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1. A MESSAGE INDICATOR FOR VEHICLES COMPRISING, A HOUSING HAVING A WINDOW PORTION, A TAPE ADAPTED FOR MOVEMENT WITHIN SAID HOUSING PAST SAID WINDOW PORTION, SAID TAPE HAVING THE DESIRED MESSAGES TO BE INDICATED PRINTED THEREON, MEANS FOR SELECTIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID TAPE, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST AND A SECOND ROLLER ATTACHED TO OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID TAPE, POWER MEANS TO ROTATE SAID FIRST ROLLER IN EITHER DIRECTION OF ROTATION, SAID SECOND ROLLER HAVING SPRING MEANS URGING THE SAME TO ROTATE IN A DIRECTION WHEREBY SAID TAPE WILL BE URGED TO BE WOUND THEREON, AND UNWOUND FROM SAID FIRST ROLLER, WHEREBY ACTUATION OF SAID POWER MEANS WILL CAUSE APPROPRIATE MOVEMENT OF SAID TAPE, AND LAMP MEANS WITHIN SAID HOUSING, AND A FLASHER UNIT ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID LAMP MEANS WHEREBY SAID LAMP MEANS WILL INTERMITTENTLY LIGHT WHEN ACTUATED, AND A DRIVER PANEL BOX HAVING A FIRST SWITCH FOR CONTROL OF SAID POWER MEANS AND A SECOND SWITCH FOR CONTROL OF SAID LAMP MEANS, AND A PLURALITY OF FIRST CONTACT MEANS ON SAID TAPE, EACH OF SAID FIRST CONTACT MEANS BEING POSITIONED FOR SUCCESSIVE ELECTRICAL GROUNDING OF ONE OF A SERIES OF SECOND FIXED HOUSING CONTACT MEANS, AND A PLURALITY OF BULBS WITHIN SAID PANEL BOX, EACH OF SAID SERIES OF SECOND FIXED HOUSING CONTACT MEANS BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO AN INDIVIDUAL BULB WITHIN SAID SERIES PANEL BOX WHEREBY THE GROUNDING OF ANY OF SAID SERIES OF SECOND FIXED HOUSING CONTACT MEANS WILL CAUSE ONE OF SADI INDIVIDUAL BULBS TO LIGHT, THEREBY INDICATING THE POSITION OF SAID TAPE.
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1. A MESSAGE INDICATOR FOR VEHICLES COMPRISING, A HOUSING HAVING A WINDOW PORTION, A TAPE ADAPTED FOR MOVEMENT WITHIN SAID HOUSING PAST SAID WINDOW PORTION, SAID TAPE HAVING THE DESIRED MESSAGES TO BE INDICATED PRINTED THEREON, MEANS FOR SELECTIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID TAPE, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST AND A SECOND ROLLER ATTACHED TO OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID TAPE, POWER MEANS TO ROTATE SAID FIRST ROLLER IN EITHER DIRECTION OF ROTATION, SAID SECOND ROLLER HAVING SPRING MEANS URGING THE SAME TO ROTATE IN A DIRECTION WHEREBY SAID TAPE WILL BE URGED TO BE WOUND THEREON, AND UNWOUND FROM SAID FIRST ROLLER, WHEREBY ACTUATION OF SAID POWER MEANS WILL CAUSE APPROPRIATE MOVEMENT OF SAID TAPE, AND LAMP MEANS WITHIN SAID HOUSING, AND A FLASHER UNIT ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID LAMP MEANS WHEREBY SAID LAMP MEANS WILL INTERMITTENTLY LIGHT WHEN ACTUATED, AND A DRIVER PANEL BOX HAVING A FIRST SWITCH FOR CONTROL OF SAID POWER MEANS AND A SECOND SWITCH FOR CONTROL OF SAID LAMP MEANS, AND A PLURALITY OF FIRST CONTACT MEANS ON SAID TAPE, EACH OF SAID FIRST CONTACT MEANS BEING POSITIONED FOR SUCCESSIVE ELECTRICAL GROUNDING OF ONE OF A SERIES OF SECOND FIXED HOUSING CONTACT MEANS, AND A PLURALITY OF BULBS WITHIN SAID PANEL BOX, EACH OF SAID SERIES OF SECOND FIXED HOUSING CONTACT MEANS BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO AN INDIVIDUAL BULB WITHIN SAID SERIES PANEL BOX WHEREBY THE GROUNDING OF ANY OF SAID SERIES OF SECOND FIXED HOUSING CONTACT MEANS WILL CAUSE ONE OF SADI INDIVIDUAL BULBS TO LIGHT, THEREBY INDICATING THE POSITION OF SAID TAPE.
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Current AssigneeDavid Coby, Herman Newman
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Original AssigneeDavid Coby, Herman Newman
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InventorsNewman, Herman, Coby, David
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Application NumberUS04/289,271Time in Patent Office922 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current340/326CPC Class CodesG09F 11/00 Indicating arrangements for...
