Tail-End Light for Automobiles. Page: 3 of 3
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speed the first and second lamps are cut out
and the third lamp (preferably orange) is
brought into circuit.
Having thus described the nature and ob-
b jects of my invention, what I claim as new
and desire to secure by Letteit Patent, is-
An electric tail-end light for automobiles,
trains, etc., comprising different colored
lamps each having one of its poles connected
to to a stationary bar and grounded, a wire
leading from the other pole of each lamp,
each of said wires terminating in a contactpost, an insulated sleeve revolving beneath
said posts, a metallic ring carried by said
sleeve, a metallic plate in circuit with a bat- 15
tery and wiping over the ring of said sleeve,
a governor arranged to shift the ring to
alternate contact posts while still in contact
with said plate, said governor controlled by
the speed of said vehicle. 20
In testimony whereof I have signed my
name to this specification.
JOHN RICHARD GREEN.
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Green, John Richard. Tail-End Light for Automobiles., patent, July 29, 1919; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258030/m1/3/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.