US1847923A - Marker for highway poles - Google Patents

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March 1, 1932.. BROWN 1,847,923

MARKER FOR HIGHWAY POLES Filed Nov. 4; 1931 0/ 17 I z' //2\ F617, 6

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My invention'relates to'new and useful'im-i provements in a marker for highway poles, and has for one of its objects to provide'a simple and effective device of this character which may be easily and quickly attached to poles, trees, or other similar supportsalong the highways for the purpose of iden tifying or showing the exact location of said poles, trees, or other similar supports to drivers of vehicles, whereby the sides ofthe road are readily discernible and whereby such road side obstructions are plainly'vis-r' ible at night when rays of light shine upon the same. r

Another and very essential object is of the invention is to provide a markerfor electric wire supporting poles especially, which embody safety first principlesby eliminating all upwardly projecting sharp edges to --prevent injury to a lineman who may either purposely -or accidentally slide down the p .v V

' Another object of the invention is to provide a pole marker of unique shape which is adapted snugly lor tightly fit on all types wooden poles, ra i a i i Another objectofithe invention is to provide a marker" of the class described which will provide ample climbing space for line-" men, although occupying a considerable verticalspace on the pole and'thereby preventing'mutilation' of themarker by a lineman {s climbing spurs. I

Anoth'er object of the invention'is to pro duce' a marker for highway poles embodying a number of independent units which are mounted upon a support in vertical spaced relation permitting the use of any number of unitsnecessary to makethemvis ible at a sufficient distance to guide "the driver of a vehicle along the highway, it being necessary to use a greater number 'of hether straight, crookedor the units where higher elevations are en-' countered and a less number on poles situated at lower elevations, v

A' further object of the lnvention :is to 5 provide a marker which 'while being-disposed over plain, painted or creosoted iormlng a a rather large 1 area ofthe support," requires less material than would be necessary to completely cover the sam'e'area of the support, thereby-accomplishing a saving in material so that the use of such a nria-rlrer is really economicaland the cost of installation'i'swery low.

i 'A still furthe-riob'ect of the invention is to provide a marker for highway poles, each i unit of which is crescent shaped so that when two or more o'fsaid units are used to produce 50 a marker, the upper edge of the center of a lower; marker unit will be substantially in the same horizontal lineas the'ends' of'the adjacent higher marker unit, so that some portion of one o'r more of the units will be visw ible at all points-from the ground line of the pole totheupper marker unit whena nar-- row horizontal light beam "from an automobile head-light shines upon the pole.

' With these andother endsin view, this invention consists in the details of construc: tion and combination of elements hereinafter set-forth and then; specifically designatedby stand how to make and use the same, 'I will describe its construction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings part of 'this'ia'pplicati-on, in so which:' i i V Fig.1 is a face view of one of the marker units constructed in accordance with the present invention when laid outfiat.

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof after'being givena'general curved shape prior "to mounting the same upon a poleor other similar p-Po f a a Fig. 3 isa side elevation of the lowerpart of apole showing the marker produced from 'threeunits mounted upon the pole and illus trating how the marker will appear to the operator of a vehicle approaching the pole. I h Fig; 4 is a' view at right angles to Fig. 3,

when facing and looking at the left hand side .Fig. 5 is'an enlarged verticalsectional view 7 of one of the units at about the center thereof. Fig; 6:is a side elevation of a serrated spike V is preferably produced by stamping the same from sheet metal in a crescent shape as shown in Fig. 1 and then curving the samelengthwise as shown in Fig. 2, and such curve has a radius less than the radius of the smallest pole on which the marker is to be used, so that the ends must be sprung apart farther than they are normally spaced to permit the unit to be passed about the support and when the ends are released willspring into place, causing the unit to snugly fit its support where itmay be securedby anysuitable fas.- tening devices, such as serrated spikes ll having large rounded heads 12.v

.Two holes 13 in vertically spaced relation are provided at the center of the unit for the reception of the fastening devices and another hole 14: is ,providedateach end, also for the reception of fastening devices. Y

.Each unit is also preferably curved outwardly from edge to edge as shoWn in Fig. 5, which permits the unit to more closely or more perfectly fitits support because from a practical working standpoint only an edge contact is made and such edge can be made tomore readily fit any deformations'than if an attempt is made to cause the entire surface of the unit to fit the irregularities of a poleor other similar support.

A narrow: groove '15 may. be fashioned in the inner surface of the unit in proximity to its upper edge and parallel with the. entire length of said'upper edge, thus producinga bead 16 on the exterior surface and a small rearwardly projecting lip 17 along the up per edge. This arrangement will insure an absolute close fit of the upper edge of the unit against its support so that a persons body, wearingapparel or supporting strap and spurs will readily slide thereover, and to further insure against any protruding sharp edge, the lip17 may be faced or embedded into-its support so that a'portion of the outer face of the marker unit will practically merge with the outer'surface of its support and anythingsliding along the pole will pass on to the unit without hindrance.- 7

Any number of units are used in vertical spaced relation to produce a marker such as illustrated in Figs. 3, 4: and 8, wherein a very large area of that part of the pole which is visible to'drivers of vehicles along the highway is occupied by the marker, yet

the amount of material required is relatively small so that such a marker is very cheap to produce. The spacing of the units of the marker leaves a sufiicient amount of the pole exposed for the use of linemens spurs thereon making it unnecessary for the linemen to penetrate and thereby mutilate the marker.

Another advantage of a marker of this kind is the ornamental effect that it produces outside of its utility and as will be obvious, each unit may carry any suitable ornamentation, designation devices or coloring and they can be arranged so as to have a definite contrast relative to the support in order to make them plainly visible at close distances while blending into surrounding landscape, whereby they will be practically invisible at greater distances.

I Another advantage of the unique shape of the units is that they do not have to be mounted absolutely concentric to each other nor do the ends have to be in the same horizontal line to make them visible for the results desired and still they will not be unsightly,

It is a well known fact that public service companies employing poles for supporting their power lines generally prohibit the use of signs or markers of any kind upon the poles, because they produce grave hazards for the lineman who must climb such poles, because of protruding nail or tack heads, and sharp edges or corners of signs which cannot be made to snugly fit all shapes of poles. Should a person climbing a pole miss his footing and slide down the pole, he is likely to be injured by protruding tacks or nails or sharp edges or corners of signs, and the injury may result in permanent disability or even death, which would subject the company to large damage suits. These disadvantages are entirely overcome by my invention, since the shape of the marker units causes at least the upper edges to closely and snugly fit the poles, and the heads of the. fastening devices being round, it is practically impossible fora pert son to be injured or his clothing damaged. In actual practice, each unit is first fastened at its center by two fastening devices and each end of V the unit then separately drawn into place regardless of the position it assumes, so long as the upperedge is snug against the pole and then each. end finally secured in place by a single fastening device.

Of, course it is to be understood that my invention is not to be limited to the exact de tails of construction herein shown as these may be varied within the limits of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

. Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is 1. In a marker for highway poles, a crescent shaped unit curved outwardly perpendicularly to its length. j a '2. In a, marker of the, kind described, a

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crescent shaped unit curved longitudinally and also outwardly perpendicularly to its length. p

3. In a marker of the kind described, a crescent shaped unit, an outwardly projecting concavo-convex rib formed parallel-with and adjacent to its upper edge, and a lip produced between said rib and the upper edge I p edges of theends'of the ad acent upper unit,

of the unit. v

l, In a marker ofthe kind described, a crescent shaped unit, an outwardly projecting concavo-convex rib formed parallel with and adjacent to its upperedge, and'arear wardly projecting lip produced betweenthe' said rib and the upper edge of the 5. In a marker for highway poles and the like, a unit havingthe general outline of a crescent curved longitudinally to fit a support which is substantially round in cross section and curved vertically whereby the edges of the unit will first contact the support on which it is placed, said unit having a pair of vertically spaced holes at the center and one hole at each end, a rib projecting from the outer face of said unit and produced by. the formation of a groove in the inner face thereof adjacent to and parallel with the upper edge of the unit,and a rearwardly' projecting lip formed from the unit material between the rib and said upper edge and adapted to be embedded in the support.

6. A marker for highway poles consisting of a plurality of crescent shaped units secured to a support in vertically spaced relation.

7 A marker of the kind described, consisting, of a plurality of crescent shaped units:

for attachment in vertically spaced relation and a lip between said rib and upper edge of each unit to be faced into the support.

'10. In combination with a pole, a marker consisting of a plurality of crescentshaped units curved longitudinally to fit and mount ed in vertically spaced relation upon said pole so that the top of the center of each lower V I Q unit is substantially in line with the lower said units being vertically curved outward,

"m I U outwardly projecting concavo-convex ribs.

formed from the units adjacent to and parallel with the upper edgesthereof, lips produced from the units between said ribs and .upper edges, which lips may-be hammered into the support, each of said units have two vertically spaced holes at the center and one hole at each 'end, and fastening devices having large round heads'inserted through the holes into the pole.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature.

MERRITT- M. BROWN. f

to a support which is substantially circular in cross section, each of said units being curved longitudinally to primarily practically fit about the support andhaving two holes in vertically spaced relation at the center and one hole at each end for the recep tion of fastening devices to secure the units of the marker in place.

' 8. A marker of the kind described, consisting of a plurality of crescent shaped units for attachment in vertically spaced relation to a support which is substantially circular in cross section, each of said-units being curved longitudinally to primarily practically fit about the support and having two holes in vertically spaced relation at the center and one hole at each end for the reception of fastening devices to secure the units of themarker in place, and each unit also being vertically curved outward to provide a limited contact surface along the edges for engagement 9. The structure set forthin claim 8, in

rib formedrby the production of a groove in

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