US242596A

US242596A - Edson l

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Publication number: US242596A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1881-06-07
Anticipated expiration: 1898-06-07

Description

(No Model.)

B; L. BRYANT.

Extension Lamp Fixture. NO. 242,596. Patented June' 7,1881.-

Nv PETERS. PhMn-Lrlhugrupher. Wzshingmn. n. c,

STATES ilNiTED PATENT OFFICE.

EDSON L. BRYANT, OF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO WALLACE &

SONS, F SAME PLACE.

EXTENSION LAM P-FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N0. 242,596, dated June 7, 1881. Application filed April 4, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDsoN L. BRYANT, of Ansonia, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Extension Lamp-Fixtures; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawin gs and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this Specification, and represent, iii-- Figure 1, side View; Fig. 2, section of the pulley-hanger, Figs.3, 4, and 5, detached views enlarged.

This invention relates to animprovemeutin that class of lamp-fixtures which are designed to be suspended from the ceiling, and so that the lamp may be drawn down and supported at different elevations, the shade being attached to the lampsupport, so as to move up and down with the lamp; and the invention consists, first, in the method of constructing the pulley-hanger by which the lamp is suspended; and, second, in the method of attach- 2 ing the lamp-support or harp and shadering together, as more fully hereinafter described.

The pulley-hanger A is composed of two or more thicknesses of sheet metal, both of the same sh ape. The two parts are out from sheet metal, so as to form an eye or loop, a, by which to support the fixture, with a branch, I), to the right and left, each bent near its outer end so as to form a space between them, as at d, to

5 receive the pulley c,and brought together outside the pulley-recess, as shown in Fig. 2, the two parts being then secured together by rivets. By this construction the pulley-hanger can be made very much lighter and of more tasteful appearance than can be done of cast metal, (the usual oonstruction,)aud avoids the liability of the cast-metal hangers to breakage. Being readily stamped from the sheet into shape, its cost is little, if any, more than 4 5 the usual cast-metal hanger.

B is the lamp-support, or what is commonly called the harp. It is made from wire bent to form the rest C for the lamp-fouut D, and then, by any desirable curve or shape, the two sides continue upward, their extremities slit, as atf, Figs. 4 and 5, so as to pass onto a thin metal lug, E, extending inward from the shadering, F, the lug constructed so as to take a bearing upon each side of the slit in the end of the harp B. The tip ends ot the harp are pierced, as at h, Fig. 3, to receive the chains 7, which extend up over the pulleys e, thence down to pulleys n on the weight H, thence up and attached to the hanger, as at r. The shade-ring rests in the slits in the two sides of the harp, and retains those two sides in their proper relative position to each other, as if rigidly attached. The shade L is secured to the ring by the usual lugs at different points, and a screw, 8, opposite, in the usual manner. 6 The shade-ring is made from sheet metal, the lugs E attached thereto by rivets, or otherwise. Thus the entire fixture is made from wrought metal, extremely light and tasteful in appearance, cheap in construction, and dura- 7c ble.

I claim-- 1. The pulley-hanger for extension lampfixtures, consisting of two thicknesses of sheet metal, each of the same shape and cut to form 7 the eye or loop a, bent near their extreme ends to form a space, d, to receive the pulleys e, and the two parts riveted or otherwise secured together, substantially as described.

2. The harp or lamp-support, constructed with a slit, f, at the upper ends, and corresponding lugs on the shade-ring to enter said slits to retain the ends of the harp in their proper relative position and support the shadering, substantially as described.

EDSON L. BRYANT.