US1697025A

US1697025A - Street sign

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Publication number: US1697025A
Application number: US205943A
Authority: US
Inventors: George S Searle
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1927-07-15
Filing date: 1927-07-15
Publication date: 1929-01-01
Anticipated expiration: 1946-01-01

Description

Jan. 1, 1929. 1,697,025

G. s. SEARLE STREET SIGN Filed July 15, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 5 [36 'IEEI I 35$ 17 INVENTOR 62:07:96 a earle WWW fig ATTORNEYS Jan. 1, 1929. 1,697,025

G. s. SEARLE STREET SIGN Filed July 15, 192 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 i F hfi! INV ENTOR 5.560%

ATToRNaYs Patented Jan. 1, 1929.

UNETEEB GEORGE S. SEARLE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

STREET SIGN.

Application filed July 15,

The present invention relates to street signs and has for one object to provide an improved device of this class for street in dicating and analogous purposes and ema bodies structural improvements which render it advantageous over signs of th1s type now in use, particularly in the employment of a structure which makes it difficult for the sign bearing plates to be detached from the n holders by vandals or other unscrupulous persons seeking to remove or appropriate the same without right or authority to do so.

A further object of the invention is to provide in combination with a post or other suitable form of support, a sign embodying comparatively few parts of simple construction which can be manufactured and assembled at a relatively low cost and which includes improved attaching means tending to reduce the strain on certain of the parts to avoid bending or breaking of the same in securing the sign to the post or other form of support.

To these and other ends the invention re sides in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation illustratingone embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional plan taken on line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional plan takenon line 3= of Figure 1;

Figure l is an enlarged sectional elevation taken on line l -4; of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of one of the sign holding frames;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional elevation taken on line (W 6 of Figure 2 and showing the manner of disposing two sign plates in a single holder;

Figure 7 is a horizontal section showlng a slightly modified sign holding frame;

Figure 8 is a fragmentary elevation illustrating a modified form of attaching means for the frames; and

Figure 9 is a sectional plan taken on line Q -9 of Figure 8.

Similar reference numerals throughout the several views indicate the same parts.

Referring to the drawings, 10 represents a post or support preferably of cylindrical construction which may constitute a lamp or 1927. Serial No. 205,943.

other post such as those usually employed for supporting street indicating or other signs, either of the illuminated or non-illuminated type.

i The invention embodies one or more sign supporting frames or holders, two of which are shown in the present instance at 11 and 12 for supporting similarly constructed sign plates 13 for indicating intersecting streets but which may carry other data such as advertising matter or any useful information.

lhe

frames

11 and 12 are similarly constructed with but slight difference as will appear hereinafter. They are rectangular in form and eachcomprises upper and lower sections l i and 15 having inner and outer connecting

sections

16 and 17, respectively as best shown in Figure 5. Upper and

lower grooves

18 and 19 are provided respectively in the

sections

14 and 15 and the end section 17 is preferably provided with a vertical groove 20 for receiving the outer ends of the sign plates while the inner end section 16 is provided with an opening 21 communicating with the

grooves

18 and 19 and through which the sign plates are preferably inserted when moved to the position shown in Figure 3. The

frames

11 and 12 are each provided at their inner ends with laterally extending lugs 22 which are connected by tie plates 23 through the medium of screws 24; extending through the tie plates and threaded into the lugs as shown in Figure 6. The tie plates are preferably curved at their inner edges to correspond substantially to the curvature of the post 10 whereby to form continuous upper and lower bearing surfaces for the frames between the inner ends thereof. Preferably, both inner ends of the

frames

11 and 12 and the inner edges of the plates 23 are made toengage the post to afford a maximum bearing a. surface thereon. However, if found desirable the plates or the frames either alone may be constructed to engage the post. The frames are each provided at their inner ends with vertically dispose-d lugs 25 having holes or openings 26 therethrough for the reception of a clamping rod 2? surrounding the post as shown in Figure 2. The rod is extended through one of the holes 26 of the frame 11 and its ends are projected through both of the holes in the frame 12 but in opposite directions, one of the ends being provided with a head 28 and the other with a nut 29 for tightening the rod to clamp the frames upon the post. This-form of construction serves to avoid undue strain on the lugs when adjusting the nut to tighten the rod for the purpose of clamping the frames upon the post, since the pull on one end of the rod neutralizes that 011 the other end.

In the form of construction shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, the sign plates 13 are inserted through the openings 21 of the frames before applying the same to the post and when the frames have been attached to the postas shown in these figures, removal of the plates cannot be effected without first reinovmg the frames from the post. This is for the purpose of making it necessary to detach the frames before removing the plates whereby removal of. the latter is made more dificult so that unscrupulous persons may be deterred from stealing or making way with the sign bearing plates.

In the modification shown in Figure 7, the frames are of the same construction as shown in Figures 1 and 2 except that the outer ends are provided with openings 29 to permit the sign holdingplates to be inserted .within or removed from the frames after the latter have been attached to the post. In this form of construction, a. guard 30 is provided for preventing unauthorized removal of the plates from the frames, the guard being preferably in the form of a screw extending through the opening 29 and having its opposite ends fiush with and threaded in the sides of the end connecting portions 17 of the frame as shown in Figure 7. The screw is provided at one end with a socket 31 which is preferably hexagonal and which requires a correspondingly shapedtool to effect removal of the screw before removal of the sign plates can be effected. It will. be understood, of course, that the shape of the socket may be variedin order to require the use of tools, of varying shape in order to effect a removal. Thus removal of the plates by unscrupulouspersons is also made difficult in this modification since it requires the use of a special tool to effect removal ofthe screw.

The modification shownin FiguresS and 9 differs from that shown in Figures 1 and 2 only in the means for attaching the frames tothe post. In this form of construction the vertically disposed lugs E25 are provided with slot-s 32 for the reception of a band 33 substantially surrounding the post 10 and adapted to be tightened to draw the frames into clamping engagement with the post by turning the screw 34 shown in Figure 9.

If preferred, instead of employing one sign plate in each frame with the name of the street on both sides thereof, two plates 13 may be used as shown in Figure 6, each of which is provided with the name of the street on one side only.

IV here it may be found desirable to use only one of the frames on a post this can be readily done by attaching it as a single element by the use of either type of band shown.

It will be noted that the frames abut and radiate from the post and are disposed in planes which intersect the axis of the post. This is the preferred a *rangement but it will be understood that the angle between the frames maybe varied to suit the angular relationship of different intersecting streets and it will be further understood that the planes in which the frames are disposed need not necessarily intersect the axis of the post, although it is desired to have them intersect within the circle forming the outside diameter of the post, and as clos to the axis as conditions will permit since shorter tie plates may be used between the frames with this arrangement than when the frames are placed tangent to the post.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination of a post and a street sign comprising a frame extending from the post and having its inner end terminating in close proximity thereto, a name plate corresponding substantially in length to the frame and being insertable upon the frame by a sliding movement in a direction toward the outer end thereof when the frame is detached from the post and being held against move ment in an opposite direction by the post when the frame is attached thereto, and means for securing the frame upon the post. i

2. The combination of a post and a street sign comprising frame extendingfrom the post and having its inner end terminating in close proximity thereto,,a name plate corresponding substantially in length to the f ame and being insertable upon the frame by a. sliding movement in a direction toward the outer end thereof when the frame is detached from the post and being held against moven'ient in an opposite direction bythe post when the frame is attached thereto, lugs carried by the frame, adjacent its inner end, and bands substantially surrounding the post and engaging the lugs whereby to secure the frame upon the post.

3. The combination of a post and a street sign comprising a grooved frame extending radially of the post, means connecting the frame with the post and a nameplate having its edges disposed within the groove, said plat-e being insertable therein through the end of the frame ncarestthe post and being held against removal by the post when the frame is attached thereto.

4. The combination of a post and a street sign comprising a pair of angularly disposed frames, means serving to connect the frames with the post, said frames each being provided with longitudinally extending grooves, and a name plate disposed within the grooves of each frame and being insertable therein through the inner ends of the frames when the latter are detached from the post, said post serving to hold the plates against removal through said ends when the frames are attached to the post.

5. The combination of a post and a street sign comprising a pair of connected frames radiating from the post and having their inner ends abutting the same, means for clamping said ends upon the post, said frames having longitudinally extending grooves and name plates carried by the frames within the grooves and being insertable therein through the inner ends of the frames and held against removal by the post when the frames are attached thereto.

6. The combination of a post and a street sign comprising a frame extending radially from the post and including upper and lower grooved sections, means connecting the frame with the post and a name plate insert-able within the grooves of said section by a longitudinal sliding movement through the inner end of the frame before the latter is attached to the post, said post serving to prevent removal of the plate through said inner end when the frame is connected with the post.

7. The combination of a post and astreet sign comprising a pair of frames radiating from the post and having laterally extending lugs at their inner ends, a tie plate connecting said lugs, means connecting the frames with the post and a name plate detachably secured to each of the frames.

8. The combination of a post and a street sign comprising a. pair of angularly disposed frames radiating from the post and being provided with'openin'gs at their inner ends, bands extending through said openings and substantially surrounding the post to connect the frames therewith, a tie member extending between the inner ends of the frames to connect and brace the same and a name plate carried by each of the frames.

D 9. The combination of a post and a street sign comprising a frame radiating from and having its inner end abutting the post and being provided with openings therethrough, bands extending through said openings and substantially surrounding the post to connect the frame therewith, said frame having grooves formed therein, and a sign plate removably disposed within said grooves and supported therein independently of said bands and having its outer end secured within the frame.

10. The combination of a post and a street sign comprising a pair of frames extending from and having their inner ends abutting the post, upper and lower tie members connecting the frames adjacent their inner ends, means connecting the frames to the post, said frames each having longitudinally extending upper andlower grooves communicating with a transverse opening in-one end thereof and a sign plate carried by each frame and being insertible and removable through said openin 11. The combination of a post and a street sign comprising a pair of frames extending from and having their inner ends abutting the post, a. clamping member encircling the post and having its ends extending through one of the frames in opposite directions and having an intermediate portion in clamping engagement with the other frame, said memher having means for tensioning the same whereby to tightly clamp the frames upon the post and a sign plate carried by each frame.

12. The combination of a post and a street sign comprising a pair of frames extending from and having their inner ends abutting the post, means connecting the frames adjacent their inner ends, a tie rod encircling the postandextendinginto clamping engagement with one of said frames and having its ends engaging opposite portions of the other frame to clamp the latter upon the post, said rod including means for tensioning the same to maintain the frames in clamped position upon the post and a sign plate carried by each of the frames.

13. In a street sign for attachment to a post or the like, a frame comprising upper and lower grooved sections with inner and outer end connecting sections, said inner section being provided with an opening through which to insert a sign plate whereby to position it within said grooves and being also arranged to engage and abut the post and having portions adapted to receive securing means for attaching the frame to the post. 14. A street sign adapted for attachment to a post or the like comprising a pair of angularly disposed frames connected at their inner ends and having longitudinally extending grooves and openings at said inner ends in alignment with said grooves, sign plates disposed within the grooves and being removable through said openings when the frames are detached from the post, means connected with the frames for clamping them upon the post and means secured upon each frame arranged to urge the inner end of the sign plate thereof against the post.

15. A street sign adapted for attachment to a post or the like comprising a pair of angularly disposed grooved frames having upper and lower sets of lugs, a tie plate connecting each set of lugs, sign plates disposed within the grooves of the frames, securing lugs on said frames and means for attaching the frames to the post adapted to engage the securing lugs to clamp the frames upon the post.

GEORGE S. SEARLE.