US1612847A - Curtain-light apparatus - Google Patents

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1,612,847 4 1927' E. H.. WUEST CURTAIN LIGHT APPARATUS Filed Dec. 17. 1921 Patented Jan. 4, 1927.

EDWARD II. WUEST, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

CURTAIN-LIGHT APPARATUS.

Application filed December lY, 1921. Serial No. 523,171.

My invention relates to improvements in curtain lights for vehicles and similar purposes. One of its objects is to provide improved means to apply lights to curtains so as not to cause wrinkles or irregularities in the face of the curtain. Another object is to provide improved means to conveniently and readily apply lights to curtains.

, Another object is to provide improved lights adapted to be marketed and readily applied to curtains at a distant point. Another object is to provide improved curtain lights adapted to be opened or detached in warm weather and closed in cool or wet weather. My invention further comprises certain details of form combination and arrangement, all of which will be fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings in which: i F 1 is a plan vieW of a curtain light and portion of a curtain embodying one form of my improvements.

Fig. 2 is a similar View showing a modification.

Fig. 3 is a sectional 33 of Fig. 1. I

Fig. is a view similar to Fig. 3, illustrating a modification. Fig. 5 is aview similar to Fig. trating another modification.

Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are views similar to Fig. 5, illustrating other modifications.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the preferred embodiments of my inventionin Figs. 1 and 3 of which represents a vehicle side or rear curtain, 16 a glass or composition light, 17 an annular frame ,of metal, composition or similar material,19 an annular member of metal, vulcanized fiber, card board or similar material and 18 an annular member of flexible material, as for instance a textile material similar to that of the curtain 15. illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 the text1le detail taken on line 3, illusmaterial 13. preferably a strip out on the bias. is drawn or stretched over the annular frame 19 so as to make an annular facing for the member 19 with the meeting edges of m the material 18 brought face to face outside of the annular member 19 where they are t referably trimmed and united by an annular line of stitches 14. The frame 17 is preferably provided with a plurality of N inwardly projecting stud bolts 21, the heads of which are preferably welded or riveted to the frame 17 and their projecting ends threaded so as to receive nuts 22 after said stud bolts have been passed through perforations in the members 18 and 19 to thereby firmly and detachably clamp the frame 17 and glass panel or light 16 to the annular frame composed of the members 18 and 19. The clamping joints between the light 16 and facing 18, between the frame 17 and the facing 18 and between the frame 17 and light 16 are such as to hold the light firmly but yieldingly so as not to be liable to break the glass of the light, and also so as to provide leak proof joints to prevent water getting to the inside of the curtain. In the event of the light being broken or injured. the frame 17 may be readily detached and a new light inserted,

The light apparatus comprising the members 16, 17, 18, and 19 may be assembled and treated as an article ofmanufacture to be sold and applied to curtains at various distant places. As illustrated in Fig. 3, the light apparatus is applied to the curtain 15 by cutting a corresponding opening in the curtain adjusting the light apparatus thereto on the outer face of the curtain and uniting themeeting edges of member 18 to the outer face of the curtain 15 by means of one or more annular lines of stitches as for instance at and 2 1.

In the modification Fig. 2 the frame 17 corresponding to member 17 of Fig. 3, is provided with a hinge member 25 and the member 19 corresponding to member 19 of Fig. 3, is provided with a hinge member 26 which are held in hinged relation by a hin e rod 27 which is preferably detachable. At the opposite side of the frames 17 and 19 are latch members 28 and 29 carried by said respective members 17' and'19 to latch or unlatch the frame 17' in any'suitable manner as desired. Thus attached to frame 17 and both frame 17 and the light carried thereby unlatched and turned upon the hinge to the dotted line position to secure better ventilation or the light may be removed and the frame 17' only turned to the-dotted line position where it is preferably secured to the curtain by a. latch member 30. When required the frame 17 may be quickly returned to its fullline position. V

In the modification Fig. 4 the facing material employed to cover member 19 is'shown as composed of two annular sections 31 and 32 united near he inner ge f f a e 1.

the light may be by an annular line of stitches 33, and united outside of member 19 by an annular line of stitches 34. The light apparatus may be attached to the'curtain 15 as shown in Fig. 8, or by inserting the curtain material 15 between the two sections 31 and 32 and uniting with one or more annular lines of stitches 35 and 36.

In the modification Fig. 5 I have shown the facing material 40 employed to face the member 19 as applied to the inner face of the curtain material 15 while the inner edge 37 of the curtain material extends inwardly sufliciently to enter beneath the edge of the frame 17. One or more lines of stitches 38 are preferably ei'nployed to attach the facing material 40 to the curtain 15.

In the modification Fig. 6 an annular frame corresponding to the frame 19 of Fig. 3 is provided in two sections, a relatively rigid section 41 as for instance cardboard or sheet metal, and a section 42, of yielding material, as for instance corkboard or soft rubber so arranged as to provide an annular rabbet or recess 43 adapted to receive the edge of the light 16 without beveling the same, the annular frames 41 and 42 are covered with a facing textile material 44 correspondingto the facing material 18 of Fig. 3. lVhen pressure is applied to clamp the inner faced annular frame and the frame 17 together the yielding section 42 yields sufficiently to enable a firm grip on the glass, and a water tight joint to be secured.

In the modification Fig. 7, the parts are substantially as shown and described for Figs. 3, to 6 except that in place of employing a facing material embracing both sides of the annular frame 19, a facing textile material 48 is applied to only one face of said frame 19 or its equivalent member, and said facing material 48 employed to unite the light and light frames to the curtain material 16 by means of one or more annular lines of stitches 49.

in the modification Fig. 8 the annular frame 50 is composed of a. strip of leather of medium thickness which has been skived at 51 to reduce its thickness and render it flexible and suitable to be attached to the curtain material by one or more lines of stitches 52 while the balance of the frame 50 is relatively thick and rigid and suitable to hold the light in place with reference to the frames 17 and 50.

The several methods of attaching the light apparatus as shown in. F 3 to 8 may be employed interchangably'as desired, and each serves to make a pleasing appearance without folds or wrinkles in the curtain, a firm reliable attachment, and one readily employed at the-factory or, at a distance therefrom wherever a sewing machine is available, and to provide a waterproof joint.

The apparatus herein shown and described is capable of considerable modification without departing from the spirit of my invention.

lVhat I claim is:

1. A curtain light apparatus comprising a pair of annular frame members superimposed one upon the other and adapted to hold the periphery of a light between their inner edges, means to clamp said frames together, a light clamped in place between the inner edges of said frame members, and a flexible member embracing the inner and outer faces of one of said'frame members and constituting an annular outwardly extending connecting member to attach said light and said annular frames to a curtain by stitching said annular outwardly extending connecting member to one face of the curtain outside of said frames.

2. A curtain light apparatus comprising a pair of substantially rigid frame members hinged together at one side and latched together at the opposite side, a light clamped in place between the inner edges of said frame members, a flexible facing member embracing the inner and outer faces of one of said frame members and constituting an annular means of attaching said light and said annular frames to a. curtain by stitching said flexible facing member to one face of the curtain outside of said frames.

. 3. A curtain light apparatus comprising a light, an outer annular frame,.an inner annular frame, said inner and outer annular frames being superimposed one upon the other and forming at their inner edges annular clamping members rigidly clamping the light at its periphery, and a flexible annular apron attached to said frames and extending exteriorly of said frames and constituting an annular attaching member by means of which said light and said frames are attached to a curtain by stitching.

4. A curtain light apparatus comprising a light, an outer annular frame, an inner annular frame, means detachably connecting said frames together with the inner edges of said frames clamped upon the periphery of the light, and a flexible annular connec 9 ing member intermediate of said frames and a curtain by means of which said light and said frames are attached to the curtain by stitching said intern'iediate connecting member to one face of the curtain outside of said frames.

In'testimony whereof I have allixed my signature.

EDWARD H. WUEST.

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