US1067252A - Changeable indicator. - Google Patents

Description

J. HUTGHINSON.

CHANGEABLE INDICATOR.

APPLICATION FILED rmmo, 191s.

Patented July 15, 1913.

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J. HUTGHINSON.

GHANGEABLB INDICATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED T11R20, 1913.

1,067,252. Patented July 15, 1913.

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JOB HUTCHINSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL INDICATOR COMPANY,

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CHANGEABLE INDICATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

*atented J uly 15, 1911.3.

Original application filed March 2, 1.910, Serial No. 546,899. Divided. and this application filed February To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Jon IIITTGHINSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Changeable Indicators, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to changeable indi caters, in general, and more particularly to train departure indicators for railway depots, being a divisional application of that filed by me March 2, 1910, Serial No. 546.899, the present application being drawn to the specific structure of the means for indicat ing the time of departure of trains, the general support and the means for showing the names of the trains forming the subjectmatter of the parent application referred to.

The objects of the present invention are to provide a selfcontained instrument which will indicate the time of departureof a thin from any direction in which the indicator may be viewed; to improve the construction of the time-indicating and operating mechanism, and to improve the details of construction of these machines.

In carrying the invention into effect I provide a standard of sutiicient height to carry the train-name and the time indications the FY0136? distance above the ground, and all, operating connections are arranged near the base of the standard where they may be readily reached and manipulated by a person standing on the ground. An indicator havingfour faces is shown, although a greater or less number of faces may be provided if desired or found expedient, and the time indication is changed simultaneously and correspondingly upon each of said. faces.

The IlIlVGllllOll consists in the novel combinations of parts and features of construc tion hereinafter described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 a front view. in elevation, of the indicator complete; Fig". 2 is a crossseetional view taken on lines 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged side view of the time web mechanism, the casing for the same having been removed; Fig. t is a plan view of the same; Fin. 5 is a detail of the reels for the time webs; Fig. 6 is a. detail of the sprocket adjustment of certain of the time reels; Fig. 7 is a detail view of a modified Serial No. 749,652.

form of frame, showing a different arrangement for pern'iitting ready removal of the reels.

In F ig. l of the drawings I have shown the complete structure as disclosed in the parent application, A designating the indi cating portion, and B the train-name portion, both mounted on standard C, which latter maybe of any desired height. The indicator illustrated has four faces upon each of which the same indication appears. The present application being drawn to the time-indicating portion A, the detailed description is more particularly confined to the disclosure of that portion. Thetime indicating portion A comprises a plurality of sets of webs a, a, 0", c which are mounted on suitable reels. As the webs and. reels of each set are similar, a description of one set, (1., for instance, will sutlice for all. Web a, which carries only the numeral 1, need only be short and is shown as an endless web passing around. reel 1 and the idlers on the face of the indicator. lVcbs a, 0/, and (6 are longer and are mounted on pairs of reels. The outer reel (1. is mounted in frame a, which frame is bolted or otherwise secured to the main frame The operating reel a of this pair is mounted on frame (4 and is operatively geared to reel (4 by sprocket chain a engaging sprockets on the spindles of these reels. The other pairs of reels, for webs a and c are similarly mounted and connected. Reel 1. has a driving sprocket l, mounted in the same plane and on an extension of the spindle of said reel as the corresponding sprocket of the other sets, 6, 0 and (Z, and in this same plane is a driving sprocket 1 mounted on shaft 1 which extends downwardly through the standard and is operated by a crank through opening 1 in the casing. A sprocket chain passingaround said sprocket wheels 1 of each set a, 7), a, (Z, and also over sprocket 1', constituting a driving; connection. Corresponding sprockets 2 of each set are also arranged in a common plane with drive sprocket 2, and these connected by a sprocket chain in a manner similar to that just described. The same is true of sprockets 3 and 4 of each set. Sprockets 2, 3 and l: are provided with a. special adjustable clamping; device for attachment to their respective spindles, as shown in Fig. 6, where it will be seen that a block 21, secured to or forming part of the sprocket wheel, is drilledto receive a key 22, notched at 23, and capable of being drawn tight. by nut 24. By this means the time webs or bands may be brought to the proper positions initiallv and then the sprocket wheel clamped to the spindle in the adjusted position.

A preferred construction of the time reels is shown in Fig. 5, where it will be seen that the reel is formed in two longitudinal portions 30, each having a rib 31 channeled at 32 to fit the spindle. These portions are secured together and to said spindle by screws 33. The end of the web is attached at 34.

In Fig. 7 I have shown the frames, as for instance a", of a slightly modified construction, the members carrying the idlers on the face of the indicator, these members being divided longitudinally into two parts, the line of division intersecting the axes of these idlers, the outer part being removably secured to the other part, thus enabling the idlers to be readily removed by simply disengaging the outer part or section of the members. This removal of the idlers enables ready access to be had to the reels, when such access is desired for purpose of repairing webs, etc.

hile I have described various embodiments and details as illustrative of my invention, I do not wish to be limited specifically to the exact combination and various details set forth, as I am aware that modifications and changes may be made, or some of the features used either alone or in other combinations, without departing from the spirit of the invention, and all such changes I aim to cover by and within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, is:

1. A changeable indicator comprising a main frame, an auxiliary frame for and carried by each face of the main frame, a set of flexible webs for each of the faces of the main frame, a pair of cooperating reels for each web, one reel of each pair being carried by the main frame with the other reel carried by the auxiliary frame, the inclividuals of each pair being geared together, a plurality of drive shafts, and a driving connection bet-ween each shaft and corresponding individual reels in each set.

2. A changeable indicator comprising a set of indicating means for each of a plurality of faces thereof, an operating .drum for each said indicating means, a gear wheel for each drum, the gear wheels of corresponding drums in each set being substan tially inthe same plane with each other and in a different plane from other gear wheels, a plurality of drive shafts, a drive gear on each shaft in the plane of corresponding gear wheels, and a flexible connection between each drive gear and the gear wheels of the corresponding drums.

3. A changeable indicator comprising a plurality of indicating means for each face thereof, a main frame, an auxiliary frame for each face secured to the main frame, and operating means mounted on the main frame and geared to said indicating means.

4. A changeable indicator comprising a set of flexible webs for each of a plurality of faces thereof, a main frame, an auxiliary frame for each face secured to the main frame, a reel for each web mounted on said auxiliary frame, an operating reel for each web mounted on the main frame and geared to its cooperating reel, and driving connections for said operating reels.

5. A changeable indicator comprising a main frame, an auxiliary frame, a set of flexible webs adapted to combinedly expose an indication on a face of the auxiliary frame of the indicator, the indication being formed of individual indications carried by the webs individually, independent supporting elements for the webs, each element in cluding a reel operable at will and positioned in rear of the indicating face, said frames combinedly carrying said elements, and idlers carried by the auxiliary frame for controlling the path of travel of the webs to place them in exposing position.

6. A changeable indicator comprising a main frame, an auxiliary frame, a set of flexible webs adapted to combinedly expose an indication on a face of the auxiliary frame of the indicator, the indication being formed of individual indications carried by the webs individually, independent supporting elements for the webs, each element including a reel operable at will and posi tioned in rear of the indicating face, said frames combinedly carrying said elements, idlers carried by the auxiliary frame for controlling the path of travel of the webs to place them in expo-sing position, said auxiliary frame being divided on a line intersecting the axes of the idlers to permit removal of the latter without affecting the normal position of the remainder of the frame.

In testimony whereof I- have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOB HUTCHINSON. Witnesses:

R. RANDEL WANGEMAN, MILDRED L. IIUTCHINSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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