US278602A

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Publication number: US278602A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-05-29
Anticipated expiration: 1900-05-29

Description

H. ROTH. REFLEGTORwAND'SIGNAL FRAME FOR GAR LAMPS.

(No Model.)

PatentedMay 29,1883.

ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES er. Washingtnn. n. a

HENRYBOTIROF NEW YORKN. Y., s'stenos ro ANNIE ROTH, or SAME.

ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PLACE.

REFLECTOR AND :SlGNA L] FRAM E FOR CAR-LIAM PS.

SPECIFICATION}. formingpart fof Letters Patent No. 278,602, dated ma 29, 18 83.

Application filed January 31, 1383. (No model.)

To all whom i t may concern Be it known that I*,:.HENRYReTH, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, haveim vented anew and useful Improvement in Reflectors and SignahFrames for Oar-Lamps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. I

Reference is to behad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvement part being broken away. Fig.2 is a sectional plan view ofthe same. Fig. 3is sectional. end elevation of the ,same,taken through the line as m, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an elevation ofone-half of the reflector. Figs. 5 and I 6 represent different forms of signal-glasses.

The object of this invention it is to provide reflectorsand signal frames for car-lamps constructed in such a manner as to. be more effective in lighting the end and platforniof a car than when the said reflectors and frames are constructed in the ordinary manner.

The invention consists in arefiector and-signal frame for car-lamps, constructed with a hinged glass-holding outer frame surrounding the outer: opening and covering the inner frame.

In the space between the concaved ends of the main reflectors and the elongated side parts of the outer opening are placed curved and flaring reflectors to distribute light over the car-platforms. The end of the frame has an opening formed in it, in which issecnred the end of a tubular reflector, the other end of which is secured in an opening in the adjacent main reflector to throw light into the opposite corner of the car. The glass plates covering the openingsin the frames are made thick, and have the outer side of their edges beveled to cause them to refract the light more effectively, as will be hereinafter the car.

the light from the lamp to pass freely into the car. In the outer sideof the frame A is formed an oblong opening, a, which is surrounded by a metal frame, D, which is permanently securedlto the front of the frame A by screws or other suitable means.

To the top of the frameD is hinged a frame, E, in which is secured a plate, F, of thick glass; The glass F is beveled upon the outer sidelof its edges, so that the outer surface of thelsaid glass will be flush with the outer surface of the hinged frame'E, or nearly so, and will thus refract more light to the platform of The glass plateF is secured in place in the frame E in theordinary manner- The outer edge Gr ofthe frame E, or a flange formed around the frame E, fits around the I outer edge of the inner frame D, and projects so far-as to rest against the side of the frame "A. The lower sideof the outer frame E, when cl'osed, is secured to the lower-side of the inner frame D by a screw, H, or other suitable means. By this construction dust will be effactually prevented from entering the reflector between the frames D E. f

To theinn er edges of theframe A are secured the edges of the reflectors I, which extend in inclined directions to the outer opening in the frame A, and have their ends concaved, as

shown at J in Figs; 3 and 4, to correspond with the sides of the said opening. With the concaved ends of the reflectors I are connected the concaved ends of reflectors K, which are curved laterally, and are inclined outward to meet the end edges of the elongated outer opening in the outer side of the frame A. With; this construction the curved reflectors K and T the crescent-shaped enlargements of the outer opening in the frame A cause the light to be more effectively thrown upon the platform of the car, without lessening the quantity of light thrown into the car by the reflectors. L

In the inner end of the frame A is formed an opening, L, through which light is thrown into the opposite corner of the car. The opening L is surrounded by a metallic frame,D,

which is secured to the frame A. The opening L iscovered by a glass plate, F, which is secured in an outer metallic frame E, attached to the end of the frame A. The outer edge 1 2 v eaacca G" of the frame E, or a flange formed upon the said edge, projects to fit upon the outeredge of the inner frame D and rest against the end of the frame A, so as to effectually preventdust from entering around the said frame E. The glass plate F is made thick, and has its edges beveled upon the outer side to bring the outer surface of the said glass plate flush with the outer surface of the frame E,'or nearly so, to cause the light to be more effectively refracted.

To the end of the frame A, around the edge of the opening L, is secured the end of a tubular reflector, M, the other end of which is secured to the adjacent reflector I, around the edge of a corresponding opening formed through .the said reflector I. With this construction the light will be more effectively distributed through the interior of the car and over the platforms than is possible with the ordinary construction.

The signal N may be a circle or a strip of colored glass secured to the frame A in any suitable manner, so as to be in the opening between the ends of the reflectors.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with a reflector and signal frame for car-lamps, having openings in its outer side and inner end, of concaved and inclined reflectors secured to the edges of the outer opening, and a tubularreflector secured to the edge of the end opening, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a reflector and signal frame for carlamps, the combination, with the outer side of the frame A, having elongated opening, of the inner metallic frame D, and the hinged glassholding outer frame E, having inwardly-projecting outer edge G, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the entrance of dust around the said frame is prevented, as

set forth.

1 3. The combination, with the frame A, provided with the outer elongated opening, a, and the inclined reflectors I, having concave ends J ,of the curved reflectors K, having concaved ends, and secured to the edges of the'said opening and to the concave ends of the reflectors I, substantially as herein shown and described. 4:. The combination, with the frame A, provided with the end opening, L, and the inclined reflectors I, one of which is provided with an opening, of the tubular reflector M, having its ends secured, respectively, to the edges of the openings in the frame and one of the reflect ors I, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. A reflector and signalframeforcar-lamps,

- having its inner side covered by a glass plate,