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US792550A
US792550A US22818604A US1904228186A US792550A US 792550 A US792550 A US 792550A US 22818604 A US22818604 A US 22818604A US 1904228186 A US1904228186 A US 1904228186A US 792550 A US792550 A US 792550A
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    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/02—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments
    • B60Q1/04—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights
    • B60Q1/06—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights adjustable, e.g. remotely-controlled from inside vehicle
    • B60Q1/08—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights adjustable, e.g. remotely-controlled from inside vehicle automatically
    • B60Q1/12—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights adjustable, e.g. remotely-controlled from inside vehicle automatically due to steering position
    • B60Q1/124—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights adjustable, e.g. remotely-controlled from inside vehicle automatically due to steering position by mechanical means

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  • PETER PETERSON OF LEXINGTON,v MASSACHUSETTS.
  • This invention relates to headlights such as are pivotally mounted upon electric cars or locomotives in such manner as to direct the light along the track in rounding a curve.
  • the objects of the invention are to improve and simplify the construction of such devices.
  • Figure 1 is a view illustrating the improved mechanism applied to an ordinary form of electric car.
  • Fig. 2 is a view illustratingin separated relation the various parts of the mechanism.
  • Fig. 1 The dotted lines in Fig. 1 indicate'an electric car, on the rear side of the front board 1 of which is attached a suitable ear or lug, such as 2, in which is journaled the upper end of a vertical shaft 3, having a crank portion 4 extending' forward through suitable slots in the front board. Attached to the crank portion 4 in advance of the front board 1 are laterally-extending arms 5, having angular terminals 6, adapted to t around and hold in position a headlight, suoli as 7.
  • the lower end of the vertical shaft 3 is journaled in any suitable manner in the car-platform 8 and is provided at its lower end with a bevel-gear 10, with which is meshed a bevel-gear 11 upon a horizontal shaft 12, journaled in bearings 13 beneath the car-body.
  • Adjustable collars 14, having tightening-screws 15 therein, as shown in Fig. 2, are placed upon the shaft 12 in order to maintain the bevel-g'ears 10 and 11 in mesh with each other.
  • the forked member 17 straddles a pin 19, which is secured in any suitable manner to an upright 20, carried by the pivotal Wheel-truck 21 of the car.
  • said truck By providing a fork member, such as 17, to engage a pin, such as 19, mounted upon the pivotal truck of the car, said truck may be permitted to have up-and-down movement with respect to the car-body through the medium of suitable springs Without permitting such up anddown movement to disarrange the headlight-operating mechanism.

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PATENTED JUNE 13, 1905.
P. PETERSON. HEADLIGHT ADJUSTBR.
APPLICATION FILED 00T. 12,1904.
51 we n toz, Pew" Pefmrof NTTEE STATES ratentecl June 13, 1905.
PETER PETERSON, OF LEXINGTON,v MASSACHUSETTS.
HEADLlGHT-ADJUSTER.
SPECIFICATION forming` part of Letters Patent No. 792,550, dated June 13, 1905.
Application tiled October l2, 1904. Serial No. 228,186.
To n/ZZ whom, it 77u03/ concern:
Be it known that I, PETER PETERSON, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Lexington, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Headlight -Adjusters, of which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to headlights such as are pivotally mounted upon electric cars or locomotives in such manner as to direct the light along the track in rounding a curve.
The objects of the invention are to improve and simplify the construction of such devices.
Tith the foregoing and other minor objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the particular combination and arrangement of parts and in the precise details of construction hereinafter described and claimed as a practical embodiment thereof.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view illustrating the improved mechanism applied to an ordinary form of electric car. Fig. 2 is a view illustratingin separated relation the various parts of the mechanism.
Like reference numerals indicate corresponding parts in both figures of the drawings.
The dotted lines in Fig. 1 indicate'an electric car, on the rear side of the front board 1 of which is attached a suitable ear or lug, such as 2, in which is journaled the upper end of a vertical shaft 3, having a crank portion 4 extending' forward through suitable slots in the front board. Attached to the crank portion 4 in advance of the front board 1 are laterally-extending arms 5, having angular terminals 6, adapted to t around and hold in position a headlight, suoli as 7. The lower end of the vertical shaft 3 is journaled in any suitable manner in the car-platform 8 and is provided at its lower end with a bevel-gear 10, with which is meshed a bevel-gear 11 upon a horizontal shaft 12, journaled in bearings 13 beneath the car-body. Adjustable collars 14, having tightening-screws 15 therein, as shown in Fig. 2, are placed upon the shaft 12 in order to maintain the bevel-g'ears 10 and 11 in mesh with each other. To the rear end of the shaft 12 is rigidly secured in any suitable manner an angular extension, 16 to the lower end of which aforked member is suitably attached, as indicated at 18. The forked member 17 straddles a pin 19, which is secured in any suitable manner to an upright 20, carried by the pivotal Wheel-truck 21 of the car.
The operation of the improved construction will be apparent from the foregoing' description. When the car-truck turns while the car is rounding a curve, the pin 19, through the medium of the fork member 17, causes the shaft 12 to rotate. The rotation of the shaft 12 is transmitted to the crank-shaft 3 in such manner that the headlight7 is turned so as to direct its rays along the track.
By providing a fork member, such as 17, to engage a pin, such as 19, mounted upon the pivotal truck of the car, said truck may be permitted to have up-and-down movement with respect to the car-body through the medium of suitable springs Without permitting such up anddown movement to disarrange the headlight-operating mechanism.
Changes in the precise embodiment of the invention illustrated and described may be made within the scope of the following claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.
Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- The combination with a car, having a front board formed with slots and a pivotal truck, of a shaft journaled on the rear side of said front board and having a crank portion eX- tending forwardly through the slots therein, laterally-extending arms on said crank portion in advance of said front board, angular terminals on said arms, a bevel-gear on said shaft, a second shaft journaled on said car and having a bevel-gear meshing with said firstmentioned bevel-gear, adjustable collars on said second shaft an angular extension on said second shaft, a pin on said pivotal truck, and a forked member on the angular extension of said second shaft and st raddling said pin.
In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.
PETER PETERSON.
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D. O. HALLSTROM, J. B. CAMPBELL.
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