US1303332A - Otto kttez asto charles ktjbz - Google Patents

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0. AND C. KURZ. ELECTRIC LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED APR-1.1918

1,303,332; Patented May13, 1919.

W olNVE ToRs u KIM/Km Amy;

ATTORNEY DTTO KUB'EtZ AND Rona or new ELEUTRKG ilnttllllP.

neoaaaa Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 1, 1918. Serial. No. i 4 1 V the objects of our invention is to provide a search or spotlight arranged for use as a trouble light; in other Words, for so about the machine, should engine, tire or other troubles occur. To carry our invention into practice, We have designed a special mechanism organized to adapt the light for use as a spot or search-light, in which event it will be attached to a suitable bracket carried by the vehicle- (the Windshield structure for instance) or as a trouhledight, in which event it will be detached from its hraclzet and carried to that point Where the troijzhle exists. To adapt the light tor the latter purpose, We

have arranged a no i'inaily coiledup cable which may he unwound when the light dertached from its bracket and carriedlaway therefrom. Uther lE-eatzures t improvement will hereinafter appear.

We will now proceed to describe our in-- rention in detail, the novel features of "which we will point out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is central. sectional. View of our in'iprovedlainp, the eei'ztion' heing taken on a line 1-1 in Fi 2;

Fig.2 is an end view'thereof looking LEIOi'H the left in'lfigw 1; 1

Fig. 3 is an end View. of the calole-rcel which also carries the circuit-contacts; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional VlGW- illustrating a portion of the cable-reel, lamp casing and retaining-ring for the reel.

As herein embodied, our improved lamp consists of a casing 5 carrying" at one end thereof a reflector 6 and a lens 7, said reflector and lens being held in place by a retaining ring 8. The remainder of the interior of the casing 5 houses a rotatable drum or reel 9 which supports a lamp socket 10, said 'socliet projecting through an opening 11 in the reflector 6. The socket in this by screws, Qaito an 1 5i i ate instance is eii iipc. annular flange ll;

of the reel. socket l0 of said reel. i. drum portion or ducting); cable 16 taining two cond For the propose a. reel, the rear Vr'iill yondlthe drum hi L 6 il caters the who t c in ahnularciange ,2, i t much theori- 'nular hanger 230 ct rota o ring 21* is fit-e Myer an be Eecnin adjacent you i re otlf equal (lien-r in onfitted; in other vomit-5 the 1' the flange off the 1' cl 5 and .1 the 1 tion or the lam" eter, the adja :1

tactbut unsecured To tain the ring 231 and (seeing in the atorm relationship, to 'ie other we provide a retaining ring; which w red to E lamp i. i .l hour; reel 9 and rot ring xi are both from "the casio they are connected together i W305i hence will rotate in unison.

521 is provided with an opening "2: 3 covered a mirror 26 mounted on the inside one otthe plate "portion oi. the ring; (see l) The mirror is a inirl'orscope for use in daylight to enahle the dri rer oi? a mo tor vehicle to observe those in tile rear. It will he appz-n'ent that when the 21 is rotated the reel Wili also be rotated, end movement on. the part of the ring and reel heiugi; prevented by the casino; and retain-- lug ring 25. attached thereto. The retaining acts a hearing member to rotasupport the ring :21 and reel attache-d To rotate the ring; 521 and cable i ahl lZlIHETElLOW reel we provide said ring}; with a handle 27 which houses a elidahie puslnbutton 328. The function of the push-button is to com plete or hrealc the circuit for a lamp (not shown) carried by the socket 16.

The circuit for the lamp includescontacts 28 and 29 (Fig. 3; carried h}! a hloclt 30 of iueulatinglj material mounted on the rear, plate 13 of the reel 9 and a circuit-closer 31, also J'HOLIlt-Bti on said hioclz 3( The contacts and will each be connected to their rwpectivc eonductor'iifi and 33 ofthe soclitoiz 10. (inc oi} the cable conductors 18 will be connected to the contact 729,, the other cable conductor'being connected to thecir- .cuit-closer .31. As can be seen in Fig. 1, the circuit-closer 31 extends to a point in line with the push-button 28 andhence is operated to close or break the circuit by said push-button. WVhen the switch 31is pushed in,- the circuit will be broken. When the push-button is pulled out, the circuit will be complete, as the circuit-closer 31 will, at

such a time, contact with the finger 31 of the contact 28 which overhangs said c1rcuitcloser.

As is evident from an inspection of Fig. 1, the cable 16 is or may be wound around the reel 9, the free end thereof being passed through an opening 33 in the casing, thence through a hollow or tubular post 34 which carries ears 35 pivotally connected to a bracket 36 carried by the casing 5. The

pivotal connection referred to permits the casing to be ad usted 111 a vertical plane.

. hen connected to a vehicle, the post 34:

will rotatably engage a suitable bracket 37 and hence can be adjusted in a horizontal plane and held in an adjusted position by a binding screw 38. The free end of the cable 16 will be suitably connected with a source of electrical energy (not shown).

As a further feature of improvement, we

provide the casing with a supplemental.

forked support 39 adjustably held by a bracket 40 having a binding-screw 4&1.

il hen connected to the bracket 32, the lamp will be used for-spot or search-light pur-- rest the lamp upon a running board, mud:-

. guard or the ground, the post 34 and forked support 30 can be used as a tripod or stand to support the lamp. Any angle of adjustment can be obtained by merely adjusting the post 34 and forked support 39, the binding-screw ll and screw 42 (Fig. 2) on the bracket 36 being used to hold the post and standard in the adjusted positions,

When the lamp is to be again restored to the bracket 37, the cable 16 will be rewound upon the reel by rotating said reel by means of the handle 27. It will be, of course, understood that light will be produced when desired by manipulating the push-button 28.

What we claim as our invention is:

1. In an electric lamp, a rotatable reel, :1 lamp-socket carried thereby, a conducting cable in circuit with said socket, said cable being wound upon said reel, a handle connected with said reel, a circuit-closer, and meanscarried by said handle, to operate the circuit-closer.

2. In an electric lamp, a casing, a rotatable reel within the casing, a lamp socket carried thereby and rotatable therewith, contacts carried by the reel electrically connected with the conductors of said socket, a circuit-closer adjacent one of said contacts, means to operate said circuit-closer, a conductor connected to one of said contacts, and another conductor connected to said circuitcloser, said conductors being wound around said reel.

3. In an electric lamp, a casing, a rotatable reel within the casing, a lamp socket carried thereby and rotatable therewith, contacts carried by the reel electrically connected with the conductors of said socket, a circult-closer adjacent one of said contacts,

means to operate said circuit-closer, a conductor connected to one of said contacts, an-

other conductor connected to said circuitcloscr, said. conductors being wound around said reel, and a non-rotatable reflector adj acent said socket.

4. In a motor-vehicle spot-light, a rotatable reel, a rotatable ring secured thereto, a casing, means to rotata'bly secure the said ring to said casing, a socket carried by the rotatable reel, contacts located centrally of the reel in circuit withthe conductors of the socket, a circuit-closer adjacentone of said contacts, the free end of said circuit-closer extending to a point adjacent the periphery of said reel, means carried by the support for said reel arranged to move the circuitcloser in and out of contact with its adjacent socket contact, a flexible conductor con- .nccted to said circuit-closer, and another flexible conductor connected to the socket contact on the side of the circuit opposite to the adjacent side in which the contact adjacent the circuit-closer is included, said fiexible conductors being wound around said 1'0- tatable reel.

Signed at New York city, N. Y., this 30 day of March, 1918.

OTTO KURZ. CHARLES KURZ. Witnesses MAURICE BLOCK, EDWARD A. JARVIS.

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