US1420059A - Aisle-illuminating means - Google Patents

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L. ROTH.

AISLE ILLUMINATING MEANS.

APPLICATION H LED OCT. 6, 1920.

Patented June 20, 1922.

Original application filed May 20, 1920,

UNITED STATES ParsNr oFFlcE.

LOUIS ROTH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T STERLING BRONZEJCOMPANY, OF

- NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS ROTH, a subject of Austria-Hungary,"residing at New York, borough of Bronx, and State of New York, have invented'a certain new and use ful Aisle-IlluminatiggMeans, of which the following is a specification.

This mvention g e rtains ato means for illuminating aisles cifgaifiitofiums and the like, such as opera houses, theatres, churches, and other places of public assemblage, in-

.cluding moving picture exhibition places the display of pictures in which requires the auditorium to be in semi-darkness, whereas the patrons are accustomed to enter and leave the auditorium during the performance. Under such conditions it is often a matter of some considerable incon- 'venience for the patrons to traverse the aisles separating the rows of seats, particularly should the aisles be provided with steps, and again it is frequently a matter of inconvenience in the semi-darkness for the patrons or' the ushers 'to locate a'particular row of seats bearing a specific designating letter or other character.

The subject matter of this application constitutes a division of my prior application Serial No. 382731 filed May 20, 1920, in which the aisle illuminating means is associated, more or less directly, with ventilating means, the latter acting primarily to directthe infloyving air into the aisles so as gto avoid the more or less disagreeable sensais illuminated'without permitting the light tion of warm or cool air flowing into contact .with the occupants of the seats.

According to the present invention the aisle separating two adjacent rows of seats rays to pass upwardly for dispelling the semi-darkness in the auditorium deemed desirable for the display of illuminated pictures on a screen.

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear from the following'description taken in connectionwith the draw- Specification of Letters latent.

all as referred to in my prior application.

The upright member E of theseat next to the aisle rest e,,provision being made on said upright end member E for hingedly supporting'the seat D at d, see Figures 1 and 2.

Patented June 20, 1922.

Serial No. 382,731. Divided and this application filed October 6, 1920. Serial No. 415,024.

is provided as usual with an arm In carrying the invention into practice as disclosed in my prior application, the ven tilation of the auditorium aridKthe illumination of the aisle are obtaine y an association of elements related more or less directly one to the other, namely, the inflowing air from flue B is directed through a grille F rovided within the limits of the end member of the seat so that the air flows into the aisle C, such control of the inflowing air being obtained by a flue member. G, the said flue member, or a part thereof, affording means, such as hood H positioned over a source of light, (i. e. an incandescent electric lamp 1) for directing the rays of :light downwardly upon the floor of said aisle C. It is thus apparent that the light deflectilig --member (or the reflector) 1s a hood unitarywith the air-directing flue member G, and that said parts H and G together with the source of light I are in cooperative relation to an end member E of the row of seats; but it is to be understood that I do not restrict my improvement in the aisle illuminating means to the described asso-- ciation with the ventilating means, for the reason that such illuminating means may be employed independently of the ventilating means, although for some purposes it is desirable to associate or combine the two said means into an installation or structure unitary in character.

As shown, the hood H is arched in cross section, and it is positioned beneath the. arm

6 of chair member'E, the said hood opening downwardly and outwardly with reference to aisle. C, see Figure 2. Beneath the hood is positioned the lamp I, the latter being in a plane intermediate the top edge of grille F and the overhanging hood H. The undersurface of the hood is formed or constructed 'acter, and said plate is illuminated by to serve as a reflector, or a separate reflector may be provided on said hood, whereby the reflecting surface directs the rays of light downwardly toward and outwardly into aisle C, whereas the hood H performs the function of a shield for precluding disper- 'sion of the light rays upwardly into the aisle,

thus. precluding the light rays from passing upwardly into. the faces of the patrons. As shown in Figure 2, the free end of the lightencasing hood terminates in a plane about or below the level of the filament of the incandescent lamp, but while the hood preeludes the passage of the lightrays up wardly into the semi'darkened auditorium, its relation to the lamp is such that the rays of light will be directedoutwardly into the aisle, and also toward the passageways between the rows of seats, thus affording means for the suflicient illumination of the floor in the area comprised in the aisle and adjacent the passageways between the rows of seats.

The light deflecting hood H, together with the flue member G, are installed permanently with reference to the seatmember E, said member G and hood H being fixedly attached in position in my approved manner. The hood occupies a compact relation to the member E, below the arm 6 thereof, the free edge of said hood protruding to a slight extent beyond the plane of the outer face of the end member, thus disposing the hood out of the way of persons walking in the aisle. The lamp I is supported by suitable means on the end member E or the hood H, and said lamp is wired for the transmission of the current required to furnish the energy for said lamp.

It is desirable to afford means in a dark ened auditorium for readily locating the seats. Ordinarily, the seats are indicated by lettered name plates, darkened auditorium requires the use of flash lights, the same being highly objectionable to the occupants of the seats. In this invention I provide the hood H with a slot or opening for the reception of a transparent or translucent plate of glassJ, the latter being provided with a designating character, as shown in Figure 3. The name plate is composed, preferably, of ground glass provided with the letter or other charthe lamp I, the latter thus affording means for illuminating the name plate as well as the aisle. The name plate is exposed on the end member and below the arm rest, and it is so positioned that while it can be inspected from the aisle with ease and facility the I illumination afforded by the lamp is not within the view of the occupant of the seats. 'Having thus fully described the invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by tending member positionedin the vertical plane of said end frame and occupying the opening therein, an imperforate member po-.

sitioned in a plane inclined tov said vertically extending member and in opposing relation thereto, said imperforate member being provided at the upper edge thereof with an arched hood which extends through said vertical opening to occupy an overhanging relation to said vertically positioned member, and a source of light partially encased within said hood the under surface of which reflects the light rays forwardly with respect to said vertically positioned member.

2. A theatre chair embodying an end frame, a vertically extending member positioned in the vertical plane of said end frame, an inclined member in opposing relation to said vertically extending member and positioned on the inside of the end.

vertically extending member, said imperforatemember extending downwardly from the end frame and inclined to the vertical plane thereof, a hood unitary with the imperforate member and extending transversely to the end frame to occupy an overhanging relation to the vertically extending member, and a lamp positioned intermediate the vertically extending member and the hood the under surface of which hood reflects the rays of light from said lamp downwardly and laterally with respect to the vertically extending member.

In testimony whereofI have hereto signed my name this 23rd day of September, 1920.

LOUIS ROTH.

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