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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-'Shee't 1. J. W. ORPHY. LANTERN.

No. 456,962. Patented Aug. 4, 1891.

(No Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. W. ORPHY.

LANTERN.

Patented Aug. 4, 1891;

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE. 7

JOHN 1V. ORPHY, CF ROCHESTER, NEI" YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE C. T. HAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,962, dated August 4, 1891.

Serial No. 383,751. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN. W. ORPHY, of Rochester, in the countyoffMonroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lanterns; and-I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming-a part of this specification, and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

My present invention has for its objects to improve the construction and operation more particularly of the globe-holding devices of lanterns, whereby the globe will beheld and protected and access permitted to the burner, and while especially adapted for use in tubular lanterns the improvements could as well be applied to other kinds; and to this end consist in certain novelties of construction and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter fully described, and the novel features pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a lantern provided with my invention; Fig. 2, a side view, with one of the tubes broken away and the globe shown tilted in dotted lines; Fig. 3,a perspective view of the globeretaining frame detached, and Fig. 4 a view of a detail.

Similarfigures of reference in the several figures denote similar parts.

The base or oil-pot 1, side tubes'2, and central tube and bell 3 are of the usual or any preferred construction,'a-nd constitute what I shall hereinafter term the frame of the lantern, and the burner-cone 5 is alsoof the usual construction, and therefore these parts need no further description.

6 indicates the globe-supporting plate, perforated as usual, and provided on the under side with a loop 7 adapted to be engaged by a wire staple or loop 8 formed of wire and rigidly secured to the oil-pot or base. Upon the upper edges of the plate 6 are fastened two spring-guard wires 9 9, having the upwardlyprojecting portions at the sides and then are extended around the globe 15. Connected to the central portions of said guards are the upwardlyextendin g wires 10, connected at the frame from the open side of loop 11, the lat- 6o ter being sprung upward to engage and disengage the hook 12, as will be understood. In order that the lifting of the loop 11 may be more readily accomplished and also to provide a co-operating portion for a securingcatch for the globe-holder, I form the loops 14 on wires 10 near their upper portions, as shown.

The plate 6, guards, and retaining devices constitute the globe-holdingfraine, which may be tilted, as in dotted lines, Fig. 2, to permit access to the burner when desired.

In order to secure the globe and its holding-frame in vertical position, I provide upon the lower side of the bell 3asemicircular wire rest- 16, formed of a single piece of springy wire adapted to abut against the globe below the bead and form a loop 17 on its rear side, with which the loop 1& on the globe-holding frame co-operates, constituting a spring-catch that holds the parts from accidental movement, though the globe and its holding-frame can be readily moved on the hinge into and out of the lantern-frame and secured by the catch without the necessity of the operators taking one hand to engage or disengage the catch.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. The combination, with thelantern-frame,

of the globe-support, the semicircular springguards secured thereto, the vertical wires attached to the guards connected at the top independent of the lantern-frame and engaging the top of the globe, substantially as described. 9 5

2. The combination, with thelantern-frame, of the globe-support having the spring-guards, the vertical wires secured to the guards and connected at the top by the semicircular loop having the hook, substantially as described.

This guard and 55 3. Thecombinatiomwiththelantern-frame, of the globe-support having a guard and the connected vertical wires, one of the latter having the projection near the upper portion and the elastic depending rest engaging the upper end of the globe co-operatingwith the projection on the vertical wire, substantially as described.

4;. The combination, with the lantern-frame, of the globe-support hinged to the base, the guard, the vertical wires connected by the semicircular loop provided with the hook, said wires having the loops near the upper portions for disengagingthe hook from the globe, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the tubular lantern-frame having the bell, of the hinged globe-support having the guard, the vertical Wires securedrigidlythereto co-operating with the top of the globe and constitutinga globeframe independent of the bell, the depending vertically-elastic globe-rest forming an abutment for the globe nearits upper portion and co-operating with the globe-frame to secure the latter in vertical position, substantially as described.

6. The combination of the lantern-frame,

the globe support, the semicircular spring= guards secured thereto, the vertical wires at= tached to the guards and connected at the top by the semicircular loop engaging the top of the globe, substantially as described.

7. Thecombination,with thelantern-frame, of a globe-frame mounted thereon embodying a globe-plate, guard, and vertical wire con- -nected to the top of the globe, and the semi JOHN- W. oRPHY;

\Vitnesses:

J AS. BARNES, ARTHUR T. LUDLAM.

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