US1446044A - Wind-motor sign - Google Patents

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Feb. 20, 1923. w.l L. vHUDSON WIND MOTOR SIGN Filed Jan- 10, 1922 gnou/Ufo@ lill/4m. #M50/1f Patented eb. Z0, i923.

WILLIAM LfHUDsoN, or LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, assienon montrait MonnIsoivf intatti! Winn-Moron sien'.

Application filed January .10, 1922*. Serial lNr'io.` 528,229; e i

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM L. l-lnDSoN, a citizen of thevUnited States, residing at Lynchburg, in the county ofCampbell and Stateof Virginia, have invented Acertain new and useful Improvements in WindMotor Signs, of which the following is a specification. y y

This invention relates to Vnew and useful improvements in advertising devices,"and

more particularly to improvements upon al deviceofy the character disclosed in my co-` pendin application for vwind motor signs, S. NA asistan-01M@ 27th, 192i.V

The important object of the present invention resides in the,k provision of asign having oppositely disposed advertising devices or means for attracting attention to the sign associated therewith and which can be transposed or interchanged so that their pol sitions with respectl to rthensign will be reversed, thereby eliminating certain preca'u! tions which would have to be taken in lettering the sign and advertising devices if the latter were not interchangeable.

the'various parts lfor the accomplishment of the purpose above set forth in a commercial manner.

Other objects and advantages ofthe invention will become apparent during the courseof the following description.` v 4 In the accompanying` drawings forming a part of the descriptionand wherein like numerals are employed, to designate like t parts throughout the .several views.

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i Figure' is wheel frame.

Figure 1 is aside elevationof the inven- Figure 2 isl a top planV ofthe same, and

an end elevation of the wind In the drawings wherein for the purpose of illustrationisshown the. preferred embodiment of the inventiomthe numeral. 5 designates apost Mor any desired support from whichhrises .arod V6 zfor rotatablyl finounting 'a sign v7 as disclosed in the above s fmentioned co-pending application. The sign lin the present instance consists of a pair of spacedparallel, Aoppositely disposed panels f8 secured face vto face, wherebythe advertis- 'ingymatter or the outer `faces of the panels' 'are visible from vo-p-posite'sides of the signf bars Auxiliary to this ob'ect Vis to provide an" inexpensive and yet durable construction for An upright lbar 9 is fastened anylsuitable means 'between thepanels 8v at each` end of the sign, fit being. Vnoted that the ends'o-f the Theadvertising deVC .Which Prld ad ditional advertising spacefand 'means for.

lattrating attention to the panels'f'con'sists of a wind wheel `lland` ava-ne orjelongated board '12. I.This boardisfastened to acarf l rier 13 in the form of a `barwhich'is the same length as the bars r9 andhaskits ends provided with apertures toi align with those of projectV abo-ve 'and belowlvth'eu sign 'or y *i panels andare ape-rturedffortlie' reception f' of bolts 10.`

both 'bars 9 s@ that yit cany be vattached*to y either one of these'bars and be? i v arranged in the same plane withthe: panels.y

`The windl vwheel .may4 be-"of anyfdesired constructionso as to be rotated bythewind and, is demountafbly connected in a frame 14. Thisv frame consists'ofjapair of bars l15-re tained in "spaced parallelrelation by' rods 16 inthe same manner vas 'disclosed in I my copending application.y The bars 15 are each equipped witha bearing forthe axle of the 1 f wind wheelfand theends of the inner ,bar of the lfrankie are 'providedfwithapertures adapted. `to align with 4Jthose in the-bars9- forming a part of the'fsign. f lt. will therei fore be appreciated that the windfwheel e frame can yalsohbe detachably connected to `'either end of the sign or lpanels therefore the vane and windy wheel frameare inter'-v changeable with respectltothe sigi'i.l y,

To illustrate' the advantages Vof providing for the interchange ofthe wind wheel frame oftentimes the signslarefpurchased floyytwol V yparties having different `advertisements to display and who f lesireaneven'apportion-y ment of advertising space iffConsequentl .the Vparties maywdesire an v`'eadveiltisement l placed upon both sidesof theadvertising demay desire one side of eentral.r and the corresponding sidejof the; vane. "Were it not for thefact thatftlrie frame 14 and vanefwereinterchangeable lso that either one vcould kbe attached-,to eitherjend of' the sign kp proper, it will be seen'that precaution would 'have to be exercised in lettering the sign and vane `to anticipatethe [desires of the joint purchasers Since thel advertising devices f t vica-each having one side ofthe central sign i l and the'opposite side vofthe vane,oieach 9o', i Land vane,r V itis desired tofpoint out thatv vention.

are interchangeable, the advertisements of the joint purchasers may be painted upon either side of the vane, and the purchasers upon receiving the wind motor sign may assemble the same in the manner they desire or change the arrangement from time to' time. As the vane and wind wheel frame are detachable from the sign proper and the latter can be removed from the rod 6, it will be seen that the device can be crated compactly and shipped in the minimum amount of space.

The operation of the advertising device is the same as the device'disclosed in my above mentioned coi-pendingv application with regards to the operation of the wind upon the device, it being appreciated that the sign proper 'and the vane will act in the capacity of a weather vane to shift the device so that the wind wheel l1 will be -rotated whenever there is any wind. The blades of the wind wheel are painted with various combinations of bright colors so. that rotation of the wheel will attract attention to the advertising matter situatedy on the panels 8 and vane 12.

The foregoing description and the laccompanying drawings have reference to the preferred or approved embodiments of my in- It is to be understood however, that such changes may be made inthe construction and arrangement of parts, materials, dimensions, etc., as may prove eX- pedient and fall within the scope of the appended claims. t

Having thus illustrated and described my invention, what l nowfclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A device of the class described comprising a plurality of signs having advertising data on opposite sides thereof, one of said signs being demountably attached to the other signs, and adaptedto be attached to either end: of said other sign whereby the advertising data' on opposite sides of the signs can be arranged in the desired relationship.

2. A device of the class described comprising a sign board, a. wind wheel frame detachably connected to one end thereof, a vane detachably connected to the other end of the boa-rd, and said frame and vane being interchangeable.

3. A device of the class described comprising a rotatable sign board having aper-tured parts at each endf thereof extended beyond Vthe top Aand bottom ofthe board, a wind @wheel ,iframe detacliably, connected to the apertured parts atene end of the board, and

a vanecarrierconne'cted to the aperturedl parte at-theoppo's'ite end ofthe board, said framefand carrier beingl interchangeable.

il. A-device'pof the' class described corn- Y prising a rotatable sign consisting of a pair ,ofpanels an upright bar fastened l.to each the opposite ends to the bars being extended above and below the sign and apertured, a wind wheel frame and a vane carrier having apertures to align with the apertures in the ends of the bars, bolts for detachably connecting the frame and the carrier to the upright bars, and said frame and carrier being interchangeable with relation to the sign.

5. An advertising sign comprising a body portion adapted to contain advertising matter, an advertising device having advertising matter on opposite sides thereof, and said advertisingdevice being attac-hable to either end of the sign whereby thewadvertising matter of each slide of the device can be arranged in proper relationship to the advertising matter on the body portion.

6. An advertising device comprising a rotatable sign board a wind wheel frame detachably mounted on one end thereof, anadver tising container detachably connected'to the other end of the sign board and having advertising matter on opposite sides thereof, and said frame and container being vinterchangeable with respect to each other and in relation to the sign board.

7. A device of the class described comprising a. sign board having advertisingA data on opposite sides thereof, an attention attracting device detachably mounted on one end of the sign, and a signl having'advertising data. on oppositesides thereof and detachably mounted on the other end of the sign board, said sign and attention attracting device being attachable to eithenend of said sign board whereby the advertising data on either side of the sign can be arranged in the desired relationship to the advertising data on either side of the sign board.

S. A device of the class described comprising a sign, a rotatable member detachably connected thereto, and vane detachably mounted on the signfsaidA rotatable member and vane being interchangeable.

9. A device of the class described comprising a revolving sign board, a'rotatable member detachably connected toA 'one end thereof, a vane containing advertising data on opposite sides thereof and detachably mounted on the other end' of saidsign board said sign board having advertising data on opposite sides thereof, and said rotatable member and vane being"interchageable whereby the advertising dataonlthegvane can be arranged in the"desiredfvrelationship to the advertising data on thesignfbo'ard.

l0. A- device of the classdescribedfcomprising a 4sign having opposite"ends'f'provided with openings, a frame forJ an. attention attracting device and .afvaneliavillg openings `to align "with the fopenings in eitherend of the-"sign wherebythe frame p t l and the 'vane maybe attachedjo either end end of' the 'sign between" thepanels thereof,

of the sign so that"adver'tising"'data"en the vane'can be arranged in the proper relationship to the advertising data disposed on opposite sides of the sign.

11. A device of the class described comprising a sign7 an attention attracting dedevice demountably attached to one end of the sign, and a vane detachably connected to the other end of the sign, said vane and attention attracting. device being interchangeable whereby advertising data on the vane can be arranged` in the proper relationship to the advertising data on the sign.

l2.Y A device of the class described comprising a .si gn board having advertising data on opposite sides thereof, an attention at tracting device detachably mounted on one l end of the sign, and a sign having advertis# ing data on opposite sides thereof detachably connected to the otherk end ofthe sign' y board, said sign and attention attracting devices being interchangeablev whereby the advertising data on thefsign can'be'ar- ,y ranged in the vdesired relationship 'to the advertising data on the signboard.

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

WILLIAM L. Witnesses:

COLLIE ST. CLAIR, E. A. ALLEN.

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