CA1072328A - Lockable name plate - Google Patents
Lockable name plateInfo
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- CA1072328A CA1072328A CA257,652A CA257652A CA1072328A CA 1072328 A CA1072328 A CA 1072328A CA 257652 A CA257652 A CA 257652A CA 1072328 A CA1072328 A CA 1072328A
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- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- G09F7/00—Signs, name or number plates, letters, numerals, or symbols; Panels or boards
- G09F7/18—Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure
- G09F2007/1852—Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure for fastening magnetically or by suction or the like
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- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- G09F7/00—Signs, name or number plates, letters, numerals, or symbols; Panels or boards
- G09F7/18—Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A name plate assembly having invisible locking means re-quiring the use of an externally applied magnet.
The name plate assembly includes the use of a base mem-ber having one or more dovetailed type rails on one face and a name plate having corresponding dovetail recesses for slidingly engaging with the rails of the base member. Mounted on the base member is a first magnet means which normally engage with the name plate to hold the name plate locked securely on the base member. The magnet means can only be disengaged from the name plate by the application to the assembly of a second magnet means withdrawing the firs mag-net means from locking engagement with the name plate.
A name plate assembly having invisible locking means re-quiring the use of an externally applied magnet.
The name plate assembly includes the use of a base mem-ber having one or more dovetailed type rails on one face and a name plate having corresponding dovetail recesses for slidingly engaging with the rails of the base member. Mounted on the base member is a first magnet means which normally engage with the name plate to hold the name plate locked securely on the base member. The magnet means can only be disengaged from the name plate by the application to the assembly of a second magnet means withdrawing the firs mag-net means from locking engagement with the name plate.
Description
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This invention relates to name plate ~ssemblies and par-ticularly to name plates which are slidably mounted on a base and have invisible locking means controlled by the use of a magnet or a system of magnets.
Name plates, particularly those which are mounted on a base secured to a door or wall and those which are mounted on a directory board, are readily subjected to unwarranted removal.
This is particularly so with name plates which can readily be used by othersO The unauthorized removal of name plates has led to con-siderable inconvenience and expense in providing replacements.
The invention consists of a name plate mounted on a basetogether with magnet means whereby the name plate is secured to the base and is releasable from the base only when the magnet means is made operable by an authorized person. In one example, the name plate base has dovetailed rails on its frame face and the name plate has dovetailed rails on its rear face, the dovetailed rails engaging with each other to permit the name plate to be slidably mounted on the base. One or more metal dowels or magnets are floatably mounted in cavities, half of which are located on the front face of the name plate base with the other half being located on the rear face of the name plate. The two facing halves of the cavities are aligned with each other when the name plate is in its proper position on the name plate base~ The metal dowels or mag-nets are floatably captive in the name plate base and partially drop into engagement in the cavity in the name plate only when the . .
name plate is slidably moved along the base to take up its desired position. In order to permit the name plate to be withdrawn from the base, an external magnet or magnet system must be applied to the upper edge or predetermined area of the base name plate assem-bly in order to raise or unlock the metal dowel or magnet out ofthe cavity in the name plate. While the metal dowel or magnet within the name plate assembly is in the raised or unlockedposition, ~ '1 jJ
the name plate can be slid along and out o~ engagement with the base. Thus, without the use of an operative magnet, the name plate remains securely locked on the base.
In some applications of the invention where an elestri-cal supply is available, such as for illuminating a directory pa-nel board, electro-magnets can be employed for locking and unlock-ing the name plates on their base.
The present invention, therefore, provides a relatively ~heap and practical means of protecting name plates from unwar-rented removal from the base on which they are mounted.
The object of the invention is to provide a lockablename plate assembly in which the locking means is not visible and an external magnetic device suitably designed must be applied to a predetermin0d area of the assembly in order to remove the name plate from its base.
A further object of the invention is to provide a name plate assembly in which a name plate will automatically lock itself when repositioned on the base of the name plate assembly.
~ ~urther object o~ the invention is to provide means for locking a multiple of name plates on a base or directory board.
These and other objects of the invention will be apparent from the following detailed specification and the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a part perspective view of a name plate as-sembly according to the present invention with the name pla-te mov-ed along the base to show a magnet locking pin captive in the base.
Figure 2 is an end view of the assembly shown in Figure 1, showing in dotted lines the metal dowel or magnet locking pin in inter-~erence with the name plate.
Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Fi.gure 1, showing the metal ~owel or magnet locking pin located within a cavity in the base member of the name plate assem-bly.
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Figure ~ is an enlarged rear view of one encl of ~he name plate assembly, showing the means to hold the locking magnet cap-tive and an external magnet to raise the locking dowel or magnet device out of inter-ference with the name plate, Figure 5 is a partial front face view of a name plate base, showing an arrangement using a pair of opposing attraction locking magnets which require a special magnet to unlock the sli-ding nam~ plate.
Figure 5a is similar to Figure 5, but shows a third mag-net for holding the other two magnets in locking position when thename plate assembly is in a flat position.
Figure 6 is a partial front face view of a name plate base, showing a modified arrangement of the use of two magnets from that shown in Figure 5 requiring a specially designed magnet to un-lock the name plate.
Figure 7 is a partial front face view of a name plate base, showing a spring mounted magnet requiring the use of a repul-sion magnet applied to the front of the name plate assemblyO
Figure 8 is a horizontal section taken on the line 8-8 of Figure 7.
Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 7, but shows two spring mounted magnets requiring the use of a repulsion magnet as shown in Figure 7.
Figure 10 is a horizontal section taken on the line 10-lO
of Figure 9.
Figure 11 is a view similar to Figure 7, but shows a pin type magnet mounted on the end of a spring.
Figure 12 is a vertical section taken on the line 12-12 of Figure 11, Figure 13 is an arrangement similar to that shown in Fig-ure 11, but shows two magnets secured to each end of a spring.
Figure 14 is a partial vertical section of a multiple name plate assembly employing a magnet and a gang dowel ~or lock-ing the name plates.
Figure 15 is a front view of the multiple dowel shown in Figure 14.
Figure 16 is a side view of the multiple dowel shown in Figure 15, Referring to the drawings and particularly to ~igures 1 to 4, Figure 1 is a partial perspective view of one end of a name plate assembly 5 of typical form which includes a base 6 and a name plate 7. The base 6 is preferably of extruded form having on its front face 8 a pair of dovetailed rails 9 and corresponding but smaller dovetail-shaped recesses 10 on its rear face 11. The name plate 7 has a flat front face 12 and on its rear face 13 there is provided a pair of dovetail-shaped recesses 14 adapted to fit on the rails 9 of the base 6 for sliding movement o-P the name plate 7 on the base 6.
At a distance inwards from one end of the base 6 there is drilled, or otherwise formed, a vertically disposed cavity 15 centrally disposed between the front face and the rear face of the base 6, the cavity 15 extending upwards behind the rail 9a and downwards to be exposed in the dovetail recess 10 located between the two rails 9.
The name plate 7, a* the same distance inwards from the end of the name plate as the cavity 15 in the base 6, has a cavity 17 drilled, or otherwise formed, extending downwards from the low-er edge 14a of the upper recess 14.
A floating magnet 18 is located in the cavity 15 in the base 6 and is held therein by the plug 19 set in the rear face of the base 6, as shown in Figures 3 and 4. The plug 19 is held in place by the detents 20.
The cavity 15 in the base 6 and the cavity 17 in the name plate 7 are aligned with each other when the name plate 7 is Z~
a ligned in its correct position on the base 6 and when the hase and name plate assembly are positioned vertically when mounted on a door or in a directory stand, as shown in Figure 2, the lower end o~ the magnet 18 drops into the cavity 17 in the name plate 7 to lock the name plate f'rom horizontal movement relative to the base 6, An external magnet A, shown in Figure 4, is applied to the top edge of the name plate assembly f'or the purpose o~ lifting the rod magnet 18 out o~ engagement with the cavity 17 in the name plate 7 and thus releases the name plate ~rom locking engagement with the base member.
In Figure 5 there is shown an arrangement of two magnets 19 and 20 located parallel with each other in the base member 69 with the magnets having opposite polarity requiring an opposite pole magnet to retract the magnets 19 and 20 ~rom locking engage-ment with the name plate.
In Figure 5a the magnets l9a and 20a are similar to those shown in Figure 5. In order to permit the magnets l9a and 20a to lock with a name plate when the assembly is mounted on a flat ho-rizontal surface, an additional magnet 21 is mounted in a f`ixedposition at right angles and spaced f'rom the inward ends of the magnets l9a and 20a, In this arrangement the magnet 21 pulls the magnets l9a and 20a into locking engagement with the name plate.
In Figure 6 there is shown an arrangement of' two magnets 22 and 23 which are ~ertically aligned with each other, one in each of' the rails 9. These magnets 22 and 23 are of' opposite po-larity and their adjacent ends 24 together act to lock the name plate to the base in the manner abo~e described, In Figures 7, 8, 9 and 10 there is shown a variation in which the round-f'lat magnets are used to lock the name plate to the base on which the name plate is mounted.
In Figures 7 and 8 the magnet 25 is mounted centrally on ~ 3~
the leaf spring 26 and the magnet is seated within the aperture 27 in the rail 9a. The leaf spring 26 has its ends anchored at 28 in the longitudinal recess lOa in the rear face of the base member 29, The name plate 30 has a circular recess 31 ~ormed in its rear face 32 in which the magnet 25 is normally seated when the name plate 30 is positioned on the base member 29, and is withdrawn from its seated position when the operative magnet is applied to permit the name plate to be slidingly removed ~rom the base member.
Figures 9 and lO are similar to Figures 7 and 8, except that two magnets 33 are employed, secured to the ends o-f the lea~
spring 34 which is secured centrally to the rear face Oe the base member 35. The magnets 33 seat in the recesses 36 in the name plate 37 to hold the name plate locked on the base member 35.
In Figures 11, 12 and 13 there is shown an arrangement similar to Figures 7, 8 and 9 with the exception that round rod type~magnets 38 and 38a are secured on the ends of the single leaf spring 39 and the double leaf spring 40O
In Figures 14, 15 and 16 there is shown a still eurther modieication in which a series o~ name plates 41 are mounted on a board, such as a directory board 420 The means -eOr locking the name plates 41 on the board is shown in Figures 15 and 16 and con-sists o~ a gang rod 43 having raised portions 44 which ride in slots 45 within the rails 46 mating with corresponding slots 47.
A magnet or soft iron plate 4~ in the name plates is secured to the top end of the gang rod 430 When the operative magnet is applied close to the loca-tion o e the magnet 48, the magnet or so~t iron plate ~8 is attrac-ted to move upwards in the mating slots 45 and 47 and thereby with-draw the raised sur:eaces 44 o e the gang rod 43 upwards out o~ en-gagement with the slots 47 in the lower edge portion o e the name platesO
In all of the above described arrangements, the metal dowels or magnets locking the name plates to the base member on which they are mounted can only be moved out of engagement with the name plates by the application of the operative magnet, shown as an external magnet and designated ~ in Figure 4, to the name plate assembly adjacent to where the locking magnet is located.
For instance, the pin-type metal dowels or magnets 18 such as are shown in Figure 3 would require the external magnet A to be applied to the top horizontal edge of' the name plate assembly, and where the disc-type magnets are employed, the external magnet A would have to be applied to the outer face of the name plate in order to repulse the disc magnet out of engagement with the name plate.
In other arrangements such as where two magnets are used as in Figures 5 and 5a, a double-pole external magnet is employed to attract the two magnets away from each other to unlock the name plate from the base member.
Where an electrical supply is available, the external magnet A shown in Figure 4 can be replaced by electro-magnets built into the base member and controlled by switches or push buttons which in turn can be locked against unauthorized use.
While the base members and name plates have been illus-trated having dovetailed mating surfaces, the base members couldbe of channel form, having lips at their longitudinal edges to retain the name plates for sliding movement in the channels.
With the above described arrangements the name plates cannot be removed from their mounting and no visible locking ar-rangement can be seen. One must have the knowledge that an exter-nal magnet must be used to unlock the name plate and, in certain instances such as with the arrangements shown in Figures 5, 5a and 6, the external magnet must be used in a specific way in order that the locking magnets will withdraw from locking contact with the name plateO
This invention relates to name plate ~ssemblies and par-ticularly to name plates which are slidably mounted on a base and have invisible locking means controlled by the use of a magnet or a system of magnets.
Name plates, particularly those which are mounted on a base secured to a door or wall and those which are mounted on a directory board, are readily subjected to unwarranted removal.
This is particularly so with name plates which can readily be used by othersO The unauthorized removal of name plates has led to con-siderable inconvenience and expense in providing replacements.
The invention consists of a name plate mounted on a basetogether with magnet means whereby the name plate is secured to the base and is releasable from the base only when the magnet means is made operable by an authorized person. In one example, the name plate base has dovetailed rails on its frame face and the name plate has dovetailed rails on its rear face, the dovetailed rails engaging with each other to permit the name plate to be slidably mounted on the base. One or more metal dowels or magnets are floatably mounted in cavities, half of which are located on the front face of the name plate base with the other half being located on the rear face of the name plate. The two facing halves of the cavities are aligned with each other when the name plate is in its proper position on the name plate base~ The metal dowels or mag-nets are floatably captive in the name plate base and partially drop into engagement in the cavity in the name plate only when the . .
name plate is slidably moved along the base to take up its desired position. In order to permit the name plate to be withdrawn from the base, an external magnet or magnet system must be applied to the upper edge or predetermined area of the base name plate assem-bly in order to raise or unlock the metal dowel or magnet out ofthe cavity in the name plate. While the metal dowel or magnet within the name plate assembly is in the raised or unlockedposition, ~ '1 jJ
the name plate can be slid along and out o~ engagement with the base. Thus, without the use of an operative magnet, the name plate remains securely locked on the base.
In some applications of the invention where an elestri-cal supply is available, such as for illuminating a directory pa-nel board, electro-magnets can be employed for locking and unlock-ing the name plates on their base.
The present invention, therefore, provides a relatively ~heap and practical means of protecting name plates from unwar-rented removal from the base on which they are mounted.
The object of the invention is to provide a lockablename plate assembly in which the locking means is not visible and an external magnetic device suitably designed must be applied to a predetermin0d area of the assembly in order to remove the name plate from its base.
A further object of the invention is to provide a name plate assembly in which a name plate will automatically lock itself when repositioned on the base of the name plate assembly.
~ ~urther object o~ the invention is to provide means for locking a multiple of name plates on a base or directory board.
These and other objects of the invention will be apparent from the following detailed specification and the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a part perspective view of a name plate as-sembly according to the present invention with the name pla-te mov-ed along the base to show a magnet locking pin captive in the base.
Figure 2 is an end view of the assembly shown in Figure 1, showing in dotted lines the metal dowel or magnet locking pin in inter-~erence with the name plate.
Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Fi.gure 1, showing the metal ~owel or magnet locking pin located within a cavity in the base member of the name plate assem-bly.
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Figure ~ is an enlarged rear view of one encl of ~he name plate assembly, showing the means to hold the locking magnet cap-tive and an external magnet to raise the locking dowel or magnet device out of inter-ference with the name plate, Figure 5 is a partial front face view of a name plate base, showing an arrangement using a pair of opposing attraction locking magnets which require a special magnet to unlock the sli-ding nam~ plate.
Figure 5a is similar to Figure 5, but shows a third mag-net for holding the other two magnets in locking position when thename plate assembly is in a flat position.
Figure 6 is a partial front face view of a name plate base, showing a modified arrangement of the use of two magnets from that shown in Figure 5 requiring a specially designed magnet to un-lock the name plate.
Figure 7 is a partial front face view of a name plate base, showing a spring mounted magnet requiring the use of a repul-sion magnet applied to the front of the name plate assemblyO
Figure 8 is a horizontal section taken on the line 8-8 of Figure 7.
Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 7, but shows two spring mounted magnets requiring the use of a repulsion magnet as shown in Figure 7.
Figure 10 is a horizontal section taken on the line 10-lO
of Figure 9.
Figure 11 is a view similar to Figure 7, but shows a pin type magnet mounted on the end of a spring.
Figure 12 is a vertical section taken on the line 12-12 of Figure 11, Figure 13 is an arrangement similar to that shown in Fig-ure 11, but shows two magnets secured to each end of a spring.
Figure 14 is a partial vertical section of a multiple name plate assembly employing a magnet and a gang dowel ~or lock-ing the name plates.
Figure 15 is a front view of the multiple dowel shown in Figure 14.
Figure 16 is a side view of the multiple dowel shown in Figure 15, Referring to the drawings and particularly to ~igures 1 to 4, Figure 1 is a partial perspective view of one end of a name plate assembly 5 of typical form which includes a base 6 and a name plate 7. The base 6 is preferably of extruded form having on its front face 8 a pair of dovetailed rails 9 and corresponding but smaller dovetail-shaped recesses 10 on its rear face 11. The name plate 7 has a flat front face 12 and on its rear face 13 there is provided a pair of dovetail-shaped recesses 14 adapted to fit on the rails 9 of the base 6 for sliding movement o-P the name plate 7 on the base 6.
At a distance inwards from one end of the base 6 there is drilled, or otherwise formed, a vertically disposed cavity 15 centrally disposed between the front face and the rear face of the base 6, the cavity 15 extending upwards behind the rail 9a and downwards to be exposed in the dovetail recess 10 located between the two rails 9.
The name plate 7, a* the same distance inwards from the end of the name plate as the cavity 15 in the base 6, has a cavity 17 drilled, or otherwise formed, extending downwards from the low-er edge 14a of the upper recess 14.
A floating magnet 18 is located in the cavity 15 in the base 6 and is held therein by the plug 19 set in the rear face of the base 6, as shown in Figures 3 and 4. The plug 19 is held in place by the detents 20.
The cavity 15 in the base 6 and the cavity 17 in the name plate 7 are aligned with each other when the name plate 7 is Z~
a ligned in its correct position on the base 6 and when the hase and name plate assembly are positioned vertically when mounted on a door or in a directory stand, as shown in Figure 2, the lower end o~ the magnet 18 drops into the cavity 17 in the name plate 7 to lock the name plate f'rom horizontal movement relative to the base 6, An external magnet A, shown in Figure 4, is applied to the top edge of the name plate assembly f'or the purpose o~ lifting the rod magnet 18 out o~ engagement with the cavity 17 in the name plate 7 and thus releases the name plate ~rom locking engagement with the base member.
In Figure 5 there is shown an arrangement of two magnets 19 and 20 located parallel with each other in the base member 69 with the magnets having opposite polarity requiring an opposite pole magnet to retract the magnets 19 and 20 ~rom locking engage-ment with the name plate.
In Figure 5a the magnets l9a and 20a are similar to those shown in Figure 5. In order to permit the magnets l9a and 20a to lock with a name plate when the assembly is mounted on a flat ho-rizontal surface, an additional magnet 21 is mounted in a f`ixedposition at right angles and spaced f'rom the inward ends of the magnets l9a and 20a, In this arrangement the magnet 21 pulls the magnets l9a and 20a into locking engagement with the name plate.
In Figure 6 there is shown an arrangement of' two magnets 22 and 23 which are ~ertically aligned with each other, one in each of' the rails 9. These magnets 22 and 23 are of' opposite po-larity and their adjacent ends 24 together act to lock the name plate to the base in the manner abo~e described, In Figures 7, 8, 9 and 10 there is shown a variation in which the round-f'lat magnets are used to lock the name plate to the base on which the name plate is mounted.
In Figures 7 and 8 the magnet 25 is mounted centrally on ~ 3~
the leaf spring 26 and the magnet is seated within the aperture 27 in the rail 9a. The leaf spring 26 has its ends anchored at 28 in the longitudinal recess lOa in the rear face of the base member 29, The name plate 30 has a circular recess 31 ~ormed in its rear face 32 in which the magnet 25 is normally seated when the name plate 30 is positioned on the base member 29, and is withdrawn from its seated position when the operative magnet is applied to permit the name plate to be slidingly removed ~rom the base member.
Figures 9 and lO are similar to Figures 7 and 8, except that two magnets 33 are employed, secured to the ends o-f the lea~
spring 34 which is secured centrally to the rear face Oe the base member 35. The magnets 33 seat in the recesses 36 in the name plate 37 to hold the name plate locked on the base member 35.
In Figures 11, 12 and 13 there is shown an arrangement similar to Figures 7, 8 and 9 with the exception that round rod type~magnets 38 and 38a are secured on the ends of the single leaf spring 39 and the double leaf spring 40O
In Figures 14, 15 and 16 there is shown a still eurther modieication in which a series o~ name plates 41 are mounted on a board, such as a directory board 420 The means -eOr locking the name plates 41 on the board is shown in Figures 15 and 16 and con-sists o~ a gang rod 43 having raised portions 44 which ride in slots 45 within the rails 46 mating with corresponding slots 47.
A magnet or soft iron plate 4~ in the name plates is secured to the top end of the gang rod 430 When the operative magnet is applied close to the loca-tion o e the magnet 48, the magnet or so~t iron plate ~8 is attrac-ted to move upwards in the mating slots 45 and 47 and thereby with-draw the raised sur:eaces 44 o e the gang rod 43 upwards out o~ en-gagement with the slots 47 in the lower edge portion o e the name platesO
In all of the above described arrangements, the metal dowels or magnets locking the name plates to the base member on which they are mounted can only be moved out of engagement with the name plates by the application of the operative magnet, shown as an external magnet and designated ~ in Figure 4, to the name plate assembly adjacent to where the locking magnet is located.
For instance, the pin-type metal dowels or magnets 18 such as are shown in Figure 3 would require the external magnet A to be applied to the top horizontal edge of' the name plate assembly, and where the disc-type magnets are employed, the external magnet A would have to be applied to the outer face of the name plate in order to repulse the disc magnet out of engagement with the name plate.
In other arrangements such as where two magnets are used as in Figures 5 and 5a, a double-pole external magnet is employed to attract the two magnets away from each other to unlock the name plate from the base member.
Where an electrical supply is available, the external magnet A shown in Figure 4 can be replaced by electro-magnets built into the base member and controlled by switches or push buttons which in turn can be locked against unauthorized use.
While the base members and name plates have been illus-trated having dovetailed mating surfaces, the base members couldbe of channel form, having lips at their longitudinal edges to retain the name plates for sliding movement in the channels.
With the above described arrangements the name plates cannot be removed from their mounting and no visible locking ar-rangement can be seen. One must have the knowledge that an exter-nal magnet must be used to unlock the name plate and, in certain instances such as with the arrangements shown in Figures 5, 5a and 6, the external magnet must be used in a specific way in order that the locking magnets will withdraw from locking contact with the name plateO
Claims (15)
1. A lockable nameplate and base member assembly in which the said nameplate is slidably mounted on the said base member, movable locking means mounted in the base member, the locking means located to be moved past the front face of the base member, and also located between the outer edges of the base member, recess means on the nameplate, the recess means located on the back face of the nameplate and between the outer edges of the nameplate, the locking means movable into hidden locking engagement with the recess means on the nameplate when the nameplate is slidably mounted on the base member with its back face facing the front face of the base member, to align the recess means with the locking means, and magnet means, the said magnet means applying magnetic force to a predetermined position on the said base and name-plate assembly to effect withdrawal of the said locking means from the recess means on said nameplate to permit sliding movement and disengagement of the nameplate from the said base member.
2. A lockable nameplate and base member assembly as set forth in claim 1 in which the said locking means is a metal dowel movably captive in a cavity in the said base member and aligned with a cavity in the said nameplate when the nameplate is in its operative position in the base member.
3. A lockable nameplate and base member assembly as set forth in claim 1 in which the said base member and nameplate each have rails on their mating faces, the said rails engageable with each other for sliding movement of the nameplate relative to the base member, and the said locking means are metal dowels movable across the mating edges of the said rails to lock the nameplate to the said base member.
4. A lockable nameplate and base member assembly as set forth in claim 1 in which the said locking means is a magnetized dowel.
5. A lockable nameplate and base member assembly as set forth in claim 1 in which the said locking means is of rod form confined for movement within a cavity partly formed in the said base member and in the said nameplate and in alignment when the nameplate is in operative position in the base member.
6. A lockable nameplate and base member assembly as set forth in claim 1 in which the said base member and the nameplate each have rails on their mating faces, the said rails engageable with each other for sliding movement of the nameplate relative to the base member and the said locking means are metal dowels movable by gravity across mating edges of the rails on the faces of the base member and nameplate to lock the nameplate to the base member.
7. A lockable nameplate and base member assembly as set forth in claim 3 in which parallel rails are disposed on the base member and nameplate for mating and sliding engage-ment with each other and the said locking means comprises a pair of rod form magnets axially aligned with each other for movement in cavities disposed transversely of the mating rails of the base member and nameplate, said pair of magnets having reverse polarity for attraction of the magnets to each other for locking engagement of the nameplate on the base member.
8. A lockable nameplate and base member assembly as set forth in claim 1 in which the said locking means in-cludes a leaf spring secured at one end thereof to the said base member and a magnet secured to the opposite end of the said spring, the said magnet being located within an aperture in the said base member and engageable within a recess in the opposing face of the said nameplate for locking engagement of the nameplate with the base member.
9. A lockable nameplate and base member assembly as set forth in claim 1 in which the said locking means in-cludes a leaf spring secured at both ends to the said base member and a magnet is secured to the leaf spring midway of its length, the said magnet being located within an aperture in the said base member and engageable within a recess in the opposing face of the said nameplate for locking engagement of the nameplate with the base member,
10. A lockable nameplate and base member assembly as set forth in claim 1 in which the said locking means includes a leaf spring secured midway of its length to the said base member and a pair of magnets, one magnet being secured to each end of the leaf spring, each of said pair of magnets being located within apertures in the said base member and engage-able within recesses in the opposing face of the said nameplate for locking engagement of the nameplate with the base member.
11. A lockable nameplate and base member assembly as set forth in claim 1 in which the said locking means in-cludes a pair of magnets of opposite polarity movably dis-posed in parallel spaced apart relationship within cavities in the said rail means in said base member and nameplate, the said magnets normally movable by gravity to lock the said nameplate to the said base member.
12. A lockable nameplate and base member assembly as set forth in claim 1 in which the said locking means in-cludes a pair of magnets of opposite polarity movably disposed in parallel spaced apart relationship within cavities in said base member and nameplate and a third magnet disposed at right angles to the said pair of magnets, said third magnet adapted to maintain the said pair of magnets in locking engagement with the said nameplate when the assembly is mounted in a flat and horizontal position.
13, A lockable nameplate and base member assembly as set forth in claim 1 in which the said base member is adapted to carry a multiple of name plates disposed one above the other and the said locking means includes a movable gang rod having raised nameplate locking portions along its length in spaced apart relationship equal to the spacing apart of the said nameplates in the base member and a magnet is secured at one end of the said gang rod,
14. A lockable nameplate and base member assembly as set forth in claim 1 in which the said magnet means is an electro-magnet and switch means control the electro-magnet to release the said locking means from locking engagement with the said nameplate.
15. A lockable nameplate and base member assembly as claimed in claims 1, 2 or 3 wherein said magnet means in a separate permanent magnet manually moved to the predeter-mined position,
Priority Applications (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA257,652A CA1072328A (en) | 1976-07-23 | 1976-07-23 | Lockable name plate |
| US05/911,877 US4184277A (en) | 1976-07-23 | 1978-06-02 | Lockable name plate |
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA257,652A CA1072328A (en) | 1976-07-23 | 1976-07-23 | Lockable name plate |
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| CA1072328A true CA1072328A (en) | 1980-02-26 |
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