An Improved Combined Alms-collecting Chest and Advertising · Apparatus.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 19th Apr., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combined Alms-collecting Chest and Advertising
· Apparatus.
I, PAUL MARX of Bornheimerlandstrasse, Frankfort on the Main, in the German
Empire, of no occupation, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
The apparatus of this invention has for object, firstly to reduce the expense and
facilitate the collection of alms from the general public, and secondly to create an
additional source of income by the display of movable advertisements which are
actuated through mechanism contained within the casing of the apparatus to which
mechanism motion is communicated not by any special motive power but by utilising
movements which would in any case take place, such as those of cigar cutters or
punches, the opening and closing of doors, the working of lifts, cranes, etcetera.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 is a vertical section of the apparatus of this invention.
Fig. 2 is also a vertical section of the same taken at right angles to that of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a top view with the cover removed and
Figs. 4 and 5 are views of details to an enlarged scale.
A is the bed plate of the apparatus on which is erected hollow cylinder B and above
this the top part C, crowned by lantern D. E is a partition plate dividing from top
to bottom the aforesaid four parts into two compartments, one containing the movable
advertisement mechanism, the other serving as a chest for the reception of public
alms and into which the clipped off ends of cigars may drop. G' is a drum on which
is wound paper, linen or other suitable material, say about six yards in length which
from G¹ passes over roller H¹, whence it passes outside cylinder B, between it and
glass cylinder F, to roller H at which point it again enters cylinder B and fixed by
one end to drum G. Upon pressing down button or finger piece a arranged in the
top of lantern D, cigar cutters or punches 6, 6' are operated and simultaneously
therewith the flap d is opened for the reception of alms by the action of levers c, c¹,
which are each formed with a slot and in connection with flap d in such a way that
when this latter is opened direct the button a is also caused to descend. f is a rod
fixed at the top end in the bottom flange of button a. At bottom it terminates in a
toothed rack, at the back it has an eye and is jointed to connecting rod g connecting
with lever / carried within the bed plate. Upon each movement of button a toothed
bar and connecting rod 9 are moved in the same direction. The tooth of bar f
engages pinion i fixed on the same shaft as a clutch u by which the two bevel
wheels k, k! in connection with each other are caused to perform the same movement
as the clutch wheel u. This movement is carried over to bevel pinion m and vertical
shaft n on which is fixed drum G. On a square part of shaft n within the bed plate
is fixed spur pinion o engaging in wheel p connected to spiral pulley 9 in communica-
tion by articulated chain with spiral pulley q', the spirals of the respective pullies
being disposed in opposite directions. On q¹ is fixed toothed wheel pl engaging
pinion o¹ and causing shaft n¹ to turn. In this way the drums G, G¹,will revolve
at the same velocity. s, s¹, are springs fixed within the bed plate so as to act as
stops on the square parts t, t¹, of shafts n, n', and consequently on the whole
mechanism, whilst the return movement of button a after each downward pressure,
is brought about by spring e. To render these two movements independent of
each other, the connected bevel wheels k, k¹, are mounted loose on shaft and
every time button a is pressed down, the pressure is carried over first to pinion i
and clutch u in one piece therewith or connected thereto. Levers v, vl, are loose
on clutch u. They have each a notch ¹¹ (Fig. 5) by the outer surfaces of which

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notches they are pressed by springs w, w³, against the outer circumference of
ring projecting from wheel k¹. The pressure to be carried over tends to extend
the springs w,. to, and thrusts levers v, v¹, by their notches 1 firmly against the
outer circumference of ring so that a solid connection is formed between u
and and so that the pressure is transmitted to the whole mechanism. Inversely
upon the cessation of pressure the springs w, w', become slack and consequently
levers v, vl, will merely slide at their notches 11 on the circumference of ring k
whereby the firm connection between ¹ and u is broken.
The movement described causes upon each downward pressure of button a, a
certain length, say about four inches of the paper or linen band to be unwound
from drum G and pass round roller H₁ from which it passes to be wound on
drum G so that after about fifty six revolutions the band would be finished.
A self acting return movement of the mechanism with band P is obtained as
follows: At the bottom face of bevel pinion m there is a pin which engages in
wheel 2 disposed below it, in such manner that upon each revolution of pinion m,
wheel 2 advances the distance of a tooth. Wheel 2 has fourteen teeth and at its
upper surface it is provided with a pin which causes wheel 1 above it to advance the:
distance of a tooth at each of its revolutions. A pin 3 is arranged on wheel 1 to
press against lever 4 and thus cause shaft to be drawn from left to right whereby
bevel wheels k and m are disengaged from each other whilst k¹ is brought to engage
in bevel pinion m' which is in connection with drum G' and axis n' through toothed
wheely and endless chain z so as to bring about the return travel of the band. This
return movement also takes effect on toothed wheels 1 and 2, the pin 3 on wheel 1 at
each revolution pressing from the opposite side against lever 4 so that shaft 7 is
brought to its former position at the same time disconnecting wheel k¹ from m¹ and
engaging k and m.
In order to facilitate the reading of the advertisements by persons of small stature
or in a sitting position and to render the reading of the advertisements independent
of the working of the cigar cutters or punches there is disposed in the bed plate of
the apparatus the lover / before referred to which upon being pressed down depresses
connecting rod g with the same effect on the mechanism as the pressing down of
button a.
Instead of cigar cutters or punches any other suitable instrument the use of which
may be in frequent demand by the general public, may be applied to the apparatus
and instead of the apparatus being in the form of a cylinder or column it may have
the form of a table or picture, the mechanism being somewhat modified to suit the
altered form. The power required for driving the apparatus is so small that the doors,
lifts, cranes, etcetera from which may be derived would not be rendered less satis-
factory in their working, by being in connection with the apparatus.
The design of the inventor is to place charitable societies in a position to supply
the existing demand for advertising media and to reap the benefits accruing
therefrom.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. A combined alms collecting chest and apparatus for the display of movable
advertisements, this latter being operated by and upon the introduction of alms, or
the employment of an instrument in frequent use by the public such as a cigar cutter
or punch, or by the opening and closing of doors, the working of lifts, cranes and
other apparatus, and without the provision of a special motor, substantially as described
and shewn.
2. In a combined alms collecting chest and apparatus for the display of movable
advertisements, the provision of a large advertising surface or number of advertise-
ments in a comparatively small space, and visible from different standpoints by
means of an arrangement of two drums on which is wound and unwound a long
advertising sheet so as to be drawn over the surface of an upright cylinder or prism,

page_text: the motion of said winding drums relatively to each other being regulated by two
spiral wheels and by the automatic side movement of shaft / operated by lever 4 and
by the motion of wheels i and k, k¹, in such manner that the motion of the drums is
continuously backwards and forwards whilst upon each of these movements the
wheels i and k, k', are in firm connection together and their disconnection effected
by the action of the peculiar clutch mechanism substantially as described and
shewn.
Dated this 13th day of December 1889
CAPITAINE & VON HERTLING,
* 89, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.