A New System of Advertising by Machine to make Marks or Impressions with Coloured Matter on the Roadway or Pavement.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 25th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 26th Feb., 1891'
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New System of Advertising by Machine to make Marks or
Impressions with Coloured Matter on the Roadway or Pavement.
ALFRED HENRY HEGGS, No. 82, Clowes Street, Hyde Road, West Gorton,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
A new system of advertising by machine to make marks or impressions with
coloured matter on the roadway or pavement.
The machine is made so that it can be worked by simply propelling it along the
road or pavement by hand or other power. And to make this impression on the
pavement or road it is first swept by a brush the necessary space required to admit
of a clean impression by the stamps or dies that are arranged in the said machine
which is made to rotate. In the act of rotating the aforesaid stamps or dies come
in contact with a box of colouring matter fixed to the machine and forming part of
it. The parts are so arranged that when propelled forward it shall leave a wet
impression on the pavement or road, on which the said machine has travelled.
I have now described the nature of my invention which can be made in various
ways or styles. But all I claim is a new system or plan of advertising by
impressions of coloured matter on the pavement or roadway.
Signed this 25th day of February 1900,
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A. New System of Advertising by Machine to make Marks or
Impressions with Coloured Matter on the Roadway or Pavement..
ALFRED HENRY HEGGS, 82, Clowes Street, Hyde Road, West Gorton,
Manchester, Lanc., Mechanic. I 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 machine is described as follows. It is run on three wheels, the front wheel
being a swivel or turning wheel D' and the two back wheels c one of which on the
left hand side is the driving wheel, and it has on it the small wheel B' which is
thrown in and out of gear as required. By the wheel B' being thrown out of gear
the printing is stopped. On the wheel B¹ is a chain c which passes over the
chain wheel j and gives motion to the cam shaft as the machine is propelled along, the
cami makes one revolution, each impression that is made. As the cam revolves it
lifts a lever which raises the cylinder when not in the act of printing, when the
cam i rotates and lifts the lever y, and so raising & lowering the said cylinder a.
On the cylinder is the letter block frame h¹ on which is affixed the movable letter
block g' on which is a lug which fits in the slot y in the letter block frame 4' and
held in position by a set screw. The letter block is operated by a spiral spring on
wire z. to give it an outward tension. On the top or face of the letter block g' is
fixed an india-rubber letter fastened by four lugs at the back of the said letter,
going through the slots 1 2 3 4 in the face of the letter block g' & a wire pin is
passed through each of the four lugs to hold it to the letter block gl. As the
cylinder revolves on its own friction on the ground, the letters are brought into
contact with a roller or pad d which is worked by a chain / from the clutch or
driving shaft, and the said roller runs on a lower roller e which runs in a box of
colouring matter. As the letters are carried round on the cylinder, they take a
coat or layer of colouring matter from the top roller d. The cylinder is held in

page_text: position before printing by a stop ƒ and g and the cylinder is held till the cam in
rotating allows the cylinder to fall on the pavement, whereby the cylinder rotates
by its own friction and makes an impression with the letters affixed to the cylinder.
As the said cylinder falls it presses down the lever t to which is attached a flat
brush which sweeps or prepares the pavement before receiving the impression
from the letters. As soon as the cylinder has done printing the cam i raises the
lever ५ which has resting upon it the said cylinder, and the brush" is drawn up
from the pavement by a spring a. The cylinder resting on the lever q untill the
cam i repeats the operation. The lettered parts of machine to correspond with
drawings are a cylinder ends b frame sides, c back wheels on frame, dtop roller
pad e bottom roller pad, fand y cylinder stops clutch lever i cam for raising
and lowering cylinder ; cam chain wheel & lever stud at end of lever q. 1 top roller
chain wheel. m driving wheel to top roller back of machine. o back supporting
bracket p adjusting brackets for roller pads lever to raise cylinder front of
machine s bottom cross rail to support colour box t bracket for throwing brush in
motion u hinges for holding brush v sliding bracket for cylinder when out of motion
w bearings for roller pads revolving bowl on end of lever 9. y slots for holding
letter block. z wire for holding spiral spring a spring to hold brush up when not
printing small driving wheel on clutch shaft c¹ chain for driving cam d¹ turn or
swivel motion e¹ clutch for throwing machine in and out of gear when required
brush. gletter block for holding letter. ' letter block frame slots 1 2 3 4 for
lugs of letter to go through.
The machine is drawn along the pavement or roadway by an handle attached to
the swivel motion and drawn by hand power.
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. The construction of an advertising machine as herein described.
2. An advertising machine by circular revolving drum or cylinder, lifted and
lowered as herein described.
3. The direct action of printing with coloured matter, by mechanism, as herein-
before described and illustrated by accompanying drawings.
Dated this 24th day of November 1890.
ALFRED HENRY HEGGS.