US1660117A

US1660117A - Automobile name plate

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Publication number: US1660117A
Application number: US16558A
Authority: US
Inventors: Stanley G Brooks
Original assignee: DL Auld Co
Current assignee: DL Auld Co
Priority date: 1925-03-18
Filing date: 1925-03-18
Publication date: 1928-02-21
Anticipated expiration: 1945-02-21

Description

Feb. 21, 1928.

S.G.BROOKS AUTOMOBILE NAME PLATE Filed March 18, 1925 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 21, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STANLEY G. BROOKS, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE L.

COLUMBUS, OHIO.

AULD COMPANY, 01'

AUTOMOBILE NAME PLATE. v

Application filed March 18, 1925. Serial No. 16,558.

The present invention is directed to improvements in name plates for automobiles. The primary object of the invention is to provide a device of this character so constructed that the name plate can be easily and quickly secured to the radiator shell in such manner asto positively preclude the possibility of the same becoming accidentally detached therefrom.

Another and important object of the invention is the provision of means whereby the plate bearing the name of the automobile will not only be held positively against rotation, but will be guided to its final set position so that the name upon the plate will be properly centered to eliminate any possibility of detracting from the neat appearance thereof. In applying name plates to radiatdrs a great deal of care is necessary to properly position the same so that the name thereon will be correctly positioned, which not only requires considerable time in making adjustments, but also the services of a skilled Workman. My invention therefore aims to eliminate this objection by the pro-- vision of a plate so constructed that it can only be applied in its correct position, and

by an inexperienced person, thus saving time and expense.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination and ar rangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a sectional view through a section of radiator showing the plate about to be attached.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the to plate in its set position.

Figure 8 is'a sectional view on line 33 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a section of an automobile radiator shell hav- 4 ing formed therein an opening 2 which coincides with annular flange 3 formed integral with the shell, said flange being directed inwardly to provide a gripping surface, the purpose of which will later appear.

The name plate 4 has secured centrally thereof in any suitable manner a plate 5, the periphery of which terminates in an outwardly flared angularly disposed rim plate 6, which in turn terminates in an annular skirt 7, said skirt being disposed in angular relation with respect to the rim plate 6 and when the name plate 4 is flush against the shell 1 the edge of the skirt 7 will grip the inner wall of the flange with suflicient tenacity to prevent accidental disengagement therefrom, and in a manner as shown in the patent issued September 2, 1919, No. 1,314,-' 731, to Howard M. Bellows.

In order that the name plate 4 will be properly centered when finally set a rib 8 1s pressed transversely in the flange 3, and preferably at the highest point thereof, said rib being adapted to slidably engage the seat 9 formed in the periphery of the skirt 7 as the plate is pressed to its set position. It will be obvious that when this rib is engaged in the seat 9 rotationof the plate 4 is positively prevented. Further, it will be observed that before the name plate can be applied it is necessary that, the seat 9 co-incides with the rib 8, thus assuring that the plate will be secured in such position that the name thereon will be properly centered, thus eliminating any possibility of the name being applied wrongly, that is to say, in a manner that would detract from the neat appearance desired.

It has been the practice heretofore to provide a lug upon the name plate adapted to engage a perforation in the radiator shell, but this has been found objectionable owing to the fact that it required fine adjustments and expert workmanship, and is consequently expensive.

While I have illustrated and described my invention for use in connection with automobiles, it will of course be apparent that it can be used with equal success in other arts.

What is claimed is The combination with a radiator shell having an opening therein, of a flange carried by the shell and coinciding with the opening, a transverse rib pressed into the flange, a name plate having a rim plate and skirt connected therewith for passage in the opening and into the confines of the flange, a seat formed in the rim of the skirt adapted to en gage the rib when the edge of the skirt grips the flange.

In testimony whereof I aflix ture.

STANLEY G. BROOKS.

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