US1549157A - Lantern - Google Patents

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Aug. 11, 1925.

J. SILVERMAN LANTERN Filed March 29, 1924 Patented Aug. 11, 1925.

JOSEPH SILVERMAN, on'HoUsTon, TEXAS.

LANTERN.

Application ineamarch 29, 1924. senai uo. 762311.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, dosnri-r SILVERMAN, a citizen or the United States, residing at Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Terms, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lanterns, orwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in lanterns.

One object of the invention is to provide a lantern of the character describetlhaving a one piece handle ri 'idly attached to the base and guard cage, so as to particularly adapt the lantern for use by railroad employees, and the like, requiring a strong and rigid structure.

Another object is to provide a lantern or the character described having a dome which will not ordinarily become so hot as to accidentally burn the user.

A further feature or the invention is to provide a lantern whose parts are so firmly assembled together as to prevent rattling of parts in use.

l i ith the above and other objects in View, this invention has particular relation to certain novel features or construction, operation and arrangement of parts, an example or which is given in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side view of the lantern, partly broken away.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view or the top part of the lantern; and,

Figure 3 shows a cross sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure 2.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the base or the lantern of conventional type, and which is provided with a perforated, upstanding, annular band 2, whose upper edge is flared and forms a seat 3 for the lower end oi the globe l. The numeral 5 designates a dome whose sides are perforated. The top of the dome is formed of metallic discs 6 and 7, with an asbestos ply 8 between them to prevent the top of the dome from becoming hot enough to burn the user. There is a disc like over-frame 9 having a depending marginal flange 10, which fits around the upper end of the globe. A bolt 11 is fitted downwardly through a central opening in the top whose upper end is formed with an enlarged head 12, and a nut 13 is screwed onto said bolt up against the underside of the top to clamp 's'a'id top "betweensaid headand nut, and 'the lower end or said bolt fits loosely through a'central bearing-in the over-frame 9-and has"a cotter key 14, to retain'said bolt against tletachment from "the overframe.

There is a cushion member formed bf a continuous coil spring. having the outer and inner spirals 15 and 16. This cushion member is interposed between thetop of the dome a'ntlthe dVe'rrr-aine and holes th'e latter yieldingly against the upper end of the globe to prevent rattling.

The dome has a crown flange, or skirt 16 which is hinged at one side in any suitable manner to one side of the top ring 17 of the guard cage 18, and at the other side it is engaged to said ring by the customary spring latch.

The top ring 17, and the upper marginal portion of the band 2 are connected by the, radially arranged side members 19, of the cage. Connected to the central portions of the side members 19 there is the annular bracing or reinforcing ring 20.

The handle 21 is formed or a single piece of material of the loop type whose sides are channel like and whose upper portion 22 is tubular, forming a grip.

The lower ends of the handle have the inwardly projecting ears 23, 23, which embrace the band 2, on opposite sides, and are riveted thereto and the sides of the handle have the opposing pairs of inwardly extending lugs 24, 24 through which the ring 17 passes. The reinforcing ring 20, also passes through the sides of the handle. A very rigid structure is thus obtained, all or' the parts being rigidly secured together, and a lantern thus provided which will withstand rough usage and which is particularly adapt ed for use as a signal lantern.

On opposite sides or the bolt 11 the overframe has crescent shaped sections 25, 25 thrown downwardly to form spreading baffles as well as openings 26, 26, for the passage of smoke and heated air upwardly therethrough, the baflles throwing the heat outwardly and thus deflecting it from the top of the dome prevent the top from becoming excessively hot.

hat I claim is 1. A lantern including a base formed with an upstanding annular band forming a seat, a globe supported by the seat, a guard cage surrounding the globe and rigidly attached to said band, said cage being composed of an upper and an intermediatering and radially arranged side members, a hood connected to the upper ring above the globe, a loop type one piece handle whose upper portion is tubular and whose side members are channel like, said rings passing through said'side members, flared ears carried by the lower ends of said respective side members, and riveted to the band. 7 3

2. A lantern including a base, an upstanding annular rim carried thereby and formingaseat, a globe supported on said seat, a cage rigidly attached to said rim said cage including fixed rings, a one piece handle formed with channel like side members, diverging ears carried by the lower ends of the respective side members and riveted to said rim, oppositely disposed pairs of lugs formed on said side members through which 3. A lantern including a base, an upstand ing annular rim carried thereby, and forming a seat, a globe supported on said seat,

a cage rigidly attached to said rim, said cage including fixed rings, a one piece handle formed with channel like side members, the lower end of therespective side members, being fastened to said rim, oppositely disposed pairs of lugs formed on said side mem bers through which said rings pass, and a dome attached to the cage above said globe.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOSEPH SILVERMAN.

Witnesses r E. V. HA DWAY,

J 0111s WM. PALMER.

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