US1349670A - Sign character - Google Patents

Description

E.HOLMES.

` SIGN CHARACTER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12, 1919.

1 ,349,670, Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

UNITED STATES EDWARD HOLMES, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SIGN CHARACTER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

Application led February 12, 1919. Serial No. 276,673.

fo all fui/wm it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD HoLMEs, a citizen of the United States,.residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improve mentsin Sign Characters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sign characters and more particularly to characters adapted to be aliixed to window or similar glass surfaces.

The object of my invention is to provide a sign character which is adapted to be molded from a suitableplastic material and so constructed that the sized surface of the character when adhering to a glass surface may be protected from moisture, when desired, by means of a sealing agent to prevent the sized surface from losing its adhering qualities to the glass.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction hereinafter fully described and finally pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification wherein like characters of reference denote similar parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a front elevation of a sign character constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2, is a view looking in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3, is a View similar to Fig. 2 showing the character applied to a glass body.

Fig. 4, is a sectional view on line X-X of Fig. l, of the character K applied to a glass body.` l

Referring to the drawings, the reference character l designates a suitable window or door glass.

I have illustrated in the drawings but a single character and that being the letter. L( K.

The character is formed or molded preferably from a suitable plastic material, which may, if desired, have adhering quali tics but may be made from putty or clay and burnt, if desired.

I-Ieretofore characters of the type similar to that shown have been made from copper but I nd a plastic compositionequally as satisfactory and much cheaper to make.

The characters, which are preferably of the Sunken or hollow type, may preferably have their beveled sunken surfaces provided with a varnish gold bronze, or the likc,`and completely encircledwith a sizing surface 2 as clearly shown in Fig. l.

The sizing surface 2 is located a` suitable distance above the display surface of the border flange 3 of the character', andthe sizing surface may or may not be provided with a felt orother absorbent covering fi in the form of the outline of the character to which it is applied.` The border flange provides a pocket 5 between a glass surface and the display surface of the border flange 3 when the character is applied to a glass surface. as shown in Fig. It will be observed that the lsizing surface 2 is not in the same planewith the auxiliary surface of the bor `der flange 3 thus forming the depressed border flange. The pocket surrounds the letter or character for the reception of a sealing agent 6, suchfor instance as a heavy paint, or putty, as clearly shown in Fig. 91:.` Itis manifestthat the covering 4; may be of one color and the sealing agent of another color where it is desired to have two colored outlines of the character. To affix the letter or character to a glass surface the contact surface of the character is provided with a suitable size which when set will firmly hold the character in position upon the glass surface. The rear corner of the border flange is beveled, as at 7, to renden it neat in appearance "when looking at the letter from an angle through a window.

It' will `here be observed that the sealing agent 6, after the character has been applied y i hering qualities, as is manifest.

It may here be stated that when the characters are made from a plastic material having adhering qualities that the characters may be dampened and applied to the glass with a very thin coat of sizing. In this in stance the covering fi is not necessarily used.

AWhen the characters are used for signs which are frequently changed or removed, it is not necessary to use the sealing agent 6, as the. adhering qualities of the size applied to the characters will hold them in position with the assistance of the air pocket formed between the glass and the character Within the sized surface of each character. The characters are in thisY instance easily removed from the glass surface, when desired.

The many advantages of a character of VtheA class described will readily suggest themselves to sign painters, and all those vskilled inthe art to which it appertains.

vas may yfairly fall within the scope of the appended claims when fairly construed.

WVhat I claim is lfA'sign character having a size receiving surface'` for adhering the character to glass,la`nd a depressed border flange for the character adapted to forma pocket between the flange and the glass when the character is applied to a glass surface.

2. A sign character having a size receiving surface for adhering the character to glass, a depressed border flange for the character adapted to form a pocketV between the flange and the glass when the character is applied to a glass surface, and a sealing agent for said pocket.

3. A sign Vcharacter having border flange, a size receiving surface formed upon the front face of the character in front of the front face' offvsaid flange, said flange adapted to form a pocket between itself and a glass window when the character is applied thereto, and a sealing agent for said pocket.

4t. Plastic sign characters having a size receiving surface formed around the. outline of the character, a depressed border flange extending beyond the outer edge of the sized surface, and each character having a recessed portion to provide an air pocket between the glass and the body of the character.

5. Plastic sign characters having a size receiving surface formed around the outline of the character, a depressed border llange extending beyond the outer edge of the sized surface, each character having a recessed portion to provide an air pocket between the glass and the body of the character, and a sealing agent for protecting the sized surface of each character.

6. A sign character of the sunken type comprising a body having a size receiving surface encircling the face of the character adapted to engage a glass surface and adhere thereto, a border flange for the character extending beyond the boundaries of the size receiving surface, the front face of which is arranged below the size receiving surface to form a pocket around the character adapted to receive a sealing agent to keep moisture from being attracted to the size receiving surface.

7. A sign character having a front surface in the form of an outline of the character, an absorbent material applied to the front outline surface of the character, a depressed border lange extending beyond the outline of the character adapted to forni a channel around the character when applied to a glass surface by means of sizing applied to the absorbent material, and a sealing agent applied in the channel around the character to protect the sized surfaces of the character from attracting moisture and falling off of the glass surface.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to the specification.

EDVJARD HOLMES.

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