US1275537A - Illuminated sign. - Google Patents

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K. J. DENNISON.

ILLUMINATED SIGN. APPLICATION mm ran. 14. 1-918.

1,275,537. Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

INVENTOR (5/29 Dem/ $00 gi a" I I BY fix" ATTORNEY WITNESSES ,UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

KYLE J. enn son, or YOUNGSTOWN, oHIo.

To all whom it may concern: g

1 Be -it known that I, KYLE J. DENNISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Youngstown, injthe county of Mahoning and State of Ohio,have invented-certain new and useful Improvements in Illuminated Signs, of; which the following is a specification. V a

This invention relates to signs, and more especially to those which are illuminated; and, the objectof the same is to .produce a sign which will have four fiat faces facing in as many different directions, and all directly illuminated by a single light. A fur ther object isto provide a special form of bracket for holding the light or bulb exactly centered over. the sign panels, whileyetpermitting its removal as when: a new bulb must be supplied. Afurther object is to provide means for protecting the bracket and bulb fromthe elements by locating them beneath andconnecting them with a canopy or shade. Otherobjects will appear asthe following details, are brought forth, and

reference. is, made to the which:'

Figure 1 is an elevation of this improved sign and itsilluminating means, the canopy and bracket being in section, Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective-detail of the bracket. l

. This sign is intended to be supported from overhead, but the specific form of support is immaterial. Herein the letter, S designates apost, whose supporting' arm A-may project laterally therefrom over the sidewalk or drawings, in

even out. overv the street, but I do not wish to be limited in this respect. I The numeral 1 designates a conical metallic canopy'whose lower face is enameled white or given a reflective surface by any suitable means, and this canopy is herein shown as supported by means of a central upstanding stud bolt 2 which is passed through the; arm A and held thereto by nuts 3. above and below the arm. Howevenany appropriate means for supporting the canopy might be employed. The sign itself comprises two like panels, preferably of metalenameled white and lettered in black. I have omitted all lettering herein, and obviouslyI neednot be limited to the colors mentioned nor to the lettering or other characters on the sign. Each panel 4 is by preference a flat. rectangular. metal sheet having a sign on its obverse and an- 1 other on its reverse face, and, as there are Specification of Letters Patent.

ILLUMINATED SIGN.

Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

. Application filed February 14, 1918. Serial No.'217,143.

rays of light from a single source may be simultaneously thrown directlyv onto all faces, is to dispose the light either, directly above or directly beneath the axis of both panels. The use of the canopy is merely to protect the light, and therefore I mount it up close under the canopy in a manner next to be described.

' The;- numeral 10 designates a sheet -metal bracket bent across its midlength on a little sharper angle, than a right angle at about the point 11, and having perforations 12 in its upper arm through'which rivets or other fastening means 13 may be passed to connect this, arm with the under side of the canopy 1,'while the lower arm is provided with perforations 16 through which pass certain of said bolts or rivets 6 for supporting the uppermost panel 4. In the. body of, the plate fronrwhich the bracket .10 is made,-.and' preferably before said plateis bent along the-line 11,-is cut an ample opening 14, and the material so cut out is left attached to the upper arm of the bracket at one end of the opening and is, subsequently bent down into a tongue 15 which itself is pierced with a hole 17; By preference the light employed will be an in'candes. cent bulb 18, and if so the socket 19 thereof will be passed through and preferably held in said hole 17 while the wires 20 lead from the socket to a suitable source not necessary todescribe. It is essential to the successful operation of this device, however, that the luminous element within the bulb'shall stand exactly centered over the lower end of the bracket 10, when the bulbjis screwed into the socket 19. The purpose of, this detail is to permitthe light thrown by said ele- 1 ment to besplit on the bracket and to shine on both signs or surfaces of the upper ,panel ,4. ViPassing downbythis panel, it is thereof; and therefore a single light disposed above the panels and exactly on the common axis thereof illuminates all four surfaces and is well protected beneath the canopy. The electricity to the bulb will be controlled by a switch within reach of the authorized person, but from time to time it may be necessary to replace this bulb with a new one. This can be done by unscrewing it from its socket 19 and moving it out of the opening 14s in the bracket 10, and the new one replaced by a reversal of this action, without separating or moving any of the other parts of the structure. \Nhile I prefer to employ the canopy 1 to protect the bulb from the elements and especially to protect it from becoming clouded with moisture or clogged or covered with snow, it is obviously not absolutely necessary to the successful operation of this device. If we assume that the entire sign is hung indoors or under some other protective element, it is quite possible to omit the canopy entirely. In that case the upper arm of the bracket would be connected directly with the support whatever the latter may be. But, as shown herein I bend the bracket at a little more than a right angle along the line 11 so that the upper arm may be riveted beneath a conical canopy and yet the remain ing arm shall stand strictly vertical and di rectly beneath the apex of the canopy and the axis of the stud bolt 2, and in this way I center the panels 4 directly beneath the canopy and the lamp.

What is claimed is 1. In an illuminated sign, the combination with a canopy, and a support therefor; of a bracket mounted within the canopy, a light carried by the bracket and directly beneath the center of said canopy, a plurality of sign panels disposed one beneath the other and standing in different planes, the uppermost attached to said bracket, and means for connecting the panels with each other so that their common axis shall aline with the center of the canopy.

:2. In an illuminated sign, the combina tion with a canopy, means for supporting said canopy, a substantially L-shaped bracket whose upper arm is secured within said canopy and whose lower arm is pierced with an opening, and an electric bulb standing in said opening; of an upright sign panel carried by said lower arm of the bracket and on both faces of which the rays of light are adapted to shine.

3. In an illuminated sign, the combination with a canopy, means for supporting said canopy, a substantially L-shaped bracket whose upper arm is secured within said Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing canopy and whose lower arm is pierced with an opening, and an electric bulb standing in said opening; of an upright sign panel carried by the lower arm of said bracket, a second sign panel beneath and at an angle to the plane of the first panel, and a rigid twisted connector between the panels whereby the rays of light from said bulb shine on both faces of both panels.

4:. In a. sign of the type described, the combination with an overhead support, a substantially right-angular bracket whose upper arm is connected with said support, the bracket having a tongue out from its body and pendant from said upper arm and provided with a hole, and an electric lamp bulb and its socket, the former standing in the opening and the latter Within-said hole; of a plurality of sign plates standing in different planes one above the other and connected with and supported by the upright arm of said bracket directly beneath said bulb, for the purposejset forth.

5. In a sign of the'type described, the combination with a support and a supporting arm, a conical canopy, and means for supporting its apex from said arm; of a plate bent at less than a right angle with one arm riveted within the canopy and the other arm alining with the apex of thesame and hanging therefrom, this arm having an opening through its body, a light supported within said opening, and a pair of sign plates standing on edge in planes at right angles to each other and supported by said lower arm whereby rays of light from the said light shine on all faces of both plates, for the purpose set forth.

6. In a sign of the type described, the combination with a support and a support ing arm, a conical canopy, a stud bolt rising from its apex through said arm, and nuts on the bolt above and below the arm; of a bracket comprising a plate bent at its mid-length at less than a right angle with its upper arm riveted within said canopy and its lower arm alining with said stud bolt, the bracket having an opening through its body, an electric bulb supported within said opening, and a plurality of sign plates standing one above the other and in different'planes and carried by said lower arm of the bracket whereby the rays of light from the bulb shine on all faces of all plates, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

KYLE J. DENNISON.

Witnesses J NO. HARTMAN, ELI GOUGHLER.

the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). G.

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