US1154997A

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Publication number: US1154997A
Application number: US85193814A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jackson Marion Markham
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1914-07-20
Filing date: 1914-07-20
Publication date: 1915-09-28
Anticipated expiration: 1932-09-28

Description

Patented Sept. 28

L M.4 MARKHAM. CAL'NDAR. Aprucmon mio' :im 2o. |914.,

Imm-Quang 'closed and defined Inthe accompanying drawings is illusindicator embodying my invention. Fig. 2'

JACKSON MARION MARKHAM, Aor WILLIAMSVILLE, Missooei.

Specication 'of Letters Patent.

` Patented Sept. 28,1915.

Application led .Tuly 20, 1914. Serial No. $51,938.

Tf1/1U Whom may eminem Be it known that l, JACKSON' M iiiioN Mulcair-mi. a citizen oic the United States, residing at -lvilliamsville in the county of Wayne and State of h/lissouri. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Calendars; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being liadtothe acronipanying drawings, and to thel letters and figures of reference marked thereon. which forni a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in calendars for station-indicators or annunciators, especially for ra'ilway stations'.

he invention has for its Object to provide for conveniently. and readily indicating certain data for the information particularly of the traveling public,

as in railway-stations.

The invention therefore consists of certain instrumentalities and featuresnef construction substantiallyas hereinafter fully disby the appended claim.

trated the preferred embodiment of my in'- ventionwvherein it will be understood that `various changes and .modifications may be made as to'tlie detailed construction and arrangement of parts without departing.

from the scope Of the claim, and in which drawings Figure l is a' fragmentary' elevation of an is a vertical longitudinal sectional view looking toward the front of the device. Fig. 3

is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional View looking. down on the mechanism.

, The shaft i5 is' naar-geared as at 23,24

nt its end with hshaft 25 bearing iii/the casing '1 and equipped with mutilated sprocketpinions26 engaging a suitably perforated member or slide 27 .interposed therebetween and the inner side of thereon, as for instance, the .\days of the week. for display through opbniiigs in the casiiigs. The sliat 1`6 is likewise mitergeared as at 28, 29 at itsend, with shaft 30 said casingwith indicia suitably supported upon the inner sides Ofh4 the casing or housing andv provided with mu.-`

tilatel sprocket pinions 31 engaging a perforated member or sli-de 32 openings in the casing.- y ter-geared at its end, asjat -37, 38 with shaft 39 supported upon the casing and bearing vmutilated sprocketpinions 40 engaging a suitably perforated slide or member 41con casing.

ing through openings in thev mutilations Of It will be noted tli'at the the shaft-carried pinions for controlling the actuation ofthe month, day and date indieating instrumentalities, Vprovide for the automatic precipitate return of the latterV to initial position -upon the same reaching the limit Ot'V their 4effective movement. Y I claimf l A device of the typede'sciibed. including 'legend-bearing members and i'ntergeared shafts, said legend-bearing,members indient` ing the month, day and date 'and being equipped with racks, and one shaft" of each set of said intergeared shafts being equipped with mutilated pinions, said racks and saldi,.-

'mutilated pinionsbeing intergeared for cobearing the names 'of the months. for displaying through' .The shaft 18 ismi-:

taining the dates of the month for display- Vso