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HORACE E. FINE, OF TRENTGN, NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented' oct. 1e, ieee,

Application filed `Tanuary 13,1906. Serial No. 295,857.

To all whom it. may concern- Be it known that I, HORACE E. FINE, a citi.- zen oi the United States, and a resident of the city of Trenton, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful lmprovenients in-Numbering Devices, of which the 'following is a full, clear, and complete disclosure.

My invenflon relates to devices 'lor displaying identification-signs, and particularly to those which are carried upon automobiles.

The object of my invention is to so construct such a device that the same may be readily inserted in or detached from the interior of any circumferential or other, inclosing portion; and it consists of a resilient wire loop within which is attached a frame :for holding numbers or other means of identification, the said loop having a portion thereof adapted to be compressed or so reduced in area that it may be passed through an orifice and expand'again into a circumferential or other like inclosure.

My invention also'consists in further -features of construction and manner of operation, the .details of which are set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters rei'er to corresponding parts.

In the drawings, Figure i is an elevation off my invention, located in the front of an-auto- A mobile-lamp door, showing a part oi the lens broken away. Fig. 2 .is a perspective view of the same detached *from the vehicle, the contracted portion being indicated in dotted lines. holding the identiiication-signs and. a fragmentary portion of the loop. 4 is a longitudinal section taken on lines 3 3 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a transverse `section taken on lines 4 4 of Fig. 3.

ln Fig. 1, l represents the bead on the iront of the door of an automobile-lamp, in which 'the lens 2 is supported. The lens is partially brokenaway at its upper portion, showing the outer edge oi' the door-'Harige 3 in longitudinal section 4. My sign carrying device may be seen above the broken-away portion and also through the lens 2 in its position in the door of the lamp.

Referring to Fig. 2, 5 5 show the extremities of the loop, which extend upwardly and parallel with each other until they are turned into coils 6 6. These extremities may be b ent `to any'coniguration, according to the location in which it is desired to place the de- Fig. 3 is a rear view oi" the frame for vice. The said portions then continue upwardly from the coilsv 6 6', turning toward each other until they intersect and are turned around a circle, forming a coil T.

lt is obvious that l may substitute for the coil 7 any other bends, the depressions of which would cause an inward yielding action V of the loop. A

immediately below thecoils 6 6' isA fastened the 'l'grame 8. tially rectangular and is skeleton in form, having its face portion cut out to -form a rectangular' ori'lice. The ends of this 'frame are extended in the 'form of tongues, which are turned back upon themselves around the loop portions, as shown at 9 9. Each leg oit the loop'where the tongues 9 9 fold around the same is bent inwardly in the Aform of a kink to prevent the frame from sliding up or down or turning upon the wire. llrom the upper and lower edges of the 'frame also eX- tend tongues, which are turned back upon` themselves over the upper and lower edges oi' the identification-signs to hold the same in position, as shown at i() i0. These identiiication-signs may be of any peculiar character-`such as letters, designs, emblems, te. and they may be in separate parts or all represented on one piece 01"' metal or other material; but in the drawings l have illustrated them as numbers, each number cut out oi a 'llat metallic plate. l slide these plates into the slots formed by the turned-back portions l() 10 and -fasten them in place by swaging down the turned-back portions over the edges of the same beiore the tongues l) 9 are loldhd around the loop portions.

ln contracting the device in order that it may enter the back of' the door of the lamp I pass one 'finger through the coils 7, which serve as a 'linger-hole, and my thumb under the frame. At the same time, pulling down on thecoils 7, l draw the loop intothe position shown by the dotted. lines in Fig. 2. ln this position l may pass it through the opening in the rear of the lampi-door up against the'lens, where .l permit the loop to expand again until it is resisted by contact Iwith the inner peripheral portion of the 4lamp-bead. In this position the two extremities or feet 5 5 rest in thebottom part of the lamp-door. During this operation the frame is prevented from sliding upwardly on the loop by `means of the kinks and the inwardly-projecting coil (i 6. The loop is made out of a single piece of resilient metallic wire, and by virtue of the This -frame is substanlocation of the two side coils and upper middle coil one can shorten both the length and width of the intermediate, or that portion above the frame, when the coils '7 are drawn downwardly. I may utilize any charactor of identification devices, suoli as a card madel of paper or any other material having' a number or sign represented thereon.

I have described my device as applied to an automobile-lamp; but the same may be used upon other lamps or in any location where a removable identification device is dee sired, and although throughout this specification I have used various terms-such as signs, frames/f loops, coils, Sco.,- I do not wish to be limited to the exact construction ot the same as illustrated and described, but reserve the right to utilize any of the well-known equivalents thereof, provided that they are within the scope of my invention and as pointed out in the appended claims.

What I claim, ters Patent, isy 1. A support for identification-signs, consisting of an inwardly-yielding loop and a frame for displaying signs fastened within said loop.

2. A support for identiiication-signs, consisting oi an inwardly-yielding loop and a substantially rectangular 'frame for displaying said signs, having two of its op osite edges bent back upon themselves to tasten said signs in position. 3. A support for identification-signs, consisting of an inwardly-yielding loop and a substantially rectangular frame for display ing said signs, having two of its opposite edges bent around said loop to fasten said frame in position.

4. A support for ident'i'icationsigns, consisting of a loop having two parallel portions adjacent to their extremities, the said parallel portions terminatingin a resilient inter mediate portion having inwardly-projecting and desire to secure by Let-` coils, the said intermediate portion being adapted to yield inwardly, and a Aframe for ldisplaying said. signs fastened within said oop. I

5. In a support for identification-signs, the combination of a resilient and inwardlyyieldV ing loop, with a substantially rectangular frame for displaying said signs, the said frame being fastened to and included within said loop.

6. In a support for identification-signs, the combination of a resilient and inwardlyyielding loop, with a frame having tongues on two ol' its sides, adapted to be bent back upon themselves to fasten said signs in position. y

7. In a support feridentiiication-signs, the combination of a resilient and inwardlyyielding loop, with a frame having tongues projecting from two opposite edges thereof, the said tongues. being folded around portions of said loop near its extremities.

8. In a support for identification-signs, the combination ol' a resilient and inwardlyyielding loop, with a frame having projecting tongues on opposite sides. thereof, the said tongues being ent, around parallel portions of said loop.

9. In a support for identification-sions, the ,combination of a loop having parallel eX- tremities and an inwardly-extending coil intermediate said extremities, with a frame for displaying said signs fastened to said parallel extremities.

10. In a support for identification-signs, the combination of a loo having parallel extremiti es, a coil intermediate said extremities and a further coil between each of said parallel portions and said intermediate coil.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set mv 8 5 hand this 12th day of January, A; D. 1906. HORACE E. FINE. Witnesses:

WALTER A. HOLDEN,

ALEXANDER PARK. f

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