US146379A

US146379A - Improvement in lanterns

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Publication number: US146379A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1874-01-13
Anticipated expiration: 1891-01-13

Description

"NXWESSES f Lanterns.

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NITED Srn'rns LEWIS J. CARPENTER AND H. WILLIAM DOPI, OF BUFFALO, N EV YORK,

ASSIGNORS TO HORACE PARMELEE AND WILLIAM H. BONNELL, OF

SAME PLACE.

lMPROVEMENT IN LANTERNS.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,379, dated January 13, 1874 5 application filed April 4, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEWIS J. OARPEN TER and H. WILLIAM Dorp, jointly, both of the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certa-in Improvements in Lanterns, of which the following is a specification:

Our invention relates to improvements in the construction of lanterns, whereby the various parts may be readily movable, and the globe capable of being removed and replaced when desired.

In carrying out our invention according to one modification of the same, the top band or v ring which surrounds and holds the globe in position is formed in two halves, one of which is secured to the upper ends of four, or other number, of the vertical wires of the lanternguard, which at their lower ends are secured to a band or ring into which fits and rests the lower end of the globe. The other half of the top band or ring is secured to the dome of the lantern, and to it a wire is connected, which is so bent as to form a section of the wire-guard, and at the lowe'r end to be received and held, when required, by.a catch, soldered or otherwise affixed to the lower band. The dome is hinged to the half of thetop band, supported by the vertical wires, and the lower band is provided with a pair of pins or studs on opposite sides capable of passin g into vertical and horizontal slots in the base of the lantern, so that by placing the lower ring over the base in position for the pins to pass into the horizontal portion of the slots of the base, and turning the base or the upper portion of the lantern so that the pins may pass into the horizontal portions of the slots, the base will be firmly held to the lantern by an arrangement similar to a bayonet-joint. A spring passes over the head of one of the pins, and secures the base from being accidentally turned. Projections are formed on or affixed to the opposite sides of the base, in position to come over and lock the lower portion of the movable section of the wire-guard in position, but that our invention may be fully understood, we will proceed to at their lower ends, are secured to the band or ring C, in which iits and rests the lower end of the globe. The half c2 of the top band or ring A is secured to the `dome G, and to it a wire, E, is connected, which is so bent as to form a section of the guard, and at its lower end c to be received and held, when required, by a catch, E', soldered or otherwise secured to the lower band C. The dome G is hinged to the half a1 of the band A, and the lower band G is provided with pins or studs c on opposite sides, capable of passing into vertical and horizontal slots d d in the opposite sides of the base D, so that by placing the lower ring C over the base D in position for the pins c to pass into the vertical portion d of the slots in the base D', and turning the base or the upper part of the lantern in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2, so that the pins c may pass into the horizontal portion d of the slots, the base D will be rmly held to the lantern by an arrangement similar to a bayonet-joint. D

are projections formed on or aiXed to the opposite sides of the base D in position to come over and lock the lower end c of the movable portion E of the guard, between it and the projection E. A spring, H, passes over the head of whichever of the studs cl may, for the time, come under it, when the parts of the lantern are put into position, thereby preventing the parts from being accidentally turned.

Having described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A lantern, in which the top band or rim A'is divided into two halves, al c2, one half,

' 1 Y v m al, being secured to vertical guard-Wires b, base D', slots Z d', spring H, and projections which, at their lower ends, are connected to a or catches D and E', substantially as and for band or rin g, C, the opposite half a2 bein g afthe purposes set forth.

fixed to a hinged dome, G, and having` applied LEWIS J. CARPENTER.

To it a"`section, E of the guard, the lower end H. WILLIABI DOPP.

e of which is retained in position by catches DDE/,"substanially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the ring C, studs c',

Vituesses:

MICHAEL J. STARK, PET. WUNsoH.