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as shown at 37 the throw of lever 35 may
be lengthened or shortened in relation to
the movement of the steering gear drop arm,
and corresponding modification of the ro-
5 tation of the heads 11 and of the lamps car-
ried thereby may be obtained.
I claim:
1. In a dirigible automobile road light,
the combination with the chassis and steer-
10 ing gear of an automobile, of a pair of
standards vertically mounted on the chassis,
vertical shafts journaled in and projecting
beyond the upper ends of the standards,
lamp supporting heads having depending
15 tubular portions secured on the upper ends
of said shafts and having enlarged hori-
zontal flat upper ends adapted to have lamps
bolted thereon, said heads being also pro-
vided with offset arms, a rod extending be-
20 tween and pivotally connected to said arms,
a spiral gear secured on the lower end of
one of said vertical shafts, a second spiral
gear meshing with the first and journaled
transversely thereto, and means operatively
25 connecting the last named gear to the auto-
mobile steering gear.
2. In a dirigible automobile road light,
the combination with the chassis and the
steering gear of an automobile, of a hollow
30 upright standard mounted on the chassis
having an enlarged chambered lower end
and an integral bearing adjacent thereto,
the upper end of said standard having abearing secured therein, a vertical shaft
journaled in the bearings of said standard 35
with its' upper end projecting above the
upper end of the standard, a lamp support-
ing head having an enlarged horizontal flat
upper portion adapted to have a lamp bolted
thereon and provided with a depending 40
tubular portion within which the projecting
upper end of said shaft is secured, and
means operatively connecting the lower end
of said shaft with said steering gear.
3. In a dirigible automobile road light, 45
the combination with the chassis and the
steering gear of an automobile, of a hollow
upright standard mounted on the chassis
and having a journaled bearing adjacent
its lower end, the upper end of said standard 50
having a journaled bearing secured therein
with its upper portion projecting above the
upper end of the standard, a vertical shaft
journaled in the standard bearings with its
upper end projecting above the upper end C5
of the standard and the adjacent bearing,
a lamp supporting head provided with a
tubular depending portion within which the
projecting upper end of sajd shaft is se-
cured, said depending tubular portion 03
snugly surrounding the projecting portion
of the upper bearing and resting upon the
upper end of the standard, and means oper-
atively.connecting said shaft with said steer-
ing gear.
JOSEPH H. TAUSCH.
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Tausch, Joseph H. Automobile Road-Light., patent, February 25, 1919; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259279/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.