stop for the lever Q'Tand limit its upward movement to a predetermined position, whereas if said bracket 14 were positioned. nearer the needle container 10, the lever27 could be moved upwardly to a further extent by the spring 30 before the same contacts the edge 3st of the bracket 1%, and when the lever 27 is subsequently pulled downwardly, a further rotary movement is permitted the wheel 23 for insuring aproduction of a larger number otsparks. It is, of course to beunderstood that the spring 30 normally moves the lever to and holds the same in a raised position, while the lever 2'7 is effectively guided and held against lateral'niovement within the slot 28.

It is believed that the construction and operation as well as the advantages of the presentinvention will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art from the foregoing description.

Minor changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Vlhat I claim as new is 1. In a carbid lamp tool of the class described, a metallic shank formed with a carbid container cleaning blade on one end thereof and having its opposite end returnbent to provide a handle forming loop with a resilient tongue extending therefrom adjacent to and longitudinally of the shank whereby the peak of a cap or the like may be sprung between said shank and said tongue for carrying the tool when not in use, the upper and ouicr portions of said loop being longitudinally slotteth and an igniter carrying bracket mounted upon the upper portion oi said loop, said ignitor including a lever projecting outwardly through said slot in said loop.

2. In a carhid lamp tool of the class described, a metallic shank formed with a ca'rbid container cleaning blade on one end hereof and having its opposite end returnbent to provide a handle 'lorming loop with a resilient tongue extending therefrom adjacent to and longitudinally of the shank whereby the peak of a cap or the like may be sprung between said shank and said tongue for carrying the tool when not in use, the upper and outer portions of said loop being lon tudinally slotted. an igniler carrying bracket mounted upon the upper portion or said loop, said igniter including a lever projecting outwardly through said slot in said loop. a spring attached to said lever and to the lower portion of said loop for normally holding the lever in its upper limit of movement, and means adjustably connecting the igniter carrying bracket to the loop for permitting the said lever to move through arcuate paths of various lengths.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN Lrltlit ti U

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