US1675298A - Direction signal - Google Patents

Description

June 26, 1928.

G. C. KALIES DIRECTION SIGNAL Filed May 18, 1927 gasl ava/fa/lizs.

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Patented June 26, 1928.

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GUSTAV c. KALIES, or BUTTE, MONTANA.

DIRECTION SIGNAL.-

Application filed May 18,

display a signal, to be seen by the drivers 4 of other automobiles, by means of which they will be apprised of an intended-change of direction. j y v Another object is to provideadevice of this character. which includes azsmall statue having arms which arecadapted to be elevated,

successively, inanovel manner.

Another object is to. provide a: device of this characterwherein the'statue contains a source of light. which is adaptedto be projectedinto the elevated arm, such, armbeing semi-transparent, sothat it Will appear 1lluminated, to be readily seen by others. Other objects and advantages will be ap-, parent from the following.descriptwn ,when

taken in connection with the accompanying.

drawing.

In the drawing: q

Figure l is a front elevation of the statue, with the air controlling valve and connect ing pipes in diagrammatic form, the figure having one arm raised. 7

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional detail view through the statue.

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the air controlling valve.

Figure 4: is a plan view of the top plate of the valve.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the valve plate.

Figure 6 is an enlarged vertical sectional detail view of the shoulder portion of the figure, showing the construction of the attached portion of the arm.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents a statue of a man, which is fixed on the hinged radiator cap 11, and faces toward the front, or in the direction in which the automobile is traveling. The statue is preferably formed from'colored glass or china, and has openings 12, at the shoulders thereof. Secured in covering relation to each of the openings 12 is a thin rubber bag, in the form an arm and hand, such arm being normally collapsed, and hanging at the side of the figure. Disposed within the figure, or statue, is an electric lamp 14, receiving current from any suitable source, by means of the wires 15. Thatporand the intermediate the outwardly extending handle .25.

1927. Serial 'No. 192,413.

tion of the arm which is attached in the opening 12 is closed, except for a smallbpeningv 16, in the lower side thereof, in which is secured -an end of a. small-rubber hose 1?, said hose leadingdown-through a channel 10, in the. side ofsthe figure, and out of the base thereof, whereit isconnected, by means of a. coupling .18, with a pipe 19,.leading to the controlling valve 20,,which will be more specifically described later herein. It will be noted that there is a hose 1? connect-- ed with each arm 13; Secured within an opening 1'3,: in the inner endof the arm is a glass disk 21, which transmits the ight .from the interior of the figure, to

the interior of the arm,--.when such arm-is inflated, and inelevatedposition.

The air. controlling valve comprises an upper plate or-disk 22, alower plate orsdisk 23,01? the samerdiameter as the upperndisk,

valve disk 24 havingv Disposed on theupper disk 22, andhaving its flange 26 secured to'saiddisk, by meansiof the'screws 27 is Et-COIDPI'GSSlblG rubber bulb 28, which'is adapted to be squeezed by thehand of the driver of the automobile, such bulb being located within easy reach of the driver. In the upper'and lower disks 22 and 23 are formed the pairs of registering openings 29 and 30,;while in the valve disk are formed two openings 31 and 32, these latter openings being spaced a shorterdistance apart than either of the first mentioned pairs. The disks are connected together by the vertical bolts 33, and formed in the'periphery of the valve disk 24: are recesses through which said bolts pass, whereby to permit proper pivotal movement of the valve disk. When the valve disk is swung in one direction its opening 31will register with the openings 29 and when swung in the opposite direction its opening 32 will register with the openings 30. By reason of the fact that the openings 31 and 32 are closer together than the openings 29 and 30, it is impossible to register both of these openings 31 and 32 with the openings 29 and 30, whereby air will flow through only one opening. Connected to the lower ends of the openings 29 and 30, of the lower disk 23,

tation of the valve disk between the upper and lower disks.

Upon swinging the valve disk in one di rection, and then squeezing the rubber bulb 28, the air contained in said bulb will be forced through the openings 29, of the upper and lower disks 22 and 23, and the opening 31, of the valve disk 24, and out through one of the pipes 19, to enter one of the arms of the statue, whereby to inflate the said arm. Upon the arm being inflated, said arm will rise into horizontal outwardly extended position, so as to point in the direction in which the driver intends to go. The rubber, from which the arm is formed, being thin, will be semi-transparent, or translucent, so that the light from within the figure will shine through the lens, and illuminate the interior of the arm, so that the arm will be readily seen by other drivers. Upon turning the valve disk in the opposite direction, the other openings of such disk will register with the openings 30, and permit air to pass through the other pipe 19, upon the bulb being compressed. If desired, the driver can hold'the arm in elevated position by swinging the valve disk, after having inflated the arm, so that the openings of said disk are both outoii register with the openings of the disks 22 and 23. Then,

upon swinging the valve disk in either direction, the air will be permitted to flow back into the rubber bulb.

While I have illustrated and described the statue of the man mounted on the radiator cap, I wish it understood that I also intend to mount a similar figure at the top of the automobile, suitable connections being made to thesecond figure, by tapping in on the pipe 19.

NVhat is claimed is:

1. A direction signal including a hollow figure having armholes formed with surrounding ledges, an arm formed of inflatable material having one end disposed in an armhole and formed with centrally apertured end wall and a circumscribing flange, a packing ring secured on said ledge and having said flange secured thereto, an air conduit extendin upwardly through the body and connecte and a transparent disk within said aperture of the wall.

2. A direction signal including a hollow translucent body having an opening in one side provided with a, ledge, ahollow inflatable translucent arm having an end closing wall provided with a central aperture, a

flat ring secured on said led e, the said 7 flange being securedto the sa i ring, an air conduit in a wall of the bed connected with said inflatable arm, a centrally apertured disk secured to the other side of said wall and flange, a source of light within the body,

and a lens secured within the aperture of said disk.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

GUSTAV C. KALIES.

to the arm within the body,

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