US1383386A - Mounting for headlights - Google Patents

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US1383386A
US1383386A US320083A US32008319A US1383386A US 1383386 A US1383386 A US 1383386A US 320083 A US320083 A US 320083A US 32008319 A US32008319 A US 32008319A US 1383386 A US1383386 A US 1383386A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/02—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments
    • B60Q1/04—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights
    • B60Q1/0483—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights mounted on a bracket, e.g. details concerning the mouting of the lamps on the vehicle body

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  • This invention relates to headlights and has for its object a particularly simple and eflicient construction whereby the headlight is yieldingly supported and relieved of shocks and jars incidental to its use on the railway car.
  • the invention consists in the novel features and in the, combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.
  • Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 are respectively, front and rear elevations, a plan view and a side elevation of a headlight embodying my invention.
  • This mounting for headlights comprises generally, a base, a body mounted on the base and spring means supporting the body on the base and acting to .yieldingly permit a slight fore and aft movement of the body.
  • 1 designates the base which may be of anysuitable form, size and construction, it being here shown as in the form of a frame having openings 2 by means of which it is mounted on a suitable sup ort.
  • 3 is the body which is arger at its front end than at its rear, it conforming to the general outline of a parabolic reflector.
  • the 4 is a door at the front end of the body which door supports a suitable lens and also a protecting grating 5 for the lens.
  • the door is held in position in any suitable manner.
  • the base 1 is here shown as provided with a plurality of spaced apart posts 6 which are pivotally connected at 6to the base so as to swing fore and aft, these posts 6 being connected to the body 3 to yieldingly support the body so that the body floats when the vehicle on which the headlight is mounted is subjected to sudden jars as when the car is suddenly stopped or making a coupling.
  • the front posts' are spaced apart a greater distance than the rear posts which are 10- cated on opposite sides of the rearor narrow end of the body 3.
  • the body is formed with a laterally extending flange 7 having eyes or perforations for receiving the posts 6.
  • the headlight is relieved of all the jars received by the car body and is floatlngly supported on the base 1.
  • the filaments are very readily broken by the jars the lamps are subjected especially when used on locomotives and engines such as are used in mines to haul and shift cars where the lamp is subjected to heavy and sudden ars and as when coupling and uncoupling cars and starting and stopping. Oftentimes the filament lasts but a few hours.
  • a mounting for headlights comprising a base having a plurality of upright posts pivoted thereto and connected to the body, and spring means supporting the body and arranged to yieldingly resist pivotal movement of the'posts, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
  • mounting for headlights comprising a base having a plurality of upright posts, the posts being pivoted to the base, a body having vertical openings through which the posts extend, and springs interposed between the body and the base, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
  • a mounting for headlights comprising a basehaving a plurality of upright posts, the posts being pivoted to the base, a body having vertical openings through which the posts extend, compression springs interposed between the body and the base and compressionsprings interposed between the body and the upper ends of the posts, substantially as and for the purpose described,
  • a mounting for headlights comprising of upright posts pivoted to the base a headlight having a laterally extending flange intermediate of its top and bottom and formed With openingsthrough Which the posts extend, springs encircling the posts between the base andthe flange,

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F. BUCHANAN.
MOUNTING FOR HEADLIGHTS. APPLICATION FILED Aug-.21. 1919.
1,83,3 PatentedJuly;5,192 1.
2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.
6' v INVENTOR.
WW @M ATTORNEYS F. BUCHANAN.
MOUNTING FOR HEADLIGHTS- APPLICATION FILED AUG-27, 1919.
Patented July 5, 1921.
2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 I N VEN TOR.
ATTORNEYS.
PATENT OFFICE.
' FRANK BUCHANAN, 0F SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.
MOUNTING non HEADLIGHTS.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented July 5, 1921.
Application filed August 27, 1919. Serial No. 320,083.
To all whom it may concern.
I Be it known that I, FRANK BUCHANAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Mounting for Headlights, of which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to headlights and has for its object a particularly simple and eflicient construction whereby the headlight is yieldingly supported and relieved of shocks and jars incidental to its use on the railway car. The invention consists in the novel features and in the, combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.
In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.
Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 are respectively, front and rear elevations, a plan view and a side elevation of a headlight embodying my invention.
This mounting for headlights comprises generally, a base, a body mounted on the base and spring means supporting the body on the base and acting to .yieldingly permit a slight fore and aft movement of the body.
1 designates the base which may be of anysuitable form, size and construction, it being here shown as in the form of a frame having openings 2 by means of which it is mounted on a suitable sup ort.
3 is the body which is arger at its front end than at its rear, it conforming to the general outline of a parabolic reflector.
4 is a door at the front end of the body which door supports a suitable lens and also a protecting grating 5 for the lens. The door is held in position in any suitable manner.
The base 1 is here shown as provided with a plurality of spaced apart posts 6 which are pivotally connected at 6to the base so as to swing fore and aft, these posts 6 being connected to the body 3 to yieldingly support the body so that the body floats when the vehicle on which the headlight is mounted is subjected to sudden jars as when the car is suddenly stopped or making a coupling.
In the illustrated form of my invention, the front posts'are spaced apart a greater distance than the rear posts which are 10- cated on opposite sides of the rearor narrow end of the body 3.
The body is formed with a laterally extending flange 7 having eyes or perforations for receiving the posts 6.
9 are springs encircling the posts 6 between the flange and the base, and 10 are additional springs encircling the posts 6 between the upper face of the flange 7 and heads as nuts 11 threading on the upper ends of the posts 6, the springs acting in opposition to each other.
wing to the arrangement of the springs and the use of springs acting in opposition to each other, the headlight is relieved of all the jars received by the car body and is floatlngly supported on the base 1.
In headlights using incandescent lamps, the filaments are very readily broken by the jars the lamps are subjected especially when used on locomotives and engines such as are used in mines to haul and shift cars where the lamp is subjected to heavy and sudden ars and as when coupling and uncoupling cars and starting and stopping. Oftentimes the filament lasts but a few hours.
By my headlight mounting the filament is relieved of the greater part of the shocks and the lamps last the normal life of incandescent lamps.
What I claim is:
1. A mounting for headlights comprising a base having a plurality of upright posts pivoted thereto and connected to the body, and spring means supporting the body and arranged to yieldingly resist pivotal movement of the'posts, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
2. mounting for headlights comprising a base having a plurality of upright posts, the posts being pivoted to the base, a body having vertical openings through which the posts extend, and springs interposed between the body and the base, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. A mounting for headlights comprising a basehaving a plurality of upright posts, the posts being pivoted to the base, a body having vertical openings through which the posts extend, compression springs interposed between the body and the base and compressionsprings interposed between the body and the upper ends of the posts, substantially as and for the purpose described,
' a base,a plurality 4. A mounting for headlights comprising of upright posts pivoted to the base a headlight having a laterally extending flange intermediate of its top and bottom and formed With openingsthrough Which the posts extend, springs encircling the posts between the base andthe flange,
springs encircling the posts above the flange 7
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US4289043A (en) * 1978-01-30 1981-09-15 Andre Chabre Protective device for an inertia wheel rotating
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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US4289043A (en) * 1978-01-30 1981-09-15 Andre Chabre Protective device for an inertia wheel rotating
US20100142136A1 (en) * 2008-12-08 2010-06-10 Sun Microsystems, Inc. Method and apparatus that isolates a computer system from vibrations generated by internal fans

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