US2040006A - Apparatus for producing vibrating light effects - Google Patents

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May 5, 1936. J. KONIG APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING YIBRATING LIGHT EFFECTS Filed May 11, 1935 77 pvvcwr J Knig Patented May 5, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING VIBRATING LIGHT EFFECTS Jozsef Kiinig, Budapest, Hungary Application May 11, 1935, Serial No. 21,051 In Hungary February 20, 1934 6 Claims. (01. 40-34) tions can of course also be coloured and it is The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation,

Figure 2 a part side elevation of a detail,

Figure 3 a side elevation of the apparatus, part- 1y in section,

Figure 4 is a section through a part of the detail shown in Fig. 2.

Referring to the constructional examples illustrated in the drawing, the apparatus comprises a clockwork mechanism 2 provided in a casing I. For this purpose an ordinary alarm clock movement can be employed which by means of the spindle 3' engages in a socket 4 which is provided with a plurality of arms 5 carrying a reflector 6. The drive of the spindle 3' is preferably taken off from the small bottom wheel ll of the clockwork mechanism in such a manner that two gear wheels I and 3 are added, the one being provided on a spindle I and the other on the spindle 3 so as to drive the latterwith a step-up transmission ratio. The reflector 6 which, for example, consists of an aluminium sheet or foil is provided with a plurality of depressions 8. In front of the reflector is arranged a furrowed glass disc 9 which is provided with furrows extending in two different directions. Instead of a furrowed glass plate, a surface canbe employedhaving aplurality of adjacent prisms. On the disc 9 is situated a sheet of paper I0 bearing the text, which disc in turn is covered by a glass plate II. The two plates II and 9 are secured by means 'of three angle pieces I2 distributed around the periphery of the casing and by means of a ring I3 by means of screws I4. The entire apparatus can be placed upright with the aid of a stirrup I5 or may be hung up on a wall by means of a hook I6.

The mode of operation of the apparatus is as follows:

The light passing through the discs II and 9 is broken by the disc 9 and caused to impinge upon the reflector 6 in the most diverse directions. The

reflector 6 rotates and in turn projects the light back again in various continually varying angles. By this means a vibrating light effect is produced upon the front side of the apparatus. In the case of the'illustrated constructional example one has the impression of mercury being moved behind the plate I I and along the strokes of the text. v The transparent paper I0 bearing the inscripalso possible to provide the inscriptions directly upon the reverse side of the cover glass II in-' stead of upon a separate sheet of paper or to apply the inscriptions upon some other material. The apparatus could also be devised in such a manner that behind the cover disc I I a disc bearing the inscriptions or a sheet of paper or other material provided with the advertising pictures can be exchangeably provided. In order to produce a coloured light effect, the reflector or the discs 9 and II may be made in one or more colours. The same effect could also be obtained by making the disc 9 of a different formation. The drive of the reflector can also be effected by means of an electro-motor instead of by means of a clockwork.- mechanism. The important point is only that the light is projected by it in-the most diverse directions upon the reflector.

The advantage of the apparatus above described consists in this that it is exceedingly cheap to manufacture and does not involve any operation costs. The optical action is quite considerable and special since it attracts attention to itself by the continuous vibration of the light.

I claim:

1. Apparatus for producing vibrating light ef-" fec'ts, more particularly for advertising purposes, comprising in combination a transparent surface formed of a plurality of prismatic bodies situated next to one another, a movable reflector positioned permanently parallel to said transparent surface and having a plurality of reflecting surfaces and actuating means for moving the reflector relatively to the transparent surface and in a plane parallel to said transparent surface.

2. Apparatus for producing vibrating lighteffects, more particularly for advertising purposes, comprising in combination a transparent glass sheet furrowed in different directions to form a plurality of prismatic bodies situated next to one another, a movable reflector having a plurality of depressions in its reflecting surface and actuating means for moving the reflector relatively to the transparent glass sheet.

3. Apparatus for producing vibrating light effects, more particularly for advertising purposes, comprising in combination a transparent surface advertising means at one side of said surface, said transparent surface being formed of a plurality of prismatic bodies situated next to one another, a movable reflector having depressions in its reflecting surface and actuating means for moving the reflector relatively to the transparent sur-' face.

4. Apparatus for producing vibrating light effects, more particularly for advertising purposes, comprising in combination a transparent surface formed of a plurality of prismatic bodies situated next to one another, said transparent surface having advertising means at one side thereof which at the parts where the vibrating light effects are to be shown is transparent, a movable reflector having a plurality of depressions in its reflecting surface and actuating means for moving the reflector relatively to the transparent surface. a

5. Apparatus for producing vibrating light effects, more particularly for advertising purposes, comprising in combination a transparent surface formed of a plurality of prismatic bodies situated next to one another, a movable reflector having a plurality of reflecting surfaces and actuating means for moving the reflector relatively to the transparent surface, the said movable reflector comprising a metal sheet having a plurality of the depressions therein.

6, Apparatus-for producing vibrating light effects, more particularly for advertising purposes, comprising in combination a casing having means for enabling it to be set up, a transparent surface formed of a plurality of prismatic bodies situated next to one another in said casing, a glass disc having advertising matter thereon in said casing, a movable reflector having a plurality of reflecting surfaces situated in the casing behind said transparent surface and glass disc and actuating means in the casing for moving the reflector relatively to the transparent surface and glass disc.

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