US874998A - Reversible sign for automobiles and like purposes. - Google Patents

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PATENTED DEC. 31

W. SGHUMAGHER. 4 REVERSIBLE SIGN FOR AUTOMOBILES AND LIKE PURPOSES.

AEPEIOATION FILED AUG. 2. 1906.

INW NTOR 'Aiwoml EY WITNESSES:

vl HiLiAlr? SCHUMACHER, 01" (JAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

f FOR AUTQ.

Speci mation of Letters Patent 131L333 ANT) LIKE PURPOSES.

Patented Dec, 31 196W.

Application filed August, 2| 1906. Serial No. 328-356.

ihie l'iigns es. el whieh win new i it is necessary to reverse the board these ends l oi the hunger an, sprung open suiiieien siy to permit iillfiNJlH'el to he turned when the]; will he uuuin sprung into the grooves :nnl hold the board in position. The upper portion of Lhe hunger has formed therem; ihe strap loops i by which suilnhle :irnps lil2( hr useu lor susponiling the device from nny part Seri obl lo ihe hunger in such ninnner llnn it may he l l l l'ootive device by menus oi which no sets ol ,1

numbers or other uhuinuters mu. he plneeil i one then 5 the other ilisplnyeil us oeenslon mn require Lo lhe projerting spring of on aut mobile upon n single sign bounl um! his by sinnilj reversiin: the bozo-(l, sn-iil lXHli'Ll being looked when so reversed.

i i i Willi L 'QOSl (UKlS in View, this inrenlion consists in tho (leiuils ol eousi'ruetion un l uni ..l)lll Ll'i()11 ol elements hrrenuii'ler sol lorth nml lhen speeilmilly los1nuie l by (he elnuns.

"-w i illn' iiiin in on 1 tom t iosi, so H1 1 u (in .n which Llns invenllou npperlnms may under of on auimnoblh or olhei' ohjeet. 'i'o inrthei' insure the inching or the honril nyzn'nsl; accidental ilisphnroinent n late-h ll is pivoleil swung: clownwuril and embrace the upper edge ol the houril. i For eonvenienee in 'znlvzn'lnne ihe ileriee wnhoul the use oi straws n rli l huving spring en ls Pi is ni'rungeii in he nliueheil lo the hunger, :nnl in )rnet-iee (his why is lirsL plneeil own the insiile of lhe spring un l then sprung unto the hunger, the upper noriion ol which lies immediately beneeih i'he stand how to nuilce illlli use lhe some, l will iloserihe its construelion in leloil, rel'orring by letter to the ueeonnmnyiug' ih'nwingf Forming; a port ol" lhis speeilieznion, in which .liig'ure 1. is an elevntion ol n sign l)()il.l' l uni lo inane-ordnance with my improremenl, and Fig. 2, on edge view llierooi. Fig. 3, n slight moiliiiention.

In carrying out my invoniion us here eon bodied, A represenl's the honril and ii the hunger, [he hitter being prel'ernhly nnnle oi n f 1 verse the lHHll'il lo display the number.

stiii' pieco oi wire so bent us to form tho pivols (I which nre inserted in suitable holes l'ormml in the l)( iii' l on the eentrnl lino thereol in oriler that the lHHl-Hl mu; he swung from one siile to the ol her upon these pivots.

'lhe eilges oi the honnl ure grooved as indieziteil at l) and the enil of the hunger are bent us imliunteil at E so as to snriiu; within these, groores, thus looking; the board in either adjustment; that is to say, that when the board is sell to ilispluvy one sicle with the numbers hlll bent portions ol the hunger will lio within he grmn'hs l null thus loel the bounl nu'uinsl, iuzoiilentm rotnlion, but whon spring, thus ilispln ing the lnmill ilireai'l in ironi or l)(lllll(l The moebine us the lnns ol most Stutes require.

ii the use ol" In improremnni ihe ilis :ulvuntnge now uiien .lzult upon the use ol' number honrils lo! uul'omohiles is entirely overcome in than u single lJULlll will serve Q lo display two numbers and as the law of nlosl Slates l(.(|llll'( (lint only the register number for that State must be displayed, herelol'ore it has heen necessary to remove the numher of one Shite when passing into another nml zit-fuelling or new number, but my improvement enlirely overcomes this ilisnilvnnln-ge us it. is'only necessary to re,

4)? eourse my improvementonly he used for other purposes than znitomohiles, such as street, ears nnil the like where it is necessary to change n sign, and may aiso have surlnees for three or more nuinhnrs as shown in l ig. .3 in which the board is square in eross seeiion.

i loving lhus l'ully described my invention, whnlv l ('lillln as new and useful, is-- in eombinution, n sign board havingtwo of its edges grooved, n hunger to which the l)(lill(l is pivoted, the ends of said hanger being so bent as to lie within the grooves in "F Do In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' WILLIAM SCHUHACIIER.

the hoard and hwk said board against in (Mental disphu-vment, a. hitch pivoted to the hanger :uul' adapted to emhi'zu'e the upper edge of the hum-(L and a dip adapted to he I l i 5 sprung unhrthv upper PUX'LiUI] of the hanger Witnesses: for attuvhmg the .s nmv to nn'ubjeet, as spec-l- I Jusm'u (v3. SMIHI,

fled. S. M. GALLAGHER.

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