IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENTS, PICTURES AND OTHER OBJECTS
Year: 1884

page_text: I JAMES BROWN of 11, Seacome Street, Liverpool in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENTS, PICTURES AND OTHER OBJECTS,
to be as follows:-
My Invention has for its object certain improvements in that class of apparatus
for displaying advertisements, pictures and other objects, in which the apparatus
travels from one locality to another and panoramically displays the advertisements,
pictures and other objects and articles as it travels.
The apparatus according to my Invention consists of a wheeled vehicle, being a
platform, or framework on the four corners of which are mounted vertical rollers
and within which are mounted other vertical rollers, one, or more of which aro
provided with toothed wheels, which gear into and are driven by toothed wheels,
or endless bands from one of the axles of the vehicle. The sides of the vehicle are
composed of an endless band of canvas, or other equivalent fabric stiffened by
vertical uprights of steel, or other suitable stiffening strips and the edges of the
band are provided with selvage ropes, which bold the band in position by passing
round pulleys on the rollers and also take the strain off the band. The top of the
vehicle is formed of polysided rollers, which may be triangular or square rollers at
each side and a square roller on the top. These rollers are geared to the axle, or
other moving part of the vehicle, in such a manner that they are intermittently
turned so as to consecutively display their sides. The top roller may be dispensed
with and a small rounded cover, or canopy surmounted with fixed flags is pro-
vided. Instead of the intermittently turning rollers, the top of the vehicle may
have a double pitched roof, the sides of which are composed of vertically travelling
bands carried by rollers and worked from the axle, or other moving part of the
vehicle, the top of the roof being surmounted by a cover or ridge piece with fixed
flags. The lower portions of the vehicle, namely round the wheels is provided with
a fixed casing which encloses the wheels and lower portion of the vehicle.

page_text: The endless travelling bands forming the sides of the vehicle are covered by
pasting, painting, or otherwise delineating or by mounting with the advertisements
pictures, or objects to be displayed. The intermittently turning rollers, or endless
bands on the top of the vehicle are also covered with the advertisements to be
displayed. The flags on the top of the vehicle and casing round the lower portion
of the vehicle are reserved for fixed advertisements.
A convenient arrangement of the rollers in the vehicle consists in having one
central operating roller, which is worked from the axle and which through the
pulleys and selvedge cords transmits motion to the endless band. The top rollers
are provided with ratchet wheels and are intermittently rotated by rods and pawls
worked from the axle of the vehicle.

page_text: I JAMES BROWN of 11 Seacome Street, Liverpool in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENTS, PICTURES AND OTHER OBJECTS,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
My Invention has for its object certain improvements in that class of apparatus
for displaying advertisements, pictures and other objects, in which the apparatus
travels from one locality to another and panoramically displays the advertisements,
pictures and other objects and articles, as it travels.
An apparatus according to my Invention consists of a wheeled vehicle, being a
platform, or framework on the four corners of which are mounted vertical rollers
and within the vehicle there are mounted other vertical rollers, one, or more of
which are provided with toothed wheels which gear into, and are driven by toothed
wheels operated by endless bands, or chains from one of the axles of the vehicle.
The sides of the vehicle are composed of an endless band, or curtain of canvas, or
other equivalent fabric stiffened by vertical uprights of steel, or other suitable
stiffening strips. The upper end of this endless band, or curtain is provided with a
rope, or chain which carries and holds the band in position, by passing round
pulleys on the rollers, additional hanging pulleys being used to assist in taking the
weight and strain of the endless band, or curtain. The upper portion of the vehicle
is provided with polysided rollers which may be triangular, or square rollers.
These polysided rollers are geared to the axle, or other moving part of the vehicle
in such a manner that they are intermittently turned so as to consecutively display
their sides. The top of the vehicle may be provided with a polysided roller or it
may have a cover, or ridge piece on which are mounted flags. The lower portion
of the vehicle, namely round the wheels is provided with a fixed casing, which
encloses the wheels and the lower portion of the vehicle.
The endless travelling band or curtain is covered by pasting, painting or other-
wise delineating thereon the advertisements, pictures, or objects to be displayed.
In like manner the turning polysided rollers are covered with advertisements.
The flags on the top and the casing round the lower part of the vehicle are
reserved for fixed advertisements.
The beforegoing being the nature, object and purposes of my Invention, I will
now proceed to describe more in detail how the same may be carried out into
practical effect, reference being had to the accompanying two sheets of Drawings,
making a part of this Specification, and to the letters and figures of reference,
marked thereon, like letters and figures of reference being used to denote the
same, or corresponding parts throughout the various views.

page_text: Figure 1 is an elevation shown partly in section of an apparatus according to my
Invention provided with an endless band, or curtain and with turning polysided
rollers.
Figure 2 is a plan taken in section through X X Figure 1.
Figure 3 is an end view of Figure 1 showing the gearing for working the endless
band, or curtain and the turning polysided rollers.
Figure 4 is an end view showing a device for holding the polysided rollers in
position.
Figure 5 is an end view showing the vehicle with its sides provided with the
polysided rollers according to my Invention and showing the gear for working the
eame.
Figure 6 is a side elevation of Figure 5.
The apparatus consists of the four wheeled truck A (see Figures 1. 2. 3 and 4) on
the four corners of which are mounted the vertical rollers B and within which are
mounted other rollers B' and two vertical shafts B2. The rollers B, B' are provided
with V pulleys band the vertical shafts B are provided with V pulleys b¹ tho
upper portion of which are formed as bevel wheels c, which serve to operate the
endless band, or curtain as hereafter described. The rollers B and the vertical
shafts B2 are mounted to run in bearings between the truck A and the upper
framework A¹ of the apparatus and the rollers B' are mounted under the top part
of the upper frame A' as hereafter described. For the sake of clearly showing the
working parts of the apparatus, the endless band, or curtain is not shown in these
Figures of the Drawings, but its position is indicated by the dotted line a, which
represents the cord, or chain by which the endless band, or curtain is carried, the
band, or curtain extending between the dotted line a and the dotted line a¹ in
Figure 1. The cord, or chain a passes round and is carried by the V pulleys 6 of
the rollers B B¹ and the V pulleys b¹ of the vertical shafts B². The cord, or chain a
is further supported by the pulleys 62 which are carried by hanging brackets from
the upper framework A¹. To enable the cord, or chain a to be strained, or
tightened, the two front rollers B¹ are carried by a cross bar d which slides on the
guides pieces, or plates c. This cross bar d is adjustable in its position by means
of the screwed rod f which passes through a screwed boss d¹ in the centre of the
cross bar d. The screwed rod f is connected to the front part of the frame A' as
shown at Figure 2 and by turning the rod f the position of the two front rollers B'
and their pulleys b can be adjusted so as to strain, or tighten the cord, or chain a.
The back roller B¹ is carried by the bracket g as shown. Figure 1^ shows a
portion of the endless band, or curtain provided with vertical stiffening strips a².
D are polysided rollers which are carried by the spindles which run in and are
supported by brackets / carried by the uprights h³.
.
The operating gear consists of the shaft i which is carried and runs in bearings
on the top of the frame A'. On this shaft i there are mounted two bevel wheels jj
and the chain wheel. The bevel wheels jj gear into the bevel wheels c c on the
vertical shafts B2 B². The chain wheel is provided with and driven by an endless
chain operated from the chain wheel which is provided on the axle k³ of the
truck A. A sliding clutch k is also provided on the axle so that the wheel ka
can be thrown out of gear and run loose on the axle when it is not desired to
operate the apparatus A', as shown. On the end of the shaft n there is a cam o
which gives motion to the arins p, the ends of which are provided with pawl
levers q which are fulcrumed on the spindles of the rollers D and actuate the
ratchet wheels r which are fixed on the spindles h of the rollers D and thereby
revolve the rollers D, as the cam o operates the arms p. To keep the rollers D
steady when they are not being moved the ends of the rollers opposite to the
driving gear are provided with stop devices s upon which bear the springs t.

page_text: Upon reference to Figures 5 and 6 it will be seen that the polysided rollers D
and their actuating mechanisms, according to my Invention are shown arranged in
multiple. In this case the simultaneous and multiple action of the rollers D is
obtained by coupling the arms p together by the rod p¹, the operation being
performed in an equivalent manner from the axle to that shown in reference to
Figures 12 and 3. The spaces between the rollers D are filled in with boards and
the lower part of the vehicle is provided with a casing for fixed advertisements.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
First The combination of a wheeled truck, such as A, the vertical rollers B
provided with pulleys b, the rollers B₁ provided with pulleys b, the vertical
shafts B2 provided with pulleys 61 the endless band, or curtain, herein described,
provided with cords, or chains a and vertical stiffening bars, tumbling rollers such
as D and driving gear such as cj i k. k' k² n o p q. substantially as shown and
operating as herein set forth with reference to Figures 1. 2. 3 and 4 of the
Drawings hereto annexed.
Second The combination of one or more rollers such as B¹, the endless cord, or
chain a and the tightening or straining mechanism ddf substantially as herein
set forth and shown in the Drawings hereto annexed.
Third The combination of supporting pulleys be with an advertising apparatus
as set forth for the purposes described.
Fourth The use in combination with an endless band, or curtain of a rope, cord,
or chain as set forth and operating as and for the purposes described.
Fifth The use in combination with an endless band, or curtain of stiffening strips
as set forth and operating as and for the purposes described.
Sixth The use in connection with advertising apparatus of the type herein
described of tumbling rollers (such as D) as herein set forth.
Seventh The rollers D as set forth with reference to the Drawings hereto
annexed and operating as described.
Dated this twenty fourth day of Anril 1985