GB444423A - Improvements in and connected with road signs or indicators - Google Patents

Abstract

444,423. Road lamps and signs. GODDARD, T. R., 42, Elsworthy Road, Hampstead, London. Dec. 13, 1934, Nos. 35868/34 and 7034/35. [Class 3 (ii)] [See also Group XI] In a road sign of the beacon variety in which a distinctively coloured globe is supported on the top of a post at the side of a road to indicate a pedestrian crossing or like safety zone, there is provided at the top of the post a light source and reflector or like projecting means whereby the globe is illuminated, the light source is screened to prevent dazzle of a vehicle driver, and a beam of light is projected down on to the safety zone. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the post a carries a cylindrical casing c which is provided with a door c<1>, a socket to receive the neck b<1> of a translucent globe b, and a longitudinal slot g. Light from an electric lamp bulb d passes upwardly through the neck b<1> to internally illuminate the globe band downwardly through the slot g to illuminate the post a, the ground at the foot of the post, and the safety zone. The end b<2> of the casing c may be polished to serve as a reflector, or a lens and/or reflector may be arranged inside the casing to intensify the narrow beam projected down on to the safety zone. An opaque globe may be externally illuminated by providing apertures in the casing c around the neck b<1>. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the bulb d and a reflector l are mounted inside an opaque globe b, the upper half of which is removable, and the slot in the lower half is flanked by projecting webs or cheeks h. The globe may be cut to form stencils which are glazed, or an aperture may be fitted with a glass or like stencil. Alternatively, the upper half of the globe may be translucent.