US599467A

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Publication number: US599467A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-02-22
Anticipated expiration: 1915-02-22

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(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 1 W. N. BEARDSLEY & s. A. NORTH. BICYCLE LANTERN.

No. 599,467. Patented Feb. 22, 1898.

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W. N. BEARDSLEY & S. A. NORTH. BICYCLE LANTERN.

No. 599,467. Patented Feb. 22, 1898. Fig.5 PQ- y gllllllsfi 4 MIIIIIl/Il INVENTORS NlTED STATES PATENT rricn.

WVILLIAM N. BEARDSLEY AND SAMUEL A. NORTH, OF BRIDGEPORT,

CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS TO MARCELLUS HARTLEY AND MAL- COLM GRAHAM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BICYCLE-LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,467, dated February 22, 1898.

Application filed November 19, 1895. Serial No. 569,418. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM N. BEARDS- LEY and SAMUEL A. NORTH, citizens of the United States, and residents of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle-Lanterns, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in bicycle-lanterns; andit consists of certain details of construction to be more fully set forth in the following specification, and such features believed to be new particularly pointed out in the claims.

To enable others to understand the invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the lantern attached to a section of the head of a bicycle. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the lantern with the lens-door in open position, show ing the interior and broken view of the lamp. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through line 0000 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of arrow a,with the reflector removed. Fig. 4 is a detail View of the reflector as it would appear looking in the direction of arrow 1) of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view and side elevation of the bracketclamp for supporting the lantern to the bicycle-head. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the bracketclamp looking in the direction of arrow 0 of Fig. 5, showing also the bicycle-head in dotted position and the side clamping-plates of the lantern. Fig. 7 is an upper broken plan view of the lamp. Fig. 8 is a detail view through line y y of Fig. 7 of the wick-regulating stem and clamp for binding the same against rotation. Fig. 9 is a detail sectional View of the lens, door, and reflector therefor. Fig. 10 is an upper plan view of the air-chamber, showing a circular opening in the upper surface thereof and a notch to admit the catch of the removable hood.

Its construction and operation are as follows:

1 is the circular body portion of the lantern.

2 is a base-piece forming an air-chamber, whose circular face is attached to the lower part of the body by the screws 3, and it is provided with the necessary draft-holes in each side thereof. This base also supports the lamp 4 by means of the bracket 5 and spring 6, engaging the under side of the beading 43.

7 is a circular projection or dam surrounding the base of the wick-tube 8 (see Figs. 2 and 7) for the purpose of collecting the surplus oil drawn up such tube and flowing down the outside, and 9 are holes in the upper surface of the burner to enable such oil to fall back into the reservoir of the lamp.

10 (see Fig. 7) is a spring-clamp mounted on the screw 11, whose free ends partially encircle the wick-controlling stem 12, exerting a tension thereon by means of the adjustingscrew 13. This feature will operate to prevent the accidental jarring down of the lampwick.

14 is an air-chamber attached to the top of the lantern-body by screws 15, the sides of which chamber have the perforations 1 L for the admission of cold air. 16 are air-holes leading from the interior of this chamber to the lantern.

17 isa draft-tube or chimney rising from the upper surface of the lantern-body and is attached thereto by screws 18. This tube projects through the air-chamber 14; and is surrounded by the hood-ventilator 19, Whose perforations 19 admit the air necessary for products of combustion to escape. To maintain the proper amount of air necessary for combustion and to prevent a too copious flow of outer air rushing in to put out the light, the upper end of the tube or chimney is cut out, so as to form the flexible points 17, by which the size of the openings 17 maybe increased or diminished. The hood 19 is removably attached to the upper surface of the chamber let by means of the catches 19 e11- gaging the under side of such surface, one of which catches is first inserted into the annular opening 20 between the upper surface of the air-chamber 14 and the tube 17, whereupon the opposite catch is dropped through the notch in such upper surface, as seen more clearly at Fig. 10, and the hood 19 is turned until such catch is also brought against the under side of such upper surface.

21, Figs. 2 and 3, is a cone-shaped tube projecting within the lanternbody, whose interior walls 21 are preferably roughened or corrugated sufficiently to ignite a match. This device is particularly useful for lighting the lamp out of doors, especially when the wind is blowing.

22 is a glass door which is first opened, as shown, and the match A is crowded against the rough surface of the tube 21 and ignited in its forward movement toward the lamp. 23 is a similar glass door on the opposite side of the lantern-body, but does not open.

24 is the back reflector and is made removable for the purpose of cleaning.

25 is a loop formed in a piece of wire and serves as the handle, the branches 25 of which (see Figs. 2 and 4) are bent at right angles to the handle and are firmly secured to the back of the reflector by means of the projections 26, while the free ends 25 are bent parallel to the said handle. On the rear wall of the lantern (see Fig. 3) are located the proj ections 27, under which the hook-like ends 25 are placed,whereupon the handle 25 is forced laterally against the spring-arms 28, thereby retaining the reflector firmly in position, from which it can easily be removed by simply reversing the operation.

29 is a sheet-metal bracket (see Figs. 1, 5, and 6) having the ears 30, whose outer faces are corrugated for the purpose presently to be described. 31 are four other rearwardlyprojecting ears, through which extend the

pins

32 and 33. To the former is pivoted the swinging clamp 34, whose free end is looked around the latter of said pins. A reinforcepiece 35 is preferably attached to the inner face of this clamp, which, with the interiorlythreaded projection 36, forms a threaded support for the adj Listing-screw 37, whose rotatable head 38 is adapted to secure the lantern to the bicycle-head 39. The square socket 37 is provided in the outer end of this adjusting-screw to receive the squared end of a key, (not shown,) by which such screw is adj usted toand-from the bicycle-head.

4O 40, Figs. 1 and 6, are side plates whose ends are pivotally secured to the links 41 41 of the lantern. The inner faces of the circular portion of these plates are corrugated to engage the corrugated faces of the ears 30 30 of the frame or bracket 29. 41* is a bolt which extends through both of said plates and ears and also through the sleeve 42,and its threaded end has the adjusting-nut 43 mounted thereon. The object and purpose of the corrugated faces before mentioned is to locate the position of the lantern with respect to the bicycle-head. Vhen, therefore, it is desired to depress or elevate the lantern, the nut 41 is loosened sufficient to permit the corrugated faces of the plates and ears 30 to pass each other when the nut is firmly screwed up, and such corrugated surfaces will effectually prevent the position of the lantern being changed by the jolting of the bicycle.

The door 44, Figs. 1, 2, and 9, has attached to its inner face the lens-reflector 45, so that when the said door is open the reflector is removed from the lantern, thus giving an opportunity for the operator to obtain a full view of the interior without first having to remove the reflector, which is usually put in as a separate attachment,while such reflector or lens 45 can be readily cleaned.

Having thus described our invention,what, therefore, we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A detachable reflector for lanterns, of the character described, consisting of handle 25, right-angle arms 25 secured to the back of the reflector, engaging points 25 parallel with such handle, combined with projections 27 of the lantern and spring-arms 28 to engage the said handle, for the purpose described.

2. In a bicycle-lantern, a bracket adapted to secure the lantern in an adjusted vertical position, consisting of cars, and means for connecting such ears with the lantern so that such lantern may be secured in any position within its vertical range, ears projecting rearwardly of such bracket and adapted to be supported against a bicycle, supporting-pins through such ears, a clamp pivoted to one of said ears and adapted to engage and lock against the other of said pins, an interiorlythreaded projection in the central portion of said clamp, a clamping-screw engaging therewith and means substantially as shown for operating such screw for the purpose described and set forth.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, this 14th day of November, A. D. 1895.

WVILLIAM N. BEARDSLEY. SAMUEL A. NORTH.

Witnesses:

GEO. D. PHILLIPS, L. M. SLADE.