US159683A

US159683A - Improvement in lamp-supports

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Publication number: US159683A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1875-02-09
Anticipated expiration: 1892-02-09

Description

' L: M. KE NT.

Lamp-Support.

Patented Feb. 9,1875.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUGIU S M. KENT, OF ST. J OHNSBURY, VERMONT.

IMPROVEMENT IN LAMP-SUPPORTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 159,683, dated February 9, 1875; application filed December 4, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUorUs M. KENT, of St. J ohnsbury, in the county of Caledonia, State of Vermont, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Lamp Attachments for Carriages, of which the following is a description sufficientlyfnll, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which my invention appcrtains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is an isometrical perspective view, showing my improvement in use; and Fig. 2 a sectional view of the standard and upright.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawlng.

My invention relates more especially to the lighter classes of carriages and passenger-vehicles; and consists in a novel construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

It is well known that carriage and coachlamps are usually arranged at the side of the step or base, B, isscrewed into the bottom of the carriage-body, near the dasher, and into this is securely fitted, at b, the upright G, having the socket d. A ring or sleeve, H, provided with the bent arm 0 and set-screw a, is passed over the upper end of the upright O, the arm Gr grasping or hooking over the top of the dasher, as shown. The standard D, having the tenon e, is fitted into the socket d of the upright O, a lantern or lamprest, E, having the arms g n n and guards m m, being disposed in the upper part of the standard D, and provided with a reflector, F.

From the foregoing the nature and operation of my invention will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters.

In using myimprovement the step B is first screwed into the bottomof the carriage, and the upright O fitted therein. The sleeve H is then passed down, over the top of the upright, until the hook or bent arm G comesinto contact with the top of the fender, when the set-screw a is turned in, securing all of the parts G H G B firmly together. The standard D is then i11- serted in the socket d, and the lamp placed on the lamp-rest E in front of the reflector F.

It will be obvious that the standard D may be removed, when preferred, leaving the other parts attached to the carriage for ready use; also, that the standard may be turned in the socket d to cast the light in any desired direction.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is- The lamp attachment, consisting of the step B, upright C,sleeve H, bent arm G, and standard D, provided witlra lamp-rest and reflector at its upper end, all constructed to operate substantially as and for the purpose specified.

LUOIUS M. KENT. [L.

Witnesses:

P. D. BLODGETT, WM. H. WHEELER.