US1945956A - Telephone stand and light - Google Patents

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c. B. ROWELL 1,945,956

TELEPHONE STAND AND LIGHT Filed Oct. 29, 1932 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Feb. 6, 1934.

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'TTORNEY 7 Patented Feb. 6, 1934 PATENT OFFICE UNITEDSTATES 3 Claims.

My invention relates to telephones and more particularly to devices for facilitating their use. The main object of this invention is to pro vide a stand for holding atelephone instrument 6 in a fixed position and without said stand or instrument being attached to each other in any way.

Another object is to provide means in connection with said stand for illuminating the dial of the telephone instrument.

Another object is to provide means for automatically closing a switch to illuminate the telephone dialwhen the receiver is removed from its supporting arm and to automatically open said switch when the receiver is replaced on said arm.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will become apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the accompanying drawings wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a dialtelephone mounted on my improved stand with its lighting attachment for illuminating the dial. The stand and battery holder are shown in section as is also thereceiver arm. The automatic switch'is in its oil position as when the receiver is on the arm, while the dotted lines from the electric light bulb indicate the manner of illuminating the dialwhen the bulb is lighted.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the stand without light standard and showing the batteries and their connections.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the telephone when mounted on my stand.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the automatic lighting switch.

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view of the wiring from the battery'cells-to the electric light through the switches.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes in general an automatic or dial telephone of the conventional construction, the same including abase 2 and abody 3 with atransmitter 4 mounted on the upper end thereof. A vertically movable arm 5 projects horizontally from near the top ofbody 3 and its outer end formed with theusual yoke 6 to support thetelephone receiver 7 when the latter is not in use. Directly below thetransmitter 4 and mounted on thebase 2 is thedial 8 having the usual figures and letters and operable for enabling one person to make the desired telephone connection with another person.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 1, I provide astand 9 circular in shape, open at the top and flaring-out to conform to the taper of thebase 2 at its sides next to the bottom. When the telephone 1 is then placed on mystand 9 itsbase 2 wedges into the open flared top of said stand 9 holding and supporting said telephone in a fixed position. No attachments are used to connect the telephone and stand, so with the exception of the contact between thetelephone base 2 and thestand 9 they are independent of each other and can be separated by merely lifting the telephone from the stand.

Within the stand 9 I place threedry cells 10 for supplying the electric current, said cells lo'being removably held in position in an insulating frame 11 by means ofspring clips 12 and 13.Spring clips 12 are single clips for connecting a cell to its adjacent wire, whilespring clips 13 are double clips for connecting the top end of one cell to the adjacent bottom end of another cell as shown in Fig. 2. l The electric circuit from thecells 10 to light thebulb 18 consists ofwire 14 attached toconnection 15 at one pole of saidcells 10 tohand switch 41,wire 14 toautomatic switch 28,wire 14" and from aconnection 17 at the other pole of saidcells 10 through awire 16. A second circuit is also provided which is controlled byhand switch 41 to by-pass theautomatic switch 28 and light thebulb 18 at the sametime thereceiver 7 is on arm 5 and holdingswitch 28 in an off position. This second circuit consists of thewire 14,switch 41,wire 42,wire 14" tobulb 18 andwire 16.

A light standard is composed of anelbow 19 firmly fixed in thestand 9 and into which is fastened a rigid and vertically projectingtube 20 having at its upper end a horizontal portion for supporting thelight bulb 18 in a fixed and steady position above thedial 8 so the rays of light 21 (Fig. 1) may fall upon saiddial 8. The light standard houses the wires from thestand 9 to thebulb 18. Referring to Fig. 4, 22 is a piece of tubing telescoping over the upper end oftube 20 to astop 23. 24 is the socket end of 22 for receiving thebulb 18 and holding thereflector 25. f

The wire 14' (Fig. 4) has acontact 26 andwire 14" a contact 2'? which are connected by means of anautomatic switch 28. Contactpiece 29 on the end of, and insulated from,arm 30 ofswitch 28 makes a wiping contact with 26 and 27 when in thedotted position 29.Contact 26 is attached to, but insulated from,tube 20 whilecontact 27 is attached to, but insulated from, thetelescoping tube 22.

Switch 28 is in the form of a bell crank witharms 30 and 31 at right angles and pivoted at 32 in thehousing 33. Thehousing 33 is fastened totube 22 and covers the slot 34 intube 22 Arm 31projects throgh slot 35 inhousing 33 and termithrough which thearm 30 projects.

nates in afork 36 to span thetelephone arm 5 as shown in Fig- 1. 37 is a finger onswitch 28 to engage a-projection 38 onspring 39 and hold said switch in the off position as shown in Figs. -1 and 4 or in the on position with thecontacts 26 and 27 connected by thecontact 29 and thefinger 37 in the dotted 37' position. Thespring 39 is fastened at one end to housing 33 by rivet 40 and withprojection 38 on the free end.

The action of thespring 39 is to engage thefinger 37 by means of theprojection 38 and throw or assist in throwing theswitch 28 to an on or off position when said finger has passed over the center of saidprojection 38 and depending on the strength ofspring 39. Saidprojection 38 also holds saidswitch 28 in either an on or off position with thefork 36 spanning the telephone arm 5 but without touching it as shown in Fig. 1.

When thereceiver 7 is removed from arm 5,

said arm 5 moves upward by means of the usual in completing the throwing said switch from an off to an on position. Replacingreceiver 7 on arm 5 reverses the operation of throwingswitch 28 from an on to an off position.

To place the telephone 1 on thestand 9 the telescopingtubing 22 is moved to the right on the upper end oftube 20 to carry thefork 36 away from arm 5 of telephone and after telephone 1 is placed onstand 9 thetubing 22 is moved to the left and thefork 36 is in position shown in Figs. 1 and i. The slack inwires 16 and 42 allows for this telescoping movement.

Thehand switch 41 shown in Fig. 2 extends through thestand 9 and is arranged to be moved in one direction to connect thewires 14, 14 and 1%". frombatteries 10 tobulb 18 throughautomatic switch 28, and in the opposite direction to connect wires '14, 42 and 14" frombatteries 10 to saidbulb 18.Switch 41 is ordinarily left in position to connectwires 14 and 14 so thebulb 13 will be automatically lighted byswitch 28 on the removal ofreceiver 7 from arm .5. Thenswitch 41 can be thrown by hand to connectwires 14 and 42 if the light is needed without removingreceiver 7 from arm 5. Or theautomatic switch 28 can be thrown out of action and thehand switch 41 used exclusively.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a stand device for holding a telephone in a fixed position and so its dial can be lighted from said stand without being attached to the telephone instrument or without touching said instrument except as it rests on the stand. And it can be made to automatically light said dial on the removal of the telephone receiver without being attached to said telephone instrument,

The construction, arrangement and relationship of the parts may be varied within the scope of equivalents and the appended claims without departing from the spirit and principle of the invention.

Having thus described the invention what I claim is:

1. A telephone and light supporting means for use with a telephone instrument formed with a base, a body, a receiver and an arm projecting from said body to hold said receiver,- compris ing a stand with a flared top for fixedly supporting said instrument, a light standard fixed to said stand, a telescoping upper end to said standard, a switch lever in said telescoping end movable into operable position with said receiver arm by said telescoping end, a bulb in said telescoping end, a battery in said stand, circuit means to connect said battery and said bulb through said standard, a manual and an automatic switch in said connecting circuit means, said automatic switch including said lever operable by said receiver arm to start said automatic switch toward an off or an on position and means whereby said lever and arm are spaced apart on either said on or off position.

2. A telephone and light supporting means for use with a telephone instrument formed with a base, a body, a receiver and an arm projecting arm, a bulb in said telescoping end, a battery in said stand, circuit means to connect said battery and said bulb through said standard, an automatic switch in said connecting circuit means, said automatic switch including said forked lever to span and be operated by said arm without .contact therewith at the on and off position of said switch, and means whereby said forked lever is moved away from said arm.

3. A telephone and light supportingmeans for use with a telephone instrument formed with a base, a body, a receiver and an arm for holding said receiver, comprising a stand for supporting said instrument, a light standard fixed to said stand, a bulb in the upper end of said standard, a battery in said stand, circuit means to connect said battery and said bulb through said standard, a manual and an automatic switch in said circuit means, said circuit means forming two electrical circuits, the first of which containsonly the manual switch and the second of which contains both the manual and automatic switches, said automatic switch including a lever with a forked end spaced above and below said receiver holding arm in both its on and oil positions, and operable to its on position by removal of said receiver from said arm and operable to its off position by replacing said receiver on said arm, said manual switch movable in one direction to close the first circuit only to light said bulb and in the opposite direction to close the second circuit in conjunction with the automatic switch in its on position to light said bulb.

CLIFFORD B. HOWELL.

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