US961050A - Hanger for lighting-fixtures. - Google Patents

Description

\ B. H. WAKEFIELD. HANGER FOR LIGHTING FIXTURES.

APPLICATION IILED NOV. 6, 1909.

Patented June 7, 1910,

ma 2 E ITED STATES PATENT IFF.

ERNEST H. WAKEFIELD, OF VERMILION, OHIO.

HANGER FOR LIGHTING-FIXTURES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST H. WAKE- FIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vermilion, in the county of Erie and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hangers for Lighting- Fixtures, of which the following is a speclfication.

The present invention provides suspending means for electroliers and lighting fixtures generally of the chandelier type adapted to hang pendent from a ceiling or over head support, the purpose being to provide a hanger which will admit of the fixture being readily placed in position and adapted to automatically adjust itself so as to hang perpendicularly.

The invention provides suspending means for hanging fixtures which are designed to be removed and replaced and which are not coupled to service pipes in contradistinction to features of the type utilizing gas as the illuminating medium and which fixtures are connected to the service pipe by screw thread joints.

The present invention overcomes the difiiculties incident to attaching electroliers to the ceiling, the general practice being to attach the fixture by means of screws let into the ceiling and it being necessary to support the fixture during the hanging operation. One of the chief objections to this practice is the difliculty experienced in supporting the weight of the fixture and at the same time driving the attaching screws home. Another objection resides in the fact that plastering drops and is liable to cause inconvenience and pain to the workmen by getting in the eyes and is further objectionable in dropping upon projecting parts of the fixture. Another serious objection resides in the fact that unless the part of the ceiling to which the fixture is attached is perfectly level the fixture will not hang perpendicularly and it is necessary to bend or strain the parts in order to plumb the same.

The objectionable features herein noted are overcome by the present invention, which resides in the novel features and details of construction which hereinafter will be more particularly set forth, pointed out in the claim and illustrated in the drawings hereto attached, in which,

Figure 1 is a side view of the upper portion of a fixture suspended by means em- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 6, 1909.

Patented June "7, 1910. Serial No. 526,622.

bodying the invention, parts of the hanger being broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the parts illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view of the hanger as seen from below. Fig. 4 is a side view of the connector.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description, and indicated in all the views of the drawings, by the same reference characters.

The invention comprises essentially two parts, a hanger A and a connector B. The hanger A comprises a socket 1 and basal flanges 2, the latter being apertured, as indicated at 8, to receive screws 1 or like fastenings. The socket l is pressed from the plane of the basal flanges 2 and tapers and is provided at its lower end with an opening 5, which receives the connector B. A side portion of the socket 1 is cut away, as shown at 6, to form an unobstructed passageway for the ingress and egress of the connector B. The edge portions of the socket upon the opposite sides of the passageway 6 are outwardly flared, as indicated at 7, to assist in directing the connector into the socket when placing the fixture in position.

While the hanger may be formed in any manner it is observed that the construction is such as to admit of its being struck from sheet metal, the socket, flanges and openings 3 in the flanges being formed at one operation when striking the hanger from a blank or piece of sheet metal of proper gage. It will thus be understood that the hanger may be cheaply manufactured and embodies a minimum amount of material in construc-.

tion and is therefore light and capable of being finished in an artistic manner. When in position the socket is prevented from spreading by the fastenings 4 passing through the openings 3.

The connector 13 comprises a cylindrical body 8', outer shoulders 9 and 10 and a projecting portion 11. The shoulder 9 tapers to conform approximately to the taper of the socket 1 so as to sustain the weight of the fixture and to admit of the latter adapting itself so as to hang perpendicularly. The shoulder 10 limits the upward movement of the connector when placing the same in position. The projecting part 11 enters the casing 12 of the fixture and serves to centralize the same, the pipe 13 forming the main stem of the fixture is threaded into the lower end of the connector B and may be passed through said connector if necessary larged at its upper end, thereby admitting of the upper portion of the pipe 13 passing therethrough.

' To use the invention so as to obtain the advantages thereof the hanger A is placed in position upon the ceiling and fastened thereto by means of the screws 4:- The up er end of the stem ofthe fixture is prov1 ed with the connector B, which is threaded upon the pipe 13 and has the projecting portion 11 entering the casing 12. Thefixture is placed in position by slipping the cylindrical portion 8 of the connectorthrough the passageway 6 into the opening5, after which the fixture is lowered until the shoulder 9 engages the lower end of the socket 1 when the hanging is completed. The construction is such as to admit of the fixture adapting,

itself automatically so as to-hang in a vertical line.-

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which I the'invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together withthe device which I now consider to be the embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claim appended hereto.

Havingthus described the invention what is claimed as new, is

Suspending means for electroliers and like lighting fixtures, the same comprising a hanger and a connector, the hanger comprising a tapered socket portion having oppositely disposed basal. flanges formed in their ends with openings, said socket having a portion vatone sidecut away to provide a passageway and having. the sedge'portions of the socket upon opposite sides of the passagewayflared,and a connector comprising a cylindrical body having spaced shoulders extending outwardly, the upper shoulder being tapered and=sa1d connector also-having a projecting portion to enter the casingrof the fixture and centralize thesame, the opening of theconnector beingenlarged at-its upper end and havingits lower portion internally threaded to make screw thread connection with the stem. orpipe of the fixture, said connector having free ingress and egress through the passageway of the hange r. lead ing into the socket thereof.-

In testimony; whereof I afiix my signature in presencelof two witnesses.

ERNEST H. AKE-FIELD.

\Vitnesses:

HARRY V. TAKEFIELD, IRVING C. SHAW.

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