US554009A - Samuel snell - Google Patents

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S. SNELL. BICYCLE' LAMP (No Model.)

Patented Feb. 4, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL SNELL, OE BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

BICYCLE-LAM P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,009, dated February 4, 1896. lippiicaioniiedaugua13,1892. serial 110.442,977. (Nmoaei.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL SNELL, of Acocks Green, Birmingham, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamps for Bicycles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the iigures of reference marked thereon,which form part of this specication.

My invention relates to a lamp for bicycles, and has for its object to form the body or frame of a single piece of sheet metal with a single movable slide, thereby dispensing with hinges.

A further object is to form the body or frame with a transverse chamber to receive the oil-reservoir and burner, with means for holding the receptacle in place or allowing its convenient removal.

The invention consists in the parts and combination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a lamp constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section., and Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section. Fig. 4 is a perspective of the slide, showing the bifurcated spring end.

I-Ieretofore in the construction of lamps for bicycles access has generally been gained to t-he interior by means of a swinging portion of the body or frame hinged at one side and held by a catch at the opposite side.

1 designates the frame formed of a single piece of sheet metal, the base of the frame being enlarged at 2 by curving the frame in semicircular form to form a chamber, into which an oil-reservoir and burner are inserted.

3 designates the oil-reservoir and burner formed with iiat upper and lower sides, and curved semicircular ends to closely iit within the chamber of the frame.

Above the chamber the front and rear faces extend parallel, as shown, and formed integral with said faces is one of the sides 7. An arched cover 5 extends from this side 7 and is curved from side to side and provided with openings 6 6. An arched deflector 6 is arranged above the top 5 and extends from the front to the rear face, and is integral with the same.

8 designates a slide running in ways 9 formed in the side of the frame opposite to side '7, and is formed with a bifurcated lower end 10, which straddles the shaft 11 of the wick-raiser, so that the lower sections of the slide project below the shaft 11 and are formed with a corrugation orV depression at 12 to cause the ends of the sections to resiliently bear against the end of the oil-reservoir, so that it is held firmly within the chamber of the frame. The slide and opposite side of the frame are provided with glass planes 13, preferably rendered translucent by a red stain or coloring.

14 designates the reiiector arranged within the flange or hood of the case and to the rear of the burner.

15 designates a lens which is removably secured to the front portion of the lamp-frame, whereby access can be had to the interior of said frame lin order to clean the reflector.

In order to render the lens 15 easily removable, it is secured in a bezel having a lug 16, which enters a perforation in the lower part of the flange or hood, the upper part of the bezel being secured by a spring-catch 17.

18 designates the spring-actuated hanger for suspending the lamp upon the bicycle.

From the foregoing description itwill be seen thatthe frontend and rear sides as well as one end'of the frame are of a single piece, and that the chamber for the reception of the oil-reservoir and burner is formed integral therewith, while the vertically-movable slide acts as a closure to the opposite end, and also to hold the oil-reservoir from lateral movement, thereby rendering the entire lamp more rigid'than heretofore, and reducing the eX- pense of manufacture.

That I claim is@ 1. In a bicycle-lamp, a frame formed of a single piece of sheet metal and comprising the bottom, front, and rear faces, and one side, an arched top integral with said side, and curved from side to side, and an arched deiiector integral with the front and rear faces connecting the same, and curved from face to face above the arched top, said top having openings for the escape of heat.

2. In a bicycle-lamp, a frame having the bottom, front and rear, and one side face, an

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oilreser\f'or located in said frame and provided with a wick-raising shaft, guideways in the front and rear faces, and a slide working therein, said slide constituting the side of the frame, and slotted longitudinally at its lower end to straddle the wick-shaft, and crimped or corrugated horizontally in order to bind against the side of the oil-reservoir, and hold the same securely Within the frame.

3. The combination with an open-sided case or frame, of an oilreservoir having a wick-raising shaft projecting laterally therefroin and a slide adapted to close the open side of the case, said slidebeing slotted Vertience of two witnesses.

SAMUEL SNELL. Witnesses:

WLLLIAM WEBSTER, PlREoLL J. WEBSTER.

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