BRACE and Advertising Purposes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Sept., 1887
Specification Accepted, 25th Oct., 1887
BRACE
and Advertising Purposes.
I JOSEPH MAYORS of 25 Clifton Street, Blackpool in the County of Lancaster,
Mechanic do hereby declare the nature of my invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The object of this invention is to construct a machine or vehicle to be drawn
through the streets say by a horse or other animal or by human labour and the base
of which is of a rectangular form and affords space or hoarding upon all four sides
or faces for the displaying of prominent placards or other announcements.
Rising from the top of this base are two or more perpendicular drums which are
caused to revolve by being geared to a revolving axle of the vehicle and which
drums being of suitable external forms so afford a series of flat spaces for the
display of placards which are constantly changing as the vehicle proceeds through
the streets and thus calculated to attract the notice of the passers by.
And in order that this my said invention may be more readily understood and
carried into practical effect I have hereunto annexed a drawing upon which Fig. 1 is
a side view and Fig. 2. an end view (both partially in section) of my improved street
advertising machine.
In both views a is the rectangular base or hoarding which extends nearly to the
ground and the sides and ends of which thus affords large spaces for the displaying
of large placards or other advertising announcements.
Rising from the top of this base are one, two or more perpendicular drums bb¹
which in cross section partake of a square, pentagonal, hexagonal or other suitable
shape affording flat spaces for the displaying of placards. These drums which are
supported at the top in the cross head c branching from the central pillar or
support care caused to revolve either in the same or opposite or alternate directions
by one of their axles say that marked d being extended downward and there
terminating in a foot-step e and being geared by a worm wheel d¹ to a worm f upon
the revolving axle g of by preference the back wheels of the vehicle as illustrated
or in the case of a two wheeled vehicle the same would be geared to the single
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page_text: revolving axle of such vehicle. The other drum or drums is or are driven by an
endless belt passing round pulleys hh upon their axles and upon the axle of the first
mentioned drum, using a straight or crossed belt according to the direction in which
they are required to be driven-and in order to allow for turning round or for
turning corners of streets I arrange that one of the travelling wheels (i) of the
revolving axle which is suitably mounted in bearings jj shall be loose and thus
capable of turning independantly. It will be apparent that this method of driving
by a revolving axle of the vehicle carrying a loose wheel to facilitate turning is
equally applicable for driving other revolving apparatus for advertising purposes.
In this manner I construct a novel and effective machine for street advertising
purposes the revolving surfaces of which attracts notice by reason of their constantly
changing and displaying different announcements.
Having thus particularly 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 :-
1st. In a street advertising machine the employment of revolving drums when
mounted and operated substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated on the
accompanying drawing.
2nd. For revolving the drums or other revolving parts of street advertising
apparatus so mounting the road wheels of the vehicle as that one can revolve with
the axle and the other independantly substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described.