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US1157672A
US1157672A US81119014A US1157672DA US1157672A US 1157672 A US1157672 A US 1157672A US 81119014 A US81119014 A US 81119014A US 1157672D A US1157672D A US 1157672DA US 1157672 A US1157672 A US 1157672A
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    • G09F13/00—Illuminated signs; Luminous advertising
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • the electric lights used may show Whitel l 1s pierced with a multiplicity of small holes multiplicity for the passage of light, means for illumimating the interior of said receptacle, a of toothed gears pivoted to the Bear'- face of said front, meshing with each Iother in a continuous train, said gears having radial slots extending from near the center to the periphery, means for rotating said gears, saidA holes being arranged in alinement with the paths described by said slots when said gears are rotated, whereby the light from said illuminating means is alternately permitted to pass through each hole and shut off therefrom, during the rotation o f said gears.
  • the combination oi a closed receptacle of opaque material having in its front a series of holes placed closely together along a curved line, a multiplicity of opaque gears pivoted to the rear side of said front, engaging with each other in a continuous train, said. gears having radial slots, means for rotating said gears, said holes being arranged in ali-rati with the paths described by said slots when said gea-rs are rotated-, whereby the light from said illuminating means is alternately perl mitted to pass through each olf therefrom, gears.

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iLLUMINfkI'ED SIGN.
APPLlcm'lN FILED umg. 1914.
Pwr-@med 00h26, MM5,
NVENTOR:
T'N is SES.-
` slots proportionate to their relative diami eters, as shown above at m, Fig. 2,
The electric lights used may show Whitel l 1s pierced with a multiplicity of small holes multiplicity for the passage of light, means for illumimating the interior of said receptacle, a of toothed gears pivoted to the Bear'- face of said front, meshing with each Iother in a continuous train, said gears having radial slots extending from near the center to the periphery, means for rotating said gears, saidA holes being arranged in alinement with the paths described by said slots when said gears are rotated, whereby the light from said illuminating means is alternately permitted to pass through each hole and shut off therefrom, during the rotation o f said gears.
2. In an illuminated sign of the character described, the combination oi a closed receptacle of opaque material having in its front a series of holes placed closely together along a curved line, a multiplicity of opaque gears pivoted to the rear side of said front, engaging with each other in a continuous train, said. gears having radial slots, means for rotating said gears, said holes being arranged in ali-nement with the paths described by said slots when said gea-rs are rotated-, whereby the light from said illuminating means is alternately perl mitted to pass through each olf therefrom, gears.
hole and shut during the rotation of said ROBERT O. BRITTAIN. Witnesses:
ELMER, A. Mnnkmia, ALBERT J. ANDnRsoN.
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US4173085A (en) * 1977-09-15 1979-11-06 Cortez Pedro J Animated painting
US5355600A (en) * 1991-06-06 1994-10-18 Thompson Marion E Point-of-purchase displays and signs with light transmitting visual effects
US20040098892A1 (en) * 2000-07-25 2004-05-27 Brennan John Michael Visual display apparatus

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4173085A (en) * 1977-09-15 1979-11-06 Cortez Pedro J Animated painting
US5355600A (en) * 1991-06-06 1994-10-18 Thompson Marion E Point-of-purchase displays and signs with light transmitting visual effects
US20040098892A1 (en) * 2000-07-25 2004-05-27 Brennan John Michael Visual display apparatus

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