Les éclairages Luxor — L’Officiel du cycle, 1 November 1952, the Code 105 Double-Projection Headlight and the Double-Winding Dynamos

From L’Officiel du cycle, du motocycle et du camping, 1 November 1952, N° 44, the paper’s number reporting on the Salon du Cycle at the Porte de Versailles, page 45: note ‘Les éclairages Luxor’: Code 105 double-projection headlight for bicycles and cyclomoteurs, light diagram, 105 D photo; models 105 C, D, E; Luxor dynamos with double winding (models 60 and 63 ‘tandem’ and ‘cyclomoteur’, 6 and 9 watts); voltage chart. The title, headings, captions and lists are transcribed as printed; the text is summarized in Ebykr’s words, and the page images carry it in full.

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Les éclairages LUXOR

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. The notice says Luxor justifies its reputation as a great French marque by creating the Code 105, a double-projection headlight for bicycles and cyclomotors, and introduces its characteristics: the reflector has an oriented double projection and comprises the two parts listed below.]

OPTIQUE D’ECLAIRAGE CODE ET VILLE
PROJECTION INCLINEE 2A3°
CORRECTION DE L’ECLAIRAGE CODE
PROJECTION AXIALE
OPTIQUE D’ECLAIRAGE ROUTE
SCHEMA DU CODE 105 à ampoule mignonette ordinaire

Le 105 D

1° 1 projecteur Code incliné à 3°, qui permet d’obtenir un
éclairage plongeant très puissant sur une distance de 18 à 20 m.,
en utilisant une partie du réflecteur phare, qui donne un éclai-
rage très large devant le cycliste, et procure par conséquent un
grand avantage dans les croisements ;

2° 1 projecteur phare à projection axiale d’une grande portée.

[Ebykr summary. The notice goes on to say this projector has the advantage of using ordinary bulbs of the “mignonnettes” type and fits a magnetic flywheel generator as well as an alternator. It adds that a motorcycle-type switch has been used to obtain a rational connection with a minimum (the sentence continues in the next column).]

[An editorial note set in the magazine’s own column: a heading in roman type, right-aligned, with the firm’s name in capitals, over italic paragraphs with the marque and model names in upright roman. A ruled rectangular panel across the column holds two pictures side by side. At the left is a line-drawn technical section of a headlight reflector, a half-dome shape in cross section, with two bulbs drawn one above the other, dashed axis lines and a thin outer glass; leader lines connect it to five hand-lettered italic capital labels reading “OPTIQUE D’ECLAIRAGE CODE ET VILLE”, “PROJECTION INCLINEE 2A3°”, “CORRECTION DE L’ECLAIRAGE CODE”, “PROJECTION AXIALE” and “OPTIQUE D’ECLAIRAGE ROUTE”, and the title “SCHEMA DU CODE 105” with a small note “à ampoule mignonette ordinaire” is lettered along the foot of the panel. At the right is a halftone photograph of an egg-shaped dark headlight shell seen from the side and back, with a small curved bracket at the top and a lug at the bottom, captioned in roman type “Le 105 D”. Below the panel, the text continues in italic with numbered paragraphs to the foot of the crop. A three-star break mark, belonging to the preceding notice, sits at the top edge. No artist signature or agency mark appears.]

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[Ebykr summary, continuing the sentence from the previous column; the article’s text is not reproduced. The motorcycle-type switch was used to obtain a rational connection with a minimum of bulk, and the aim was above all safety for the whole of the operation. The projector is delivered with different mounting methods so that it can be fitted to every type of machine, in three models.]

— Le 105 C avec fixation papillon ;
— Le 105 D pour fixation latérale (voir figure ci-dessous) ;
— Le 105 E pour fixation avec support potence.

Voltage
Vitesse en Km/h.
LAMPE AVANT
LAMPE ARRIÈRE
Utiliser des lampes avant et arrière 6V 0,42
ou 6V 0,35 suivant l’utilisation ou les régions

[Ebykr summary, after the figure; the article’s text is not reproduced. Luxor also showed its double-winding dynamos, whose advantage is to prevent the rear (AR) bulbs from burning out, thanks to the double supply. Two groups are listed below.]

— 1° Le modèle 42, type vélo, qui utilise les mêmes ampoules
à l’AV et à l’AR ;
— 2° Les modèles 60 et 63, types « tandem » et « cyclomoteur »
de 6 et 9 watts.

[A continuation of the editorial note set in the magazine’s own column: italic text with the firm’s name in upright roman, a three-item dash list, then a wide ruled rectangular panel holding two pictures side by side. At the left is a line-drawn graph on a ruled grid, with the vertical axis lettered “Voltage” and numbered 1 to 8 with a mark at 7.5, and the horizontal axis lettered “Vitesse en Km/h.” and numbered 0, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60. A solid curve labeled “LAMPE AVANT” climbs steeply and levels near 7.5 volts, and a dashed curve labeled “LAMPE ARRIÈRE” levels near 5 volts; a two-line note in hand lettering stands below the graph. At the right is a line-engraved sectional drawing of a small dynamo, a tall bottle-shaped body with windings, a shaft, springs and a nut at the top and a roller and bolt at the foot, and a side housing with a lamp socket. Below the panel, italic paragraphs and a two-item list run to the foot of the crop, with a three-star break mark at the bottom edge. No artist signature or agency mark appears.]