US1315187A - Illuminated sigh - Google Patents

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J. HOTCHNER. ILLUMINATED SIGN.

APPLICATIONFILED 0m. 19. 1914.

1,315,187. PatentedSept. 2,1919.

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JOSEPH HOTCHNER, 01? SAN CISCO, CALIFORNIA.

ILLUIVJIINATED SIGN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented dept. 2, ram.

Application filed October 19, 191%. Serial No. $614115.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn Horonnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented a new and useful Illuminated Sign, of which the following is a specification in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same.

This invention relates to an illuminated sign of the type known as a transparency and its object is to provide means whereby the sidewalk and store front may be adequately illuminated, without at the same time destroying the effect of the sign.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that transparencies are not as brightly illuminated as signs having outside lights, so that it outside lights are. used to illuminate the sidewalk they kill the edect of the transparency. Therefore, in. order to effectually illuminate the sidewalk it becomes necessary to conceal the sidewalk lights from the person looking at the sign from a distance.

. Another object ofthe invention is to make a double use of the reflector used in such signs, one side reflecting the light throu h the letters while the other side reflects t e light to the street from other lamps.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawing in which the same reference til numeral is applied to the same portion throughout, but I am aware that there are many modifications thereof.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a letter constructed in accordance with this invention,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalview of the letter on the line 22 Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow.

Fig. 3 is a view in section or a modified form of the invention in which a secondary sign is suspended from the first sign.

The numeral 1 represents one side of a box si body and 2 the opposite side thereof, said body being commonly constructed of sheet metal. The letter is out out of the metal sides and a plate of translucent material 3 is placed in position inside the sign body, clips 4 secured to the inside of the sign body holding the plates in place.

Connected with the bottom of the side pieces are two reflectors 5 and 6 which direct the light from the lamp 7 supported by the socket 8 through the "plates 3:. The reflectors are suitably painted within. and Without to reflect the light and between them is placed a lamp 9 supported by the socket 10.

The socket 10 is secured to the underside of the top of the reflectors and each socket is connected with a suitable source of electric current supply to illuminate the several lamps of which there may be any desired number. llt will be seen that as the lamp 9 is placed between the two reflectors 5 and 6 that it cannot be seen at some distance from the sign, while the angle of the re flectors can be varied to illuminate as wide a placeon the sidewalk as may be desired.

It will also be seen that no matter how brilliant the sidewalk illumination is there will be practically no loss of efiect in the transparency.

It will. be understood by those familiar with the sign business that when a sign is ordered that the person purchasing the same often desires to add a line giving some other feature in connection with. his place of business other than that which he originally delineated upon the sign and this, the sign illustrated in Fig. 3, is especially adapted for that purpose.

In this form of the invention the sign body 15 is substantially the same as the sign. body shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and it is provided with two characters 16 and 16 which are illuminated by means of the lamp 17 placed within the sign body. At the bottom of the sign body there are two reflectors 18 and 19, below which there is a lamp 20, while suspended from the lower portion of the sign is a sheet metal sign 21 bent over a rod 22 so that it presents two characters for illumination by the lamp 2(), and in order to increase the sidewalk lighting efiect a lamp 23 is supported between the two sides of the inverted V shaped sign 21, suitable screws 24 being used to connect the socket to the sign 21.

llt will be understood that the lighting effect of this sign is the same as the previous one, since in no event do the lights shine directly into the eyes of the observer and therefore do not kill the efi'ect of the sign as a transparency.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows modifications within the scope of the claims being expressly reserved:

1. In an illuminated sign, a sign body, a lamp located within said body to illuminate a character carried thereby, a lamp below the first lamp to illuminate the sidewalk below the sign, and means intercepting the rays from the latter light when the sign is observed at some'distance horizontally therefrom.

2. In an illuminated sign, a sign body, a translucent character carried thereby, a concealed light to illuminate said translucent character, a reflector below the lamp to direct the light from said lamp through'the character, and another light upon the opposite side of said reflector from said first lamp for illuminating the sidewalk below the sign.

3. In an illuminated sign, a sign body, a. translucent character carried thereby, a lamp within the sigfi body to illuminate the character, a reflector to direct the'light from said lamp through the character, and another light adjacent said reflector so placed that the rays therefrom will strike the opposite side of the reflector and illuminate the sidewalk below'the sign.

4. In an illuminated sign, a sign body having translucent characters on both faces thereof, a lamp within the sign, a pair of reflectors adapted to throw the rays of light from said lamp through the characters, and another light between the two reflectors and from which reflectors the rays are reflected to the sidewalk.

5. In an illuminated sign, a sign body, translucent characters carried thereby, a lamp within the sign body to illuminate the characters, a reflector within the sign body to assist in the illumination of the characters, a second sign suspended from the lower portion of the first sign body, and a second lamp within the first sign upon the opposite side of the reflector from the first lamp and cooperating with the reflectorto illuminate the sign suspended from the first sign body.

6. In an illuminated sign, a sign body, a lamp therein, translucent characters carried thereby, an inverted V-shaped sign supported from the lower edge of the first sign body, a lamp within the sign body to illuminate characters placed on the outside of the inverted V shaped sign, and another lamp between the sides of the inverted V shaped Sign to illuminate the sidewalk.

n testimony whereofI have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of October A. D. 1914, in the presence of the two subscribed witnesses.

JOSEPH HOTCHNER. Witnesses:

. C. P. GRIFFIN,

L. H. ANDERSON.

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