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US3176268A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Emergency warning system

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-12-07
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Granted: 1965-03-30
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Expires: 1982-12-07
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Meyer Irving Stanley

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 19:27
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60Q; B60Q1/00; B60Q1/26; B60Q1/2611

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 411 words
IN AN EMERGENCY WARNING SYSTEM FOR A METAL BODIED VEHICLE CONTAINING A GROUND BATTERY AND A SWITCH CONTROLLED AND INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR LEADING FROM THE BATTERY, AND A COMBINED AUDIBLE AND VISUAL SIGNAL DEVICE GROUNDED TO AND MOUNTED AS A SINGLE UNIT ON THE GROUNDED ROOF OF SAID VEHICLE, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A CASING FOR THE DEVICE INCLUDING A VERTICAL AXIS LOWER CYLINDRICAL METAL PORTION WITH MEANS TO SECURE IT TO THE ROOF, AN UPPER COAXIAL CYLINDRICAL METAL PORTION SECURED TO SAID LOWER PORTION, N AN OVERLYING HEMISPHERICAL TRANSPARENT DOME SECURED TO SAID UPPER PORTION, A BASE MEMBER SECURED TO THE CYLINDRICAL WALL OF SAID LOWER CASING PORTION, AND AN ANNULAR INTURNED CEILING FOR SAID LATTER PORTION, SAID CEILING OF SAID LOWER CASING PORTION ALSO FUNCTIONING AS A FLOOR FOR SAID UPPER CASING PORTION, SAID UPPER CASISNG PORTION HAVING APERTURES THROUGHOUT ITS CYLINDRICAL WALL, AND BEING CLSOED NEAR THE TOP OF SAID WALLS BY A CIRCULAR PLATE MEMBER, SAID PLATE MEMBER POSSESSING AN AXIAL APERTURE AND AN UPTURNED RIM OF A DIAMETER SUCH AS TO CONTACT THE INTERIOR OF THE BASE OF SAID DOME, A HIGH SPEED VERTICAL AXIS HOLLOW SHAFTED ELECTRIC MOTOR SUPPORTED FROM AND WITHIN SAID ANNULAR INTURNED CEILING AND GROUNDED THERETO, SAID ELECTRIC MOTOR EXTENDING VERTICALLY INTO BOTH SAID FIRST AND SECOND CASING PORTIONS AND PRESENTING UPPER AND LOWER STUB SHAFTS IN BOTH OF SAID PORTIONS, A HIGH SPEED SIREN ROTOR WITHIN SAID UPPER CASING AND DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO SAID UPPER STUB SHAFT, SAID SIREN ROTOR PRESENTING PERIPHERAL APERTURES ADJACENT TO AND SIMILAR IN SIZE TO SAID APERTURES IN SAID UPPER CASING PORTION, A HOLLOW LAMP SHAFT MEMBER PASSING WITH CLEARANCE THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF THE HOLLOW MOTOR SHAFT AND THE MOTOR SHAFT STUB SHAFTS, SAID LAMP SHAFT MEMBER PROVIDED WITH UPPER AND LOWER EXTENSIONS PROTRUDING BEYOND THE STUB SHAFTS OF SAID MOTOR, THE UPPER EXTENSION POSSESSING LAMP GROUNDING MEANS TO THE CASING, GEARED SPEED REDUCTION MEANS ROTATABLY DRIVING THE LOWER EXTENSION OF SAID LAMP SHAFT FROM THE LOWER STUB SHAFT OF SAID MOTOR, A HIGH INTENSITY LAMP INCLINEDLY SECURED TO THE TOP OF THE LAMP SHAFT, AND WITHIN SAID HEMISPHERICAL DOME, AND GROUNDED TO SAID UPPER CASING PORTION, AND PARALLEL INSULATED CONDUCTOR BRANCHES FROM SAID INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR MEANS LEADING INDIVIDUALLY TO SAID MOTOR AND SAID LAMP, SO AS TO PASS ENERGIZING CURRENT THROUGH EACH, THEN TO THEIR GROUND CONNECTIONS AND FINALLY BACK TO SAID BATTERY BY WAY OF THE GROUNDED BODY OF THE VEHICLE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 411 words
IN AN EMERGENCY WARNING SYSTEM FOR A METAL BODIED VEHICLE CONTAINING A GROUND BATTERY AND A SWITCH CONTROLLED AND INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR LEADING FROM THE BATTERY, AND A COMBINED AUDIBLE AND VISUAL SIGNAL DEVICE GROUNDED TO AND MOUNTED AS A SINGLE UNIT ON THE GROUNDED ROOF OF SAID VEHICLE, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A CASING FOR THE DEVICE INCLUDING A VERTICAL AXIS LOWER CYLINDRICAL METAL PORTION WITH MEANS TO SECURE IT TO THE ROOF, AN UPPER COAXIAL CYLINDRICAL METAL PORTION SECURED TO SAID LOWER PORTION, N AN OVERLYING HEMISPHERICAL TRANSPARENT DOME SECURED TO SAID UPPER PORTION, A BASE MEMBER SECURED TO THE CYLINDRICAL WALL OF SAID LOWER CASING PORTION, AND AN ANNULAR INTURNED CEILING FOR SAID LATTER PORTION, SAID CEILING OF SAID LOWER CASING PORTION ALSO FUNCTIONING AS A FLOOR FOR SAID UPPER CASING PORTION, SAID UPPER CASISNG PORTION HAVING APERTURES THROUGHOUT ITS CYLINDRICAL WALL, AND BEING CLSOED NEAR THE TOP OF SAID WALLS BY A CIRCULAR PLATE MEMBER, SAID PLATE MEMBER POSSESSING AN AXIAL APERTURE AND AN UPTURNED RIM OF A DIAMETER SUCH AS TO CONTACT THE INTERIOR OF THE BASE OF SAID DOME, A HIGH SPEED VERTICAL AXIS HOLLOW SHAFTED ELECTRIC MOTOR SUPPORTED FROM AND WITHIN SAID ANNULAR INTURNED CEILING AND GROUNDED THERETO, SAID ELECTRIC MOTOR EXTENDING VERTICALLY INTO BOTH SAID FIRST AND SECOND CASING PORTIONS AND PRESENTING UPPER AND LOWER STUB SHAFTS IN BOTH OF SAID PORTIONS, A HIGH SPEED SIREN ROTOR WITHIN SAID UPPER CASING AND DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO SAID UPPER STUB SHAFT, SAID SIREN ROTOR PRESENTING PERIPHERAL APERTURES ADJACENT TO AND SIMILAR IN SIZE TO SAID APERTURES IN SAID UPPER CASING PORTION, A HOLLOW LAMP SHAFT MEMBER PASSING WITH CLEARANCE THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF THE HOLLOW MOTOR SHAFT AND THE MOTOR SHAFT STUB SHAFTS, SAID LAMP SHAFT MEMBER PROVIDED WITH UPPER AND LOWER EXTENSIONS PROTRUDING BEYOND THE STUB SHAFTS OF SAID MOTOR, THE UPPER EXTENSION POSSESSING LAMP GROUNDING MEANS TO THE CASING, GEARED SPEED REDUCTION MEANS ROTATABLY DRIVING THE LOWER EXTENSION OF SAID LAMP SHAFT FROM THE LOWER STUB SHAFT OF SAID MOTOR, A HIGH INTENSITY LAMP INCLINEDLY SECURED TO THE TOP OF THE LAMP SHAFT, AND WITHIN SAID HEMISPHERICAL DOME, AND GROUNDED TO SAID UPPER CASING PORTION, AND PARALLEL INSULATED CONDUCTOR BRANCHES FROM SAID INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR MEANS LEADING INDIVIDUALLY TO SAID MOTOR AND SAID LAMP, SO AS TO PASS ENERGIZING CURRENT THROUGH EACH, THEN TO THEIR GROUND CONNECTIONS AND FINALLY BACK TO SAID BATTERY BY WAY OF THE GROUNDED BODY OF THE VEHICLE.

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7.5 Years (Year 8) 1972-03-29 1972-09-28 1973-03-30 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1976-03-29 1976-09-28 1977-03-30 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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