USD27147S - Design for a bicycle-lantern - Google Patents

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H. LUCAS. BICYCLE LANTERN.

No 27,147. Patented June 1,1897.

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY LUCAS, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE .IOSIEPII LUCAS & SON COMPANY, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

DESIGN FOR A BICYCLE-LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Design No. 27,147, dated June 1, 1897.

Application filed December 7,1896. Serial No. 61 L848. Term of patent 14 years.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY LUCAs, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing in the city of Birmingham, England, have invented and produced a new and original Design for a Lantern, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

The design relates principally to the general configuration of a lamp, substantially as hereinafter described, and particularly those features of the base or oilreceptacle, the main body part, and the top or cap which are formed and proportioned, as hereinafter described, so as to give that peculiarly novel and graceful appearance which constitutes the subject of this invention.

\Vhile the design shown and described relates particularly to bicycle-lamps, it is clear that the lamp is capable of use for many other purposes when supplied with proper means of attachment, which form no part of the design and are not illustrated.

The lamp may be described to be of three main parts or members. The base 1 is used as the oil-receptacle. The body 2 is the case within which burns the wick, and 3 is the ornamental cap and ventilator.

It will be observed in general that the design gives a flaring appearance upward and outward. The body therefore consists of what may be termed the frustum of a cone, the upper rear plane of which is substantially at right angles to its altitude and the lower front plane of which is inclined from the base outwardly and upwardly. The base in plan is quadrilateral in form, the rear and front edges being substantially parallel and the edges diverging outward from the rear following substantially the divergence of the surface of the cone-like body. The top is set well back on the body and consists of two members transverse to each other.

-t is a bead upon the base. Above this the base is rounded or curved outward and upward at 5 to the head 6 central of the base. Above this the base is curved inward at 7. The corners follow the same general contour.

8 is the rear plane of the cone-body where it joins the lens-holder 9, which is a part of the rigid back 10.

11 is the oval opening in the side of the cone for the reception of the colored prisms or glasses. The cone-body is connected with the base by the flaring and beaded part 12, which is provided with ventilating-apertures.

13 is the top of the cap, slightly curved front and back, but substantially in a plane parallel with the plane of the base. Its width is substantially the mean width of the cone. It consists of two parts. The rear side 1i and front side 15 slightly diverge, then are curved and form, as it were, steps l0 16 to the top 13. The inner part is attached to the conebody and consists of a straight side l7, then a bead, and then a curved covering for the heat-outlet 18. It is cut away slightly front and rear by slightly-curving planes IS IS.

19 is the rim of the bell, and E l is the bead formed by the rim of the glazed front shutting down upon it.

I have described with some minuteness one form of embodiment of my invention, but it is evident that there may be immaterial variations in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I elaim- The design for a lantern substantially as herein shown and described.

HARRY LUCAS.

Witnesses:

WALTER JAMEs PERKINS, BERNARD STEELEY.

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