MECHANICAL ADVERTISING ATTRACTIONS
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Nov., 1886
Complete Left, 24th Aug., 1887
Complete Accepted, 24th Nov., 1887
THOMAS MCGRAH of 33, Church Street Sheffield in the County of York, Sewing
Machine Maker do hereby declare the nature of my invention for MECHANICAL
ADVERTISING ATTRACTIONS to be as follows:-
My Invention relates principally to the application of a Mechanical Head to what
is called by Tailors Drapers Milliners & others Dummy Bodies upon which garments
are displayed for sale. I make the head so as to be easily attached to the Dummy
body. The mechanical contrivance (which may preferably be Clockwork) I arrange
inside the head or other convenient position so that with other connections the eyes
and mouth or the head may be moved. Where a Hat or other similar article is fitted
to the head, I cause a roller bearing advertisments thereon to revolve at intervals a
part of the front of the Hat being cut away so as to expose the advertisment
these heads may however be used as advertising mediums apart from the Dummy
bodies where the Hat or the head itself may have an advertising roller or band
revolving inside or arround it.

page_text: I, THOMAS MCGRAH of 33 Church Street Sheffield in the County of York Sewing
Machine Maker, 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 :-
My invention relates principally to the application of a mechanical head to what is
called by Tailors Drapers Milliners and others Dummy bodies upon which are
exhibited for sale garments of various descriptions. I make the head in such
shape as to be easily attached to the neck or shoulders of one of the before named
bodies. The mechanical contrivance which may be Clockwork or other simple
motive power I arrange inside the head or other convenient position in such a way
that by means of small levers or wires connected with the eyes and mouth and if
desirable the head itself may be caused to move. Where a Hat is fitted to the head
I arrange inside it a roller bearing advertisments which is caused partly to revolve
upon centres at intervals by means of a small lever connected with and operated by
the clockwork a portion of the Hat being cut away so as to allow the advertisments
to be seen. These heads may be used as advertising mediums apart from the dummy
bodies where the hat or even the head itself may have an advertising roller or band
revolving inside or arround it. In order to render the description of my invention
more easily to understand I beg to refer to the drawings herewith. Figure 1
represents an advertising roller, bearing advertisments A A are two brackets
intended to be secured to the upper and lower part of a hat in which the spindle B B
is arranged to rotate in centres. At the lower end of the said spindle is secured a
four winged wheel C. C. CC. Upon the wheel D (which is intended to be connected
with and caused to rotate by clockwork or other simple mechanism) is secured the
lever E. When the wheel D is set in motion the lever E is brought to bear against
one of the wings C. C. C. C which forces the roller forward one fourth its
circumference round at the same time bringing another of the wings C. C. C. C into
a proper position to be moved by the lever E at each revolution. Fig. 2 shows a
dummy head with opening in the hat exposing part of the roller F with an
advertisment thereon G is the socket neck arranged to fit on the stump of a
dummy neck Figure 3 represents a dummy body and head complete as hereinbefore
described-In figure 4, I show the mode of moving the eyes and mouth in connection
with the advertising roller. A is an eccentric or cam intended to be attached to and
operated by clockwork mechanism B. B. is a lever arm working in centres in
the bracket C. one end of which is weighted and rides upon the face of the cam A at
the point D When the cam A is set in motion the full or eccentric part causes the
opposite end of the lever B B at the point E to press against the oscillating arm FF
and so force the crank G G (which is attached to the eyes) to move sideways, the
weighted end of the lever D. bringing back the crank G G into its original position
ready for the next motion at the same time as the weighted end of the lever D rides

page_text: on the narrow or contracted part of the cam A. The lever H H is arranged to work
the mouth or lower jaw it is secured and works in centres in the bracket I. One
end J is fastened to and supports the lower jaw which is otherwise disconnected with
the face K is a weight on the lever H H to balance the weight of the jaw. The
other end L rides on the face of the toothed wheel M and rises and falls upon its
uneven surface when in motion causing a vibration of the lower jaw thus giving it
the appearance of speaking The advertising roller N is operated by the lever arm O
as fully illustrated and described in figure No. 1. Fig. 5. shows the method of
moving the head A is a head the back part cut away B is an upright shaft
fastened to the head and working in centres in the brackets, C. C. Da lever
fastened to one side of the head The eccentric cam E when set in motion by
clock mechanism the full or prominent part bears against the lever D and so
pushes the head on one side the narrow or contracted part of the cam E allowing the
head to return to its former position ready for the next motion the head being
weighted on one side for this purpose.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of my invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
The application of mechanical heads to dummy bodies as advertising attractions,
the use or application of revolving advertising rollers or bands in connection therewith
as arranged as hereinbefore set forth and described.
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