Escape guiding or indicating device

#1. Field of the Invention

#The present invention relates to an indicating device, and more particularly to an escape guiding and/or indicating device.

#2. Description of the Prior Art

#FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an escape indicating device in accordance with the present invention;

#FIG. 2 is a partial exploded view of the escape indicating device;

#FIGS. 3 and 4 are perspective views showing the elements of the escape indicating device;

#Referring to the drawings, and initially to FIGS. 1 and 2, an escape indicating device in accordance with the present invention comprises a housing 2 made of such as the aluminum alloy materials and/or to be nickeled for increasing the anti-corrosion effect to the housing 2. The housing 2 includes a channel 20 formed in the bottom portion thereof and formed or defined by a pair of opposite flanges 25, and includes one or more chambers 21 formed therein for receiving a circuit board 3, a battery device 32, a lamp device 31, etc. A plate 24 may be secured to the rear portion of the housing 2 for retaining the elements or members within the chambers 21 of the housing 2.

#An indicating board 4 includes a pair of longitudinal grooves 41 formed in the upper portion thereof for slidably receiving the flanges 25 of the housing 2 and for detachably securing the indicating board 4 to the housing 2. The indicating board 4 may include various kinds of indicating signs 43 applied thereon for indicating the way for escaping, etc., and may further include a light device (not shown) for illuminating the indicating signs 43, which may also be illuminated by the lamp device 31 via the channel 20 of the housing 2. The housing 2 includes a passage 26 formed in the upper portion thereof, and formed or defined by a pair of opposite ribs 27 which may include one or more openings 28 formed therein.

#A bar 7 is provided on top of the housing 2 and may be directly secured onto a wall member 80 with such as the fasteners (FIG. 7). One or more fasteners 70 are threaded to the bottom of the bar 7, and each includes an enlarged head 77 slidably engaged in the passage 26 of the housing 2, for slidably attaching the bar 7 to the housing 2. One or more fasteners 72 are further provided and threaded to the screw holes 71 of the bar 7, and each includes an enlarged head 76 (FIG. 3) slidably engaged through the openings 28 of the ribs 27 of the housing 2, for allowing the fasteners 72 and the bar 7 to be slided toward and away from the housing 2. A washer 74 is engaged onto each of the fasteners 72 and engaged with the ribs 27 of the housing 2, and a spring 73 is engaged between the washer 74 and the bar 7 for biasing the bar 7 away from the housing 2.