US9566A - Frame ifor lanterns - Google Patents

Description

F. PARKER.

I Lantern.

Patented Feb. 1, 1853.

1. TAT- FT ELIJAH F. PARKER, OF PROCTORSVILLE, VERMONT.

FRAME FOB LANTERNS.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that l, ELIJAH F. PARKER, of Proctorsville, in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Construction of Lantern-Frames; and it do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part thereof, in which Figure 1 represents a side view of the lantern complete. Fig. 2 represents a hori- Zontal section through the red line 00, 00, of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section through the red line 3 y, of Fig. 2, and Fig. t represents an end view of one of the corner pieces.

Similar letters in the several figures represent the same parts.

in the construction of lanterns heretofore, the corncrpieces, or those which unite the top and bottom, have been either made in separate pieces and soldered together, or made in one piece with the flanges or projections for holding the glass, mica, or other transparent material, soldered onto them.

The nature of my invention consists in making the corners, or pieces for holding the glass, mica, &c., in one piece with the flanges thereon turned from the same piece, by which means, I avoid the necessity of any soldering of these parts, and make a more substantial frame at less cost, than has heretofore been done.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, 1 will proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

A, represents the lantern, and B, the guard rings for protecting the glass. The top and bottom of the lantern, as well as the lantern itself may be constructed in any well known formsround, ovcl, square, or oblong. The corner posts, or pieces C,

which unite the top and bottom of the lantern, and hold them firmly in place, are made or formed from one piece of sheet metal of any kind, as seen more distinctly at Fig. 4:, where a, represents the grooved or sunken flanges turned on said piece for holding the glass or other material. he flanges Z), on the bot-tom pieces for holding the glass, mica or other equivalent material, are also turned on the piece of metal which forms said bottom, and by which means, I make a more substantial frame, while at the same time I avoid the necessity of much soldering. hen the pieces C, are soldered at the top and bottom (having been previously prepared or formed by machinery) the flanges are all in place for the reception of the glass, mica, or other material, which is slid in, and the lantern is completed.

D, is the lamp which may be slid into the bottom, or supported in any well known manner, or a candle stand may be substituted for said lamp if desired. The small holes 0, are for admitting air to the lamp or candle, and (Z, for allowing the escape of the gases.

1 do not intend to confine myself to any specific form of lantern, but intend to apply my invention to all forms, where the top and bottom are held together by pieces extending from one to the other, or where glass, mica, or other equivalent material is to be held in flanges as herein described.

E is the handle of the lantern and F, the hinge of the door.

I am aware that oti'sets have been turned on the frames of lanterns for holding the glass, &c., butthe corner pieces are made up of two or more pieces soldered together. This I do not claim; but

hat I do claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is The turning of grooved or sunken flanges upon the frames of lanterns, so that when the top and bottom are united, the flanges for holding the glass, mica, or their equivalents, shall be already in place to receive them, without any further soldering, substantially as herein described.

E. F. PARKER.

Witnesses JOHN CUNNINGHAM, J12, JONTHAN SMEAD.

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