US951269A - Shade attachment. - Google Patents

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H. DOLIER, JR. SHADE ATTACHMENT. APPLIGATION FILED AUG. s, 1907.

Patented 1!t[arv.8,1910.

, V ananas through the shade or reflect .t j UNITED Hgjggponmn Jn., or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA SHADE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Be it lniownthat' LG'HEs DOnln'mjJ r., aI citizen 'gefthe United-.States 'residing at f Philadephia,v county "ofzlhiljadelphiavi, State o Pensylvania,:`gh v e invent Y tain new and useful'lm'A 0".,v x'nfesiit Attachments, ofwhichfthe follfm7 1 specification. y y

My invention relates to an. attachment for holder fonsecuringror affini-ng a shade or reflector memb'exiai sup ort, and particularly to'anfineandescent amp socket.

It is the object'of my invention to produce a simplified'attachment or holder and yet one-Which isl rugged and strong and inexpensive in production. To this end,A socket engaging fingers .or members are secured upon or made integral with the shade or refiector member and such fingersarefsnpported bymeans, preferably resilient and preferably ring shaped, such supporting means engaging said fingers preferably atl their outer ends, the Whole being so disposed that the socket inforced by the ring member.v

My invention Vresides in other features herelna'fter pointed ont and described inthe claims.

For anillustration yof one of the forms my invention may takeireferenceyis' to he ad to the accompanying drawing, in which :l

Figure l is a vertical sectional view or member, the holder or attachment,'an d 'the shell of an @incandescent lam socket. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the shace or reflector member and the holder or attachment. Fig. 3 is a dctailed view of the resilient ring member.- Fig. 4 is a plan View of a modified formA of' the resilient ring member, showing such ring discontinuous, but with i-tslends overlapping. Fig. 5 is a plan View o f a modifed'form of thel resilient ring member, the-ring being discontinuous but the endsoverlapping one above the other. *A

Referring to Fig. 1, a shade or reiector meinberl, of sheet metal or other material, has formed integral therewith `outwardly extending members or fingers 2 beaded at 3. These beads'are ada. ted'to reg'ster witli'the bead 4' upon the soeliet shell 5'. u

6 is a ring' formed out of any suitable material, preferablyfresilient, and prefer ably of spring steelmor..otherA wire.` The f stances. fingers 2 whose may spring into the fingers' f and be held securely by the fingers/as rel Letters Patent. Y Applicatie mcd-Auguste, 19o?.

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V7, or the ends may. overlapv eaclifotli a ease forming' a resilient ring which n: pand or. contractfaccording to the e` This ring is -supporterl by the bent over andv aroun vthe same'in position.

The socket is introduced through theA 6 and bet-Ween the fingers 2 and may-extend into the circular aperture in the shade meniber 1. The socket bead 4, during this movement, forces the lingers 2 outwardly, thisy out-Ward movement being opposed or resisted` by the resilient -ring 6; upon further movement, the socket bead 4 slips intoand regisy -ters with the beads 3 upon the fin ers 2. The ring 6 after the passa e of' the bead 4: contracts and assists in hol ingthe resilient fingers 2 snugly against the socketshell and lies back of the socket bead 4. This con;Y struction produces-avery"ruggedand 'rn attaclnnentvor'holder and, as 1s evident, is veryinexpensive in production.

i The fin ers 2 are struck out by die from the material-of the shade' or reflector memn ber l and from that part ofthe material which is stamped out to form the aperture to receive the socket shell. Obviously, however, the. 'fingers may be made independently and then secured upon the shade or reflector member or upon any extension to or from' the shade or reflector member. This construction has anv advantage in that with slight variations in diameter of the socket shell or the socket bead it is still socket in a rigid and firm manner. Furthermore, this construction has the advan tage over those constrnctionswhich merely have non-reinforced socket engaging fingers in that said fingers are themselves not invariably sufficiently strong to firmly support the shade or refiector member, and after con-- siderahle use lose the necessary resiliency.

What l claim is: 1. As an article of manufacture, a shade or reflector member, resilient lam socket engL fin'g fingers thereon, andai resi ient circumfircntially discontinuous'ring sup orted approximate the outerends of said ngers vand reinforcing said fingers.

2.* As an article of manufacture, a shade Orreflectoihmember, beaded resilient lamp socket engaging silient circumferentially discontinuous ring is not.' closed,"as seen bythe small gap fingers,thereon, and a'. re I' 'supported en said lingarments'idel of the engaging fingers thereon,

.cumferentialiy around said fingers, said fingers being bent n p I s said socket" and said ingers.. i i

beads on said fingers andreinforcing saidl fingers. v

3. As an article of manufacture, a shade or reflector member, resilient lamp socket a resilient cir-4 discontinuous ring passingi member, a 1am socket, a bead thereon, beaded resilient Enge/rs on said shade or re- 'Hector member engaging said socket bead, and a resilient circumferentiaiiy discontinuous rin' passing around said fingers and 'said soc ret between the finger beads and the finger ends; said finger ends being bent over over said ring to support the same. t to support said ring.

4. In combination, a shade or reflector l In testimony whereof I have hereunto member, a lamp Socket, a` bead thereon, affixed my signature in the presence of the beaded fingers on sid shade cr reiector i two subscribing witnesses. member en a in sai soc :et bea ,an aret siiient circiiigferntiaily discontinuous ring HENRYD OLIER JR. supported by said fin ers and passing around i Witnesses:

' ELEANOR T. MCCALL,

5..In combination, a shade or reflector ANNA E. STEINBOOK.

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