US354303A

US354303A - Guide-board

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Publication number: US354303A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-12-14
Anticipated expiration: 1903-12-14

Description

(No Model.)

W. W. CASE.

GUIDE BOARD.

No. 354,303. Patented Dec. 14, 1886.

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VILLIAM XV. CASE, OF BAPTISTOVVN, NEV JERSEY.

GUIDE-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION OTITIng'pIt of Letters Patent No. 354,303l dated December 14, 1886.

Application filed April 19l 1884. Serial No. 128,539.

To aZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. CASE, of Baptistown, in the county of' Hunterdon and State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and Improved Guide-Board, of which the follow ing is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure lis a sectional elevation of Iny invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view taken ontlie line x .r of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the guide-board proper, taken on the line y y of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of one of the holding-plates removed from the headblock. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the clamp-plate, and Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation showing a modification ofthe guide-board proper.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings, and then pointed out in the claims.

A represents the post set in the ground and braced by the bottom plate, a, and surfaceplate b, through which latter the rods d are passed and driven into the ground.

c is a covering-plate for covering the upper ends of the rods (Z. v

To the upper end of the post A is secured the flanged cap B,of iron, and the vertical bolt C, which passes up through the center of the cap B. rI he upper portion, c', of the bolt is Inadesmallerthanthelower portion, c2. Upon the lower portion, c2, of the bolt Gis placed the cast-iron head D, which is held securely in place by the nut e, screwed upon the central Screw-threaded portion, e', ofthe bolt. In this instance the head Dis made octagonal in form, and in each of the faces thereof is formed a dovetailed or other recess, f, to receive the bevel-edged Shanks g of the flanged holdingplates E. These holding-plates E, ybesides be- I ing formed with the said shanks g, are formed with the claw flanges or rims g g', for receiving the edges or flanges hh of the clamp F, in which is placed the end of' the guide-board proper, G, and at their upper ends the holding-plates E are formed with the studs g2, which are adapted to pass through orifices made in the cap-plate (No model.)

are made of sheet metal or other suitable mav terial, and are slipped into the undercut flanges Z Z from the end of the board next to the post A `before the clamp-plate F is put in place. At its outer end the guide-board G is formed or provided with the pointer or index G.

Constructed in the manner described,it will be seen that the guide-board is strong, practical, and durable, and that the board Gniay be set to point inl any direction required, will always be held firm and rigid, and that the guideboard as a whole presents a nice and attractive appearance.

The cap-plate c on the surface of the ground is intended tol be fastened down with a key.

I design in some cases to form the guideboard G with the central longitudinal undercut or dovetailed ribs, Z Z, as shown in Fig. 6, adapting the board to receive double sets of letters upon both sides of the board, and I design to coat the letters with luminous paint, so that the guide-board will be visible at night. When placed at cross-roads, the head D will have several guide-boards connected therewith, according to the number of roads.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. In a guide-board, the combination, with a head having a vertical dovetail recess, of two clainpplates having vertical flanges on their rear edges engaging the said dovetail recess, and a sign-board held between the said clampplates, substantially as set forth.

2. In a guide-board, the head D, formed with one or more dovetailed recesses, f, in conibination with the holding-plates E, engaging said recesses, clamp-plates F,held by said holdfoo , ing-plates, and guide-board G, secured by said clamp plates, arranged substantially as described.

3. In a guideboard, the combination, with the recessed head and apertured cap-plate, of the holding-plate E, formed with the shank g, engaging the recessed head g', and stud g2, entering the aperture in the cap-plate, as and for the purposes set forth.`

4. rIhe combination, with the recessed head D and the clamp-plate F, held thereon and provided With the pin j, ofthe signboard having an aperture, k, through which pinj passes, and

anges l, open at their rear ends, which abut against the clampvplate,and removable letters Within said flanges, whereby when pinj is With drawn the sign-board may be disconnected and the letters removed, substantially as set forth.

5. The guide-board G, provided with the clamp-plate F, in combination with the flanged holding-plate E, with which the said clampplate is connected, and the head D, to which the holding-plate E is secured, substantially as described.

6. rlhe combination, with asign-board, of a post, tubular flanged cap B thereon, the head D, to which the sign-board is secured, having a central aperture, the bolt G,passed up through the cap B and head, and the nut e, securing the head and cap together, substantially as set forth.

A7. In a guide-board, the cap B, the bolt C,-

passed through the cap and formed `with the upper reduced portion, c', and larger lower portion, c2, threaded at e', in combinationwith the recessed head D, through which part c2 passes, nut e, screwed upon the screw-threads e', and holding the head to the cap B, the upper apertured plate, H, the holding-plate E, held to the head and plate H, and the top nut, fi, on the bolt, and securing said plate and the holding-plate in position, as and for the purpose set forth.

8. The post A, provided at its upper end with the fianged cap B, and the bolt @,passing through the cap, in combination with thehead D, formed with dovetailed recessesf, the holdingplates E,held in the recessesf, the clampplate F, the guide-board G, the top plate, H, and the nuts e and i, all arranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

WILLIAM W. CASE.