US495016A

US495016A - Lamp-stand

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Publication number: US495016A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1893-04-11
Anticipated expiration: 1910-04-11

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(No Model.)

G. vH. BURKE.

LAMP STAND.

No. 495,016. Patented Apr. 11, 1893.

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- tions in such manner that it can be easily lamp stand provided with a lamp. Fig. 2 isv UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. BURKE, OF SPRINGFIELD, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR OF ON E-HALF TO ALBERT E. SNOXV, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

LAM P-STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 495,016, dated April 11, 1893.

Application filed September 3. 1891. Serial No. 404,584. (No model.)

citizen of theUnited States,residingat Springfield, in the county of Windsor andState of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamp-Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention provides a novel construction of portable stand for holding a lamp or other article. The stand is made up of sectaken apart and compactly packed for stor- It is provided with mounted as to be removable, so that in case of the breakage of a panel it may be quickly and conveniently replaced by another plate.

Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved aplan partly in horizontal section on the line 2-4 3 in Fig. 3, the lamp being omitted. Fig. 3 is a vertical section cut in two planes as denoted by the line 33 in Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 are plans, respectively, of the bottom piece and top piece of the stand. Fig. 6 is an elevation and plan of one of the posts. Fig. 7 is an elevation of one of the fastening bolts with the foot knob therefor in section. 8 is an elevation of one of the panels or plaques. Fig. 9 is a fragmentary vertical section showing a modification of the construction shown in the upper right hand corner of Fig. 3.

The lamp stand is constructed 111 general in the form of a box-like structure, having four or other suitable number of sides formed by panels or plaques. and having top and bottom boards or pieces connected thereto through the medium of corner posts. The top board or section has a centralhole or opening in which is placed alamp or other article to be held by the stand. The top and bottom boards are held apart by means of the corner posts, and the structure is fastened together by screw-rods passing through the corner posts.

Referring to the drawings let A designate the top piece or section of the stand, and B the bottom piece or section. The top piece is best shown in Fig. 5 and the bottom piece inFig. 4. Each consists of a board or plate Fig.

of wood or other suitable material shaped to any suitable design, and having holes a. a near its corners for the passage of screw-bolts C O, of which one is shown in Fig. 7.

D D are the corner posts, of which there are four in the construction shown, one of these being shown removed in Fig. 6. In the drawings, these posts are shown as plain cylinders of wood, each having a hole a through it from end to'end through which to pass the rod C. i The posts may, however, be made of any ornamental design. Each post is formed preferably with two longitudinal grooves b b fol-engaging the edges of the panels or plaques E. E, one of which is shown removed in Fig. 8.

By preference, the top and bottom pieces are formed with circular recesses c c to receive the ends of the posts D D. The top and bottom pieces and posts having been fitted together, the screw-rods O are passed ,from the top through thecoinciding holes a.

a a. as shown in Fig. 3. Each rod has at its upper end. an. ornamental knob or head F,

If made of wood or any comend of the rod 0. The upper knob F should engage the rod in such manner that the rod cannot'turn within the knob, and to this end the knob is preferably formed with a square portion e entering a square socket in the knob. As shown, it is formed also with an 0 ornamental fiangefcovering the top of the knob. By screwing the knobs G tight on the rods, the entire structure is held firmly together. The open sides of the structure thus formed may be closed by inserting the panels 5 or plaques E Mechanically considered, these consist of plates of suitable shape, being sufficiently wide to enter between the two posts D D with their edges sliding in the grooves b 1) thereof, as shown at the left in Fig. 2, and being sufiiciently high to fill the space between the bottom and top pieces.

To conceal their bottom and top edges, the bottom piece B is constructed with grooves g g as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, while the top piece is provided with grooves 72. h in its under side as shown in Fig. 9, or preferably with slots h h extending through it as shown in Fig. 5. panels to be dropped down through them into the spaces which they are to occupy to complete the sides of the stand. By this con struction not only are the edges of the panels or plaques embraced, protected and concealed by the respective recesses b, 'g and h, but by reason of the construction of the latter as open slots, the panels may be easilyslipped out at the top and substituted by others: Thus-the pa-nelsmay be made of ornamental glass or porcelain or other fragile substance;

and in case of breakage may be easily re moved and replaced by others. If, however, the appearance of open slots at the top of the stand is considered objectionable, the top piece will be provided only withgroovesh on its under side asshownin Fig, 9,,these beingcounterparts of thegrooves g gin-1111011113 per side of the bottom piece B. This; cont 7 structionhowever n'ecessitatesthatthe entire r standshall' be taken apart by unscrewing the order to change the" plaques or panelslfj I I Thetoppiece A has ahole 't-ad'ap'tedito re'- ceive the body of a lamp; as shown in Fig.1,

. or to form a socket for holding any other article that the stand is designed to support; Thus for example the stand may be u's'ed'as a flower stand by inserting a flowerpotof propor size into the opening f so that itshall be supported by resting against thesides of this.

opening. By making the stand of suitable fireproof material, as stone or metal, itmay be used as a support for a gas or oilistove.

One important'advantage of my invention is, that the stand serves as a convenient and appropriate means for the display of photographs, decorated plaques,or other ornamental objects. A very effective result can be produced by developing photographs on glass, porcelain or ivory, and using the plates thus produced as the panels for the lamp stand. Or, photographs mounted on c'ardsin the usual manner may be inserted, being preferably backed by a plate of stiff metal or glass. Or th'e'panels may consist of plaquesof porcelain, metal, Wood or other material suitably decorated. Or has-reliefs in bronze or other material may be used. as the plaques or panels.

The parts of the lamp stand, aside from the plaques or panels, may be made of any desira-ble material, either wood, metal, ceramic ware or com positions.

An important advantage of my invention is found in the compactness with which the stand may be stowed away when taken to pieces. The several parts in this condition fit together very closely, so that it may be stowed away in a small box for storage or transportation. For a lamp stand, I provide These slots being open permit the j a box having compartments in which the different portions of the lamp and thelamp stand may be compactly stowed away.

I claim as my invention the following-defined novel features, substantially as herein- .before specified, namely:

1'. In a lamp stand, the combination with integral bottom piece B, of integral top piece A having hole 2 for receiving the lamp, and constructed with vertical slots h h extending through said top piece, corner posts D D between said top and bottom pieces, bolts 0 ,traversingisaid posts andpieces, knobs G engaging the lower ends of said bolts below said bottom piece and serving as legs for the stand, knobs F engaging the upper ends of said bolts gabove said top piece, andipanelsE removably ientering and of less widthc than said slotsh,

pieces andasaidpostsand constructed to-inclose the sides ofthezstand, whereby when a lampbody is mounted in the" stand its body portion is receivedin said hole tand inol'osed within theinteriorof said. stand, said. parts constructed anti ar-ranged substantiallyas and for tlie purpose set fortlzr. Y

2. Ina lamp stand, the combination with {the bottom piece B having holes mand con= mi nicatingi between said'recessemof top'pi'ece At having central holed adapted to receive the body of alamphaving holes a coinciding with-. thehol-es a of said bottom piece',=convstructed on'its'lower'face with recesses-o corresponding. with saidrecesses c of thebottom piece, and constructed with vertical slotsh of greater length than the width of the-panels'ofthe .staud, arranged between said recesses and correspondingwith said grooves 9 Of said bottom piece, posts D" D'between said pieces entering said recesses at their ends, bolts 0 O traversing said posts and said holes a a in said pieces, knobs G G' engaging the lower ends of said bolts below said bottom piece and servingias feet'for thestand,knobs F F engaging the upper ends of said bolts above said top piece, and panels E E removably enteringsaid slots h h in said top' piece and fitting said grooves g g in said bottom piece, and adapted when in position'to in'close the interior ofthe stand, all substantially as and for thepurposeset forth.

3. ,In a lamp stand, the combination with the integral bottom piece B having vertical holes a and constructed on its upper'fa'ce'with cylindrical recessesc' surrounding said holes concentrically, of the integral toppiece'Aghaving. central hole 2' adapted to receive the body ofalamp, and having vertical holes a coinciding with said holes a of said bottom piece, and constructed on its upper face with cylindrical recesses o surrounding said holes concentrically and corresponding with said recesses o of the bottom piece, posts D D between said top and bottom pieces, having cylindrical ends entering said recesses in said gand disposed between said: top and bottom Y stiarcted on its upper facewithrecesses o ad lj'a'centto said holes;and witlrgroovesgcom l too" bottom and squared sockets at top adapted toreceive the squared upper ends of said bolts,

knobs G G beneath said bottom piece engaging the lower ends of said bolts, having vertical holes traversed by the latter, abutting against the under side of said bottom piece, and having at bottom recesses, and nuts 63 in said recesses of said knobs G and engaging the ends of said bolts, whereby when said parts are assembled they can be clamped I together by holding said knobs F F and rotat- 20 in g said knobs G until said nuts (1 are screwed on said bolts, whereupon the strain on said bolts is transmitted through said knobs to said top and bottom pieces, the projecting ends of said bolts are concealed, said nuts (1 25 are concealed within said knobs G, and the latter serve as feet for the stand, said parts constructed and arrangedsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed 30 my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEO. H. BURKE. Witnesses:

ARTHUR O. FRASER, FRED WHITE.