US710787A - Ceiling-rosette for drop-lights. - Google Patents

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Patented Oct. 7, I902.

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UNTTED STATES OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

-OI-IARLES FREDRIOK LElVIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF SEVENTY- SEVEN ONE-IIUNDREDTHS TO L. O.

SORYMSER AND GEORGE B. \VILSON,

CElLlNG-ROSETTE FOR DROP-LIGHTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,787, dated October 7, 1902.

Application filed March 28,1902.

T0 (0 207M111, it may concern:

Be it known that I, Onnnnns FREDRICK LEWIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Ceiling-Rosettes for Drop-Lights; and I do declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as 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 figurcs of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a cheap, simple, and efficient ceiling-rosette for the molding of electric-light wiring; and it comprises a block of insulating material hav ing therein terminal connections for electric wires and suitable fuses and means for connecting up the same with the wires in the molding, said blocks having a removable cap, to which is attached the flexible insulated wire for drop-lights. This block is so constructed that when placed in position it rests astride the molding and is attached thereto, so that in applying same it is not necessary to cut the molding, all of which will now be set forth in detail.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top View of a molding-strip having my improved ceilingrosette attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a crosssection on line 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, side view of molding and ceilingrosette; Fig. 4, vertical longitudinal section of the block along line 4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5, perspective view of the rosette in position over a strip of ceilingmolding, and Fig. 6 perspective view of the cap for the block.

In constructing my invention I form ablock 7 of any suitable size, of porcelain or other insulating material,and in form may be slightly rectangular, as shown, or either square or rounded, as may be most desired by the purchaser. In either case its lower side, as shown in the drawings, is provided with again across it of the width and thickness of the moldingstrip 8, so as to form two legs or projections 9. In practice the molding as applied to a ceiling is inverted; but for convenience it Serial No. 100,459. (No model.)

will be described as shown in the drawings. Itis secured to the ceilingby wood-screws 10 or by any other suitable means. \Vhen attached to the molding-strip, the bases of the projections 9 rest against the ceiling. The block is heldto the molding-strip by means of woodscrews 10', as shown in Fig. 5. Along each side on its upper surface is an upwardly-pro jccting flange 11 and along each end is a gain 12, the inner wall 13 of each gain extending up, but terminating below the upper edges of the flanges 11. This block is designed to re. ceive thereon a. cap 11 which is provided at each end with a down wardly-projecting fi ange 15, the flanges being so constructed that they will fit the gains l2, and when in that position the upper surface of the cap will be flush with the upper edges of the flange 11 and the inner surface of the cap will rest on the upper faces of the walls 13. This cap is held in position by means of the screws 15',

which pass through suitable holes, and outer strips 16, througl'i which strips also the woodscrews 10 pass when the block 7 is secured to the molding.

The block has a longitudinal gain 17 in line with each groove 18 in the molding S, and midway between the ends of the block is a transverse metal strip 19, crossing each gain, the inner end of the strip being held to the block by a screw 20, while the outer end extends beyond the gain and has a right-angled upward wing or extension 21, slightly curved. In the line of thegain is a screw 22, which serves as a means to bind the insulated wire, which is barred where it crosses the strip 19, and thus serves to make electrical connections.

The inner surface of the cover or cap 145 has midway between the ends a pair of strips 23, each provided with a downwardly-projecting right-angled bend or wing 24, which is also slightly curved, but in a reverse direction to the wing 21, and so located relatively to the wing 21 that when the cap is placed in position the respective right-angled and curved wings will engage with each other and form a sliding contact.

The strips 23 are secured to the cover by means of screws 25, passing through the cover,

and each strip has a small screw 26, to which is attached one end of afuse-wire 27, the other end of the fuse-Wire being secured to a screw 28 in one end of a metal strip 29, the other end of the metal strip having a screw 30 to provide a means for connecting the flexible insulated wire 31, used for the drop-light. The strip 29 is attached to the cap by means of a screw 32 The flexible corded wires 31 pass through an aperture 33 in the center of the cap, as shown.

It will be seen from this description that when it is desired to provide a drop-light the molding-strips 8 are attached to the ceiling without cutting them, as is usually the case, to provide room for the rosette. After the molding is fixed to the ceiling the block 7 is attached by means of the screws 10, as aforesaid, and the electric wires in the grooves of the molding caused to pass through the gains of the block and secured electrically to the strips 20. The cap having the fuse-wires and the flexible drop-cords properly attached, as stated, is then ready to be applied.

What I claim as new is 1. A rosette for drop-light wires having therein suitable means for making electrical connections, provided with a gain to receive a molding-strip, and in combination therewith.

2. A rosette for drop-light wires having suitable means for electrical connections, provided with side wings and adapted to be secured astride a molding-strip, and in combination therewith.

3. A rosette for drop-light wires,'having suitable means for electrical connections, in combination with a molding-strip having electric wires therein, said rosette being attached to and held by said molding-strip.

4. A rosette for drop-light wires, comprising a base-block,having side wings and adapted to rest astride a molding-strip, and in combination with said'strip, gains longitudinally through said block, in line with and above the grooves in the molding-strip, electrical connections in the path of said gains, a cap having flexible drop-cord and fuse conneetions, and strips which contact with suitable electrical connections in the base-block, as set forth.

5. A ceiling-rosette for electric wires, in combination with a molding-strip adapted to rest over the strip and secured thereto, said rosette comprising a base and a cap, substantially as set forth.

6. A ceiling-rosette for electric wires, in combination with a molding-strip, said rosette comprising a base-block with Wings or projections which rest alongside of the moldingstrip, an upwardly-projecting flange along the upper opposite sides of the block, and a gain along each end, and a cap adapted to rest between the side flanges and having a downwardly-projecting flange at each end, to rest within the gain of the base, said base and cap having suitable electrical connections and means for electrically uniting them when placed in contact with each other, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES FREDRICK LEWIS.

Witnesses:

J. S. ZERBE, JOHN SAMPSON.

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