1977-02-04
1979-11-27
Engle, Samuel W.
Illumination
Revolving
362 78, 340134, 200 60, 200 6145R, 200 80R, B62J 500, B62J 516
Patent
active
041763904
ABSTRACT:
An improved light adapted to be connected to a wheel of, e.g., a bicycle. In preferred form, the light is fixed to the wheel in a manner that orients the light's battery on an axis positioned substantially radially of the wheel, and that orients the light's battery radially inward of the light's bulb relative to the wheel's axis. A switch spring is provided in the light's housing that normally biases the battery out of electrical contact with the bulb when the wheel is not rotating, i.e., when the bicycle is not in use, but which permits the battery to be biased into electrical contact with the bulb in response to centrifugal force when the wheel is rotating, i.e., when the bicycle is in use. Thus, the light turns off automatically when the bicycle is not being ridden, and turns on automatically in response to centrifugal force when the bicycle is being ridden, when the light is mounted on a bicycle's wheel.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2811633 (1957-10-01), Bjork
patent: 3154776 (1964-10-01), Otten
patent: 3987409 (1976-10-01), Freeman
Engle Samuel W.
Galbert-French, Inc.
Miles Edward F.
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