US2530069A

US2530069A - Combination flashlight and table lamp

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Publication number: US2530069A
Application number: US79206A
Authority: US
Inventors: George H Moore
Original assignee: WALTER G SHEPPARD
Current assignee: WALTER G SHEPPARD
Priority date: 1949-03-02
Filing date: 1949-03-02
Publication date: 1950-11-14
Anticipated expiration: 1967-11-14

Description

Nov. 14, 1950 G. H. MOORE 53M COMBINATION FLASHLIGHT INB'TABLE LAMP Filed March 2, 1949 Fig.3.

Gearge H. Moore INVENTOR.

Patented Nov. 14, 1950 COMBINATION FLASHLIGHT AND TABLE LAMP George H. Moore, Snow Hill, N. 0., assignor of one-fourth to Walter G. Sheppard, Greene lwGounty, N. 0.

Application March 2, 1949, Serial No. 79,206

This invention relates to a novel illuminating device the primary object of which is to permit the conversion of the light alternately to a flashlight or a table lamp.

Another object of this invention is to provide a novel combination flashlight and lamp which is extremely simple in construction and design, efiicient in operation, and extremely useful for its intended purposes.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device of the character described which is operated by the conventional battery, battery case and slide switch so that the device is cheap to operate and easy to assemble.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide a combination flashlight and lamp comprising a casing having a base, a battery in said casing, a reflector at the top end of said casing, a bulb carried by said reflector, a switch in said casing for energizing said-bulb, a transparent globe at the top of said casing enclosing said reflector and bulb, and means for selectively shielding and exposing said globe.

These, together with various ancillary objects and features of the invention which will later become apparent as the following description proceeds, are attained by the device, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated by way of example only in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the device shown employed as a table lamp;

Figure 2 is a view similar to that shown in Figure 1 illustrating the device employed as a flashlight; and

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the device shown in Figure 1, parts being broken away to show details of construction.

Specific reference is now made to the drawings. In the several views in the accompanying drawings and in the following specification reference characters indicate corresponding elements throughout.

Indicated generally at In is a conventional battery casing. Secured to or integral with the bottom edge of the casing is anoutwardly flared base [2 for supporting the device on a table top when the latter is being employed as a lamp. Within the casing I0 is positioned the conventional battery l2 and positioned within the casing and resting on top of the battery is an inverted, semi-spherical or parabolic highly polished reflector l4 having a threaded socket l6 for receiving an electric bulb I8. It will be understood that a conductor wire connects the socket Hi to 1 Claim. (01. 240-1054) the upper terminal of the battery (not shown).

The upper end of the casing I0 is provided with a threaded edge 20 for receiving the threaded recess 22 at the bottom edge of a transparent globe 24 which may be fabricated of glass, or a transparent plastic such as lucite. The side of the casing is further provided with the conventional slide switch 26.

To convert the device from a table lamp as shown in Figure 1 to a flash light as shown in Figure 2, and vice versa, the following means is provided. A shield 28 is provided which is slidable on the casing l0 and has a bottom edge 30 receivable upon the upper edge 32 of the base I 2 as shown clearly in Figure 3. Since the globe 24 has an external diameter equal to the external diameter of the casing l0, it will be understood that the shield 28 will be slidable on the globe 24 as well as on the casing NJ.

The wall of the shield 28 is provided with an elongated slot 34 for receiving the slidable switch 26 and adjacent the ends of the slot 34 the shield 28 further carries the inwardly

opening recesses

36 and 38. The casing II) is further provided with laterally extending

bores

40 and 42 for receiving

springs

44 and 46

urging balls

48 and 50 outwardly of the casing.

In practical operation, when the shield 28 is moved downwardly so that the bottom edge 30 engages the upper edge 32 of the base l2, the ball 48 yieldingly engages the recess 36 to retain the shield in the retracted position so that the globe 24 is exposed and the device can be employed as a table lamp. When it is desired to convert the table lamp to a flashlight, the shield 28 is moved upwardly to the position shown in Figure 2 whereupon the ball 50 yieldingly engages the recess 38 to retain the shield 28 in the elevated position. It will be understood that the shield may be provided with an inner lining of thin polished metal to aid in the reflection of light when the shield is moved into the position shown in Figure 2.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, claimed as new is:

A combination flashlight and lamp comprising a casing having a base, a battery in said casing, a reflector at the top end of said casing, a bulb carried by said reflector, a switch in said casing for energizing said bulb, a transparent globe at the top of said casing enclosing said reflector and bulb, said globe having an external diameter what is equal to the external diameter of said casing, a

tubular shield slidable on said casing ,having .an elongated slot receiving said switch, and means for yieldingly and selectively retaining said shield in a raised position to partially enclose said globe and in a lowered position' to entirely expose said globe, said means including spring-urged balls carried by said casing on both sides of saidswitch and recesses adjacent both ends of said slot for selectively receiving said balls.

GEORGE H. MOORE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name v ,Date

1,208,504 (Juno 'iDec. 12, 1916 1,248,688 Ludescher Dec. 4, 1917 1,604,568 Earner Oct. 26, 1926 1,728,302 Namet et a1. Sept. 17, 1929 1,3143156' Nuckolls July 14, 1931 FOREIGN PATENTS 'Num-ber Country Date :England May 27, 1940