US1588472A - Lamp holder for caps - Google Patents

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June 15, 1926; 1,588,472

G. S. CLARK LAMP HOLDER FOR CAPS Filed April 26, 1924 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fig.1.

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ATTORNEY June 15 1926. 1,588,472 cs. 5. CLARK LAMP HOLDER FOR qAPs FiledApril 26, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 F George 5. 670%.

WITNESS: ATTORNEY June Patented June 15, 1926.

GEORGE s. CLARK, or roersiwourn, onto.

LAMP iioLDER For: o'APs.

Application mea'a' rn a, i924. Serial m fosges's.

The object of this invention'is to provide a lamp support for miners caps by the use of which the lamp will be firmly supported onthe cap. I V

A further object is to simplify and improve the construction 'disclpsed in my 'copending application, Serial ll o.'6 17,139, filed In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of my de'vice applied to a cap and holding a lamp. v

Figure 2 "is a front elevation with the lamp removed.

Figure 3 is a sectional "view on the line 33 of Figure 2. t

Figure 1 is a detail sectional view approximately on the line 4-4-. of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 1, but illustrating a slight modification.

Figure 6 is front elevation thereof, the lamp being removed.

Figure 7 is a sectional View approximately on the line 77 of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary sectional -view' on the line 8 8 of Figure 7.

Figure 9 is a side elevation of aslight modification. v

Figure 10 is a bottom plan view thereof. Referringnow' tothe drawings in detail,

C indicates the cap, and Vthe'visor thereof.

The cap is of the ordinary construction worn by minors, and the mmers lamp, indicated by the character L, is also of the usual construction, the same being provided on its rear with a hook H and with a horizontally eiztending double ended clip I.

'Riveted to the'visor V,-at the front and center thereof,tliere isthe angle end of an elongated fiber sheet 1. Secured, preferably by rivets, to theu pperand outer face of the strip 1 there is the straight outer plate 2 of a metal bracket. The plate has its upper end bent outwardly and the extremity thereof is rounded upon itself, as at 8 and from thence continued rearwardly, at right angles to the plate 2 to provide the flange portion 4: of the bracket. The flange 4 is arranged over and is riveted or otherwise secured to the top of the cap G.

If desired, he rounded outer edge of the bead 3 of the bracket may receive therein a spring influenced rod, similar to the rod disclosed in my referred to application, Serial No. M1139. The bead 3 is centrally formed with a notch 5. The walls provided by the ar'i-g-ularly disposed plate .9.-

notc'li a. brought. to engage. with the edges of; the. fiber by the not-ch are preferably flared inwardly, the inner walls being rounded. In a line with the notch the upper plate or flange 4 of the bracket isprovided with an elongated opening 6 which terminates approximately in a line with the outer face of the cap C.

On the vertical plate 1 of thelbracketthere is secured a; small metal plate which is rounded, downwardly and directed toward the cap. This plate, indicated-by the .numeral 7, has its ireeend'centrally formed with a notch '8. The arched .plate 7 provides one of :the elementsrof .a;ca-tch for the hook H of thevlamp ;L. The second element is also in the nature of a metal .plate .9, the

same" having an angle end .10 which .is riveted or otherwise secured-t0 .theunder'face of the flange 1. The plate 9 vis disposed at an inward inclination with respect to the fiber sheet 1, and while out of contact with the plate 7, partly bridges the .notch 8 therein.

The inner-wall provided by the notchS in the clamping plate is disposedslightly out of line with the inner .wall provided by the bracket.

opening '6 in the plate .or flange def the" The hookH oft'he clamp is received "in the notch 5 and the be'akorpointed endthereof is passedthroughtheiopening 6. Thoend of the beakis passed through the 'notch 8- in. the clampingelement 7 and is engaged The plate E), being of n'i'etah'has .aninherentresil'ieirey and willeiiert atension'yagainst the hook tomore'efi'ectivelyiforce the beak there i of :into frictional Contact with. the. inner wall of the notch 8, and likewisehold the central rounded portion 'ofwthehook firmly in the The double-ended ,ela'mp I is sheet 1, and in this manner the lamp is eflectively supported on the cap. The lamp may be easily removed when desired, as will be apparent.

The above construction refers to Figures 1 to 4 inclusive. In the remaining figures of the drawings, the construction is substantially similar, except that the outer plate 11 of the clamp, at its juncture with the upper horizontal plate 12 is formed with a flat, instead of a hollow rounded bead. This bead, indicated by-the numeral 14:, is centrally notched, as .at 15, and the horizontal plate of the brackets is formed with an opening 16 in a line with the notch 15. Secured upon the inner face of the vertical plate of the bracket there is a clamping member 17, similar to the clamping member 7 This member, like the member 7, is arched or rounded downwardly toward the front of the cap and has its end notched, as at 18. The notch is disposed slightly beyond the opening 16. Thus it will be noted that when the hook is received in the notch and passed through the opening and also received in the notch 18 of the metal and consequently spring clamp 17, the said clamp will influence the beak of the hook in a direction toward the cap, effecting a binding action between the said clamp and the inner wall of the opening 16, and consequently mov ing the hook into tight engagement with the inner wall of the notch, so that the lamp will be firmly supported on the cap to prevent the liability of its being shaken or dropped off of the said cap.

. With mypresent in'iprovement, the double end clamp I may be employed but is not an absolute requirement, as the spring clamp means and the particular and peculiar mannerin which they engage the hook of the lamp and force the same into the notch of the bead and against theinner wall of the plate-like bracket will effectively hold the lamp on the bracket without liability of lateral displacement or danger of dropping from the cap irrespective of the angle positions assumed by the miner.

In Figures 9 and 10 I have illustrated a slight modification. The angle member or bracket is similar to that above described, but the horizontal portion thereof has secured on its inner face hook clamping means which comprise two spaced comparatively small plates 19. Each of the plates has its confronting, edge formed with an angle flange 20, the flange of the respective plates being directed toward each other. The

flange 20 on one of the plates is of a less length then that on the other plate, and the flange on the last mentioned plate at its inner end is slit and bent over the reduced portion of the flange of the first mentioned plate as indicated by the numeral 21. The flanges are designed to clamp the hook thereward of the notch, and a spring catch below the opening, arched toward the cap and having a notched end disposed slightly be yond the opening, for the purpose set forth.

2. A lamp holder for caps, comprising an angle bracket having its ends secured respectively to the top and visor of a cap and having its outer corner beaded and .notched, said bracket having an opening through its upper plate inward of the notch and an arched spring clamp member secured to the bracket, directed downwardly below the opening toward the cap, and having a notched end disposed beyond the opening and a second catch member comprising a flat spring plate secured to the bracket and having its ends disposed over the notched end of the arched clamp member, for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with a lamp having a supporting hook and a projected double ended clip below the hook, of a holding device for the lamp designed to be attached to a miners cap and comprising an angle bracket having its outer corner beaded and notched and having an opening inward of the notch to receive the hook of the lamp therethrough, and said bracket designed to be engaged by the ends of the hook, an inwardly arched plate on the inner face of the bracket notched to receive the hook therein and to force the said hook into frictional engagement with the inner wall of a notch in the beaded corner of the bracket, and to likewise force the clip into similar engagement with the bracket, and a second spring carried by the bracket exerting a pressure upon the hook at. a point opposite that engaged by the first mentioned hook.

'In testimony whereof I afli'x my signature.

GEORGE S. CLARK.

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