Neon Signs

Light at the end of the Tunnel

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:23:26 +0000

It has been said that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel for everyone. It is that unfading hope that awaits every person who strives to do his best given the contingencies of life. In man’s struggle to survive crisis, his basic instinct to surpass trials is often his best tool. It is his stubbornness to stay afloat amidst crisis and fight for another day that often gives him hope to survive. Man is a survivor and this has been proven by his very existence.
There are a lot of helpful things that makes man believe in his capabilities during life-threatening situations. One of this the modern emergency response establishments which quickly jumps to the rescue of people in distress. In certain urban centers, it is but ordinary to find emergency response units that can be summoned even by a simple telephone call. These are well-trained individuals who are adept with skills in coping with any type of emergency. They can offer remedies which can alleviate a person’s pain brought about by accidents.

Another helpful measure for emergency cases is visible signs that makes emergency services accessible to the public even without the assistance of emergency response teams. This is crucial in areas where there are only basic emergency centers which should not be missed. Cases can be brought expediently to these centers if there are bright road side neon signs that are visible to the pedestrian. This effectively guides them to these centers for proper emergency care can be done.

Neon Signs? Where On Earth Did They Come From?

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:24:37 +0000

Perhaps, you all have already heard a lot about neon signs and its benefits for establishments, how it is made or how it functions, right? But do you know exactly who started it? Where and how it began? We are all enjoying the effects brought by these neon signs and we can never be too grateful for the one who invented it. It is probably just proper to know how it all began so that we could enjoy it even more than we do right now.

Neon signs were discovered by a French astronomer named Jean Picard way back in 1675. He was able to see a glow from a barometer tube filled with mercury even before electricity began. He was delighted with the light that these barometer tubes produced with just a shake or movement. Even if it was not fully understood yet, the investigation and discovery of various forms of lighting continued.

The inventor of the First ever neon lamp is Georges Claude, and his work was publicly announced and displayed last December 11, 1910. Together with his company called Claude Neon, they started selling neon signs in the United States by selling one of their works to Earle C. Anthony. He used the term “neos” to call his invention which means “the new gas”. But the neon gases that fill up the tubes were discovered by William Ramsey and M. W. Travers way back in 1898.

As for neon, what it is and where it comes from, well, actually, neon is one of the scarce or seldom found gases in the atmosphere (they are invisible to the naked eye of course). We can only use or have this through liquefaction and fractional distillation which is a complicated process and done only in laboratories.

Financial Business LED Signs

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:34:55 +0000

Not content with a simple Open LED sign? Want a sign that says it all? Then, financial business LED signs are for you. Some business owners don’t want simple signs. They want brilliant LED lights that produce high visibility. Placed on top of storefront windows, pedestrians to people in their cars will definitely notice that your store is engaged in business. The use of LED signs also creates a modern feel which financial businesses are looking for. Financial businesses include banks, pawnshops, insurance companies and real estate companies. Our selection of financial LED signs for banks includes ATM LED signs with sometimes added 24 hours or dollar sign details. Insurance signs can have car insurance LED signs or simply insurance LED signs with a small auto or car elements. For pawnshops, we have pawn and we buy jewelry LED signs occasionally fitted with diamonds or necklace designs. Real estate signs can have home loan LED lights.

Neon Lights: An Illuminating History

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:35:23 +0000

The notion of neon signs first came to be in 1675 when Jean Picard, a French astronomer observed that mercury in a barometer emitted a faint glow. When the barometer was shaken, the amount of light emitted by the glow increased. Picard and other scientists continued to investigate this concept, even though the idea of barometric light was not yet understood by the scientific community. After the basic principals of electricity were identified, scientists began developing the concepts that defined various forms of lighting including that which would become known as neon signs.

In 1902 a French inventor by the name of Georges Claude was the first to apply an electrical charge to a sealed tube of neon gas in order to use the emissions to create a lamp but it wasn’t until 1910 that Claude was ready to display his invention to the public. In 191 he put his neon lamp – the world’s first – on display in Paris. He then created a company which he named Claude Neon to manufacture and sell his invention. His invention was first introduced to the United States when Claude manufactured two neon lights that were to be used as signage for a Packard dealership in Los Angeles, California. Each sign said “Packard” and were purchased by the dealerships owner, Earl Anthony for $12,000 each in 1923. The concept of neon signs used as signs quickly spread from the Packard signs to becoming a popular fixture for outdoor advertising of all sorts. Because the neon lights were visible in the daytime as well as the night, they were highly effective in attracting the attention of potential customers.

Creating neon signs requires a great deal of work with various lengths of glass tubing, high amounts of heat, gasses, and electrical voltage. Neon produces a red hued glow. Other colors are made by incorporating other gasses including argon, mercury and phosphor. Regardless of the color of emissions, all signs and lights that are made using this basic premise, are generally considered to be neon lights.