US1474401A - Lantern cage - Google Patents

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Nov. 2o., 1923. 1,474,401

M. F. BRAMLEY LANTERNv CAGE Filed March 25'.l 1,922 2 sheets-sheet 2 ill-mm Ill Ill

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Patented Nov. 20, 1923.

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MATTHEW F. BRAMLEY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

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Application filed March 25, 1922. Serial No. 546,690.l

ing is a specification, the principle of they invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I have contemplated apA plying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

My invention pertains to a lantern cage or safety cage for signal lights.`

The object of my invention is to provide a safety cage which7 with consideration of the insurance it will afford, will be of inconsiderable cost. As'herein disclosed, the construction is of a size and weight which will more conspicuously display the light signal and more rmly hold it in place respectively. I propose to have the construction embodying my invention portable and have it include a recticulated cage in which a lantern is to be detachably suspended and which is provided with a. door through which the lantern may be inserted or withdrawn together with means for locking the door. Moreover, the shape of the cage in its entirety is so designed as to facilitate stacking and hauling of a plurality of structures in a compact relationship.

Adverting tothe drawings:

Figure I is a, front elevation ofa lantern cage embodying my invention.

Figure II is a top plan view of Figure I.

Figure III is mainly a vertical section on line III-III of Figure II, the lantern be.- ing omitted.

Figure IV is a horizontal section on line IV-IV of Figure I.

Figure V is a partial section of the upper end of my cage showing a suspension hook tilted aside to permit positioning of a lantern bail.

Figure VI is a front elevation of a modied form of cage.

Figure VII is a top plan view of the top of Figure VI.

Figure VIII is a horizontal section on line VIII- VIII of Figure VI.

Figure IX is a front elevation of a second modification.

Figure X is a top plan View of Figure Figure XI is a horizontal section on line XI-XI of Figure IX.

The preferredform of my lantern cage includes a base l which is to be considered as supplying adequate weight to hold the remainder ofthe structure in Van upright position. If desired convenient additional weighting means (not shown) maybe placed i upon the base 1. Attached to four corners of the base 1 are standards 2 shown as angle irons which converge in an upward direction to be held together at the top by a square angle iron frame 3 and a top surface 4. rI'he structure described will be seen to be of pyramidal form which is more likely to resist tipping upon the base 1 and incidentally reduces the space required in stacking or hauling a plurality of cages, as will be readily understood. n y

Loosely inserted through a hole 5 in the center of the top 4 is the shank 6 of a hook having its bight 7 suspended interiorly and provided eXteriorly with a looped handle 8. The fitting of the hook is such that it may be readily tilted to one side as shown in Figure V to afford clearance for a purpose to be hereinafter explained. Between the base 1 and top 4, somewhat nearer the bottom than the top, the standards 2 are stiffened by an enclosing frame 9. A reticulated wire cage is fitted around the standards 2 between the top 4 and the frame 9, the wire net work of the cage 10 enabling the emergence of light rays. Pivoted at 11 across two of the standards 2 is a bottom door frame 12 carrying a screen 13 and a cross brace 14 with its end perforated as clearly shown in Figure IV. kThe two standards on the opposite sides from those which carry the pivot 11 carry an angle iron 15 fashioned with a hole 16 with which the hole in the brace 14 ie adapted to register when the bottom or door 12 is swung up to its closed position, so as to enable attachment of a padlock 17 shown in Figure I. A lantern 18 is to be suspended by engagement of its bail 19 in the bight 7 of the hook, so as to swing freely while protected by the wire cage 10. Manifestly, the construction of the lighting means is of no consequence except that it be adapted for detachable connection so as to enable its withdrawal when the door 12 is opened.

The modification shown in Figures VI to VIII inclusive shows a wirecage including four standards 20 with their lower ends 21 bent to form bases. The standards are held in position by 4a continuous length of wire 22 wound thereabout after the manner of an advancing spiral. The structure includes top braces 23 which cross each other and support a suspension device 24 for the lantern. A cage closing structure 25 is hinged at 26, and adapted to be secured at a point 27 on the opposite side by meansl of a padlock 28.

The modification shown in Figures Li to XI illustrates a tripod cage including three legs 29v secured by a frame 30 intermediately of their ends. Just below the frame 30 is a triangular structure 3'1 including a brace 32 provided with a fork 33 which'has opposed apertures ada'pted to register with a hole through one of the legs 29 to enable insertion therethrough of the loop 34 oi a padloclr 35. rEhe tops of the three legs 29v are held together by a cap 36 through the middle of which a hook 37 extends purposed to support a lantern 38. `Wire net worlr39 is then attachedv in any feasible manner so as to enclose the compartment between the structure 31 and the Vtops 3G. understood that the bottom of the lantern preferably swings clear of the structure 31, past which it may be withdrawn when the lock is removed and the brace 32 swung downwardly.

1. The combination of a base, standards lt is to be' door and provided with meansior engaging c said suspension means anda lock fory said door. Y

3. A vsafety cage comprising the combination oi a reti'culated cage," a lantern in said cage, a perforate angle iron carried by said cage a door fashionedv with a perf forate cross brace, said openings in said angle iron and door adapted yto register, andV a lock insertable through said openings.

1. The combination of a: sup-port'flared in a downward direction, a reticulated cage carried in an elevated position by said support, a door dividing said support andcage, a hook loosely carried by the top of said cage, and a lantern suspended from said hook and a lock for said door.

Signed by me, this 23rd day of February, 1922.

MATTHEW F. BRAMLEY.

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