An Improved Vehicle for Advertising and Vending Beverages.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 19th Nov., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Vehicle for Advertising and Vending Beverages.
We, FREEMAN NELSON YOUNG and FRANCIS EDWARD THOMPSON, both of Times
Building, in the City, County, and State of New York, United States of America,
Merchants, 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: —
This invention relates to vehicle bodies, the object being to provide a vehicle
which, in itself, will form a good advertising medium on account of its shape and
construction, and at the same time be fitted with suitable appliances for vending
goods, particularly beverages. With this object in view, we construct and arrange
a vehicle body in the shape of a bottle, this shape being that of the particular
bottle, for example, in which the vended beverage is put up, and we provide it
internally with certain means for cooling and handling the beverage sold.
We will more particularly describe our said improvements with reference to the
accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the entire
vehicle; Figure 2, a vertical section through the body of the vehicle; Figure 3, a
horizontal section along the line, Figure 2, and Figure 4, a perspective view of
one of the removable ice tanks.
Referring to the drawings by letter, A represents the under-carriage of the
vehicle which may be provided with any suitable arrangement of springs for
supporting the vehicle body and seat. 13, indicates the vehicle body which is, as
represented, in the form of a bottle standing upright, the stopper and other details
being copied from the actual bottle. For advertising purposes we construct the
walls of the body B, wholly or partially of transparent or translucent material
so that a source of light within the body will shine through and emphasise the
outlines of the body making the vehicle easily visible at night and at the same
time bring out clearly any coloured pictures and other advertising matter which
may be painted engraved or superimposed upon the transparent walls. The
body B is preferably constructed of suitably shaped vertical sash bars b, into which
panes of glass b are set. These panes of glass may be coloured if desired or may
contain pictures or words or phrases of an advertising character, which will be
visible by reflected light in the daytime and by the internal artificial light at night.
In order to vary such advertising matter at pleasure, any number of the panes
of glass, for instance those denoted 2, may be removable so that others, containing
different matter, may be substituted. As a source of artificial light for use at
night we have shewn an ordinary lantern c, hanging inside the vehicle body.
When this lantern is lighted at night the shape of the bottle is clearly brought out
and the vehicle may therefore be seen at a great distance while at less distances
the advertising matter on the walls of the body can be clearly observed. The
vehicle is intended to transport wares, such, as bottled beverages, from place to
place, stopping at intervals to sell the beverage by the bottle or glass. To facilitate
these operations, the body of the vehicle is made large enough not only to contain a
supply of the beverage but also coling means therefor, drinking glasses and means
for washing the same, and a seat and space inside for an attendant. To effect an

page_text: entrance into the body of the vehicle, the rear wall is provided with doors d, and.
in case there is but one attendant to the vehicle, the body will also be provided
with front doors e, which may be used by the attendant when driving from place
to place or as an easy way to reach the vehicle seat from the interior of the body.
Another feature of our invention is the provision of removable ice tanks which
are represented at ff, and which may be made of sheet zine or galvanised iron
arranged around the sides between the front and back doors within the body.
These tanks are intended to contain a certain quantity of water and broken ice in
which the bottles of beverage will stand pending their sale, to become cool. A
small counter h, may be arranged to be supported by the rear doors in front of the
attendant's seat, in such a manner that the beverage may be conveniently vended
over it. The drinking vessels may be washed in the small basin i, and when not
in use may be kept therein. To carry a sufficient supply of washing water, the
upper part of the bottle including the neck may be occupied by a water tank j,
from which a pipe h¹ containing a valve 1, leads to the wash basin. Ice may be
kept in the tank j also and the water may be drawn off at pleasure. Suitable
spaces or passages may be left around the water tank and through the neck and
stopper of the bottle shaped body to permit of the circulation of air for ventilation.
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:
1. A vehicle body having the form of a bottle and having front and rear doors,
constructed substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described with reference
to the accompanying drawings.
2. A vehicle body having the form of a bottle, having transparent or translucent
walls and being provided with an internal source of light, substantially as and for the
purpose herein before described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
3. In a vehicle body having the form of a bottle and transparent or translucent
walls, constructing and arranging the walls in such a manner that portions of them
containing advertising matter are removable, substantially as hereinbefore
described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
4. In a vehicle body having the form of a bottle, arc-shaped removable tanks
arranged around the interior thereof, substantially as and for the purposes herein-
before described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
5. A vehicle body having the shape of a bottle and being provided with a water
tank in its upper part and a basin in the lower part connected with the tank by a
pipe, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and as illustrated
by the accompanying drawings.
6. In a vehicle body having the shape of a bottle, suitably shaped vertical sash
bars glazed with transparent or translucent panes, substantially as and for the
purpose herein before described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
7. A bottle shaped vehicle body for advertising and vending purposes, constructed
and arranged substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated by
the accompanying drawings.