Improvements in Apparatus for Use in Displaying Wall Papers and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1896-Accepted, 11th July, 1896
[Communicated from abroad by JOSEPH J. REID, of Salineville, in the County
of Columbiana and State of Ohio, United States of America, Merchant.]
Improvements in Apparatus for Use in Displaying Wall Papers and
the like.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 present invention relates to apparatus for displaying wall papers and the
like and it consists in the different parts and combination of parts hereinafter
described.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1, is a perspective view of my improved device.
Figure 2, is a vertical section, and
Figure 3, is a view showing a portion of one of the ends of the cylinders, also
showing one of the reel arms and a portion of the reel.
A represents the upright posts, which are held in proper parallel position by
means of the cross-bars a, which bars are properly connected to the upright posts
in any convenient and well known manner. For the purpose of holding the
posts A, in proper upright position, the foot pieces b, are provided, which foot
pieces may be substantially of the form shown, or they may be of any other desired
form. To the upright posts A, is securely attached the fixed shaft or bar B, upon
which shaft B, are loosely mounted the cylinder heads C, and D, said heads being
connected together by means of the cross-bars or rods c, which cross-bars or rods
may be located as illustrated in the drawing, except that if desired the number may
be increased, in which event the bars c, will be set closer together. To the fixed
shaft B, are securely attached in any convenient and well known manner the red
arms d, to which reel arms is journalled the reel shaft d'.
Upon the reel shaft are located the radial reel arms d', which radial reel arms
are formed of such a length that the bars d³, connected with the radial reel arms d³,
will extend outward between the bars c, said reel being rotated by the rotation of
the cylinder upon which the wall paper is attached. The object and purpose of
providing the reel and locating the same within the cylinder as illustrated, is to
cause the paper to be forced outward as the cylinder revolves, for the purpose
hereinafter described.
To the bars c, are attached the samples of paper such as E, which samples are
composed of wall paper, border and ceiling; the wall paper and border being
arranged substantially as shewn in Figure 1, and the ceiling paper being located
upon the opposite side of that from which the wall and border paper is located,
said sample being located back to back. It will be understood that as the cylinder
proper is rotated, the samples of wall paper will come under the pressure roller F,
and when the cylinder has been rotated a given distance, a sample of paper will be
brought in proper position to be drawn from under the roller F, slightly in advance
of the rotation of the cylinder by means of the reel bars d³, extending forward
between the bars c, thereby pushing the paper at the point where the reel bars
come in contact with the sample of paper to be displayed, which causes the upper

page_text: end of the sample to be pulled from under the roller F, thereby causing the
samples to drop at the proper time, and preventing more than one sample from
falling at a time. The roller F, is journalled to the outer ends of the pivoted
arms e, which pivoted arms are preferably connected to the uprights A.
understood that by this arrangement the roller will at all times press upon the
samples of wall paper as they are brought under the roller.
I do not desire to be confined to this particular manner of supporting the
roller F, inasmuch as other arrangements can be employed without departing from
the nature of my invention. For the purpose of preventing any backward
movement of the cylinder, one of the heads for example the heat C, is provided
with the teeth f, which teeth are located upon the periphery of the head, said
teeth being engaged by the dog or pawl g, substantially as illustrated in
Figure 1.
It will be understood that by my peculiar arrangement I am enabled to quickly
and easily remove the samples from the bars r, and attach other samples to take
the places of the ones removed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A revolving cylinder supported by a fixed shaft or bar, a pressure roller
located upon the upper portion of the cylinder, samples of wall paper connected to
the bars forming a portion of the revolving cylinder, and a reel located within the
cylinder, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
2. The combination of uprights having connected thereto a fixed bar, a revolving
cylinder having heads, and the heads connected by bars, and one of said cylinder
heads provided with teeth, a dog or pawl to engage the teeth of the cylinder head,
a pressure roller, and samples of wall paper connected to the bars forming a part
of the cylinder, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
3. The combination of a revolving cylinder, a pressure roller bearing upon the
periphery of the cylinder, samples of wall paper connected to and revolving with
the cylinder, and a reel located within the cylinder carrying the wall paper
samples and revolving with said cylinder, substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
Dated this 16th day of May 1896.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.