US1470236A - Direction signal for automobiles - Google Patents

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ct. 9 1923. l,470,236

.11. F. LYNCH DIRECTION SIGNAL FOR AUTOMOBILES f Filed Aug. 28. 1922 IN VEN TOR. dosgph E. Lyn/ch BY@ m ATTORNEY if es i@ -i OSEPH LYNCH, STGl-TON, CAEIFORN..

DIRECTGN SEGT "L FR AUTOMBILES.

Application :Filed .august 2 l To all fui/zow?, t 'may concern.

Be it ltnowu that l, .losser-r F. LYNCH, a citizen, ol the United vltiues, residing` at Stoel-Iton, county of San Joaquin, .State of California, have invented certain new and useful lmproreinents in Direction Signals :for Automobiles: and .l do declare the to? lowiirgv to be a tull, clear, and exact de scripi'iion of the same, reference being had to the acccom Danying drawings, and to the characters oil reference marked thereon, which iiorm a part oit this application. This inrei .elates to improvements dii'eetion-givingv signal device tor automobiles= ot a kind which maj.' be readily seen either by niojht or day, and from both ends and sides or the 'Vehicle lic. present invention is particularly an improvement over the signal shown in my Patent lo. 1,357,0tl-a-, date Torf-rubor 2nd, i920. my main object now ugr to simpl' the construction and installation et the device rou'i what is shown in said patent,

without (letractingl from the ciliciency ot operation `Visibility ot the signal.

A ii'urthcr object of thc inreution is to produce a simpe and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes :tor which it is de i red.

These objects l acccomplish by inea-ns oft such structure and relative arrangement ot parts will. lully appear by aV perusal ot the 'folowina' specihcetion and claims.

.ln the drawings similar characters ot" reference indicate carrespfmdiuaF parts in the several views:

Fie'. t is a perspective outline of an automobile fshowinplg' improved signal installed thereon,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side View ot one ot rial members.

is a rear end View of the same. l is a plan View ot the signal-moyement control means.

Fig. 5 is a detached end View of a` contact member.

Referring' now more particularly to the characters ot reference on the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes a pair of bracket or trame strtuztures7 adapted to be fixed onto bot-h rear or front wheel :tenders 2 of an automobile, preferably at the higjholt point thereon.

Pivoted in the brackets on shafts extending longitudinally of' the Vehicle are the 1922. Serial No. 584,641.

Spri dj Contact strips 10, insulated `ach other and mounted .in connection liracket structure 1, are adapted to he contacts 8 simultaneously only the disc. 9 is in certain positions. A lead 11 trom strip 10 connected with the lead to the tail lamp 12 ot the Vehicle, while the lead 'from` the other strip 10 is grounded at a suitable pointA Bj.' means this construction, the lights will never be lit unless the tail light 12 is si, which ot course is only at night. Further, the contacts 8 are so located on the discs 9 with respect to the axial lines ot the signal arrows that the strips will only engage therewith, so to close the circuit to the lamps, when said arrows are pointing; a horizontal direction either to the right or left.

ltlorement is imparted to both signal members simultaneously, and so that they rotate in the direction, by means ot racks 14, mounted in spaced 'and opposed relation to each. other in a casing 15 fined to the vehicle and preferably positioned under the front or driyers seat thereof. el pinion 16 is mounted in said casing between the racks and engages them both, an operating handle 17 connected to the pinion projecting forwardly of the casino' to within convenient reach or the driyers hand.

Flexible wires 1S extend from the rear ends ot the racls to the lower vends or" bell cranks 19 pivoted on the brackets 1 below the shafts 3. saidwires being enclosed and guided in tubes 20.

@n the upper ends of the bell cranks are segmental ,gears curved concentric with the axes of said bell cranks, which mesh with pinions 22 xed on the shafts 3.

rlhe toothed members are so proportioned with relation to each other that with a predeterminel are ot throw ot the handle 17, the signals fl Will be moved through a complete halt-turn, or from a horizontal position pointing` to the left, to a similar position pointingt-o the right7 or vice-versa.

The members 2O arranged in opposite relation to each other, so that bot-h signals Will trrn in the same direction when one rack lll moves back and the other forward, which Will ot Course be the relative moyenient imparted thereto with the rotation ot the pinion ltS. Y

These racks are set an angle to each other so that the Wires 18 may run in a substantially straight line troni the racks to tlie leiter en ds ot lthe men'ibers 20.

ml w'.\-, 0") Tuoi-l -frx^f`r .1, ie pinioiis .f e, oms a, am, co opeiaiimj vrai-ts adjacent thereto are enclosed in housl ings Q3 ot suitable design.

From the Aforegoing` description it. will be readily seen tha"l l have produced such a device as substantially tultills the objects ot the inte ion as set tortli herein.

While this s'peeiiieation sets torth in cetail the present and preferred construction ot the derice, still in practice such deviations 'from such detail may be resorted to as do nottorm a departure from the spirit of' the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

raving thus described my invention, what l claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A direction signal structure tor vehicles comprising a pair ot turnable shafts extending;` longitudinally of the vehicle on opposite sides thereof. signal members mounted on the shafts at right angles thereto, pinions on the shatts, hell cranks arranged in opposed relation to eaoh other mounted in i'ired relationwith the sha-tts, segmental gears on one end ot the bell cranks, and means applied to the tree ends ot the latter for moving the same simultaneously and in vopposite directions.

2. A direction signal structure ltor vehicles comprising pivoted signal members mounted on both sides et the vehicle and arranged Vtor transyerse swingt movement, both signals pointi in the rame direc-tion laterally of the vehicle, a turnable handle, and means wherebyv With the turning of said handle both signals will be swung simultaneously and in the same direction.

3. A. direction signal structure `torvehieles comprising a pair of turnable shafts extending longitudinally of the vehicle on opposite sides thereof, signal members mount.- ed on the shaitts at right angles thereto, pinions on theV shafts, ley-er members pivoted in fixed relation with the shafts. segmental gears on the outer ends et' il members meshingwith the pinions, and "tiexible members by means oit which said levers may be moved `from a distance simultaneously and in opposite directions conneeter thereto.

fl. A direction signal structure toryehicles comprising' a pair oit' shafts extending; longitudinally of' the -vehicle `and mounted on opposite sides thereof, signal members mounted on the shafts at right angles thereto7 pinions on the shafts, bell cranks arranged in opposed relation'to each other mounted in ixed relation with the shafts, segmental gears on one end ot the bell cranks meshing With the pinionsy Vtlexible members from the opposite ends ot the cranks7 and means for moyingj said members in opposite directions simultaneously.

5. A direction signal tor vehicles comprising; a support adapted to be mounted on a tender ot' the vehicle, a shatt turnably mounted in the support in a plane longitudinally ot the vehicle. a signal member mounted on the shaft at right angles ther to, a pinion on the sha'tt, a bell crank pivoted on the support, a segmental gear on one end of the bell crank and meshing with the pinion, and means connected to the other end ot the bell crank for moving the same.

In testimony whereof I a'rlix my signature.

JGSEPH F. LYNCl'l.

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