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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE
ROBERT L. HARRIS AND ELI M. GEESLIN, OF CARAVAN, TEXAS..
DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT.1,279,864.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Sept. 24, 1918.
Application filed November 17, 1917. Serial No.-202,527.
To all whdm it may concern:
Be it known that we, ROBERT L.1 HARRIS
and ELI M. GEESLIN citizerts of the United
States, residing at daradan, in the county
5 of Mills and State of Texas, have invented
certain new and useful Improvements in
Dirigible Headlights, of which the follow-
ing is a' specification.
This invention is a dirigible headlight
10 that is more particularly adapted for use
upon automobiles or self-propelled vehicles,
wherein the usual headlights are directed
to throw their beams of light in the direc-
tion .of travel upon the actuating of -the-
15 steering mechanism.
One object of the invention is to provide
an actuating mechanism for directing the
headlight lamps through suitable connec-
tions connected with the steering knuckles.
20 Another object is to provide a bracket
composed of two spaced L-shaped members
that are adapted to be secured to the front
axle, said .members being apertured to r o-
tatably receive the supporting stem or stand-
25 ard for the lamps.
Still another object is to provide a sup-
port having a bearing at one end through
which one of the levers serving as a tie
bar, is adapted to pass. -
30 A' further object of the invention 'is to-
provide two links pivotally connected to-
gether with one of the links' 'attached to.
the rotatable lamp support,- while the end
of the other link-is connected to the steering
35 arm.
Broadly stated the invention comprises a
bracket formed of two apertured spaced
L-shaped members serving as' spaced 'bear-
ings for a rotatable lamp stem or supporting
40 standard, said brackets being'spaced from
each other and attached to the front axle,
a connection between the lower end of the
lamp stem and the steering arm of the steer-
ing knuckle, said connection including links
45 pivotally connected together, and a support
having a bearing through which passes the
tie bar of the steering mechanism, said sup-
port being secured to the front axle at a
point intermediate of its ends and between
50 the steering knuckle, and to provide for
movement of the bar, said support being
slotted to provide for slidably securing the
bearing thereto.
One practical form of construction and
55. assembly on a vehicle will be described andillustrated- in: the accompanying -drawings,
in which.
Figure 1 is- a top -plan view -of the device
as employed upon the front axle of an auto-
mobile, 60
Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device as
attached to the front axle of an automobile,
and
Fig. 3 is a- detail elevation showing the'
lamp stem and one of the brackets for hold- 66
ing the stem.
In the preferred embodiment about to be
described the front axle may be generally
indicated ut 5 and -is provided 'at each end
with the usual steering yokes 6 an'd 7. Ro- 70-
tatably secured within these yokes are the
steering knuckles 8 and -9. The knuckle
8 is provided with a steering arm 10, and
the knuckle 9 is provided with the steering -
arm 11. Each -end' of the steering arms 75
10 and 11 are so constructed that a tie bai
12 may be connected thereto. The usual
drag link 13 may be connected to the tie bar
as is usual in steering mechailism construc-
tion.' 80'
The front axle 5 niay have connected
thereto at a suitable point a support 14 as
shown more particularly in Fig. 1. The
support may be secured to the front axle
in' any usual or customary way or in the 85
present illustration a screw 15 is shown as
being a fastening means. The outer or free
end of the support is provided with an elon-
gated slot 16. The slot extends longitudi -
nally of the support and teriinates- adja- 90
cent one end of the support 14.
Tha tie bat-12 is adapted:to pass through
a bearing 17 that-is suitably ddnnected-with
the support 14. Any usual means may be
en played to provide this connection but 95
in the present instance it is shown as a
headed bolt 18 passing through the slot 16.
The tie bar 12 is then adapted to slide
through-the bearing 17 and by means of the
connection afforded by the bolt 18 the bear- 100
ing is adapted to slide longitudinally of the
support. This will take care of the motion
of the tie bar and also serve as a support
therefor.
The front axle 5 is adapted to have 105
mounted thereon and secured thereto, two
brackets. These brackets are each formed
of two L-shaped. members as shown .more
particularly in Fig. 3. These L-shaped
members are preferably of different sizes 110
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Harris, Robert L. & Geeslin, Eli M. Dirigible Headlight., patent, September 24, 1918; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258303/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.