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Show LIGHTS BOTH ROADS , ROUNDING A CORNER Illinois Man Makes Decided Improvement Im-provement in Headlights. i One Shines Up .New Direction White Other Continues to Light Old Roadway Ftod Supplies Motive Mo-tive Power. Because an nutomobllo In which) ho was riding ono evening went around corners so fast that It was dangerous, and becnuso tho front lamps were stationary sta-tionary nnd "would not swing In tho, direction di-rection tho cnr'wns going until It had V I t ftom ityht . UmWlowtum fet'ljn tsmuen onciunwlt slyt l Biifnfna Steering rod K i One Light Points Straight Ahead, the Other In Direction Car Is Turning-Steering Turning-Steering nod Operates It. turned completely, Frank E. Harvey of White Hull, III., resolved that certain Improvements In automobile headlights were necessary. Therefore ho produced a very elmplo and commcndablo Invention. In-vention. Tho idea is to make nt least one headlight turn, nnd that at the moment mo-ment the steering wheel is revolved. Thus ono headlight shines up In tho new direction while the- other continues con-tinues to light the old' roadway. In this way light Is provided' irutho two places most needed when rounding a corner. Tho connecting rod between tlio front wheels supplies tho motive power which moves tlio lamps. Two pins nro mado fast to this rod near each end, nnd tho rod in its right-and-left movements onuses ono or tho other of tho pins to strlko tho arm, of its bent rod leading up to the corresponding corre-sponding light. Tho Illustrations show details. A spring, keeps tho, parts (out nnd ready to respond, to all Impulses Im-pulses from the pins nnd rod. Popular Popu-lar Scisnce Monthly. |
