US1272184A - Advertising device. - Google Patents

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W. H. BABCOCK.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5. new.

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W. H. BABCOCK.

ADVERTISING DEVICE. APPLICATION mm MAY'5.I911.

Patented July 9, 1918.

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ADVERTISING DEVICE.

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Patented July 9, 1918.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC WADE H. BAIBCOCK, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO HARRY 11' WHI'I'TLE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1918.

Application filedMay 5, 1917. Serial No. 166,609.

Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and- State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising Devices, of which the following is a speci ficatioln My invention relates to improvements in advertising devices, and more particularly to that class or type in which a seriesof vadvertisements are successively shown and part of this speclfication, F igure 1, is an illuminated through a window or sightopening in astationary casing or housing through the medium of suitable letter or advertisement carrying means together with suitable mechanism for intermittently actuating said letter carrying means.

The primaryobject of the invention is the provision of a generally improved deviceof this class which Will not only be simple in construction, and eflicient in operation, but one in which the letters or words in the various advertisements to be successively. displayed and illuminated may be changed at will to meet the varying demands of actual service.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an improved device of this class which willnot only successively and automatically display and illuminate the various signs or lettered panels as stopped or held in a stationary position before the sight-opening of the casing, but one in which improved means are provided for successively illuminating or projecting light through the-letters of the advertisement in sequential orderwhereby to spell out the words in the advertisements as successively displayedtogether with means for cutting out of circuit all of the light projecting lamps just prior to and'during the move- ..ment of the advertisement carrying drum or device for the display of the next advertiseinent and the-repetition of the spell- .ing out or successive illumination of;the letters of the words in the advertisement as above referred to, A still further object is the jecting compartments arranged to individuahze or project the light through the particular letter or device adapted to be brought into registry with such compartprovision' of I improved lamp containing and light proter or device will be clearly defined as distinguished from a successive letter not yet defined by its corresponding individual illuminating means.

With the above mentioned and other ends in View, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combination ofparts, hereinafter described, illustrated in one of its embodiments in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a Fig. 4, a cross sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5, a cross sectional view taken on line 55 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6, a cross sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 an enlarged detailed view of the intermittently operated spring actuated pinion for intermittently operating the sign carrying rotary drum.

Fig. 8, a cross sectional view of the same taken on line 88 of Fig. 7

Fig. 9, an enlarged detailed View of the pawl or detent mechanism for intermittently releasing and stopping the sign carrying rotary drum in cooperative relation to the continually revolving driving shaft and commutator or lamp flasher mechanism.

Fig. 10, an enlarged side elevation of the same, the drum and commutator shaft being removed for the purpose of clearer illustration of the parts.

Fig. 11, an enlargeddetailed view of the motor and motor gearing for. actuating the driving shaft and commutator.

' Fig. 12, an enlarged view of the intermittently geared end of the driving shaft and scribed.

like parts throughout all the figures of the drawings.- 1 I V v I The improved advertising device comprises a suitable casing or housing'l, provided at one side with a display or sightopening 1*, through which the various signs or advertisements are adapted tobe succes sively displayed by means of the intermit tently operated sign carrying "device or ro= tary drum hereinafter referred to. The "sight op'ening 1 is preferably provided with a covering 1 of suitabletransparent or translucent material, such as glass, or the like, 7 v V As a means of removably mounting the various'parts and the operating mechanism thereforjwithin the casing 1, a removably mounted stationary shaft 2,- is mounted within the casing 1-, througlithe medium of end bearings 2 in theendsor heads'of the casing.

As a-meansj of movably' carrying anddisplaying a suitable series of advertisements or lettered panels successively at the rear of the sight-opening 1, a rotary drum; is provided, said drum, in thepresent instance, comprising rotatably mounted heads3, divided into a series longitudinally extending letter carrying panels by means of longitudinal grooved bars 3, and further provided with circumferentially" extending supporting 1*ing1meinbe1-s 3". Thleparts 3i and 3 are adapted to removably receive and contain a plurality or series of. letter-panels 41, of suitable flexible material, said panels 4, being provided with suitable transparent or openletters 4E, arranged to spell} out any suitable Words in the advertisements to be successively displayed withinthe sight' -opening 1i, and. to besilluminated in proper sequential order for the spelling out of the Words by the mechanism, hereinafter de- As a meansof intermittently driving and stopping the i'otary drum 3, so as to successively display the series of advertisements in the sight-opening 1*, and holding the. same in such sight-opening am the proper length of time necessary for the spelling out of. the Words therein soidisplayed, one of the heads of the drumis "provided with a gear 5, adapted to be intermittently driven means of a pinion 6, mountedlon a shaft 6?, said shaft '6 being a connected to a continuously revolving drivinglsliaft 7, through the mediumiofa coiled spring 8, (see Figs. 7 and 8') one ,end of the spring 8, being. connected to the shaft'fi, and the other beingxfconnectedi to a spring housing or hub 6 connectedstothe shaft 6*, the p in s nd heusi' ig 0 1 hu 6'"; e

"closed or surrounded by means of alcom- 'pa'niondiousing 7 carried on thfeshaft 7 i a-,mea11,1 s of, drivir' gv thezl hlajf lylatter is provided at oneend with a Worma shaft 11,. (see wheel 9, meshing with a worm 10, carried on F s '--a @1:ll')- the Shaft v ll=being carried in suitable brackets 12,

mounted on the stationary shaft 2, the lower end'of the shaft 11, in the present instance,

being provided with a pulley 11, receiving xits:-motion-= through the medium of an end less cable or belting 12 extending about'a grooved drivingwheel 13, carried upon the lower end of a motor shaft lt, the latter receiving its motion from -a suit'a ble'elec tric motor 15,'mounted, inthe-pre's'ent instance, on one of the brackets 12." The driving shaft'7', is mounted in suitable? brackets 7",

also carried upon the" supporting" shaft 2, and the shaft 7, isfurther'provided with a commutator or lamp flasher cylinder 16, one portion of the cylinder 16,,being, ofcopper: or electric conductingmaterial-and the other being of insulation curved or inclined along one edgeasshown in- Fig. 3, of the drawings, soas to successively' ener- 'gize or cut into circuit the various lamps andsi'multaneously deene'rgizing or cuttingout of circuit all of said-lampsats-uitable periods of time as hereinafter-explained As a means of intermittently driving'and stopping the rotary drum at suitable intervals for the display ofthe advertisements 'inthe sight-opening- 1; of the casing, and permittingthe spring 8, (which is be- "ing Wound up or contractedwhile-thedrum is in a stationary position)- to" expand and drive the pinion 6, to revolve the drum, one end of thecylinder' 16, is provided With an inclined notched portion 16*, adaptedito cooperate With a. pawl-or detentmember 17, pivotally mounted on one'of thebracket's 7 said detent' member 1-7, being connected .to

of a loose-link member 119,fa'nda" coiledcontraction spring'20. The ,detent member 18, v

is connected to a supporting bracket, 21, through the medium of a' pivot' bolt 18, and the detent member'lS, isiadapted to es cillate and alternately "engage and: release the stop pins 22, on the inner Sidesof the adjacent drum head as indicated full and dotted lines inFig. 9, of the drawings,

it'tbeing apparent that when the'notchedpor tion'lti aofcylinder 16, comes ,opp'ositethe ad- :ja'cent free end of the detent member 17jtfhe latter will snap into the not'cln carryjilng the dr m e i Wand- 81 htheidot than, the ree end ,0; --1 1ie 1 v 8; ele sin ftheadjacenlt' stop pin on the geay'zix the' o posite'end of the detent member 18,;in'jso -.,doing haying been moved ,t o theldotted {line positionia'hove the-stop Pin, site-side ofthegearfi ,,anc l e latterwill I'1l y be 1 ,6,rinlitt,ecl-t Move a distance {cor- V resp ond'ing to tlie di'stance between the rear .ClI f. the jde en ;m mber 8.v, hefit bls cent stop: ia a d ville the latter-is stepped beneatli t e detent member 18f,' (1fo. a" liloline ros 2.25m the err- 1- original or full line mentary period only) it will be apparent that the inclined portion of the notch 16*, will vmove the members 17 and 18 to their position shown in Fig. 9, of the drawing, thereby stopping the rotary drum 3, in a position for the next line or panel or advertisement to be displayed in the sight-opening 1 the drum within being held in such stationary position a suf ficient length of time for the spelling out of the advertisement by the successive lighting or energizing of the lamps behind each letter as hereinafter explainedl :As a means of individualizing and successively illuminating. each. letter-panel 4,

in the spelling out display of the advertisement as held at the rear of sight-opening 1 a stationary lamp supporting-trough 23, is mounted within the casing 1, and at the rear of the sight-opening 1 through the medium of a pair of supporting brackets 23", carried 011 a supporting shaft 2, and as a means of projecting the light from each lamp or source of illumination solely through the letter ofthe letter-panel 4, the lamp supporting trough is provided with a series of partitions 23", corresponding in width of the letter-panels 4, and forming a light projecting compartment 23", corresponding in dimensions to the letter-panels 4, adapted to individualize and project the light from the source of illumination therein solely through the adjacent registering letter-panels.

Each lamp 24, is suitably connected with the commutator or lamp flasher cylinder 16, through the medium of suitable wires or conduits and brushes 24, resting upon the commutator or cylinder 16, one of each pair of wires shown leading to the base portions of the brushes 24 being suitably insulated and connected in the circuit, and it will be apparent upon reference to Fig. 3, of the drawings that 'as'the cylinder 16, revolves the brushes from left to right will be sue cessively brought into contact with the conducting or circuit forming portion of the cylinder 16, thereby successively energizing from left to right the lamps-24, inthe spelling out display of the particular advertisement and, after the last lamp to the right is energized or cut into circuit, all of such lamps are cut out of circuit or denergized by the brushes 24*, coming into simultaneous contact with the insulated portion of the cylinder 16.

If desired a second or standing advertisement 25, may be placed in a superposed casing or housing 1, and lamps126, may be arranged to be brought into circuit or energized during the interval of the rotation of the rotary drum 3, for the display of such advertisment 25, during such interval, such lamps being intermittently energized in a manner similar to lamps 24, and in an obvious and Well understood manner,

I 1. In an advertising device, a casing pro- Y vided with a sight-opening, light projecting compartments at the rear of said sight-opening, a rotary drum carrying letters, means for intermittently driving said drum and stopping the same with said letters between said'sight-opening and light projecting compartments, and means for illuminating said compartments and letters in sequential order when the latter and said drum are in their stopped or stationary position.

2. In an advertising device, a casing provided with a sight-opening and carrying a series of light projecting compartments at the rear of said opening, a rotary drum carrying a series of removable letter panels, means for intermittently driving said drum and stopping the same with said letter panels between said sight-opening and light projecting compartments, electric lamps arranged in said compartments, means for successively energizing said lamps in sequential order when said letter-panels are 111 a stationary position between said compart ments and sight-opening, and means for deenergizing all of said lamps prior to and during the movement of said drum for the display of the next series of letter-panels.

3. In an advertising device, a casing provided with a sight-opening and carrying a series of light projecting compartments at the rear of said opening, a rotary drum having a gear wheel and carrying a. ser1es of removable letter-panels, spring res1sted 1ntermittently operated pinion mechanism meshing with said gear wheel for intermittently driving said drum, pawl and stop said sight-opening and light projecting compartments, electric lamps in said compartments, means for successively energizing said lamps in sequential order when said letter-panels are between said compartments and sight-opening, and means for deenergizing all of said lamps upon and durmg the movement'of said drum for the display of the next series of letter-panels.

4. In an advertising device, a casing provided with a sightppening, an intermittently driven rotatable drum therein carrying a series of lettered advertisements adapted to be successively shown through saidsight-opening, a series of light pro ecting compartments at the rear of sald slghtopening and each adapted to project light through the letters in said advertisements when the letters are brought into registry held in registry whereby 'to with said compartments and I sigl'it-opening, a series of lamps in said compartments, vmeans for-successively cutting into circuit said lamps when saidadvertisements are so spell out the words in saidadvertisements, and'means for cutting outof circuit all of sai'd'lamps prior "to and during the'movementofsaid drum for'the display of-the next advertisement.

5. In an advertising device, -a-casingprotitled with sight-opening, light projecting compartments therein at the rear of said sight-opening,- a rotary drum carrying letters, a commutator provided'with "a spring connected pinion 'for driving said drum when released, pawl mechanism operated by said commutator for intermittently releasreleased, "with said letters'in front ofsaid light projecting compartments, 2 and means -controlled by said commutator'for illuminating said compartments and letters in sequential-order-vvhenthe latter and said drum are intheir stopped=position..

- 6. Inanadvertising device, a casing provided -Withsight-opening, light projecting compartments ftherein at the rear of said sight-opening, a rotarydrum carrying letters, and provided with a gear wheel having stop pins, a commutator-provided with a springconnected pinionfor intermittently driving said gear wheel and "drum, pawl mechanism'operated by said commutator in cooperative relation to-said stop pins for stopping saiddrum with said letters in front of said light projecting compartmentsyand means controlled by said commutator for illuminating said compartments and-letters in sequential order when thelatter'and said drum are 1n 1 their stopped position.

7. In anadvertising device, a'casingprovided with a sight opening, a stationary supporting shaft therein, an in'termittently driven rotary' drum thereon carrying a series of removable letter-panels adapted to be successively shown in lines of advertisements wVlIQll said advertisements the movement ofsaid drum for the of the next advertisement. 111g sa1d drum and 'stopplng the same when rotary drum,

through said sight-opening, -a series of light projecting compartments carried by said shaft and adapted-to pro ect lightthrough the letters in said advertisements when the shaft provided with a spring connected jpinion connected 'to said rotary drum, a

commutator on sa1d driving shaft for successively cutting into circuit said lamps are so'*held in registry whereby to-spell'out the words in said advertisement and'cutting' out of circuit all of said lamps :prior to and during display '8. In 1 an' advertislng device, a casing provided with a sight-opening, stationary supporting shaft therein, a rotary 'driun thereon carrying a seriesofremovable letterpanels adapted to be successively shown in lines' of advertisements F through said sighthopening a series of light projecting compartments carriedby said shaft and adapted 'to project light-through the letters-in said advertisements when the latter are brought into registry c with said "compartments and sight-openingya SGPIGS of lamps insaid c0m apartments,

a driving shaft operatively con= nected to and intermittently driving said and a commutator'on said driving shaft for successively cutting into circuitsaid lamps when said advertisements are so heldin registry whereby to spell out the words in said advertisement and cutting out'of circuit all of said-lamps prior to and during the movement of-said drum for the display .of the next advertisement.

In testimony whereof I' have aflixed :my

signature in the :presence of two witnesses.

, v WA E rL' ABoooK "Witnesses:

C. 'GRAvEs, O. 'C. BILLMAN'.

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