US1575413A - Tilting headlight for small automobiles - Google Patents

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Mrch 1926.

P. R; COLLIER TILTI'NG HEADLIGHT FOR SMALL AUTOMOBILES Filed Sept. 5, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l llatented` il,

1,575,413 OFFICE E MUL 1? CULLER, 0F WXSSAHICKON, FENNEYLVANL@ Application filed September 5, 1923. Serial No. GSKLBM.

mobiles, ot which the following is a speci# catior'i. l My invention relates to a novel construclo tion ot tilting headlights and actuating mechanism therefor for small automobiles, which can be readily adapted to automobile side channels and their adjuncts of any standard or conventional type, and comprises a 'front headlight shaft or rod which is rotatably mounted in suitable bearings and adapted to be actuated by a direct pull upon suitable actuating means, which maypass through the instrument board of the autd mobile Vor it desired can be actuated by the drivers cot.

lt turther consists ot novel means for enabling my invention readily to be attached to existing small automobiles, without alteration.

ltiurther consists of a novel tension or resetting; device anda novel means 'for se surin the same in position. lt l'urther consists of other novel features 0l construction and advantage, all as will hereinafter be set orth and pointed outV in the claim.

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For the purpose oli illustrating my inven-V have shown in the accompanying drawings a 'typical embodiment thereof Awhich is at. present preferred by me, since this embodiment will be found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, It is, however, to be understood that the varions instrumcntalities-ot which our invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and or f ganization of these instrumentalites. as here' 1n shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of an automobile having thereon tilting headlights and actuating; mechanism therefor, embodyinir my invention.

ligure 2 represents a side elevation of Fig-ure 1, certain ot the parts being broken away for the salie of clear-ness of illustration. f ,Figure 3 represents on an enlarged scale a side elevation oi a portion of the headlight actuating mechanism and tension devices therefor.

Figure l. represents a rear elevation of Figure 3.

Figure 5 represents on an enlarged scale a side elevation of'a handle or lever for actuating or tilting the headlights, showing the means for locking the samel in various positions.

Figure 6 represents a front elevation of Figure 5, Figure 7 represents a perspective, dia- `grammatic :View oi' the operating mechanism for tilting the headlights.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts. h

Referring 'to the drawings 1 designates a radiator of an automobile,

and 2 the side frames'or side channels theren for. 3 designates the instrument board, and et the lamps or tilting headlights, which are mounted upony the arms or .brackets `5 through the upperportion of which passes the horizontally disposed headlight shaft 6. 7 designates the. tilting arm, or crank for tilting the headlights, which is secured tast in position upon the shalt 6, by means or a screw 15. 8 designates bearings at the upper end of the arms or bracket-s 5,`in which the shait 6 is rotatably mounted. 9 designates the hand lever, and 10 the 'forwardly extending rod, whose rear end lis pivotally attached to the lever 9 the forward end of said rod 10 being pivotally attached to the tilting arm 7. 1l designates a spring have ing its upper end attached to the arm 17, While its lower end is attached'to the eye 12 which passes through the side channels 2 andhas its lower end threaded as at 18, and provided with an adjusting nut 19. 13 designates the fender braces. The instrument board 3 is provided with aface plate 113, through which the hand lever 9 passes, the` latter being .provided with notches 14 on the side thereof, which are adapted to engage said tace plate'lG. i

lt will be vunderstood in assembling my novel device, that the brackets 5 replace the original rigid brackets, the upper ends of said brackets carrying the members 22 which are screwed into or otherwise fastened to the lamps or headlights ll, said brackets bc- -1 It will be understood that a pull on the hand lever 9 causes a pull on the rod 10v the lamps are .tilted forwardly or do\vn- Wardly to the desired extent, it will be evident that a tension Will be imparted to the spring 11, so that when the hand lever 9 is released, the tension of the spring 1l will cause the lamps and their adjuncts instanth7 to assume their normal position. N Vhile I have shown the rod l0 as adapted to he manually operated, it will be evident that it can be foot operated, if desired.

It will be apparent that my device can he readily attached to small cars of any conventional or standard type by merely installing the brackets and the tension devices 11 and their adjuncts in position and it will be found to be effective and durable in oper- Vation and Will not readily get out of order.

It will now be apparent that I have devised new and usei'ul tilting headlights for sm'all automobiles which embodies the teatures of advantage enumerated as desirable in thestatement of the invent-ion and the 'above description, and while I have, in the present iiistance,-sliown and dessrribcd a preferred embodiment thereof which will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same is p susceptible to modification in various particulars without departing Jfrom the spirit or scope ot the invention oi' sacrificing any ot 40' In a'device of the character stated au in 15 strument hoard having a hole therethrough, and a face plate bolted thereon, said .plate having an aperture therein in register with 'the hole in saidvinstruiiient board, a handw pull lever positioned in said holes and hav- 50 ing ratchet teeth therein, adapted to engage with the inner edge of the holes lin said face plate, a vehicle frame, brackets niounted tiereon; a head-light shaft rotatably mounted in the upper end of said brackets,

headlights mounted on said shaft and inev-f able iii unison therewith, a Crank arm fast on said headlight shaft, a. connection 'from said crank ariii to said hand-pull lever positioned in said instrument board, which rodis pivoted to said hand-pull lever, a lateral arm proJecting troni said shaft, an eye adjustably mounted in said vehicle frame, a

spring intermediate said arm and eye, and an adjusting nut for said eye. v

PAUL R. COLLIER.

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