US558904A - Thieds to albert nusser and frank baingo - Google Patents

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I A; HEOK,

ELEUTROLIER.

'No. 558,904. PatehtedAprfZl, 1896.

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ANDREW EGRAHIM.PNOI'D'III'NO.WASHINGTDN. n C

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Patented Apr. 21, 1896.

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AN DREW [GRAHAM PHOTOMTNQWASNIN GTON D15v UNITE e TATES ATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST HECK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF TVO- THIRDS TO ALBERT NUSSER AND FRANK BAINGO, OF SAME PLACE.

ELECTROLI ER.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,904, dated April 21, 1896.

Application filed (lune 25, 1895. Serial No. 553,967. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, AUGUST HECK, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electroliers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to electroliers, and has for its object to provide in a single fixture a combined wall-bracket and table-lamp with an adjustable reflector or shade, the parts being so constructed that the lamp and shade are fixed with relation to each other and may be adjusted as a unit to any desired angle, whether the fixture is used as a wallbracket or as a portable lamp-support; and to these ends my invention consists in the combination, with a supporting-stand having a laterally-projecting bracket-lug and a pair of vertically-extending yoke-arms, of a canopy or other shade-reflector provided with opposite lugs on its annular rim and a central socket-holder having devices adapted to support the inverted socket-piece of an incandescent lamp.

My invention also comprises several details of construction hereinafter mentioned.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved combined portable stand and wall-bracket electrolier. Fig. 2 is a partial vertical section through the reflector and the yoke, illustrating the connection of the lamp with the reflector. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the base or stand as on the line or a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a general view illustrating the electrolier as in actual service, the full lines showing the same in use as a portable stand and the dotted lines showing it as'a wall-bracket construction, the adjustable feature of the lamp and reflector to meet the varying requirements beingthereby clearly illustrated.

A designates a yoke which is connected with or forms a part of a suitable standard or support a, the latter being constructed with a broad base a, whereby it may he stood upright upon a desk or the like, and with. a slotted bracket-lug a whereby it may be suspended from a hook or nail on the wall, as occasion may require. (See Fig. 4:.) Pivotally supported by and between the arms of the yoke is a canopy 0r reflector-shade B, which has an annular rim provided with lugs or earpieces and is, preferably, funnel or frustuin shaped, the neck 1) thereof having secured to it a socket c for the reception of an incandescent lamp O, to the end that the reflector and the lamp may be fixed with relation to each other and capable of adjustment as a unitary structure to different positions in respect to the yoke, so as to reflect the rays at various angles, as required.

In the particular form of the invention herein illustrated the pivotal connection of the reflector with the yoke is effected by means of set-screws b, which enter eyes in the ends of the opposite yoke-arms, and which screws are adapted to enter recesses in diametrically-opposite lugs 11 on the lower annular rim or basic edge of the reflector, the screws being provided with nuts Z)", that may be screwed against the lugs in a manner to maintain, by friction, the reflector and lamp in the different positions of adjustment. Should the pivoted connection become loose or unsteady, the same may be readily tightened by properly setting the nuts.

The socket-piece c of the lamp is fitted to the socket c and is held therein by means of spring-fingers 0 which are formed on the lower edge of the socket in a manner to grasp the usual peripheral bead on the socket-piece. The elasticity of the fingers is such that they will engage the different-sized socket-pieces of various types of lamps.

The flexible conductor D, extending from the lamp in the usual manner, does not interfere with the free adjustment of the reflector and lamp, whether they be sustained upon a vertical stand, a projecting bracket, or a pendant.

I claim 1. A fixture for incandescent electric lamps, comprising a base or stand at having a pair of verticallyextended yoke-ar1ns A A, a shade having an annular rim provided with a pair of opposite swivel-1n gs I2 and a central socketholder 0, with means to pivotally support the shade by its lugs between the ends of the yoke-arms; substantially astdescribed.

2. A fixture for incandescent electric lamps, having a base or stand a with bracket-piece a a pair of yoke-arms A, a shade provided with a pair of opposite lugs 6 upon an annular rim, and a central socket-holder c, With adjustable means to pivotally support the shade by its lugs between the ends of the yoke-arms; substantially as described.

3. A fixture for incandescent electric lamps, comprising a base or stand or having a pair of vertically-extended yoke-arms A terminating in eyes, a shade provided With a pair of opposite lugs 19 upon its annular rim and a central lamp-socket holder 0 with spring-fingers 0 a set-screw Z2 operating as adjustable means to pivotally support the shade by its lugs in the eyes of the yoke-arms; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature this 6th day of June, A. D. 1895.

AUGUST HECK.

Witnesses:

JOHN R. NOLAN, II. T. FENTON.

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