US2159868A - Lighting unit mounting - Google Patents

Description

May 23, 1939.

A. N. TAYLOR ET AL LIGHTING UNIT MOUNTING i-ginal Filed March 15, 1957 FIGJ.

awn/r0125 ARNOLD N. TAYLOR BY NORBERT P. WOROEN 5 2 i ATTORNEY;

35 flange l. 2 is a doorfor the casing sleeved upon with said casing, separate and independent 001- 35 Patented May 23, 1939 UNi'iED STATES PATENT @FFEQE LIGHTING UNIT MOUNTING Arnold N. Taylor and Norbert P. Worden, Detroit, Mich, assignors to C. M. Hall Lamp Company, Detroit, Mich, a corporation of Michigan Original application March 15, 1937, Serial No.

131,084. Divided and this application Jannary 3, 1938, Serial No. 183,178

1 Claim. (Cl. 240-415) This invention relates generally to lamps for The mounting D for the units preferably commotor vehicles, especially head lamps, and conprises dished seats 25 and 28, respectively, which stitutes a division of our application filed March are separate and independent ring-like members 15, 1937, bearing Serial No. 131,084, now Patent or collars that are individually mounted upon a No. 2,138,079 issued November 29, 1938. frame 2? welded to the lamp casing A. Prefer- 5 One of the essential objects of the invention ably the seat 25 for the unit B has a lateral is to provide a head lamp wherein provision is flange 28 substantially parallel to a vertical flange made for individually mounting a plurality of 29 of the frame 2i and is adjustably connected lighting units upon a common support whereby thereto by three screws 3B, 31 and 32, respecone of said units is adjustable relative to the tively, while the seat 26 for the unit C has a 10 other. lateral flange 33 overlapping and fastened to an Another object is to provide a head lamp offset portion 34 of the frame 27 by three screws wherein the mounting means is simple in con- 35, 36 and 3?, respectively. Thus, by adjusting struction, economical to manufacture, and easy the screws 36, Si and 32 for the seat 25, the

to install, unit B may be adjusted relative to the unit C. 15

Other objects, advantages and novel details For example, by adjusting the screw 31, the of construction of this invention will be made beam of light projected from the unit B may more apparent as this description proceeds, esbe raised and lowered; by adjusting the screw pecially when considered in connection with the 30, the beam of light projected from said unit accompanying drawing, wherein: may be tilted to the right; and by adjusting the 20 Figure 1 is a front elevation of a lamp strucscrew 32, the beam of light from said unit may ture embodying our invention; be tilted to the left, all independent of and with- Flgure 2 is a sectional view taken substanout affecting the unit C. Likewise, the unit C tially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; may be positioned in or removed from the seat 5 Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially 26 and the latter may be attached to or removed 5 on the line 3-3 of Figure 1. from the frame 2? independently of the unit B Referring now to the drawing, A is the lamp and its seat when the screws 35, 36 and 31 casing, B and C are the hermetically-sealed lightare manipulated. ing units, and D is the mounting for said units. What we claim as our invention is: v In the present instance the casing A may be A lamp having a casing provided with an 30 of any desired contour and may be mounted in opening, a pair of laterally spaced light units any suitable manner upon a motor vehicle. in said casing for projecting light rays through Preferably the casing A is open at the front said opening, and a mounting for said units inthereof and is provided with an inwardly offset cluding a frame spanning said opening and rigid the flange I and carrying a lens 3 which may lars for said units, each of said collars having be of any suitable construction or design. a dished portion embracing and forming a seat The hermetically-sealed units B and C are for one of said units, one of said dished portions arranged adjacent each other, preferably side being offset relative to the other to hold the unit 40 by side, and may be identical in construction carried thereby in a tilted position relative to 40 but of different sizes. However, it is to be underthe other unit, an adjustable connection between stood that two or more of such units may be one of said collars and said frame permitting employed if desired. Preferably each unit has said collar and unit carried thereby to be bodily a. shell 4 of heat resisting glass, known in the moved relative to and independently of the sec- 5 trade as Pyrex, provided with meeting front and ond collar and unit, and a detachable connection 5 rear walls 5 and 6 and an annular bead l at between the second collar and frame adapted the juncture of said walls. The front wall 5 to hold the second collar and unit against admay constitute a lens with flutes and prisms or justment relative to the first mentioned collar may be plain as desired, while the front face of and unit but permitting said second collar and the rear wall 6 has a coating of suitable maunit to be removed from or applied to said frame 50 terial forming a reflector 8. A suitable filament independently of the first mentioned collar and 9 is carried by the rear wall 6 at the center unit. thereof and is provided with suitable electrical terminals 10 for connection with electric con- ARNOLD N. TAYLOR.

ductors (not shown). NORBERT P. WORDEN. 55

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