US2262040A - Illuminated panel battery lamp - Google Patents

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VAN DYNE PELL ILLUMINATED PANEL BATTERY LAMP Filed May 29,

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Patented Nov. 1l, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ILLUMINATED PANEL BATTERY LAMP Van Dyne Pell, New York, N., Y. Application May 29, 1940, Serial No. 337,896

(Cl. Z110-6.4)

4 Claims.

This invention relates to electric battery lamps and more especially to those having an illuminatable transparency in the casing which may exhibit a name, a portrait, an emblem or other indicia.

Among the objects of the invention are the provision of a small, compact electric battery lamp, having an illuminated transparent panel on the :front and a pin or other device for suspendingl it from a garment over the breast., having means for blinking the light when the Wearer is walking, having means for the facile change of indicia in the panel, having means permitting the quick change of the lamp and the batteria and being of few and simple parts and oi 10u1 manufacturing costa Other objects wili` appear as the description proceeds.

Reference is made to the drawing in which:

Figure i; is a front view in part broken away.

Figure is a section on. the line 2--2 of Figure .in

Figure 3 is a left side view, a part of the casing broken. awayu Figure i is a section on the line 6 4 of Figure 1 looking down Figure E is a section on the line 5-5 of Figure l, looking downI Figure is a top view, a part oi the casing broken away Figure 'Z is a side view showing locking notches in the casing.

Figure 8 is a front view of a modification in part broken away.7

A casing may have a rectangular or other form and be made of plastic or other suitable material that is light, may include a transparent panel in one wall, and may be formed of two parts having the side walls of one part overlapping or telescoping the opposed side walls of the other part. A front or outside part I may have in the upper surface a transparent panel Il which may be a cutout. In the case of the transparent panel a picture, emblem, or name may be imprinted directly on the transparent panel, or in either case a transparent card I2 may be inserted thru a slot I3 in the top of the casing and be positioned behind the transparent panel or opening by a transverse bead I4 formed on the inner wall of the part I0 which engages the bottom of the card. Ridges I formed on the inside near the bottom of the side Walls may secure the outer part I0 to an inner part iii by engaging outside ridges Il near the back of the casing when one part is forced on the other part.

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The natural resiliency of the material suilices for secure interlocking. On the back of the part I6 near the top a pin I8 is mounted transversely to be passed thru the fabric of a garment and to be engaged by a hook I9 so that the device can be suspended on the breast of the wearen, Flanges 2l and 22 may be formed on the edges of part i6 adjacent the panel or cutout to support the card I2 at the rear.

Two cylindrical electric cells 23 and 24 having each the usual paper wrapping label may be packed at the sides and bottom in a noncon ducting fibre box 25 which tightly fits within the casing; a spring conductor 26 secured inside the box at the bottom 2l connects the cells in series. A flat strip 2S of conducting spring metai runs vertically between the outside of the box 25 the casing and has a foot piece 29 bent at right angles under the box 25 and a top extension bent at right angles over the cells 2S and ifi projecting outside the casing thru a notch slot 32 formed in the side walls of parts il and The top extension 3i has a downward bend for contact with the central terminal of the cell 24 and is widened to provide an aperture @d over the battery 23. The aperture 34 is formed as a screw lamp socket by means of radial slots 38 and the bias bending of the metal between. the slots to permit the screwing in of the threaded metal neck 36 of an electric lamp Downward pressure on the springy top extension 3i causes the central terminal of the lamp 3l to touch the top of the cell as shown in Figure l.

By attachingv a suitable weight 38 to the extension 3|. preferably outside the casing, and carefully regulating the normal distance of the lamp terminal 4l from the end of the cell 23, any vibration set up in the connector 3| causes the terminal 4I to make and break contact and to cause a blinking light which enhances the eye-arresting power of the picture on the transparent panel I2. Such a vibration is usually set up when the wearer is walking.

In a modication shown in Figure 7 a tooth 39 on the side wall of the slot 32 permits the extension 3| to be locked in the lighting position but from which it is easily released by a lateral push on the extension 3l.

Any suitable reflector 42, such as aluminum foil, or a reflecting paint, may be used on the inner wall of the part l@ to increase the iighting of the panel i2.

Referring to Figure 8, a modification is shown in which the name, emblem, or picture is printed directly on the flat surface of the front part Iii and the lower part of the casing, which is reduced in cross-section as compared with the casing shown in Figure 1, carries a single cell 24 wrapped in the usual paper label. A top arm Il formed of ilat spring metal has a weight Il at the outside and a. central aperture ll with radial slots 35 (shown in Figure 4) similar to those in the arm Il, for mounting the lamp 31 with its central contact 4| just above and out or cori'- tact with the center terminal of the cell 24. a depending bow-shaped part l! which holds the cell 24 snugly in the inside o! the part I8 and at the bottom of which is a foot II adapted to contact the exposed cell casing at the bottom. When the arm 5| is vibrated as for instance when the wearer is walking the lamp 31 blinks as the contact 4l intermittently engages the cell.

Having disclosed my invention and realizing that, in view of my disclosure, modications of parts, substitutions of parts, omissions of parts, or changes of material, form or size will readily occur to those skilled in the art I do not limit myself to the exact disclosure herein.

I claim:

1. An electric battery lamp including a casing, a transparent front panel in said casing, a reflector behind said panel, a slot in the side of the casing, a battery in said casing, a resilient arm engaging one terminal of the battery and extending thru said slot outside said casing, and an electric lamp mounted in said arm to illuminate said panel and having its central terminal normally out of contact with but engageable with the other terminal of the battery, said arm being springy and having a weight so mounted as to cause periodic vibration of the arm to intermittently close and open the circuit thru the lamp.

2. An electric battery lamp including a casing, a transparent front panel in said casing, a reflector behind said panel, a slot in the side o! said casing, a battery in said casing, a resilient arm engaging one terminal of the battery and extending thru said slot outside said casing. and an electric lamp mounted in said arm to illuminate said panel and having its central terminal normally out of contact with but engageable with the other terminal of the battery, said resilient arm being springy thruout and weighted at its outer end so that it is vibratable to blink the light.

3. An electric battery lamp including a casing, a transparent iront panel in said casina, a reilector behind said panel, a slot in the side of the casing, a battery in said casing, a resilient arm formed o! flat springy metal'and engaging one terminal oi! the battery and extending thru said slot outside said casing, an electric lamp screw mounted on its socket threads in said arm to illuminate said panel and having its central terminal normally out of contact with but engageable with the other terminal of the battery, said resilient arm being so formed and weighted that it is vibratable to blink the light, and means on the casing for engaging the arm to lock the lamp terminal against movement.

4. An electric battery lamp including a casing, a transparent front panel in said casing, a reflector behind said panel, a slot in the side of the casing, a battery in said casing, a resilient arm having a weight at the outer end and engaging one terminal of the battery and extending thru said slot outside said casing, and an electric lamp mounted on its socket threads in said arm to illuminate said panel and having its central terminal normally out ot contact with but engageable with the other terminal oi the battery, said battery comprising two cylindrical cells the side walls of each covered with a paper label, said cells connected in series, and positioned side by side, insulation enclosing the bottoms of said cells, and said resilient arm having a toot under said insulation so that the battery is securely held in said casing.

VAN DYNE PELL.

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