US1521687A - Revolving sign - Google Patents

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Jan. 6. 1 925. 1 521 7 c. M. HUNTINGTON REVOLVING S IGN Filed Jan. 19. 1924 Patented Jan. 6, 1925.

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CHARLES M. HUNTINGTON, OF EAST RANDOLPH, YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE THIRD TO SAY WALKER AND ONE-THIRD TO CLYDE JOHNSON, BOTH OF EAST RANDOLPH,

* NEW YORK.

REVOLVING SIGN.

Application filed January 19, 1924. Serial No; 687,266..

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. HUNT- INGTON, a citizen of the'United States, residing at- East- Randolph in the county of Cat-taraugus and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Revolving Sign, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to signs to be used for advertising purposes, the primary object of the invention being to provide a revolving sign wherein a plurality of' ad vertisements may be viewed at all times.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a device of this character enibodying a plurality of signs, novel means being provided for revolving the signs in opposite directions to attract attention.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elcvational View disclosing a sign constructed in accordance with the invention and illustrating the upper end of its supporting post.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the upper portion of the post.

Figure 3 is an end elevational. view of a modified form of sign.

Figure 4 is an end elevational view of a further modified form of the sign.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character 5 designates a supporting post which may be of any desired construction, to the upper end of which is secured a hollow section 6, which provides a bearing for the vertical shaft 7.

Mounted on the upper end of the section (5 is a supporting member 8 which is formed with a hollow section 9 fitted over the up per end of the section 6 in a manner to permit the member 8 to revolve around the section 6 for purposes to be hereinafter more fully described.

acent to one of the members 10 to hold the shaft 11 against movement longitudinally within the bearings.

Secured to the shaft 11 and disposed at the outer end thereof, is a wind wheel 13 which operates to rotate the shaft 11. Se-

cured to the shaft 11 is a beveled pinion 14L that meshes with the beveled pinion 15 secured to the upper end of the shaft 7 so that rotary movement of the pinion 14 is transmitted to the shaft 7 to rotate the worm 16 secured to the lower end thereof.

As shown, the section 6 is formed with lateral cut out portions providing clearances for the pinions 17 that are carried onthe inner ends of the shafts 18 operating in the bearlngs 19 forming a part of the section 6.

These shafts 18 providesupports for the signs 20, each of which signs being in the form of a frame covered by a flexible mater al 21, which flexible material may be printed or otherwise supplied with suitable indicating characters or reading matter setting forth some form of advertisement.

In order that the windwheel13 will be held into the windv at all times, the usual blade 22 is provided, so that the position of the windwheel will be changed with the changing of the direction of the wind.

Secured to the post 5 are arms 23 that are provided with upwardly extended end portions 24 supplied with bearings 25 to receive the outer ends of the shafts 18 and support the same.

As shown by Figure 3 the frame of the sign is indicated at 26 to which frame is secured a covering 27 that may be sup-plied with suitable indicating characters. As shown by Figure 4f, the sign proper is substantially triangular in formation and includes a frame 28 covered by the member 29 that may carry the indicating characters that constitute the sign.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that due to this construction, the windwheel 13 will operate to rotate shaft 11 which in turn transmits motion to the shaft 7 through the pinions 14 and 15 the shaft 7 operating to rotate the signs as before stated, which are supplied with suitable indicating characters.

I claim V A revolving sign including a supporting post, a hollow section positioned within the supporting post, saicl hollow section having out out portions formed 1htermed1ate" its ends, a vertical shaft in the hollow SEC/D1011,

a'worin on the vertical shaft,"said-worm havingportions thereofchspose'd Within the" out out portions laterally extending supporting arms secured to the supporting post;

horizontal shafts supportect by the arms,

said shafts carrying pinions ontheir inner ends, said p inions adapted to mesh with the Worm of the vertical shaft to vr eoeive.nnotion th erefror n a beveled pinionv edgtli e upper end of the vertieal shatt, a wind Wheel mounted In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signa- 20 tnre in the presene e of two Witnesses.

C. M. HUNTINGTON.

Witnesses I v Jay L. NVALK FLo rJ No E Howey.

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