Improved Apparatus to be Employed for Advertising Purposes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Dec., 1886.
Complete Left, 9th Sept., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 11th Oct., 1887.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus to be Employed for Advertising Purposes.
We WILLIAM GOODE and GEORGE WILLIAM BREWITT both of Drury Hill
Nottingham Engineers do hereby declare the nature of our invention to be as
follows:-
In one arrangement we construct a van of suitable height and length and mount it
upon a framing provided with two axles, two pair of wheels and a pair of shafts,
each side of the van inside is provided with the requisite number of rollers parallel
with the sides, the number varying according to the height of the van, each roller is
provided with an axle at each end which revolve in bearings secured to the van
framing, each roller is formed with either four six or eight sides, and the sides of the
van have horizontal openings their whole length, each opening being of the same
width as the width of one side of the rollers employed each side of each roller and the
sides of the van above and below the openings as well as the roof of the van form
spaces upon which advertisements are painted or otherwise secured.
Each roller is partly revolved intermittantly so as to present each of its sides in
succession opposite to one of the horizontal openings before named.
The revolution of each roller is effected by one end of it being provided with an
armed wheel each arm in its turn being raised by a paul hinged to an arm projecting
from a plate which slides vertically up and down within the van, such movement
being effected by a cam and lever or by a studded chain, either the cam or one pulley
for the studded chain is keyed fast upon one of the axles of one pair of wheels, one
wheel being fixed and revolving with its axle, and the other wheel running loose
on the same axle, the pulley on the axle of the other pair of wheels runs loose
upon it.

page_text: In the second arrangement each side of the van is open, the space being filled by
portion of the outer surface of an endless belt of canvas or other suitable material
upon which advertisements are placed, the endless belt passes around five rollers, an
endless chain passes around one end of the rollers, this chain is actuated by studs on
a second endless chain, which is revolved by a wheel on the revolving axle before
named thus causing one space of surface of the endless belt to be presented to the
open side of the van and remain there a short time, the next adjacent space then
taking its place for the whole length of the belt.
Dated this Eleventh do…. f
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page_text: arrangement.
Figure 2 a front view. Figure 3 a side view.
Figure 4 an end view with the back removed.
Figure 5 shows a side view of a van constructed according to our second arrange-
ment, and
Figure 6 an end view of the same with the back removed.
In our first arrangement, we construct a van of suitable height and length and
mount it upon a framing provided with two axles, two pair of wheels, a pair of
shafts, and a seat for the driver, each side of the van inside is provided with two
rollers parallel with the side, each roller is provided with an axle at each end, which
revolve in bearings secured to the van framing, each roller is formed with eight flat
sides A, each side of the van has two openings, each of the length and width of one of
the sides of the roller within the van.
Each side of each roller, and the sides B and roof U together with the ends of the
van, form spaces upon which advertisements are displayed, the said advertisements
being painted or otherwise secured upon them.
Each roller is partly revolved intermittently so as to present each of one of its sides
in succession opposite to one of the openings in the side of the van. The revolution
of each roller is effected by one end of it being provided with an armed wheel D,
each arm in its turn being raised by a paul E, hinged to a plate or to an arm
projecting from a plate F, which slides vertically in a groove, or clips provided for it
within the van.
The up and down movements of the plate being effected by the upper end of a
connecting link G being hinged to it, the lower end of the link being connected to a
pin carried by a crank on the inner end of an axle revolving in bearings beneath the
van, the outer end of the axle being provided with a pulley H round which a chain H'
is passed, which also passes round a smaller pulley keyed fast upon one of the axles of
the van wheels.
In our second arrangement we construct a van as before described but with the
sides open, such open spaces being filled by portions of the outer surfaces of two
endless belts of canvas or other suitable material A upon which advertisements are
placed, each endless belt passes around five rollers B, either or both edges of each
belt are provided with projecting studs C, which are intermittently raised by one or

page_text: more projecting arms D carried by an endless chain E which is passed round two
pulleys Fone within and the other beneath the van, the lower one being secured on
the inner end of an axle revolving in bearings beneath the van, the outer end of the
axle being provided with a pulley round which a chain G is passed, this chain also
passes round a smaller pulley, keyed fast upon one of the axles of the van wheels, the
revolution of which causes each endless belt to present portion of its surface to the
open side of the van and remain there a short time, the next adjacent space then
taking its placo, such movements being repeated while the van is moving.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
First. The construction and employment of improved apparatus for advertising
purposes as described in the first arrangement, and illustrated in the Drawings
annexed.
Second. The construction and employment of improved apparatus for advertising
purposes as described in the second arrangement and illustrated in the Drawings
annexed.