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Fig. 1, extends to the forward end of the
automobile or other vehicle and terminates
in a position convenient to the driver's seat.
Connected to the forward end of this flex-.
5 ible conduit 20 is a box or casing 21 into
which these several flexible chains or wires
18 lead. Mounted to extend through the
end of the casing are a plurality of operat-
ing members or pulls designated 22 each
i0 of these members being hooked shape at its
outer end. These pulls operate through
guides 23 mounted within the box and each
pull is connected to one of the flexible con-
nections 18. The flexible connections 18 each
15 are in the form of wires where they pass
through the flexible conduit 20 and pass
through a suitable spreader 24 which is
mounted within the casing 21. This casing
21 is preferably mounted upon the steering
20 post but it may be mounted in any other
convenient position so that the driver can
readily pull up on any desired actuating
member 22 so as to actuate the correspond-
ing signal..
25 Mounted upon the front face of the cas-
ing 10 is a lamp housing 25 having a pane
of red glass 26 on its face which constitutes
the usual tail light and also having lateral
lenses 27 whereby light from the lamp con-
30 tamed within the housing is directed to
right and left of the casing 10 and against
the faces of the signal arms or semaphores,
in a manner which will be obvious from
Fig. 3.
35 While I have heretofore described one
form of my invention it is to be understood
that many changes might be made without
departing from the spirit of the invention,
thus in Fig. 6 I show a modification in
40 which the pulleys 14 and 17 are dispensed
with. In this rase the flexible connections
18a which lead from the casing or box 21
are connected to the depending arms or bell
crank levers 26, there being one bell crank
45 lever for each signal or semaphore arm and
these bell crank levers being mounted in any
suitable manner as upon -a shaft 27 extend-
ing across the casing 10. The signal or sem.-
phore arms are- also mounted upon a shaft
50 28 so as to rotate independent of each other
and each arm is provided with an angularly
bent member 29 constituting- a part of the
arm or extending above the pivotal axis
thereof and between the horizontal arm of
55 the corresponding bell crank lever 26 and
the angular member 29 leads to a flexible
connection or linlk 30. It will not be obvi-
ons that when any one of the flexible connec-
tions 18a are pulled the corresponding sig--
60 nal arm or semaphore will he raised and
that when this pull is relaxed-the arm will
drop to its normal position. Otherwise than
this the construction illustrated is the same
as that previously des-ribed.
65 The operation of this mechanism will-beobvious from the drawings and previous de-
scription. It will be seen that my device
is very simple in construction and operation
and that because of the flexible conduit and
the flexible operating connections which 70
pass through the conduit, the signaling de-
vice may be readily applied to any vehicle
and arranged in its most convenient posi-
tion. No signals are normally shown but
when the car is about to move to right or 75
left or to slow down, reverse or stop, the
proper actuating pull 23 is drawn upward,
thus causing the signal arms to move from
an obscured vertical position to a displayed
horizontal position. When so displayed the 80
signal arms are lighted by the lenses 27. In-
asmuch as the signal arms are preferably
white with red letters thereon they may be
readily distinguished at night as well as in
day. 85
Having described my invention, what I
claim is:
1. A vehicle signal including a casing
adapted to be attached to the rear end of
the vehicle and open at its opposite sides, 90
a shaft passing through the casing from
front to rear, a plurality of sleeves mounted
upon the shaft for independent rotation,
said sleeves being progressively shorter so
that a smaller sleeve will project at both 95
ends beyond a larger sleeve. semaphore
arms mounted each upon one of said sleeves,
pulleys mounted each upon each one of said
sleeves, and actuating connections passing
over said pulleys and connected to operat- 100
ing means certain connections being wound
upon the pullevs reversely to certain other
connections, whereby certain of the arms
will shift to a display position in one direc-
tion and the remainder of the arms be 105
shifted to a display position in the opposite
direction.
2. The combination with a plurality of
signals, of means for actuating the signals
including flexible connections extending 110
therefrom. a tubular housing through which
the flexible connections extend, a casing
having a width greater than the diameter
of the housing and into which the connec-
tions extend. a plurality of longitudinally 115
movable pulls slidingly mounted within
said casing and extending out therefrom,
the pulls being laterally snaced from each
other, and pulleys disposed at the junction
of the casing with the tubular housing and 120
between which the several flexible connec-
tions pass to the corresponding pulls. said
flexible conne-tions being convergently di-
reeted from the pulls to said pulleys.
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my 125
signature in the presPrce of two witnesses.
ROTHDE REYNOLDS.
Witnesses:
CnAs. J. LAMAR,
B. K. BERING.2
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Reynolds, Rohde. Vehicle Signal, patent, September 7, 1916; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258336/m1/4/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.