US951637A - Road-indicator for vehicles. - Google Patents

Description

P. PEILHUBER.

ROAD INDICATOR POR VEHICLES.

APPLIUATION FILED OGT.19, 1908. I

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Tof all'wwm it may eo'rwem: 4 Be it known that lt, FRANK FEILHUBER, a

citi'zen of the' United States, residing at exact 'description or the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to 'which 1t appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and fi res of reference marked thereon, which orm a part of this specication.

rlhis invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in road indicating de-y vices for use upon vehicles and especially upon automobiles, motor cycles, bicycles, etc., and it has for its object the provision of a simple and practical device of this character which may bereadily attached either to the steering wheel of an automobile, the

- handle bars of a motor cycle -or bicycle or,

if desired, to the dash board of a vehicle.

'llhe device consists of a frame rovided withsuitable rollers around which 1s wound a continuous road map, the device being providedv with a piece of ass or other trans- 1 the A ma parent material throng which a section of 1s visible. l The inventlon consists further in means whereby, bythe rotation of the rollers, any

section of the map may be made visible.

A further object of the invention resides inthe provision of means whereby the'frame surroundin the map nspace is provided with scale of mi es so that the o erator may, at`

all times, know its location, istance to other points, character of the road, etc.

To these ends and to such other as the invention may pertain, the same consists in the novel construction, peculiar arrangement,

combination andl adaptation of-parts, all as will be more fully hereinafter described,V

shown in the accom an in drawings and then specifically deg-led g claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part-oiIl this specification and in which Figure 1 is a top lan view 4of a road indicatln device, em odyin my invention. Fig. 2 is a top [plan View o the 4device with the top piate and map removed. Fig. is

Specification of Iletters Patent. Application. mea october 1e, moa serial' mi. erstes.

vends of .the two strips A3 and A.

jacent faces of the strips Amand A".

in the appended4 4 is a side elevation of one of the map rol ers, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the rollerv operating wheels.

vReterence now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a casing of general rectangular shape having end walls Gand opposite side walls B, the former of which are recessed as at A for the reception of the lugs A2 form-ed at the opprsit a sectionalview on line 3--3 or' Fig. 2.

Patented Mar. S, 1916i,

to their ends for the reception of the shank portions E of the buttons E.

It will be noted upon reierencetolig. 2

of the drawings that one of the stripsmamely A, is adapted to beheld stationary while the ends of the other stripv its have a slight 'play in the recesses AJ. v

D and 4D designate spools having danges (Z which are frictionall-y engaged by thi adi- *aci of the pins E has an integral shoulder ll adjacent to the head of the button which is milled about its circumference and which shoulder E* is adapted to bear against the outer face of the side of the casing, and E2 designates a spring which is adapted to bear between the inner face of the side B of the casing and an inte ral collar E8 u on the i shank portion Eco the button,sai spring tending to hold the end ot' the button normally' 1n .engagement with the hole in the end of the reel. 'llhere are four of said buttons of similar construction, each adapted to` engage a reel in the manner shown and described. rlhe map H has its ends fastened one to each of said reels and is adapted to wind from 'one tothe other accordingly as one reel orthe other is turned and for convenience, a scale F is formed alon oneinarginal edge ofthe ma and suitab e bracket members l are provi may be secured to any convenient ob'ect where the map may be readily seen. ne face of the casing is rovided with a slight aperture, as shown in ig. 1, and which may be covered with a transparent glass or other protecting medium, thus covering the operative parts of'the apparatus and clearly disclosing the map to view.

ln operation, the reels are inserted within the casing and intermediate the strips A. and A, the stri A being4 held stationary while the ends o` the strip its are allowed te yield slightly in the recesses it". The two ed, whereby the device 100 soV ies

stripsV coperate to frictionally enga e the anges d at the ends of the reel, while the keys or s rin -pressed pins with their angular out lmeg ends en age similar shaped openings in the ends 01g' the reels, formlng means -whereby the latter may be turned in one direction or the other as may be desired to cause the ma to wind `from one reel to the other, said eys or pins being held in place by means of the springs which bear intermediate the inner faces of the sides B and the integral collars Es upon the shank portion of the pins.

The map may have indicated thereon railroad crossings, bridges, dangerous places, the condition of the roads', as to hills, valleys, etc., so that the section of the map which is displayed at any time will convey to the mind of the operator of the vehicle full knowledge of his locality, distance fromadjoinin points, places at which, upon account o condition of surroundings, road, crossings, etc., caution must be observed in regulatlng the speed of the vehicle. It is designed that tlus device should be securely attached by means of suitable attaching devices, such for instance as the clips I in the back of the case, either tothe handle bars of the motor .cycle or bicycle or to the steering wheel or dash board of the vehicle so as to be, at all times, within the vision of the op# erator of the' machine. When the vehicle has traversed the distance indicated by the rst section of the map, the operator turns the roller D', thus windin upon the roller the section of the map which has been used and bringing into the space beneath the l transparent plate the next adjacent section and advantages o of the map.

From the fore oing description, the use the device will be readily understood, as the operator of the vehicle provided with this device will, by its use, be

enabled to at all times know the location,

distance from other points upon the route and, by reference to the scale of distance upon the margin of the map space, will at all times know the distance he has traveled 'having apertures therein, reels having flanged ends with holes in the latter, the inner ends of one of said strips being ixed and the other allowed to have a lateral movement, spring-pressed pins mounted in apertures in the sides of thecasing and' adapted to pass through apertures in said strips and engage said holes in the ends of the reels, and a map fastened to and adapted to wind about the reels, as set forth.

2. A road indicating apparatus for vehicles, etc., comprising a casin having apertures and recesses formed in e walls thereof, means for fastening the casing to a vehicle, strips secured to the inner faces of the opposite sides of the casing and provided with apertures, reels having flan ed ends with holes in the latter, integral u s projecting from the opposite ends of sai strips and adapted to engagevsaid recesses formed in the walls of the casing, the lugs upon one of said strips adapted to hold the strip of which-they are an integral part stationary, the lu s upon the other strip havin a lateral play 1n the recesses in which t ey are positioned, spring ressed pins assrng through the walls o the casing an strips and having their inner ends engaging holes in the ends of the reels, and a map fastened to and adapted to wind about the reels, as set forth.

In testimony whereoil I hereunto aix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK FEILHUBER.

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