US840586A - Street-lamp. - Google Patents

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UNITED sTArEs PATENT OFFICE.

FRIEDRICH RECH, or EHRENFELD, NEARCCLCGNE, GERMANY.

STREET-LAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

\ Patented Jan. 8, 1907.

` Application lled Februaryl, 1906. Serial No. 301,313.

Be it known that I, lFRIEDRICH RECH, a citizen of the Empire of Germany, residing at Ehrenfeld, near Cologne-onthe-Rhine, in the Empire of Germany, have invented a new which may be disposed Within or without the globe `or both at a time and are connected with the y'lampfpost in a" suitable manner, while the globe rests on a ringV securedon the said" arms or posts. For cleaning and replacing the globe and the parts of the burner of suchja street-lamp it `was hitherto necessary to turn up either the whole roof or a I part of the same, since theAgas-conduit below, more particularly thebroad supportingring, rendered the interior of the lamp inaccessible from below.v ,The cleaning of the lamp from above after turning-u the roof or a part of the same is, however, o jectionable for various reasons.

lf the whole roofl were to be turned up and the heavy globe were to L be lifted from its seat, this would `be a most diicult task, especially in winter, when the hands of the lamp-trimmer Iare quitey stiff fortable and thorough cleaning.

with cold. If, on the contrary, only a part vofthe roof were to be turned up and if the lamp-trimmer were to put his hand through the opening for cleaning the internal parts` and the globe, the space between the burner,

the. incandescent mantle, and theI globe would be far too narrow to facilitate a com- My invention relates to improvements in vstreet-lamps whereby the `said vinconveniences are avoided and a thorough cleaning of theinterior of the `lamp is rendered easy and Y possible.

The'objects of my improvements are, first,

l to form a sufficiently long .partof the lampfor lighting the gas in an easy manner.

trated in the accompanying drawings, in which l Figure 1 is an elevation of the street-lamp `and a part'of the lamp-post, partly in section.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the line A Bin Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view of a part of the lamp-post on the same level with the same part in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section, on an enlarged scale, through the gas-conduit shown at Fig, 1; and Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section through a modification of the upper part ofthe lamp-post and of the gas-conduit.

y Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A socket e is arranged to be fastened. on the upper end of the lamp-post 7c in Fig..1 and is made mostly cylindrical. It serves for supporting on a shoulder near its up end a ring h and on another-.shoulder s belp aring b. The ring h is rigidly connected with several (here two) vertical arms ff and may be secured on the socket e in any known manner, be it by means of a set-screw .(not

arms f f are arranged for supporting a roof construction, the only essentialpoint. being thatv it be provided with an opening or a flange al, in which the upper ed e of a globe a can engage and by which theatter is protec'ted from horizontally shifting under .the action of any wind orstorm. Thering I) is to'support the globe a.' and is rovided with severa a corresponding number of projections m 4fm on the socket' e can pass. The ring b is ,moreover, provided with several (here four) pairs ofgnosesA n n and with several air-holes .i i. Thelopening c of the ring b is made slightly larger in diameter than they guiding part of the' socket e.

It will be seen that the ring b can be turned and brought into such a position in'which the projections my fm canl pass 4throughits cuts o o if it is moved upward on the socket e. Above the projections m m the ring-b can 'be turned througha' convenient angle (here forty-five degrees) until the projections m' m can engage between its noses n fn, whereupon (here four) cuts o .0, t ough whichv shownlor by means of ascrew-thread. rThe the ring is moved a little downward untll it rests on the projections mm. Then theown tain these objects by the constructions illusl weight ofthe ring b and the globe' a will prevent these parts from shifting Iupward and the noses it n will prevent the ring troin turning i111. this. Simple/,meneer 1the ring t with the globe a can' be secured in the upper 5 position. Y

The socket e is provided with aT-slot e5, in which the 1key e3 of a specialgas-cock can engage. "The 'latter is of a construction shown at Fig. 4. Its stetonarylplugeis rigidly connected on the one hand withthe .'uppenend, ofgeigespipe .-'Ztloelow end. onl the other hand with two concentric tubes. and e? lebove- @The .internal small itluhe .e6 is place/,d ,in ,permanent ,communication .with I 5 the gespipe ilfeod .1 leeds i ,upward to f e l Pilot- ,lligllt .within fthe @burner le. 'The ,eonnler .spate t between i the two l tubes; e2 end e6. eemmonieetesf throughs-narrow; .holes tsee fFig. .4) (with: thehuroer eti-.Which latten may@ be ofeny zo known and y-epploved `constituetion ,fend tis provided with len zineandeseent mantle, es shown etlig. il. illlleitkeyeisso arranged thatI in; its, oneextreme, potenl it covers; the itwepeeeeges @shown in the plu-g etat Fig. 4` 25 and thetiiliits othelt.extremeposition` tpots fthe eseid-two passe es Ein. communication by ,means of 2t vertice channel ,provided t in it, l.eo ithat. gas .een pass from. the gaspipe l to atllelblirner e.

@This estreetelamp ,.isopereted as .-'followsz :During :the day the they, e? of the gasroock oecipies. the. onepostion,... $0 AVtl1et..ges issu plie only @to fthe fpilotvlight @through -;.t e smallntemel tube e6. fll`0171ghtingthela mp 35 .it;is onlyneoessary to .'-tur n the leyeainto lits, other,y extremepositiomwhen ges will, pass trom fthe .eas-.pipe- Z lthrough the ,two ,pas- ,esegesi in. thefplug. et and through. the channel inl theley e3 tot the` burner. e,.,where it will? be 4o glglitedtby-the pilotgelight vandwilllburn. ,Air vwill be. admitted f throught the aireholes it of' l the ring bend if e0 lpieferredelso through holes i provided l .in the f lower part, of the roof fg, (es f zindieeted ahy 'enerrow,) kalso through 4 5 thefannular slitf betweem thelenge, d, `and the .up en, edge of ther globea.

f; inY the-Ldayetiine: itx is` desired; to. .eleang the lamp, ,-theilampetrimmer will chave first ,to glittlaglittle` the. ringfb with the globe e towith- 5o drayvl the, noses n 5ft ofK the, ring Iii-from.l theprojeotionsm fm, ot the Soc;let ;e, next; totturnE the .ring b with the globe a until the, cuts,o;0,of lthefrng. here above, theprojeetens mm, and finally to glower `the ,ring b .With the globe. a

5 5 giunto.I the lposition indicated eby .f dotted lines sin Fig 11, .in `which lthe elogi?) rests on the u shoulder a' -ofythe socket; e. lrlfvlif-:iebya sp ace betweenthefupperedge of-.the globe@ ,and fthe A:flange d .of the .roof g will be gforlned,

6e ywhiehespeee i iS tveryfemple end permits the ilampf'trimmerf to. @lean the inside of th e globe ,'aandptheiinternalparts easily and comfort .elely Afterseleeninglhecen nieve thefling b with the globe a upward, turn them and 65 lower them a little until the projections m m lofthesoclet e engage` betweenthenoses n n ofthe ring b.

ln.- the .modification shown, at Fig. 5 the cylindrical part of the socket e is made a little ,largerin diameter, so as to leave ample space 7o between its inside and the two gas-tubes e2 and e7. The external tube e7 Ais `provided with a vertical series of thin and short tubes es and, 1noreoverwith a small bent tube el", which extends into the incandescent mantle, 7 5 or nearlyso,andis itselt providedwith,several thin @and short ,tubes es. The ldistanee ybe- :tween .the several thin ,and short ,tubes .0. v`shoulchnotexeeed-f thel-.teigllt of, afeasflleme- -;Theannular space,betweeni` the two. ooncen- 8o .tric tubes and etiselQSed atithelupperend and is put in permanent communication with :the seefppel, (and not; the otereel tube @t es ;b,efore.) yThe internaltube ecoinpiuniates with. the: burner. e', entleeitbe out .in comme Ss nicationw ith the gasfl ipe-- Zt by1 ineanst oithe lkey l et". 10i. @ourse the `vCollette@tion ef the keyA ,and-the.' plug e4 off the( gas-cook willin .this .case/require to be amended inapydniown dnanner. `The `,socket e lis ,provided with a 9o large opening e, througln whi ch ,ag ilashpipe v.otany known construe/tion can the introduoed.

fThs Aunedited .street-lamp iS eitetetetl es follows rfDu-ringfthe day; gas; infasinall qpztn- ,95 tity. is ,permitted to escape g from. the. several V.thin allllshortf tubes es, whioh, however isk of ynodinportance. .,Ifor lighting theflampthe .lamp-lighter firstbringshis,ilashfpipe near ,the ,opening` e, so Aas to ligh t1 the gas, escaping 1 oo fironifthelowermost tube e?, .whereuponIk the y.flame so ,termed will light i, the tees.- eseftpieg Ifrom the nexttv tube, es, .andl the newl ilaine `so f formed will i light the gas f .escaping l from the ,followingtube ef, ,and so,on,lso that mwhole |05 Iseries Aof pilot-lights extending into the incandeseent l mantle is instantly, produced, .as is, clearly. shown at .5, and next th el lamp- ,lighter-turns the-key c5, `so astOIadinitgas lromf` the` gasfpipe l, tot the b lnnerv e where, it r i o will be lighted by,the,uppermost,pjlotljght. The .eleaning of` thi s modiiiedstreet+la1np lis ,eleotedmuoh-in the saine manneiyaslbee :fore

The, neWetreet-lemp; Preeeete the following I t 5 advantages: First, the arms ff being-within gtheglobeo need not be inadeeXCeSSiVG/Iy strong for supporting the Troof, g .with Iper- ;ect. safety second, the lamp .is 1. heapened since no ornamental lniobs and the like arero- 1 2o :quiredg thirdpll shadows formedareredueed tto Aa minimum fourth, .reilectors lcan .he

i easily.y disposed l1wi thin. or. without.` the ,arms f f .orthey globe, a orbothv ata time, theretbeing i*no* cQIlSldeiablelimittoithe size. of' theuetlee- 125 tors; kIiltluvvn'thl.the aid Qtthede'lectors the .illuminati-n.1 pt )werI et tltelempieeeibe eelt- @entre.t-edleelflf meteeeed; Sixth, ewmg tetlte small distance'betweenthe arins vff'there is almost no limit to the shape of the globe (L 13o nro h yand' smallerglohee `their`d'hkfthrte may b5 The street-lamp be y 'ared "in many respects Without departih'gfromthespirit of kmy mrentong What I Claim as myvrlveriton, end desire l 'l Tn a, street-lalzlfip`,'the"eombnetiorlwith*aj .lamp-post having arroylindrioal upper part whichA is lprovided `intermediate its length@` plne and atktslower'end with 'e'shou1der, of

With e pluralityy off proj ectons` ihfafhorizorital a `ring movable on tl'e cylndrioa-l rlp yer part l .l f of said lamp-'post `and provided Wit a plui

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