US1938237A

US1938237A - Arc lamp cabinet

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Publication number: US1938237A
Application number: US405427A
Authority: US
Inventors: James H Wagenhorst
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1929-11-07
Filing date: 1929-11-07
Publication date: 1933-12-05
Anticipated expiration: 1950-12-05

Description

Dec. 5, 1933. J. H. WAGENHORST 7 ARC LAMP CAB INET Filed NOV. 7, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Dec. 5, 1933- J. H. WAGENHORVST ARC LAMP CABINET Filed Nov; '7, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 E is "u MWN H gwvento o Jamsfifiayenhoni 1933. J. H. WAGENHORST 7 ARC LAMP CABINET Filed NOV. 7, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 I VqIIIIIIIII'IIIIII/l Patented Dec. 5, 1933 UNITED STATES PArsNr critics 1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in arc lamp mountings, and particularly to cabinets for that type or" are lamp designed for therapeutic use in hospitals, residences, and the like.

Primarily, the object of the invention is to provide a wall cabinet for such an arc lamp so that when the apparatus is not in use, it may be temporarily stored, so to speak, in a cabinet supported on or in a wall of the room in which the apparatus is generally used.

It is, of course, desirable that the apparatus and its cabinet occupy as little space as possible, especially where the apparatus is to be installed in bathrooms or" private residences. For this reason, a further object of the invention is to provide a light but rigid structure for swingably supporting the lamp in its cabinet, whereby it will be firmly supported when swung out of the cabinet for use.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described and the novel features particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a lamp wall cabinet installed in a ward or room of a hospital or the like;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the cabinet, with the door thereof open and the lamp positioned within the cabinet;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View through the cabinet, on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, the lamp 5 in its projected position being shown in dotted lines;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4.4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a detail, perspective view of the lamp brackets in their open position;

Fig. 6 is a front elevational view, illustrating a modified form of mounting for the lamp casing; and

Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view, through the upper portion of the cabinet of Fig. 6, the

lamp being shown at a point without the cabinet, in dotted lines.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in the several views.

5 In the illustration of Figure 1, the cabinet 10 for the lamp is mounted on the wall of the room, the room, in this instance, being one in a hospital or Sanitarium, with beds 11 arranged at opposite sides of the cabinet, whereby two 5 patients may be treated at the same time by rays thrown toward opposite sides of the lamp. As the construction or" the lamp itself forms no part of the present invention, a detailed description thereof is unnecessary, and reference will be made to practically nothing but the cas- 6 ing 12 thereof and the reflectors 13, said reflectors being pivoted to the casing, whereby they may be opened, as shownin Figure l, or as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 3 and 7, or closed when the lamp is replaced in its cabinet, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, 6, and'7. Preferably, the cabinet 10 is made of steel with a lining of asbestos board on its rear wall, and its front 14 being hinged to permit the lamp to be moved in and out of the cabinet.

Inorder that the lamp may be withdrawn from its cabinet and turned around or about so as to position it at the point found to be most advantageous in the treatment of patients, the casing of the lamp is pivotally supported in a bracket which in turn is pivotally secured in arms pivotally mounted within the cabinet, the bracket being so arranged that it may be swung toa position between said arms, whereby the arms may be of a length substantially correspending to the width of the cabinet, thus increasing the distance the lamp may be projected into the room when in use. In the arrangement disclosed in Figures 1 to 5, the arms 15 preferably are pivotally mounted in hinges 16, attached to the back wall of the cabinet. These arms are connected together to lend rigidity thereto, and for this reason the arms and cross connection are preferably in the form of a U-shaped bracket, that portion 17 of said bracket connecting the arms 15 being journaled in the hinges 16. The bracket is pivoted in one corner of the cabinet, and the arms are of a length substantially corresponding to the width of the cabinet. The lamp casing 12 is adapted to be supported or suspended from the free extremities of arms 15, this preferably being accomplished by pivotally securing between said arms at the free ends thereof a reversely disposed U-shaped bracket 18 in the free ends of whose arms 19 the casing 12 is pivotally secured, as at 20. In this instance, the arms 19 terminate centrally of casing12, but when arms 15 are swung out of the cabinet and arms 19 are likewise swung from between those arms, as shown in Figures 1, 3, and 5, the lamp will be positioned an ample distance from the wall of the room to project its rays on patients occupying beds 11. To facilitate manipulation of the lamp supporting framework, the bottom of 0 cabinet 10 is cut away as at 21 to accommodate the wire 24 for supplying current to the lamp, and, within the cabinet, this wire is attached by clips 22 to arm 15 and arm 19 at the lower portion of the cabinet, so that this wire will swing out and in with the brackets or frame and not interfere with any of the movements thereof. This supply line is shown as being plugged in a base board socket 23.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7, the cabinet 10 is set in a recess in the wall 25, so that the door 14 lies substantially flush with the wall surface. the lamp may be projected into the room, a little further than with the arrangement shown in Figures 1 to 5, the casing 12 of the lamp is rigidly secured to a strap 26 whose ends are offset horizontally at 27, and these offset ends are pivotally secured as at 28 to the free ends of arms 19 of the bracket 18. As in the other form of the 'ivention, bracket 18 is pivotally mounted in arms 15, journaled in hinges 16 in the cabinet. As shown in dotted lines in Fig. 7, this arrangement increases the distance the lamp may be swung out into the room and, at the same time, the lamp is supported with the same degree, if not more rigidity, than the arrangement shown in Figures 1 to 5. In this modified form of apparatus, the feed line 24 extends from the socket 23 through the opening 21 in the bottom of the cabinet and is attached to the arms of the brackets by the clips 22.

What is claimed is:

However, in order that in the ,room, said supporting means comprising a U-shaped bracket having one horizontal arm closely overlying the top of said casing and pivotally attached at its extremity thereto a second horizontal arm closely underlying the bottom of said casing and pivotally attached at its extremity thereto and a vertical portion joining the inner ends of said arms, a second U-shaped bracket of such size that the first U-shaped bracket and said casing may be disposed within its confines, pivotal connections joining the inner ends of said arms to the extremities of said second U-shaped bracket, and means for pivotally mounting the vertical portion of said second U-shaped bracket on the room wall, the said several brackets and said casing being so articulated as to be collapsible with said casing flatly disposed against said wall.

JAMES H. WAGENHORST.