US998021A - Illuminating device. - Google Patents

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H E. MARCY. ILLUMINATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.15, 1910.

Patented July 18, 1911.

WITNESSES %Q/ 7Z6.

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ILLUMINATING DEVICE.

Specification of'Letters Patent.

Patented July 18, 1911.

Application filed dctooer 15, 1910. Serial No. 587,183.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT E. citizen of the United States, and a resident of Mount Vernon, county of Westchester, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Illuminating Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The illuminating device forming the subject of this invention has for its object to provide an efficient and simple means for the illumination and examination of obscure places difficult of 'access' The aim of the invention is to produce a portable illuminating device especially adapted for use around automobiles and me- MAnoY, a

chanical structures generally for facilitatingthe examination of and working at parts in the interiors and under-parts of the same.

The device of this invention comprises a hollow rod provided with a handle at one end and a mirror at the other end transvcrsely pivotally connected thereto, means extending the length of the rod having a finger piece near the handle and a suitable connection with the mirror, as a rack and pinion, whereby the mirror is rocked on its transverse pivot and causedto assume different angles relatively to the rod by the manipulation of the finger piece, an electric lamp fitted on the rod in front of the mirror in manner to be set in different positions on the rod and circularly moved on the rod with the rods axis as a center to assume difl'erent angular positions relatively to the mirror, and provided with a reflector to direct its light at substantially right angles to the rod and a shade for protecting the eyes of the user from the direct rays of the light, said lamp being connected to a battery in the handle, or to an independent source of electricity, by line terminals thereon, through the rod and an insulated wire extending down the interior of the rod.

To describe the invention more particularly with other minor details of construction I will refer to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 represents a front view of the invention, showing the device with battery supplied handle; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, partly in section, showing the handle connected to an independent source of electricity, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 3, 3, Fig. 2.

The mirror a is pivotally connected to the upper end of the hollow rod or tube b by a transverse hinge-joint c, and on the axis of the hinge at the rear of the mirror is a segmental pinion 05, into which meshes a rack 6 formed on the upper end of the bar f. This bar f is located within the rod Z1 against the side opposite to that at which the mirror is hinged, and itslower end is bent outwardly to extend through a slot in the rod and is formed to act as a finger piece 9 in easy reach of a finger of the hand grasping the handle it which is attached to the lower end of the rod 6. The barf is held in operative position to be free to slide longitudinally in the hollow rod Z) by guide piece 2', formed by cross cuts made in the rod with the parts thereof between each pair of the crossfcuts bent inwardly as clearly shown at Figs. 2 and 3.

As shown in the drawings the mirror a is in line with the rod 6; it may be set at any angle to the rod, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, by the proper manipulation of the bar 7..

On the rod 6 is frictionally held a sleeve j having at one side a suitable socket for the reception of an incandescent electric lamp is, one terminal of which is by an insulated wire Z connected to a terminal m in the handle. minal n of the handle joins the device by suitable conductors with a source of electricit as indicated in Fig. 2, and the termina n is connected to the rod 6 through the connection of the push button 0, constituting the return current from the lam to the handle. When the source of electr city is located in the handle, as indicated in Fig. 1, the connections between the lamp is, rod 7) and the handle will be made in the usual well known manner.

The lamp is has, by the sleeve 7', a longitudinal as Well as a circular movement on the rod 6, said circular movement being at right angles to the angular movement of the mirror.

The lamp is is provided with a reflector for directing the rays outwardly in one direction from the lamp, and a guard g, which This terminal m with the other termay be integral with the reflector is arranged to shield the light of the lamp in the direction of the handle.

The adjustability of the lamp on the rod in ion itudinal and circular directions provides or set-ting the lamp in most suitable positions for illuminating objects at various distances from it, so that the reflection of an illuminated object will be readily and plainly seen in the mirror, which of course will be properly angularly set to direct the rays of light from the object to the eyes of the observer. An object so illuminated may then be manipulated or work performed on it by the necessary tools by the reflection from the mirror.

I claim 1. In a device of the character specified, a hollow rod or tube having a handle at one end, a mirror transversey pivoted at the other end of the rod, an electric lamp located in front of the mirror and fitted to the rod to be set in different circular angular positions thereon, electrical connections to the lamp through the handle of the rod, and means for setting the mirror in ditl'erent angular directions, the angular adjustment of the lamp being at right angles to the angular adjustment of the mirror.

2. In a device of the character specified, a hollow rod or tube having a handle at one end, a mirror transversely pivoted at the other end of the rod, an electric lamp lo cated in front of the mirror and fitted to the rod to be set in different circular angular positions thereon, electrical connections to the lamp through the handle of the rod, 9. bar extending in the rod from the handle to the mirror and having a rack and pinion eeaoai connection to the mirror and a finger piece near the handle.

3. in a device of the character specified, a hollow rod or tube having a handle at one end, a mirror transversely pivoted at the other end of the rod, an electric lamp located in front of the mirror and fitted to the rod to be set in different circular angular positions thereon, electrical connections to the lamp through the handle of the rod, a bar extending in the rod from the handle to the mirror and having a rack and pinion connection to the mirror and a finger piece near the handle, and guides for the bar formed by transverse slits in the hollow rod and having the parts between each pair of slits bent inwardly.

4. In a device of the character specified, a hollow rod or tube having a handle at one end, a mirror transversely pivoted at the other end of the rod, an electric lamp located in front of the mirror and carried by a sleeve fitted to the rod to permit the lamp to be longitudinally set on the rod and also to be set in different circular angular positions thereon, electrical connections to the lamp through the handle ofthe rod, and means for setting the mirror in different angular directions, the angular adjustment of the lamp being at right angles to the angular adjustment of the mirror.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 13th day of October, 1910.

HERBERT E. MAROY.

Witnesses W. A. Townnn, Jr., J. C. MCKIBBIN.

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