US1525739A

US1525739A - Sign frame

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Publication number: US1525739A
Application number: US280350A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hotchner Joseph
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1919-03-03
Filing date: 1919-03-03
Publication date: 1925-02-10
Anticipated expiration: 1942-02-10

Description

' Feb. 10, 1925- 1,525,739

J. HOTCHNER SIGN FRAME Filed March 5. 1919 a 9 v P 6 6 /v o 0 0 J w 2 Q INVENTOR J, Hotchner Patented Feb. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH no'ronzuna,

SIGN FRAME.

Application filed March 3, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn HOTGHNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Fran cisco, State of California, have invented a new and useful Sign Frame, of which the following is a specification in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same.

This invention relates to a sign frame and its object is to produce a frame which is capable of holding letters either illuminated or non-illuminated, in a fixed position with respect to the sign in such manner as to make them easily disassembled therefrom as well as readily placed therein.

Another object of the invention is to provide a frame which may be used for either vertical signs or for horizontally extending signs, as may be desired, no holes in the letters being required to secure them in place in the frame.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the description proceeds.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which the same reference numeral is applied to the same portion throughout, but I am aware that there may be modifications thereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a horizontally extending sign frame built in accordance with this invention,

Figure 2 is a front elevation of a verti- (ally extending sign frame built in accordance with this invention,

Figure 3 is a front elevation of aletter used in conjunction with the sign frame,

Figure e is a transverse sectional view of the sign frame on a slightly enlarged scale, showing the manner of securing letters in place in the sign frame, an

Figure 5 is a view of the interior of the frame for the sign, showing a portion of one of the plates for holding the letters.

The numeral 1 indicates a sign body which has an open frame 2 at the front to receive suitable letters 3. The letters are held in place in the frame 2 by means of plates 4; and 5. The plates are in turn secured in position by means of a series of

screws

6 and 7, there being such a number of the screws as is necessary for a given sign.

The letters are shorter in the case of the horizontal sign, and, narrower in the case OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

Serial No. 280,850. r 1 e of the vertical sign than the distance be-- tween the centers of the one set of screws and the opposite edge of the opening in the sign frame; so that the letters can be placed in oosition without taking out the screws anc when the letters have been placed in oosition as indicated in the case of one letter in Figure 2 these screws may be tightened up and will firmly hold the letters in place.

A particular advantage of this construction lies in the fact that with some forms of letters it is not expedient to bore holes in them because of the porcelain covering thereon, and this sign is particularly adapted for that character of work. Whether the construction is used with the vertical sign or with the horizontal sign is a. matter de pendent only upon the desire of the user.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let' ters Patent of the United States is as follows:

1. Asign comprising a sign body having an opening on one side to receive a series of letters or characters, letter retaining bars extending along two sides of said opening and producing grooves to receive opposite edges of the letters, means for securing one of the bars in place and screws for connect ing the other bar in place whereby the letters may be tightened in position in the sign body, the distance between the grooves formed by said bars being sufficient to allow the letters to be inserted in place from the front of the sign and removed therefrom without removing the screws from the securing bar.

2. A sign comprising a sign body having an opening on one side, letter retaining bars extending along two sides of said opening, screws for securing said bars to the sign body, and a series of letters held in place by said bars, said letters being of a dimen sion at right angles to the securing bars less than the distance from the screws in one of said bars to the opposite side of the opening in the sign body whereby the letters may be inserted in place, from the front and removed from the sign body without removing the screws from said securing bars.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of February A. D. 1919,

JOSEPH HOTCHNER.