US1253274A - Reflector. - Google Patents

Description

G. W. PELTON.

REFLECTOR,

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5. 1912.

D I Patented Jan. 15, 1918.

@EORGE W. PELTON, 0F FRUITLAIN'D, IOWA.

REFLECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. t5, Ltflilfl.

. Application filed May 5, 1917. Serial No. 166,630.

To all whom it may concern:

B it known that I, GEORGE W. PnLToN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fruitland, in the county of Muscatine and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Reflector, of which the following is a specification.

The subject of this invention is a reflector for use on lamps and the like, and the objects of the invention are, first, to provide means for quickly mounting a reflector on a lamp, second, to provide a reflector which may be turned to various desired positions, third, to provide a support for the bottom and top of the reflector, fourth to provide a simple and eflicient reflector.

With the foregoingand other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood'that various changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the scope of the appended claim.

A practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein;

Figure l is a central vertical sectional view of a reflector constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the same in place on a lamp which is in elevation.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a reflector.

Fig. 3 is a detail plain view partly in section of the resilient attaching ring.

Referring to the drawing by numerals:

The reflector is a plate 1, of any suitable form and shape, but here shown with the forwardly curved upper corners 2. A small plate 3 is soldered or otherwise fastened to a lower central point of the plate 1 and is provided with outstruck portions l, forming sockets. A resilient ring 5 is provided, which is formed with outwardly bent, parallel arms 6 having bent ends 7 which are adapted to take into the sockets formed by the struck out portlons 4.. A ring or collar 8, preferably formed of wire, is supported on arms 9, the ends of which are pivotally connected, as at 10, to the upper edge of the reflector.

As will be seen from an inspection oi Fig. 1, the ring 5 surrounds the neck of a lamp 1 just below the burner cap, while the ring or collar 8 surrounds the upper portion of the chimney 12. By turning the reflector to a position parallel with the flame of the lamp a full reflection of the light is obtained. The reflector will also act as a shade to prevent direct rays from penetrating to portions of a room which are desired to be in darkness.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A reflector of the character described, comprising a substantially flat reflector plate having rounded forwardly bent upper corners, and spaced rolled portions at its upper edge forming eyes, a wire loop adapted to encircle the upper end of a lamp chimney and having out turned ends to take into the eyes to pivotally secure the loop to the plate, a supplemental plate secured to the main plate adjacent its lower edge and having out struck portions forming sockets, and a metal ring adapted to encircle the neck of a lamp and having out turned ends adapted to take into the sockets.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE XV. PELTON.

Witnesses:

RUTH CAnLIsLn, JAMES J. RYAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). G.

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