An Improved Frame or Holder for Placards, Posters, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application. 22nd Apr., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 12th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 13th Feb., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Frame or Holder for Placards, Posters, and the like.
I, THOMAS HENRY. JOHN PRYCE, of Derry Downs, St. Mary Cray, in the
County of Kent, Banker's Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved frame or holder for the display of
newspaper contents-bills and other placards or posters, which frame or holder is
also applicable for holding papers or the like for other purposes.
The devices heretofore employed for holding placards or posters which requiro
to be frequently changed, are unsatisfactory either because they do not hold the
placard or poster so as to properly display the printed matter thereon and prevent
displacement of the said placard or poster by the wind, or because of the difficulty
of removing the placards or posters and replacing them with new ones.
Now by iny invention I provide a device which can be made at a comparatively
low cost, which can be very easily manipulated to insert or change the placards or
posters, and which will hold tho said placards or posters so as to keep them flat or
without creases and thus enable the printed matter thereon to be clearly seen, and
60 as to effectually prevent their displacement by the wind.
For this purpose I employ, in my improved frame or holder, rollers or the like
mouuted eccentrically in suitable hearings or eyes attached to a board of suitable
dimensions, in such a manner that, when the said rollers or the like are turned in
one direction so as to move them away from the board or back of the frame, a
placard or poster can be easily introduced between the said rullers or the like and
the board or back, and cau then be effectively secured in place and at. the same
time slightly stretched by turning the said rollers or the like in the reverse
direction until the placard or poster is clamped between them and the said board
or back. The said rollers or the like are preferably arranged so that they will
bear against the placard or poster along the vertical edges of the same, leaving
the printed matter plainly visible through the space between the said rollers or
the like. They may, however, be arranged to bear against the said placards or
posters along the upper and lower edges thereof, if desired, or along the four edges
thereof, or in any other convenient manner.
To ensure the more effectual clamping of the placard or poster along the entire
length thereof, I sometimes form in the said board or back, grooves or indentations
into which the paper will be forced by the said rollers or the like; or I provide
the said board or back with cushions against which the paper will be pressed by the
Baid rollers or the like.
My improvements are applicable to frames or holders for holding & single
placard or poster and also to those for holding several placards or posters.
Instead of the rollers I can, if desired, use suitable segments of cylinders mounted
eccentrically for the purpose above specified.
Dated the 22nd day of Aprilu1896.
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London; W.C
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: An Improved Frame or Holder for Placards, Posters, and the шкe.
I, THOMAS HENRY JOHN PRYOK, of Derry Downs, St. Mary Cray, in the
County of Kent, Banker's Clerk, 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 to an improved frame or holder for the display of
newspaper contents-bills and other show-bills, placards or posters, which frame
or holder is also applicable for holding papers or the like for other purposes.
The devices heretofore employed for holding placards or posters which require
to be frequently changed, are unsatisfactory either because they do not hold the
placard or poster so as to properly display the printed matter thereon and to
provent displacement of the eaid placard or poster by the wind, or becauso of
the difficulty, in cases where the placards or posters aro properly held, of removing
the said placards or posters and replacing them with new ones.
Now by my invention I provide a device which can be made at a comparatively
low cost, which can be very easily manipulated to insert or change the placards
or posters, and which will hold the said placards or posters in such a manger as
to keep them flat or without creases and thus enable the printed matter thereon
to be clearly seen, and so as to effectually prevent their displacement by the wind.
For this purpose I employ, in my improved frame or holder, rollers or the like
mounted eccentrically in suitable bearings or eyes attached to a board of suitable
dimensions, in such a manner that, when the said rollers or the like are turned
in one direction 80 as to move them away from the board or back of the frame,
a placard or poster can be easily introduced between the said rollers or the like
and the board or back, and can then be effectively secured in place and at the
same time slightly stretched by turning the said rollers or the like in the reverse
direction until the placard or poster is clamped between them and the said board
or back. The said rollers or the like are, in some instances, eo arranged that
they will bear against the placard or poster along the upper and lower edges
thereof, leaving the printed matter plainly visible through the space between the
said rollers or the like. In other instances they are so arranged that they will
bear against the placard or poster along the vertical edges of the same.
desired, four rollers may be arranged to bear against the placard along the four
edges thereof or the eccentrically mounted roller or rollers may be arranged in
any other convenient manner for the purpose of my invention.
an
Or, if
find it advantageous to make single-placard frames or holders according to
my said invention as follows, that is to say I provide two rollers with eccentrio
pivots or trunnions at the ends thereof, which pivots or trunnions are preferably
made with rounded or convex ends; and in the sides of the frame near the upper
and lower ends of the same, I form holes to receive the said pivots or trunnions.
After fitting the said rollers in the two sides of the frame, 1 nail or otherwise
secure the said sides to the top and bottom of the frame at the corners thereof,
and I provide the said frame with a back composed, for example, of match-
boarding. To facilitate the movement of the said rollers about their axes, I
lubricate the pivots or trunnions thereof with black-lead, soapstone or other suitable
material.
In the accompanying drawing I bave shown one form of my improved frame or
holder.
Figure 1 is a front elevation thereof, and
Figure 2 is a transverse section on the line x, x, Figure 1.

page_text: trunnions b' that fit into holes or bearings in the sides of the frame a. c indicates a
placard or poster inserted in the frame or holder and clamped between the rollers b
and the back a' of the said frame. To release the placard or poster cthe rollers & must
be turned about their pivots into approximately the position indicated by the dotted
lines in Figure 2. The said placard or poster can then be removed and replaced
by another one, which can be stretched and secured in the frame or holder by
turning the rollers b in the reverse direction. The rollers b are shown with a series
of circumferential grooves or recesses 6 near either end. They may, however,
be made cylindrical throughout their length, or corrugated, or of other suitable
form.
If desired each roller is provided with a short lever or handle, or with a hole to
receive a lever, to facilitate its manipulation.
To ensure the more effectual clamping of the placard or poster along the entire
width or length thereof, I sometimes form in the back of the frame or holder,
grooves or indentations into which the paper will be forced by the said rollers or
the like; or 1 provide the said back with cushions against which the paper will be
pressed by the said rollers or the like.
My improvements are applicable to frames or holders for holding a single
placard or poster, and also to those for holding several placards or posters.
For this purpose I make the frame or holder with as many divisions as it is to
contain placards or posters, which divisions may be arranged in one or more rows.
In each of these divisions I arrange rollers or the like mounted eccentrically as
and for the purpose above specified.
Instead of the rollers I can, if desired, use suitable segments of cylinders mounted
eccentrically for the purpose above specified.
The said rollers or the like may be made of wood, metal or other suitable
material.
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 :-
A frame or holder for the display of show-bills, placards or posters, comprising
rollers or the like mounted eccentrically in suitable bearings so that, by turning
them abont their axes in one or the other direction, they can be caused to clamp
or release the placard or poster, substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated the 12th day of January 1897
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.