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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
LEO J. WOGENSTAHL, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
- AUTOMOBILE-LAMP.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented May 9, 1911.
Application filed Lune 21, 1910. Serial No. 568,116.
To all whom it miry concern:
Be it known that I, LEo J. WoGErNSTAHL,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
San Antonio, in. the county of Bexar and
5 Stats of Texas, have invented a new and
useful Automobile-Lamp, of which the fol-
lowing is a specification.
It is the object of this invention to provide
a simple and inexpensive means whereby
10 the pivotally mounted lamps of a vehicle
maybe shifte&in the direction in which the
wheels of the vehicle are turned.
Another object of the invention is to pro-
vide a novel means for connecting the lamps
15 of a vehicle with the wheel shifting cross
rod thereof, so that a longitudinal reciproca-
tion of said rod will produce a rotation of.
the lamps.
Another object of the invention is to. pro-
20 vide a means for rotating the lamps of a
vehicle, to follow the wheels thereof, said
means being adjustable to vary the arc in
which the lamps are swung, with respect to
the extent of the are in which the wheels of
25 the vehicle are turned.
With the above and other objects in view,
the invention consists in the novel construc-
tion and arrangement of parts hereinafter
described, delineated in the drawings, and
30 specifically claimed, it being understood
that, within the scope of what is claimed,
divers changes in the form, proportions,
size, and minor details of the structure may
be made, without departing from the spirit
35 of the invention. .
In the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1
shows the invention in front elevation, parts
being broken away and sectioned; Fig. 2
is a top plan; and Fig. 3 is an end elevation;
40 parts being broken away and sectioned.
In the drawings, the chassis of the vehicle
is denoted by the numeral 1; the lamps by
the numeraV2-nd the rod whereby the for-
ward wheels of the vehicle are turned, by
45 the numeral 3; the construction above de-
scribed being common and well known.
The lamps 2 are pivotally supported in
standards 4, these standards being mounted
for rotation, antifrictionally, and preferably
50 upon ball bearings, in heads 5, secured to
or formed integrally with, the angle mem-
bers 0, the upright portions of 'which are
rotatably mounted in the chassis 1. .-The
angle members 6 are held against rotation,
55 by means of set screws 17 inserted into thechassis 1, and bearing against the angle
members.
The standards 4 are prolonged below the
heads 5 in which they are mounted. In the
lower ends of the standards 4, there are 60
openings, in which are mounted for recipro-
cation, transversely of the standards 4, arms
8, the same being retained against movement
by means of set screws 9 inserted into the
standards 4 and adapted to. bear against 65
the arms 8.
The arms 8 preferably extend rearwardly,
and a rod. 10 is pivotally connected, at its
ends, as denoted by the nunieral 11, with the
rearwardly disposed extremities of the '70
arms 8.
Intermediate its ends, the rod 10 is pro-
vided with a depending projection, taking
the form of spaced elements 12, preferably
formed integrally with the rod,. A finger 75
14 is provided, the forward end 16 of which
is disposed between the elements 12, the rear
end of the finger 14 being enlarged as 'de-
noted by the numeral 17, and adapted to
bear upon the upper surface of the wheel- 80
controlling cross rod 3 intermediate the ends
of the same. A complemental member 18
cooperates with the enlargement 17 of the
finger, in engaging the rod 3, the elements
17 and 18 being held together by means of 85
securing bolts 19 or other members, adapted
to a like end. Intermediate its ends, the
finger 14 may be bent, as denoted by the
numeral 15, so as to dispose its rear end
slightly below the plane of its forward end, 90
It will be seen that by, tightening the
bolts 19, the finger 14 may be clamped upon
the rod 3. As this rod 3 reciprocates longi-
tudinally, to shift the wheels of the vehicle,
the finger 14 will. move to and fro, trans- 95
versely of the vehicle. The forward end 16
of the finger, being engaged between the
elements 12, will serve to shift the rod 10
longitudinally, the rod 10, in its turn, en-
gaging the arms 8, and causing the stand- 100
ards 4 and the lamps 2 which are carried
thereby, to rotate Thus, as the rod 3 is
shifted to turn the wheels of the vehicle,
the lamps 2 will be shifted in a correspond-
ing direction, so that, as the vehicle rounds 105
a corner, the path in front of the vehicle
will be lighted up.
It is to be noted that the forward ends of
the arms 8 -are adjustably held by means
of ' the set screws 9 in the standards 4. 110991,587.
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Wogenstahl, Leo J. Automobile-Lamp, patent, May 9, 1911; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513584/m1/2/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.