US1815582A - Marine lamp - Google Patents

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Patented July 21, 1 931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FREDERIGK PERKINS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO PERKINS MARINE LAMP CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK MARINE LAMP Application filed April 25,

ditions so that if used as an electric lamp,

electric wires may be readily and suitably connected without in any way interfering with the oil features, and if used as an oil lamp, the oil reservoir burner andother parts may be readily reached and ad usted, and when adjusted, may function without any 1nterference from atmospheric conditions, regardless of any wind that may be blowing exterior to the lamp. These and other ob ects are accomplished by my invention, some embodiments of which are hereinafter more particularly set forth.

For a more detailed description of my 1nvention, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, 1n which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a runn ng lamp with two colors provided with my 11nprovement. n

Figure 2 is a side elevation OI the same. Figure 3 is a sectional view, taken on the line 33 of Figure 1, looking in "the d1rection of the arrows.

Figures 4 and 5 are enlarged sect ons showing the door locking means and its operation, together with certain other details of construction.

Figures (Sand 7 are sectional vlews, taken on the lines 66 of Figure 3 and 77 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 8 is a plan View, partially in section, of a modified construtcion. 7

Throughout the various vlews of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

My improved marine lamp 1 has a dome 2 of the conventional kind, whlch may be surmounted by a handle 3 and below this and secured rigidly thereto is the body 4 of the lamp. This body has the usual side walls 5 and a slotted bottom 6, the parts being secured together in any suitable manner so as to be rigidly connected. At the rear of the wall 5 is provided a bent plate 7 which may 1928. Serial No. 272,632.

be used for securing the lamp in place, in the conventional manner. Below this are a number of ventillating openings 8 which are put back of a reflector 9, which is secured to the inside of the wall 5 and behind the lights which will be described below. Openings 10 are provided so that wire may be passed therethrough to supply electricity to a lamp 11 mounted on a socket 12 that is bifurcated at the bottom and made to straddle one of the holes 10 and be opposite another hole 10 so that the wiring may pass either from the rear or from the bottom, as desired.

A flanged plate 13 is secured to the bottom 6 by eyelets 14, or any other suitable means, to form a socket which will hold an oil lamp 15 and, in the preferred embodiment of my invention, the oil tank 16 is provided with pins 17 adapted to enter corresponding bayonet slots 18 so that the lamp is held securely under all service conditions in the socket 13. This lamp 15 is provided with the usual burner 19 which has a wick which may be adjusted by the knurled wheel 20, in the conventional manner.

It is very important that easy access may be had to the lamp 15 so that it may be removed or inserted, as desired, and so that it may be adjusted properly, and it is also im-- portant that under no circumstances should air leak in through the walls 5 at undesirable places so as to cause the lamp to be blown out or to smoke or to give trouble. With this in View, I have designed an improved door which willnow be described.

The top of the wall 5 has a flange 21 and below this are openings for the doors 22,

which will be described more particularly below. Below the openings is a strip of metal 23 which is secured to the front walls 5 by nuts and bolts, or any other suitable means, so as to be held firmly in place and so as to abut the lower edges of the doors 22 when the same are closed. The doors abut close to the flange 21 and the strip 23 so as to form therewith an air tight oint above and below the doors. The means for making tight joints at the hinges and fastenings will now be described beginning with the hinges.

The doors 22 are hinged to the sides 5 by hinges 24 of a novel kind. The rear ends of the doors are bent to form 3 loops 25 which are separated by spaces in which are placed hinge members 26 formed of sheet metal bent upon themselves and passed through suitable slots in the walls 5 and secured by nuts and bolts passing through plates 27. The hinge members 25 and 26 are held together by means ofs'uitabl'e' pins or pivots '28 which are passed through,in the conventional manner. The plates 27 are flanged so as to have a curved part 29 which extends over the hinges and protects the same so as to limit the opening of the doors'22' and toforma' tight joint through which no air can leak about the hinge to the lamp. The front ends of the doors are providedwith three loops 30 which are separated by two spaces in one of which moves the handle of the locking bolt 31 and-in the other of which is placed, when the door is closed, the curled'edge 32' of a weather strip 33 which is placed on the front wall 5 and between the doors 22 when they are closed. This weather strip is held in place by means of suitable nuts and bolts, as indicated. This weather strip has two edges 3 lwhich are bent in a U shape, as indicated in Figures t and'5, so as to form a groove between them, this groove being interrupted where the curled edges 32' appear and between these edges thus made is formed a slideway to receive a flanged division plate which isslipped in between them, as indicated in the figures, and this division plate is provided with a top flange 8 6 which prevents it from going in too far. When the division plate is in place only one light is visible, unless the lamp be viewed from straight ahead.

The doors 22, which are used in the preferred embodiment of my invention,- are a peculiar construction. The frames 37 of the doors are preferably made ofstampings made in dies which are given the correct shape and have offset inner portions 38 which are flanged and adapted to receive the glass lenses 39. These lenses may be held in place in any of several ways, but in the preferred embodiment of my invention they are held in place by bands lO which at each end may be secured by bolts and nuts which passthrough lateral ears or, if desired, an alternative structure may be employed, as shown in Figure 8,.where a pin'tl is projected from an inset portion of a door 22 and one end of the band 40 is curled around the same. In this embodiment of my invention when the lens is removed only one bolt has to be released.

If desired, my improved lamp may be used with plain glass or colored glass. When used as a running light, it is essential that the starboard light be green and the port red and this is the conventional way of making the lamp.

The lamp, when made, may be used with either oil or electricity, as desired, or both. In the usual practice of this invention, electricity is used, except in emergencies when oil is relied upon, the oil lamp being kept in reserve, but, as is obvious, the lamp may be usedexclusively with either form of lighting means. It is also apparent that when the doors are closed, they are brought so that the outer edges come against the U endsS l and are thens-prung into place. Thereafter the bolts 31 may be lowered so as to lock the doors in place, although, if desired, they may be held without shoving the bolts down. This is undesirable, however, as the doors, when closed, should be fixed in place with tight joints,- as above stated, so that no wind can enter the lamp about or through the doors. hen a door is opened, assuming it to be bolted, the bolt 31 is raised in the slideway and then the projectingpart or handle, as shown in Figures 4 and5, is used as a lever against'th'e U edge 34 so as to spring the door and free it from the U edge and thereafter the door swings readily on its hinge. By a reverse operation, the door is readily closed. From the foregoing, it is apparent that the guards 29 and U edges 34: form means for reinforcing the hinges and fastenings as well as a weatherproof means for preventing air from entering the interior of the lamp at or about the doors. It is also apparent that the oil lamp 15 may be inserted or removed in the convention-al'way by turning. so that the bayonet joint formed by the parts 17 and 18 are engaged or disengaged, in the conventional manner. l urthermore, while one or both doors are open, fu'l'lacce'ss may be had to the oil lamp for adjustment or cleaning or for other purposes. 7

If desired, a hole 42' may be placed'in the center of the holder 13' and through the bottom 6 so that pressure may be placed under the lamp 15 to facilitate its removal.

\Vhile I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that it is not restricted thereto, but that it is broad enough to cover all structures that come Within the scope of the annexed claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a lamp of the class described, a frame, a door hingedly connected to said frame, a bolt mounted in the free edge of the door opposite the hinge, a curved projection on said frame with a. portion adaptedto receive the bolt in one position and be free of the bolt when the bolt is in another position and whenthe bolt is in the second position, it is so placed as to be a lever for operating against said curved projection for prying the door open.

2. In a lamp of the class described, a frame with two doors hingedly mounted therein, a division plate in front of the part of said frame between the two doors and means for holding the division plate in place consisting of a strip of metal having two U flanges with their open ends facing each other and adapted to engage a laterally extending flange on the division plate, said U flanges projecting laterally sufiiciently so as to project over the joints between said doors and frame to prevent air from entering therethrough. V

3. In a lamp of the class described, a frame, two doors hingedly mounted therein, a division plate in front of the part of said frame between the two doors and means for holding the division plate in place, said means projecting laterally upon each side sufliciently so as to project over certain joints between the frame and doors so as to prevent air from entering therethrough.

4. In a lamp of the class described, a frame, two doors hingedly mounted therein, a division plate in front of the part of said frame between the two doors, means for holding the division plate in place, said means projecting laterally upon each side sufficiently so as to project'over certain joints between the frame and doors so as to prevent air from entering therethrough, hinges for said doors and means upon said frame projecting partially over said hinges so as to prevent air from entering therethrough.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 20 day of April, 1928.

FREDERICK PERKINS.

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