US1797004A

US1797004A - Indicating device

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Publication number: US1797004A
Application number: US437729A
Authority: US
Inventors: Leveen Harold
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1930-03-21
Filing date: 1930-03-21
Publication date: 1931-03-17
Anticipated expiration: 1948-03-17

Description

17, 1931. LEVEEN 1,797,004

INDICATING DEVICE Filed March 21, 1930 WyZNTORQ ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 17, 1931 HAROLD LEVEEIN, OF NEW'ARK, NEW JERSEY INDICATING DEVICE Application filed March 21,

This invention relates to indicating devices, and more particularly to a device for indicating the time of occurrence of the several parts of a prearranged program, and is especially adapted for use in connection with radio broadcasting programs.

In the use of radio receiving apparatus for entertainment purposes, there are generally certain preferred features which occur at 19 various hours. The time of occurrence of the various parts of the broadcasting programs are set forth in tabulated form in newspapers, etc.; but it is inconvenient to search through the tabulations at the end of each selection to ascertain what is next on the program.

t is an object of this invention to provide a device by means of which the time of occurrence and source of selected features of a prearranged program of radio broadcasting 2 entertainment may be conveniently indicated.

A further object is the provision of an indicating device designed for facilitating the arranging of programs to be received from various radio broadcasting stations, which device is also adapted to be used for advertising purposes.

These and other advantageous objects, which will later appear, are accomplished by the simple and practical construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and exhibited in the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the indicating device.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tab used on the device.

Referring to the drawings, the indicating device is shown to include a plate 5 which may be circular in shape and formed from cardboard, metal, celluloid or other suitable materials.

The plate 5 is divided into twelve equal parts, each of which are subdivided into four equal parts by the marks 7. The plate 5, it

will be seen, thus represents the face of a clock having each hour divided into fifteen minute periods.

The face plate 5 is attached to a support 6, having its sides bent at right angles to provide supporting wings 8.

1930. Serial No. 437,729.

The support 6 has an integral extension which is bent under to provide a bottom 9 for a receptacle, the bottom 9 having a back wall 10 and side walls 11, the back wall 10 having tabs 12 inserted in straps 13 on the side walls to secure the walls together.

The receptacle is designed to hold a plurality of tabs 14, such as shown in Figure 2; each tab having marked thereon a designation 15, such as the code initials or wave-length or both of a radio broadcasting station. Cut out from the tab 14 is a prong 16, which cooperates with the adjacent portions 17 of the tab to hold the latter on the plate 5 as shown in Figure 1.

In practice, the tabs 14: are attached to the plate 5 at the various points indicating the time at which it is desired to tune in certain radio broadcasting stations. For example, in Figure 1, at 8 30 oclock, the program of station WABO is desired; and at 10 :00 oclock, station WJ Z is preferred. By means of this device, a program of preferred features may be arranged in advance without necessitating the scanning of the program announcements in a newspaper; thus rendering the radio entertainment more convenient.

The device is especially adapted for advertising purposes, as it is before. the users constantly throughout the period of radio entertainment, and face plate 5 has a considerable area in which advertisements may be printed.

While the face plate 5 has been shown as being circular in shape, it obviously is not confined to that shape.

The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive and illustrative only, and not as restrictive or limitative of the invention, of which obviously an embodiment may be constructed including many modifications without departing from the general scope herein indicated and denoted in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. An indicating device, comprising a plate having marked thereon the hours of the day, a plurality of tabs adapted to be attached to the plate, a support for the plate, and an extension on said support bent to provide a receptacle to hold the tabs.

2. An indicating device comprising a plate, time period markings on said plate, a tab 5 adapted to be removably attached to the plate, a support for the plate bent to provide supporting Wings, and an extension on said support bent to provide a receptacle to hold the tab. 0 This specification signed this 20th day of March, 1930.

HAROLD LEVEEN.