Wall mounted selectively controlled alarm

Claim 1

As an article of manufacture, a device for mounting on an exterior wall of a building structure, consisting of: a combined illumination and emergency signalling device comprising an enclosure mountable upon said exterior wall, providing a generally closed top, bottom, and four corner portions, all of sheet metal, said top wall further forming a weather cap to protect the enclosure from the elements, at least three of the four corners of the enclosure having translucent material therebetween, the fourth open, or unfilled, portion being adjacent the exterior wall for connection to switching means on an interior wall of the building structure, the interior portion of the enclosure further including first and second selectively energizable, and differentially colored electric lamps mounted within said enclosure for providing both conventional illumination and flashing, or other intermittent, illumination respectively, said device further including a generally cylindrical member generally parallel to and vertically disposed with respect to the exterior wall of the building structure, said cylindrical member including a plurality of circumferentially spaced apertures defining air and sound passageways, an electric siren supported in said cylindrical member with inlet and outlet ports generally aligned with said air passageways, and circuit control means located interiorly of the building structure for selective energization of said second lamp and said siren for summoning outside aid in the event of an emergency, or energization of said first lamp only for illumination of the area adjacent said enclosure, laterally extending bracket means attachable to the exterior wall of the building structure, wiring for connecting the lamps and siren within the enclosure, through said bracket means, to said circuit control means.