Lamp

Application filed August 2

The present invention relates to lamps and is more particularly directed toward a floor lamp or torchere employing a metal reflector tor directing most of the light toward the .5 ceiling and provided with a translucent shade outside the reflector and illuminated at low intensity.

The present invention contemplates a floor lamp or torchere of the above type so arranged that the translucent covering, such as a parchment shade, may be employed about the metal reflector to conceal the reflector, when not in use, thereby providing a very pleasing appearance.

⁵ The invention also contemplates placing a reflecting and diffusing medium below the lamp in such a position that it may receive some direct light which is retransmitted onto the inner surface of the translucent parchο? 0^«· shade material. This light is diffused by the shade to improve the appearance of the lamp.

The accompanying drawings show, for 25 Purposes of illustrating the present invention one of the many possible embodiments in which the invention may take form, it being understood that the drawings are illustrative ot the invention rather than limiting the same.

³⁰ In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view with parts m section showing the floor lamp or torchere; and

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing a form of shade frame which may be employed.

The lamp is supported on the upper end of a standard indicated by the reference charac40 *^er !θ· This standard supports a lamp socket 11 in the usual manner and the lamp socket carries a single centrally located lamp bulb 12. lhe lamp socket is covered by a socket housing or cover 13 provided at its upper end ^{45 sbade holdin}g screws 14. These shade holding screws are adapted to support a shade frame 15 which carries a metallic reflector 16 and a transparent diffusing parchment shade 17.

so The details of a suitable form of shade frame are shown in Figure 2. Here it is pro., 1929. Serial No. 387,385.

vided with a pair of lower rings 20 and 21 secured together by short spacers 22. These rings are spaced so as to accommodate the screw 14. Diagonally extending uprights or frame members 23 are carried by the ring 20 55 and these uprights support an upper ring 24 fins upper ring 24 carries a number of downwardly and inwardly extending members 25 which support a ring 26 of smaller diameter. torie¹¹¹^ ²θ ^{1S adapted to carr}y the reflec- 60

This reflector is generally made out of sheet metal provided with a flange 27 to rest on the ring 26. This reflector is open at the bottom as indicated at 28 to permit down- 65 wardly directed light to pass through and tail on a shield plate or mirror 29 which may be conveniently made in the form of an aluminum disk. It rests on the ring 20 and is provided with a central hole or aperture ⁷⁰large enough to permit the neck of the lamp bulb. ¹

When the lamp is in use, the reflector 16 will act on most of the light to direct it upwardly so as to provide strong ceiling ⁷³illumination. A small amount of the light, however, passes down and is reflected and scattered by the shield plate so as to fall on the inside of the translucent screen or shade · material 17 thereby illuminating this mate- 80 rial, making it glow and bringing out any ornamental design which may be employed. It also renders the entire upper part of the lamp luminous. The shade material employed may be any of the ordinary types of 85 shade material used in lamp shades. It will be secured to the frame in the manner customarily employed for the material used. J-lie reflector 16 and. disk 20 are readily removable for lamp renewals and cleaning. 80