US1253124A

US1253124A - Automobile-signal.

Info

Publication number: US1253124A
Application number: US14286417A
Authority: US
Inventors: Fritz S Beckman
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1917-01-17
Filing date: 1917-01-17
Publication date: 1918-01-08
Anticipated expiration: 1935-01-08

Description

F. S. BECKMAN.

AUTOMOBILE SIGNAL.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. I1, I9IJ.

L, 1L 24. Patented Jan. 8, 1918. V

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- IIIII III Application .ternary it, i912?. Seriell .To cli wwm t may] concern:

.e lle` it known 'that l, Dr. iinrrz S. Breit Meng, a citizen of the United States, residing etilllrundy Center, in the county ci Grundy State of iowa, have inveitd certain nea an,cl `usetul Improvements in Antonio bil r. iigriels; and .l do hereby declare the following to be a. toil, clear, and exact de scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to malte and use the saine.

This invention relates4 to an automobile signal and has for one of its objects the provision of a device of this character, whereby the operator oi the automobile :tney notify the tra'iic in front and rear thereof in which direction a turn to be made. v Another object of this invention is to `provide a casing having direction indicating -rollers therein` adapted tp be electrically operated to show the direction indicating characters through slots in the casing.

A further object of this invention is to provide electromagncts located in the casing which when energized are adapted to rotategears which in turn rotate the rollers in one direction or .into signaling position. to .display through the slots of the rection indicatingcharacters.

riinrther object of this invention is the provisin of means :for returning the rollers to their normal position or into non-signaling position. N n

A still further object of this invention is -thefpiovision of an automobile signal of the above stated character, which shall be simple,'durable and etlicient, and which may be manufactured and sold .at a compare tively low costo W ith these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certairrf novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parte as will behcreinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding ot my invention,reference is to be had to the followingndescription, and accennoanying draw- 'irigminV which:

iiigure l. is a vertical sectional vienT oi an automobile constructed accordance with vmy ins/'entitm l iiig., is longitudinal sectional View of the saine, i

liti@ is e sectioned View ilins casing the ditrating the means to non-signaling oosition,`

of a steerirj wheel trating contacts thereon ,for automatically operating the automobile signal, j,

Fig. is a detail sectionalvieiv.tali o the line 6-3 ci" l? ig. 5,. i

Fig. l is .it illustrating a modified iorniof meensfolr operating 'the automobile signal, V

8 is a Cliagrai'nniatical viewot the Wiring diagram,

plan View of 'ya steering'vvheellifor .retinfningl the rollers riff. e perspective view ofthe `tesinfy4 1g. e is o traginentary.perspectiveView;` end steering post fillusi' FigK 9 is s detail sectionalview illustrates. ing a boitier' connecting the` bers `to the` to the supporting brackets `3 and lend' the'` roller 8 hase gear which meshes gear 5.

meshes with the gear 6. The rollers 7 and 8 extend parallel Witlifthel slots 2 of the with the 275 a pair et parallel and rela.-A

The roller l has a gear 10 which` casing l and each have direction indicating4 i characters printed or otherwiseY yapplied thereon, such as 9Riglitl pair of relatively .spaced l Within the casing and have an armature plate'lQ over-v lying them which is supported by e bar 13 that is pivoted to standards llisecuredto the casing. The free cndof the bar llias and Leiitlll i, and electrically` connected magnets il are secured a pin i5 pivoted thereto Whiclicxtends into. t

anaperturein the gear 5, so thatavhentbe magnets l1 are energized, the bar i3 is*v moved downwardly rotating 4the gear 5.

which in turn rotates the roller 8 bringing the direction indicating characters thereon in View througl'i one of the slots 2 of the casing, whereby the tratiic can be notified that the automobile is going to turn to the left,

A pair ot relatively spaced and electri` cally connected magnets kl5 4are secured Within the casing 'i and are overlain by an;

armature plete 16 that is carried by a bar 1T. @ne end oi the bar i? 1s pivoted .to standards which are secured to the casingu A, pin i9 is pivoted tothe free end of the bar 17 and extends into an aperture in the gear 6, whereby upon energizing the magnets 15, the gear 6 will be rotated, which in turn rotates-the roller 7 bringing the direction indicatingl characters thereon in view through one of the slots of the casing 1.

Coiled springs 20 are secured to the supporting

brackets

3 and 4 and have their 10 free ends connected to the gears 5 and 6, whereby when the gears are rotated to move the direction indicating characters into signaling position or into view through the slots 2 of the casing, the gears 5 will be turned against the tension ot' the spring and .as soon as the electric magnets are denergized, the springs return the gears 5 to their normal position, which returns the direction indicating characters into a non- 20 signaling position.

Partitions

21 and 22 are formed, in one end of the casing to form

chambers

23 and 24.

rfhe chambers

23 and 24 in the front walls thereof have substantially rectangular 25 openings, which are closed by colored glass plates 25 and 26. Secured within cachot the

chambers

23 and 24 are sockets 27 which have

electric lamps

28 and 29 mounted therein. The electric lamps are electrically con- 30 ncctcd with the magnets 11 and 15 sc that when the magnets are energized, the electric lamp connected to the respective magnets will be illuminated so as to make the signal visible at night time. The glass 25 is pref erably colored blue while the glass plate 26 is preferably colored yellow so that the traliic may determine in which direction the automobile is going to turn, either to the right or left.

In reducing my invention to practice, one of the casings 1 are secured to each end or .to the front and rear of the automobile and each are placed in electrical circuit with each other, so that when the signal is displayed Within the casing upon the front end of the automobile, a corresponding signal will be displayed in the rear of the automobile.

Referring to Fig. `8 in whichl the wiring diagram is disclosed, the magnets 11 are electrically connected together and have connected thereto conductors 31 and-32. The conductor 32 is connected to the electric lamp 28, which has connected thereto a conductor 33. The conductor 33 is connected to a storage battery 34. The conductor 31 is connected to a switch 35. A conductor 36 is connected to the switch 35 and to themagnets 11 located in the rear casing 1 mounted upon the rear end of the automobile. The

last mentioned electric magnets 11lare connccted to the electric lamps 28 located within the rear casing and which has 'connected thereto, a conductor 37 that isjconnectcd to the storage battery 34, whereby upon closing 35 the switch 35, the magnets 11 will be energized operating the roller Sto bring the direction indicating characters thereon in view through one of the slots of the casing, both in the front and rear of the automobile, simultaneously. When the magnets 11 are 70 energized, the electric lamps 28 are also illuminated which illuminates the yellow glass plate 26 in the chamber 24 making the signal visible at night time. A conductor 38 is connected to the conductor 33 and to 75 the electric lamps 29 located in the front casing. A conductor 39 is connected to the conductor 37 and to the electric lamps 29 located in the rear casing. The electric lamps 29 located in the front and rear cas- 80 ings are connected to the pairs of magnets 15 by

conductors

40 and 41. Connectedv to the pairs ot' magnets 15 located in the front casing, is a conductor 42 which is connected to a'switch 43. Connected to the switch 43 85 is a conductor 44, which connects to the magnets 15 located in the rear casing, whereby upon closing the switch 43, the magnets in the front and rear casings will be simultaneously energized to operate the rollers 7 90 to bring the dlrection indicating characters thereon in registration with the slots of the casing. The electric lamps 29 located in the t'ront and rear casings will be simultaneously illuminated with the magnets 15. The

switches

35 and 43, if desired, may be mounted upon the steering wheel 45 of the alitomobile, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 7, whereby the operator may operate either of the switches when desirlng to operate the signal. y

oReferringto my modified form of invention as illustrated in Fig. 5, in which means are disclosed for automatically operating the signal upon the turning of the steering wheel,.consists of a contact 46 securedto the steerig post housing 47, which remains stationary. ,fMounted upon the steering wheel is a pair of relatively spaced

contacts

48 and 49, whereby upon turning the steering wheel to steer the automobile, either of the contacts 48 or.49 will move into an engagement with the contact 46 and complete an electric circuit to the signal for operating the rollers therein.

While I Ahave shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be. understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Vv'hat is claimed is: l

An automobile signal comprising a casing having slots in the front wall thereof, direction indicating rollers journaled in the casing and extending .parallel with the slots, magnets located in said casing, standards secured 1n said casing, bar-s pivoted to the standards and overlying the magnets. gears momes Q ionrnaled v'in the cztsng, and having nper- Kn testmon whereof 1I u sfgnaturo tures therein, pins pivote@ to the fr'e ends 1n. prsence o two wntnesses. of the-bars and extendmg mto the apertures of the gears, and gears secured to the ends DRFRLKTZ BBG 5 of the rollers und in mesh with the first men Witnesses: tioned gears; and means for energizing the T. E. REYNOLDS,

magnets to rotate the rollers. B., J. Komm