US292871A

US292871A - Benjamin d

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Publication number: US292871A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-02-05
Anticipated expiration: 1901-02-05

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(ModeL) 2 Sheets- -Sheet 1. B. D. STEVENS.

COMBINED REFLECTOR AND GLOBE FOR LAMPS AND 'LANI'ERNS.

Patented Feb. 5, 1884.

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N B. D. STEVENS. COMBINED REFLECTOR AND GLOBE FOB, LAMPS AND LANTERNS;

No. 292,871. Patented Feb. 5, 1884 i UNITED .STATES PATENT OFFICE...

BENJAMIN D. STEVENS, OFJBURLINGTON, VERMONT,

COMBINEDREFLEC'I'OR AND GLOBE FOR LAMPS AND LANTERNS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,871, dated February 5, 1884.

Application filed anuary 4, 1883. (Modeh) To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN D. STEVENS, of Burlington, in the county of Ghittenden and State of Vermont,'a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combination Reflectors and Globes for Lamps and Lanterns, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters indicate corresponding parts.

The chief object of my invention is to provide a cheap, durable, and eflicient combined reflector and globe, readily detachable from the lampor lantern, and formed of metal, so as to be practically indestructible.

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of my invention attached to a lantern-frame. Fig. 2 is a cross-section representing the combined reflectors as used in the globe," and Fig. 3 is a vertical central section on a line at right angle to that shown in Fig. 1'.

In Fig. 1, I have shown my invention in connection with a lantern.

A represents the globe, preferably made of tin, sheet-iron, or other similar material. It has an opening at the top and bottom, similar to ordinary glass globes. One side of the globe is out out, and inserted in this opening is the reflector B. This may be of any convenient form, and is constructed of metal. This reflector extends nearly across the interior of the globe. In the front of reflector B is placed a removable glass front, I)", secured and held in place by the metal piece 0 or other suitable means. The said glass may be permanently secured in the reflecting-globe front; but it is preferably removable, as described. The globe rests in the bottom of the frame, like an ordinary glass globe, or may be fastened to a plate, as represented by 0. At the top the globe is held in place by the rim a, projecting over the top of the same, as shown in Fig. 1. Air-passages are formed in the rim or top, as most convenient, as now found in ordinary lanterns. The rim is held in its place over the top of the globe by the spring shown in Fig. 1. WVhen it is desirable to remove the globe, it

may be employed whereby the globe can be easily secured to the lantern-frame and easily removed without departing in the least from the spirit of my invention.

I am aware that glass globes have been in use for many years, and are removable from the lamp or lantern frame; also, that glass chimneys with hoods around them have been employed, as in English Patent No. 2,162 of 1874; also, inUnited States Patent No.188,671.

I also am aware that reflectors have been attached to the frame of various styles of lamps and lanterns; but in these cases the reflectors are a fixture, a part either of the frame or lamp, or are simply disconnected reflectors. All of these various forms and styles are foreign to my invention.

My invention consists of a complete structure formed of the globe and combined reflectors. Being of metal, it is more durable than any glass chimney or globe. It is cheaply made, easily applied, and easily removed from the frame, while the well-protected removable glass-front If permits the.

light freely to escape, and efiiciently protects the flame from extinguishment by the entrance of gusts of wind or air at the front *1). The face of the reflectors are preferably nickelplated.

When my invention is used with a lamp, it is adapted to be secured to the burner thereof inthe same way that an ordinarylamp-chimney is secured thereto. L I Having now described my invention. what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In an organized lamp or lantern, the metal globe A, provided with side reflectors,

B b, and the glass Z), all adapted to be reglass 1), all as described, and adapted to be movably attached to the lamp or lantern used with a lamp or lantern frame, substanfranie substantially as and for the purposes tially as and f0r:-the purposes set forth. v set forth. BENJAMIN D. STEVENS. 5 2. As a new article of manufacture, a me \Vitnesses:

tallie reflecting-globe consisting of the body GEO. WV. WALEs,

A, provided with the reflectors B Z), and the JOSEPH ROBAIR.