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C. E. CLARKE. ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILE HEADLIGHTS.

. APPLI CCCCCC FT L E D A U G 6 1 9 I 9. 1,362,395, Patented 1m 14,1920.

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UNITEDISTATES PATENT creme- ATTACHMENT roa AUTOMOBILE-HEADLIGHTS. j

I 1,362,395. Specificatio; of t Patented De'c.14, 1920.

Application filed August 6, 1919. Serial No. 315,575. i To allwhom it may on rn: is flatly imcpinged against the rear face of Be it known that I, CLAUDE E. CLARKE, a ihe glass 7 The slats are connected by citizen of the United States, residing at the ans of attenuated ends to the disk 1, city of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairis leaving the light free to pass the ends field and State of Connecticut, have inventof the slats or through the ends of the slots ed certain new and useful Improvements in and to illuminate the sides of the road. Attachments for Automobile- Headlights; The slats are non-reflecting, and as many and I do declare the following to be a full, of the same may be used as desired. The clear, and exact description of the invenupper slat 4 cuts oil the glare from the'uption, such as will enable others skilled in the per portion of the lamp and at the same .art to which it appertains to make and use time allows certain of the rays to pass to the same. assist in proper illumination. The lower This'invention relates to certain new and edge of the upper slat is practically on the useful improvements in glare preventers for horizontal diameter of the lamp lens. Beautomobile headlights, and the primary obtween this lower edge of the'upper slat and ject of the invention is to provide a device the upper edge of the next underlying lowerwhich prevents glare of the light and at slat is an elongated horizontal opening the the same time allows the light to be thrown I upper boundaryof which is diametrical. of not only ahead on the roadway, but also the lens whereb the ribbon-like shaft of in diverging lines at the sides ofvthe roadyissuing light wil not rise to a dangerous, way. blinding hei ht. The upper slat inclines he invention briefly, proposes a device rearwardly rom the per endicular and in which can be formed outof a single piece of an upward direction, while the lower slats sheet metal and which is positioned inside extend rearwardly in a downward direcof the glass and in contact therewith, the tion and at a much reater inclination from metal sheet having slats formed and mountthe perpendicular. inpe head lights are in a ed so that the glare fromheadli ht will be much lower plane than that of the drivers stopped, and at the same time t e rays dieye of an approaching vehicle, the latverging from the light can pass the ends ter will have his line of vision intercepted of the slats and illuminate the sides of the by the slats so that it is impossible for him roadway. to see thelight. By cutting out the mate-. In the drawings: rial to provide side openings at the ends of Figure 1 is a side elevation of an auto the slats the diverging rays from the refleclamp partly broken away -and in section tor'will pass considerable light through said showing the present invention in vertical openings upon the sides of the roadway.

section. V Consequently, two functions are performed Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device ,by' this improved construction namely, the

in detached position and n non-reflective slats eliminate glare from the Fig. 3, is an and elevation of Fig. 2. headlights while the side openings permit In proceeding in accordance with the side-road illumination. present invention a disk 1 of sheetlmetal is v The device is simple and can be cut out of employed and has lower slats 2, struck out a single piece of metal in a single stamping therefrom and inclined downwardly in operation, following which the'several slats spaced relation so as to leave openings can be bent to the desired singularity. The through which the light from the lamp L connections 5 as shown in .the drawin a may pass. Preferably an upper slat 4 is formed and located so that the li ht is uni also provided which issimilarly struck out interrupted in passing the ends ofi theslat's from the. sheet metal disk 1.- By referring for which purpose theconn'ec ions 5 are to Fig. 1 it will be seen that the front face very narrow as depicted. I "':"i of the disk, lies in a perfectly fiat plane and The fact that the slats are non-reflective,

their .inner faces 2' and 4' Wfli not "reflect neetions integraliy jeining the ends of the 10 i an light upwardly. slats to the disk body,

Vila-t is claimed is: In testimony whereof I afiix my signature A glare preventeicomprising a disk hev in presence of two Witnesses. lng non-refleeting slats strl ck out tnei'etrom M CLAUDE E CLARKE and the openings from which the slats were v 1 struck enlarged at the ends of the slats emit- Witnesses: ting lateral light rays from the opposing F. \V. SMITH,

portions of the disk, and attenuated con- M. T. LONGDEN.

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