US370558A

US370558A - Signaling apparatus

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Publication number: US370558A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-09-27
Anticipated expiration: 1904-09-27

Description

(No Model.)

B. QUATERMASS.

SIGNALING APPARATUS. h No. 370,558. Patented Sept. 27, 1887.

WITNESSES: q 27% q INVENTOR: 29 19mm M M BY M g ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN QUATERMASS, OF MOLINE, KANSAS.

SIGNALING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,558, dated September 27, 1887.

Application filrd Marrh 10, 1887. Serial No. 230,396.

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it know u that I, REUBEN QU'ATERMASS, of Moline, in the county of Elk and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Signaling Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference be ing had to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in which Figure l is a side elevation of my improved signaling apparatus, and Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

The object of my invention is to provide cal in form, is provided with a series of draft-' holes, a, near the bottom thereof, and with an opening, B, in one side, having asliding door, 0, the edges of the walls of the casing being furnished with grooves for receiving the said door.

WVithin the casing isplaced a lamp, which in the present case is an oil-lamp; but I do not limit myself to the use of any particular illuminating device. A conical reflector, E, surrounds thelamp and rests upon ledges 1), formed upon the inner surface of the walls of the cas ing, and is adapted to receive the light emanating from the lamp and reflect it upward.

It is obvious that instead of employing a (No model.)

conical reflector I may with advantage use a parabolical reflector, which is better adapted to project a parallel beam than the conical reflector.

A ledge, 0, projects inwardly from the walls of the casing A, near the top thereof, and in the wall a short distance above the edge is formed a series of holes, at. A glass eoncavoconvex shield or lens, F, rests upon the ledge c, and is centrally apertured and provided with a threaded collar, 6, to which is fitted a cowl, G, for receiving the products of combustion from the chimney of the lamp and allowing them to escape withoutpermitting rain or snow to enter. Any water or snow deposited upon the glass shield F runs out through the holes d.

My improved signalinglantern is adapted for illuminating the smoke and steam issuing from the locomotive smoke-stack or whistle or safety-valve, and produces a column of light which is visible over a much longer distance than the ordinary head-light, and can readily be seen above the tops of embankments, trees, &c. It may also be employed for illuminating the atmosphere in its normal condition, producing a halo which may be readily seen and distinguished.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In an illumination device, the combination, with the casing A, provided with the flanges b c and the openings d (Z, of the inverted conical reflector provided with an opening in its center, the transparent cover, and the lamp, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

REUBEN QUATERMASS.

WVitnesses:

W. H. DOWNING, J. W. HANSON.