EP0217756B1 - Modular or unit characters for tombstones - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0217756B1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: protrusion; characters; cavity; modular; character
Prior art date: 1985-09-11
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired - Lifetime

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EP86830250A

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Claudio Caggiati

Claudio Barbarini

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CAGGIATI SpA

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CAGGIATI SpA

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1985-09-11

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1986-09-10

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1991-07-31

1986-09-10 Application filed by CAGGIATI SpA filed Critical CAGGIATI SpA

1986-09-10 Priority to AT86830250T priority Critical patent/ATE65857T1/de

1987-04-08 Publication of EP0217756A1 publication Critical patent/EP0217756A1/en

1991-07-31 Application granted granted Critical

1991-07-31 Publication of EP0217756B1 publication Critical patent/EP0217756B1/en

2006-09-10 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- G09F7/00—Signs, name or number plates, letters, numerals, or symbols; Panels or boards
- G09F7/16—Letters, numerals, or other symbols adapted for permanent fixing to a support

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This invention relates to a complete set of modular or unit characters for tombstones, in particular to form inscriptions on same.
the character considered in this description is an italic character; amongst the different types of characters used, this is the one which actually presents the greatest drawbacks to the operator.
the novel concept of this invention can easily be applied to other types of characters having the same drawbacks as the character under consideration, even if in a smaller measure.
composition of the inscriptions is effected according to two different procedures, each of which has its own drawbacks making the formation of the inscriptions themselves very difficult for the operator.
a first known procedure contemplates commissioning by a customer to the producer of the pre-formed inscriptions each consisting of a set of characters forming a single body, in which the characters, occur to each other in series, without interruption of continuity.
This manner of proceeding requires a long period of time to form the inscription because the producer does not usually furnish these promptly, but above all it may give rise to errors in the inscriptions caused by incorrect transmittal of the order or incomprehension by the producer, all of which determine further loss of time and consequent increases in costs.
a further advantage of this system lies in the fact that the letters are already positioned in the required inclination, hence do not require any additional work by the operator for adjustment.
the second method for the realization of the inscriptions contemplates the compositions by separate characters; with this method, the user purchases some complete sets of characters from the producer, to form a stock which enables him to form the inscription himself, when required to do so.
each character is provided, near an end portion of it, with a projection and, in a portion of its rear side, particularly on its rear surface, with a corresponding cavity to permit the introduction of said projection to link the adjoining characters to each other, the reciprocal connecting being effected in any known manner, e.g. by securing screws or by welding, and the projection and corresponding cavity above mentioned are suitably shaped so that the introduction of the projection in the cavity arranges the characters with the alignment and inclination required for the formation of a correct inscription.
the protrusion and cavity are conceived in such a way that there is not discontinuity once the characters are joined to each other.
an italic character is considered as example and more specifically letters a and n are illustrated and described in the following, the same scope hereinafter described for said letters, also extends, obviously to all the characters of the alphabet, as well as to the figures for the composition of the numbers.
letter a at the end of its "leg" 1 or connection portion to the successive letter is provided with a suitably shaped protrusion 2.
said protrusion 2 is substantially rectangular in shape and suitably inclined so that when it is introduced in the corresponding cavity of the successive letter, letter a is joined and aligned with letter n with the required inclination.
protrusion 2 in addition to being of lesser thickness than the end of the "leg" of letter a , is set toward the rear part of same so that (as it can be noted from figure 5) said protrusion 2 will rest directly on the surface of the tombstone like the remaining part of the letter and permits application of the successive letter from the front part of the cavity.
protrusion 2 is provided with a hole 6 to permit the application, for example, of a screw to lock one letter to the other; however, this aspect should not be considered restrictive, as the securing of one letter to the other may also be done by a simple weld.
said letter a is provided, on its rear surface, at a mid zone of its rear side, with a cavity 7 the shape of which corresponds exactly and is complementary to the shape of protrusion 2.
cavity 7 is substantially rectangular in shape and its sides are inclined, so that, as explained above, when the letters are joined to each other, they will be correctly connected; both as regards inclination and alignment.
cavity 7 is provided on the rear face of the back side 8 of letter a in a manner such that when said cavity receives protrusion 2 of the preceeding letter said protrusion is completely masked to permit, thereby, the formation of a continuous inscription.
Cavity 7 also, is provided with a hole 9 tapped on its bottom to make possible, for example, the insertion of a lock screw 10 as shown in detail in figure 5 but which is also visible in figure 4; the application is not however limitative, as already stated hereinabove.

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EP86830250A 1985-09-11 1986-09-10 Modular or unit characters for tombstones Expired - Lifetime EP0217756B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
AT86830250T ATE65857T1 (de)	1985-09-11	1986-09-10	Modul- oder einzelzeichen fuer grabsteine.

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
IT2296985U		1985-09-11
IT8522969U IT209246Z2 (it)	1985-09-11	1985-09-11	Caratteri componibili per tombe.

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0217756A1 EP0217756A1 (en)	1987-04-08
EP0217756B1 true EP0217756B1 (en)	1991-07-31

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EP86830250A Expired - Lifetime EP0217756B1 (en)	1985-09-11	1986-09-10	Modular or unit characters for tombstones

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EP (1)	EP0217756B1 (es)
AT (1)	ATE65857T1 (es)
DE (1)	DE3680627D1 (es)
ES (1)	ES1000174Y (es)
IT (1)	IT209246Z2 (es)

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- 1985-09-11 IT IT8522969U patent/IT209246Z2/it active
1986
- 1986-09-09 ES ES19868600449U patent/ES1000174Y/es not_active Expired
- 1986-09-10 AT AT86830250T patent/ATE65857T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1986-09-10 DE DE86830250T patent/DE3680627D1/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1986-09-10 EP EP86830250A patent/EP0217756B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
EP0574053B1 (en) *	1992-06-10	1995-04-05	VEZZANI S.p.A.	Three-dimensional graphic signs combinable to form inscriptions for application to supports such as stone or walls

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Publication number	Publication date
EP0217756A1 (en)	1987-04-08
DE3680627D1 (en)	1991-09-05
ES1000174Y (es)	1988-06-16
ATE65857T1 (de)	1991-08-15
IT209246Z2 (it)	1988-09-20
ES1000174U (es)	1988-02-16
IT8522969V0 (it)	1985-09-11

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