US1041866A - Street-sign. - Google Patents

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S; L. PHILLIPS.

STREET SGN.

APPLICATION FILED 2313.211911;

3 SHEETS-SHEET l.

L nuca/1 #et S. L. FHILLIPS.

STREET SIGN.

APPLICATION FILEDEMM?, 1911..

Panted Get. 22,

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

S. L. PHILLIPSg STREET SIGN. APPLIGATIOI; FILED IEm, 1911'.

Pafnted Got. 22, l9g2.

3 SHEBTS-SHEET 3.

PHELLUFS, @E

. comerme.

Primeurs,

i c States, -esiclingin i ie city und; com et? lleni'er of Colcrndo, here rented certain end useful impr remonte Street-Signs; :incl l flo declare the itollctwing to be riiuil, clear, u t description cfr" the inventio f --ble others slilerl. in t1 e crt to l Jains to maize ere-l use 'the wire being limi to the ecccmpenyns, anti to the character C Y a oi this spi el iipcn suiteble post thetlthe two' di netting intersecting'`v streets angles varied to harmonize crying ingles oi such streetsa Ls illustrated in the drawing the two sign mem'- bersI may be placed at right angles to each other or :it forty-lire angles, as may be desired. This particular illustration is for the purpose of indicating that the sign members may be set at angles or any other angle of adjustment which ine-.y be required by 'the purtieuler intersecting streets.

llowevcr, n. sign capable oit herring its incirbers formell either et right or iorty :ingles `Wou l undoubtedly eclupt the sign for use ut all intersecting streets, since i' the :ingle diiierent from a right :ingle ci intersection is noteectly fortylive degrees. the forty-five. degree :ingle will v be euilieientlj.' accurate for the purpose.

in my improved construction each sign member may consist ci tivo box-like structures nrrngccl one labove another, each ci; said structures haring transparent sides beyond which are placed the plates in which the street-indicating characters. nr ci? co1 struction it is 'preferred that euch character require@` in inclit-,atingl the street shell be i rmetl on s seperate section, thus adapting the i for use in ecnnectioii` with any intersecting streets. and nmking it practicable ie change the cheracters es the nume of the street is changecl, or to rer/ove e sien 'from one part of the city to another. t only change necessary being change in iY e characters required .to iiisigiia'itie the names lo( ation.

listing outiinefl niy improved Spcezcation of Letters Patent.

.e piicaton filed Febriary 2'?, i. Serial No.

immoreel construction the sign is,

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construction, I

of arrow' 1,' Fig. if).A Fig. 2 is a. top plan ie I of thestructure shown in F l, ,or a ie'W looking in the direction of. arrow E2, 3 and 4 are sections taken 0n `s lines 3-3 and M, respectively, of Fig.

im. is e top plan View of the groove er Twhich makes it practicable to change i lati've angles of the two sign members, seme being,1 shown on a larger scale. is e section teken on tie line 6-6, cn zi larger scale. 7 is e, horizontal section teken through one of the sign members on the line 7 7, Fig. 4i, shown on a larger scale. Fig. 8 is a top -plen View of one of the clamping Washers employed in connection' with that illustrated in Fig. 5, the same being shown on the same scale s in Fig. '7. Fig. 9 is :i perspective View of one et the casings slipped over the opposite extremities of each sign member, inclosing the at the top 'and bottom, and also serving to hold the sectional street-indicatingI character in place, cs Well as the 'transpercnt members .adjacent the said plates.

l0 is e similar View oi s member before 'the "ifg. 9 is applied.

The same reference characters indicate the same parte in all the views.

Referring new to the drawing, let the numerals and 5 designate upper and lower street sign members of box-like character. Each of these sign members consists of a skeleton freine 7 of the construction illustrete in Fig'. l0 clamped between a central Washer 8 and upper and lower clamping members 9 ami l0. Each of these members as illustrated in the drawing, is composed of tiro sides 12, @zich composed of two` parts 13v secured to opposite enel Wood members 14 by means oiscrews'15. Each of the members 13 has :i groove 16 ailziptecl to -receive transparent plates 17 and 18, the plates 17 occupying the end members of the frame, While the plates i8 are centralv located on oppositesides asthe frames timer iglfljf Vfrom 'their central portions toward i The grooves lr) are of sufficient width to receire not onlyv the transparent purr shown in View is teken looking in the direction one extremity I page1- ie g /;l1o0veA engaging' lie *appel* edges of the sides o" i, Rieper sign member, other bolts C. t; die ii'sli named vvaslie 11th the est named Washer foi' Clamping the upper sign member, the lest named bolts also being 55 passed hrougli 'the upper sign member loeyoid he exis of ilie same, the first pained Washer being provided Will bolt hole C .1 responding in position 'with the w rinus grooves in the' Laid Washer, the scia first 60 jretnamed u ylier having central o'iening, e

my lmnp allungo@ wiliin the sign membe's. 151e L ly in. l'he lower eign member and partly "e in alie uppe eign member whereby .both

chore members liglil'ed by ille Same light, the G5 coul said lamp piojeeling hrougli the opening in pei* the .first med Washer.

A s'ueet sign composed of an upperA :md a lower member, Clamping means fr holding seid members, frames applied to the 70 epposite extiemities of the me'mbes :md having their inner extremities fitted between said clamping menne, the said fimnes prevening the escape of light from the intel-i021.

o'j the sizrue re., and one of the mem- 75 oele being mlguenlile io eeeupy 'vary' an! with veelfeeee to the ol'ier le l ize with die etree@ inlei'eeeig zx iistantialiv Sie described.

eii'iposed of two bok-like 8,0

one above another, each 4 eme ee1TV- lus named We :i eign member "Deviled boil' suepoing means, ami an i. mnaing elenient protruding partly mo each Enge. mem bei', for 'il e pmpose se@A fe YA. l

i r n eslimony Whezeof I afx my signau nce o two wlmeesee.

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