US937308A

US937308A - Directory-board.

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Publication number: US937308A
Application number: US48877009A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles A Johnson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1909-04-07
Filing date: 1909-04-07
Publication date: 1909-10-19
Anticipated expiration: 1926-10-19

Description

CLA. JOHNSON.

DIRECTORY BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 7. 1909.

987,308. Patented 001:. 19,1909.

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Patented Oct. 19, 1909.

Application filed April 7, 1809. Serial No. 488,770.

To all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, Cmumns A. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States of America,

and a resident of Everett, in the county of' Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improve-- ments in Directo -Boards, of which the following is a spec' cation. Y

This invention relates to an improved. mechanical directory or changeable sign for use in business buildings or other localities where it may be desired to indicate the loca-.

tionof the difi'erent persons or things.

It has for its object the provision of such a device which will dispense as far as 'possible with wood in its construction and there by obviate the difliculty which has been wardly exten found in devices of thiskind owing to the exposure to the various weather conditions to which such devices are usually subjected.

It has for a further object a novel construction of the various; nanie strips and a novel means for readily removing the same from the supporting guides.

A further object of the invention is to provide each strip with a slidablemember provided with indicating characters which are adapted to be exposed to view through an ope in the name strip.

The in ention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be readily understood by reference to the description of the drawings and to the claims hereinafter given.

Of. the drawingsf Figure 1 represents an elevation of a mechanical directory embody.- ing the featur s of this invention, a portion of the lower righthand corner of the same being broken away. Fig. 2 represents a hopizontal section of the same, the cutting plane being on line 22 on Fig. 1. Fig. 3 repliesents a vertical section of the same, the name being removed, the cutting plane being e 33 on 1. Fig. 4 represents a longitudinal vertical section through a porstri tion of one end of a name strip'and showin' the slidable indicating member contains thereinin elevation. Fig. 5 represents an end View of one of said end strl s. Fig. 6v

represents a transverse section 0 thesame, the cutting plane being on line 6--6 on Fig. 4.- Fig. 7 represents a perspective view of one of the slidable indicating members. Fig. 8 represents a partial horizontal section of the same, the cutting plane being on line Similar characters designate like parts throughout the several figures of the. drawmgs.

In the drawings, 10 represents a suitable rectangular frame, the two vertical sides of which are connected by means of cross members 11 which not only give rigidity to the frame but serve as a means for securing thereto the rectangular metal strip-supporting plates 12, each of which has out therefrom as indicated at 13 in Figs. 1 and'2 an ear 14. which is bent over and forms ahook fitting over one of said cross members 11 to rovide a suitable support for the plate 12. ach of the lates 11 is provided with inding guide members 15 extending toward each other, these being adapted to enter slots 16 formed in each end of the name strips17, the lower strip in each plate beingada ted to rest upon ears 18 formed'upon the ate 12.

Each name strip 17 is provided with an openin 19 through which is exposed to view the in icating characters 20 u on a slidable member 21 positioned within the name strip 17 and having an car 22 extending through the openin 19 by which said member may be moved ongitudinally of the name strip 17 to expose diiferent characters to view through said openings. These characters in the drawin s are shown as the words In and Out to indicate the presence or absence of the tenant but other indicating characters may be used equally as well if desired.

Each of the name strips 17 is composed of a metal strip bent over upon itself toform two parallel sides with the opposite edges bent inwardly as indicated at 23 with the opposing faces thereof separated a distance equal to the width of the slot 16 in the upper edge of the strip 17 at either end.

with a recess at -the end which abuts the stops 24 and when either of the name strips 17 has been raised so that this recess 25 is in the same plane with the stop 24.as indiguide members I Y Each of the-name strips 17 is provided cated in the lower righthand corner of Fig. 1 the name strip can then be moved to the right with the stop 24 in the recess 25, as

and removing the name strips when any change therein is made necessary but none of the strips can be removed unless they are raised upon the guides 15 a suflicient distanceto bring the recess 25 o posite to a stop member 24. To prevent thls, the building name plate 26 is hin edat 27 to the top of the frame and the ower edge thereof abuts the upper edge of the upper name plate so that when the building name plate is position the name strips 17 are prevented from being moved upwardly to allow either of the strips to be disengagedfrom the guide members 15. When it is necessary to make any changeit is obvious that by moving the name plate 26 outwardly about the hinge 27 the strips 17 may be removed at will. Normally the name plate 26 is retained in position by means of the front plate 28 secured by a plurality of hinges 29 to the frame 10 and locked thereto atjthe opposite side by means of a catch 30. It is obvious, therefore, that when the front plate 28- is in position and locked by the catch 30 no one of the strips 17 can be removed or disturbed. v

rectory board, composed entirely of sheet metal, which overcomes the objections usu- When a plurality of stri -supporting plates 12 are used a metallic bead1ng31 is interposed between every pairof such plates with the edges thereof extending slightly over the adjacent ed es of the name strips 17, as indicated Figs. 1 and 2. When it is desired to remove the strip-supporting plates 12 the front plate 28 is unlocked and moved about its hinges so that the name:- plate 26 may be moved about the hinge 27 and the plates12 lifted bodily upwardly until the hooks 14 thereon are disengaged from the cross bars 11 connecting the two sides of the frame 10.

This makes a veryconvenient form of dially arising from the use of a frame-composed of wood, which often gets out of working order owing to the various changes in weather conditions to which it is exposed. Moreover, thejinvention provides a ready means of locking the'name strips in position and retaining them in such locked position until the change is effected by some one authorized to do so by unlocking the front plate and permitting the strips to be lifted sufliciently to. bring the recess 25 therein opposite the stop members 24.

combination of a frame v parallel inwardly extend ng guides; a plu- The name strips as shown in the drawings and described inthe specification are very effective in their operation.

The feature of providing a means of indicatin the presence or absence of a tenant is an obvious advantage and the means for accomplishing this object is much simpllfied by the present construction of name strip.

It is believed the operation and many advantages of the invention will be fully understood from the foregoing.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a frame provided with a cross member; a plate provided with a hook adapted to engage said cross member; and a plurality of name strips detachably supported upon said plate. Y

2. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a frame; a metal plate secured thereto and provided with parallel name-strip supporting guides, one of said guides having a plurality of outwardly extending stops; and a plurality of slotted name strips mounted on said guides which extend into the slots in the opposite ends of said name strips, one of said stops abutting one edge of each name strip.

3. In a device of the class described, the

on itself to form two parallel sides the full width of said name strip and having a slot .in each end.

5. In a device of the class described, a

name strip formed of a strip of metal folded on itself to form two parallel sides and having a slot in each end, the o posite edges of said strip of metal being olded inwardly between said sides and separated the width of said end slots.

6. In a device of the class described, a name strip formed of a strip of metal folded on itself'to form two parallel sides and hav- .ing a slot in each end; and an opening through one side at one end, said 'strip having a movable member therein provided with an" ear extending through said 0 ening by which it may be moved longitu inally of said strip to expose to view through said opening different surfaces.

7. In a device of the class described, the provided with two 10 with its lower edge abutting the upper edge 937,308 i i a rality of slotted name strips mounted on of the upper name strip; and a hinged front said guides; and a top plate hinged to said to said frame bearing on said hinged plate frame with its lower edge abutting the up- I and normally retaining it in position. per edge of the upper name strip. Signed by me at 4 Post Oflice Sq., Boston, 5 8.bIn a devifce off the class desizribed, the 1 Mass, this 6th day of 'April, 1909.

com ination o a rame provide with two Y parallel inwardly extending guides; a plu- CHARLES rality of slotted name strips mountedo on Witnesses: said guides; a top plate hinged to said frame VALTER E. LOMBARD,

NATHAN C. Lomxm.