US1185740A - Combined vehicle lamp and horn. - Google Patents

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COMBINED VEHICLE LAMP AND HORN.

APPLICATION'FILED OCT. 18, 1912.

1,1 85 ,740 Patented June 6, 1916.

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ATTORNEY BY Z a 7 6 4 I N. B. WALES.

COMBINED VEHICLE LAMP AND H ORN.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 13. I912.

1 ,1 85,740. Patented June 6, 1916.

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ATTORNEY NATHANIEL B. WALES, or nosrommass'acnusnrrs, assrcrnon, BY MESNE ASSIGIL mums, 'ro SELAW rnonnc'rs COMPANY, or saemaw, monronn, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

' COMBINED VEHICLE LAMP AND HORN.

Patented une 6,1916.

Applicationfiled October 18, 1912. Serial No. 726,538.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known. that I, NATHANIEL B. WALES, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and-useful Improvements 'in Combined. Vehicle Lamps and Horns, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

In the present *state of the art, motor vehicle accessories are so numerous that their convenient disposition upon the car is often a serious problem. Furthermore, these accessories where external to the body, break the contour lines and interfere with the simplicity and beauty of design.

It is the object of the present invention to simplify the design by combining in a single unit the lamp and the horn, which, as usually mounted, form separate projections from the body.

To this end the invention consists broadly in the association of said parts, and further in the construction by which both instruments are inclosedin a common casing of simple design without impairing the efliciency of either.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through one form of my combined lamp and horn. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views to Figs. 1 and 2, showing a modified construction.

A is a lamp provided with the usual parabolic reflector B, at the focus point of which is an illuminant such as an electric bulb C.

tro-magnetically operated. The detail construction of this sound-producer forms no part of the present invention, but as indi- -'the volume of sound. With my combined construction, this megaphone is formed adj acent to thewall of the parabolic reflector, and may either entirely surround said reflector, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. ;-or only a segment thereof, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In each case the necessary expanding chamber is formed without materially altering the usual contour lines of the lamp case. Thus in the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, :the segmental case I, which forms the horn or megaphone, resembles the hood which is frequently used in gas lamps for the escape of the products of combustion. The .electromagnetic sound-producer is placed in a rear ward extension J of the case without-materially changing the contour lines thereof, or increasing the size to any appreciable extent. With the construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the space between the arabolic reflector and the outer casing K farms an expanding chamber for the megaphone, and the annular front which surrounds the lens L may be perforated, as at M, to permit the passage of sound.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. The combination with a lamp having a concave reflector, of a sound-producer arranged in rear of saidreflector, a casing surrounding said sound-producer and reflector, extending to the front of the latter, the space between said casing and said reflector being substantially unobstructed, and a perforated front plate between said reflector and easing, connecting said members and forming the sound outlet.

2. The combination with a lamp having a parabolic reflector, of a sound-producer arranged in rear of said reflector, a casin surrounding said sound-producer and re ector and forming with said reflector an unobstructedspace, and a perforated ring connecting the front end of said reflector and casing.

3. The'combination with a lamp having a concave reflector, of an electro-magnetically operated sound-producer arranged in rear of said reflector, and an unobstructed expanding chamber or megaphone, forming an outlet for the sound and arranged adjacent to said reflector.

4. The combination-with a lamp having a parabolic reflector, of a casing surrounding said reflector, and forming therewith a substantially unobstructed space having. a perforated front, and sound-producing means housed within said casing.

5. The combination with a lamp having a. parabolic reflector, of a casing conforming to the general lines of said reflector and extending in rear thereof and forming therewith reflector forming an unobstructed outlet for 10 an unobstructed space, and a sound-producer the sound.

housed within said casing. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 6. The combination with a lamp having a in presence of two Witnesses; concave reflector of an electro-ma etically operated sound p roducer arrangeddr i rear of NATHANIEL WALES said reflector, and a segmental case sur- W 1tnesses: rounding a portion of said reflector, the JAMEs P. BARRY,

space between said metallic case and the H. E. Bowman.

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