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U1ITED STATES PATENT OFFPIE0
DAVID C. KITCHING, OF VALLEY MILLS, TEXAS.
AUTOMOBILE-HEADLIGHT-LAMP MOUNTING.19224947o
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented lBay- 9 191 rho
Application filed November 22, 1916. Serial o. 1 2,738.
TO all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, DAVID C. KITCHING,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Valley Mills, in the county of Bosque and
5 State of Texas, have invented certain new
and useful Improzements in Automobile-
Headlight-Lamp Mountings, of which the
following is a specification.
This invention embodies certain improve-
10 ments on the lamp bracket covered by Let-
ters Patent Number 1,129,207, issued to me
the 23rd day of February, 1915.
in carrying out the invention a relatively
fixed supporting member carries a rotatable
15 member having means of a novel nature for
fastening a lamp thereto. The rotatable
member when operated swings the lamp in
the are of a circle.
One of the features is embodied in a
20 bracket arranged to be secured to the fender
brace of an automobile whereby the support-
ing member is rigidly held in position at a
minimum elevation.
A further feature is carried out in a bot-
25 tom supporting and closure plate which is
secured to the bracket and the relatively
fixed member and whereby the lower end
of the said fixed member is closed and the
interior mechanism protected from dust,
30 mud and water.
The primary idea involved in this inven-
tion is to provide a lamp mounting for
swinging a lamp, said mounting including
means whereby the lamp may be removed
35 from its normal fastening. and fastened in
the mounting and the mounting substituted
in the normal fastening of the lamp.
The invention will be more readily under-
stood from a perusal of the following speci-
40 fication and by reference to the accompany-
ing drawing, in which an example of the in-
vention is shown and wherein:
Figure 1 is a side view of the mounting
and the lamp, the greater portion of the
45 mounting being shown in section,
Fig. 2 is a plan view of one side of the
front of an automobile equipped with the
invention,
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the mounting, .a
50 portion being shown in section to illustrate
underlying parts,
Fig. 4 is a sectional detail of the bracket
and fender brace connection, andFig. 5 is a front elevation of the same
parts. 55
in the drawings the numeral I designates
a cylindrical outer shell or member which. I
have termed the "relatively fixed" member
and within this member a rotatable memb r
2 is disposed. The outer member I has an a0
outwardly directed bearing flange 3 sur-
rounding its upper end; while its lower end
terminates in a shoulder enlargement 4 hav-
ing an outwardly directed flange 5 sur-
rounding its lower extremity. The shank 65
of the inner member 2 is somewhat. smaller
than the inner diameter of the outer member
whereby a space is provided between the
two. The inner member has a head 6 at its
upper end filling the upper end of the mem- 70
ber 1. This head is integral with a radial
flange 7 resting on the bearing flange 3 of
the member 1 and carrying a depending
apron 8 surrounding the flange 3. The load
of the inner member is carried by the flange 75
3 through the agency of the flange 7; while
the lateral thrust is borne by the head and
the side wall of the outer member.
The member 1 has a boss 9 projecting
from under the flange 3 and this boss is pro- 80
vided with an upstanding stop lug 10, which
is in the path of a stop finger 11 projecting
from the apron 8; whereby the inner mem-
ber is arrested in its normal position. The
lower end of the member 2 terminates short 85
of the plane of the bottom of the outer
member and has fastened thereon a sheave
member 12, the fastening being effected in
any suitable manner. This member has on
its upper surface a boss 13 of smaller 90
diameter, but having a bearing fit within
the bore of the outer member, the sheave
portion extending radially into the enlarge-
ment 4. This sheave member has a periph-
eral cord or cable seat 14 in which a cable 95
15 has one end fastened. A spring 16 is
coiled about the shank of the inner member
within the bore of the outer member and
has its upper end fastened to the wall of the
outer member by a bolt 17; while its lower 100
end is inserted -in an aperture 18 in the
sheave member. The member 12 of course
being fixed to the inner member, rotates the
same when the cable is unwound from said
member 12. The outer member being im- 105
movable and one end of the spring being at-
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Kitching, David C. Automobile-Headlight-Lamp Mounting., patent, May 1, 1917; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858577/m1/2/?q=%22Science+and+Technology%22: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.