An Improved Method of and Means for Exhibiting Advertisements - and other Notices.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Feb., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 17th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 6th Jan., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of and Means for Exhibiting Advertisements -
and other Notices.
I, EDWARD HIDER, of 49, Lilybank Gardens, Hillhead, Glasgow, Agent, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved method of and means for exhibiting
advertisements and other notices in succession and the object is to show them
in an artistic and pictorial manner. In carrying my invention into practice I
proceed in or in about the following manner.
I attach to or form on or in a circle
or disc the notices to be shown, of which there may be any number but prefer-
ably twelve. Assuming twelve to be the number of notices to be provided for,
the disc is divided into that number of equal radial parts or spaces. The axle
of the disc is mounted on suitable bearings and revolved behind a picture, the
The said
centre or axis of the disc being coincident with the axis of the axle.
picture is such as to represent any suitable scene wherein appears a signboard,
hoarding or any other place utilizable for the exhibition of notices. That part
of the picture occupied by the signboard or other space is cut out so that the
notices on the disc can be in succession caused to show through the opening.
The perspective of the picture and that of the notices are made to correspond
in order that the notices while exposed to view may appear to be actually a
part of or painted on the picture. The disc is moved at intervals by clockwork,
electricity, water sand or any other suitable motive power. A simple method of
revolving it is to fix to the back of the disc two circles of pins, the number of
pins being equal in number to the signs or notices. With twelve signs there
would be twelve pins arranged six in each of the two circles. Attached to the
axle is a drum cord and weight and the pins are caught and released upon each
circle alternately by a lever worked by a motor and set to any given speed. The
disc being thus partly rotated at intervals the signs will appear in succession
Another
through the opening provided in the picture as already mentioned.
way on which the disc may be intermittently moved round is by attaching a
wheel to the spindle, the wheel having as many teeth as there are signs or
notices on the disc. This toothed wheel is held in position by a float, the teeth
being caught by a revolving arm actuated by a motor. The wheel being thus
moved one tooth at a time displaces the float until the disc has moved through
one space. Another way of exhibiting the notices through the opening would
be by forming them into an endless band and rotating it behind the opening.
The apparatus can be arranged to show the announcements from more than one
scene provided on one and the same apparatus and one or more than one face
of it. The picture and its signs may be illuminated by reflected or transmitted
light or by a combination thereof.
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HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, E.C., Agents.

page_text: An Improved Method of and Means for Exhibiting Advertisements
and other Notices.
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I, EDWARD HIDER, late of 49, Lilybank Gardens, Hillhead, Glasgow, now of
33, University Avenue, 'in the 'same city, Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
My invention relates to an improved method of and means for exhibiting
advertisements and other notices in succession and the object is to show them
in an artistic and pictorial manner. In carrying my invention into practice. I
proceed in or in about the following manner.
I attach to or form on or in a circle
or disc the notices to be shown of which there may be any number but prefer-
ably twelve. Assuming twelve to be the number of notices to be provided for
the disc is divided into that number of equal radial parts or spaces. The axle
of the disc is mounted so as to revolve intermittently behind a picture the centre
of which may be coincident with the axis of the disc. The said picture is such
as to represent any suitable scene wherein appears a signboard hoarding or any
other place utilizable for the display of notices and having its vanishing point
coincident with the axis of the disc. That part of the picture occupied by the.
lettering on the signboard or other space is cut out so that the notices on the
disc can be in succession caused to show through the opening. The perspective
of the picture and that of the notices are made to correspond in order that the
notices while exposed to view through the opening will appear to be actually
a part of or painted on the picture. The disc is moved at intervals by clock-
work, electricity, water, sand or any other suitable motive power.
A simple
and proved method however is shown in the accompanying drawings of which
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of the complete apparatus, Fig. 2 a back view
of a portion of the arrangement and Fig. 3 a front view of a view as an example
of the kind which is appropriate to the carrying out of my invention. Behind
the picture a is the disc 6 attached to a tubular axle c working on a pin d
projecting from the front of the framing e. Extending from front to back of
the framing e is a spindle f having a squared end to receive the winding up
key g. The spindle f carries the drum h and the toothed wheel and round
the drum his coiled the cord ; passing over the pulley k and having at its free
end the weight 1. The drum h can be wound up by the key g, the usual ratchet
and catch m being provided. Below the spindle f is a second spindle n carrying
a pinion o gearing with the toothed wheel i and carrying also the toothed wheel p
gearing with the pinion 7 on a spindle r, one end of which protrudes beyond the
front of the framing e and carries the tipping arms s. The arms s have out
turned ends which periodically engage the teeth of the star wheel t (having as
many teeth as there are divisions round the disc b) attached to the tubular
axle c, a float u being pivotted to the frame e so that it engages with the star
wheel t. Assuming the arrangement to have been wound up the tipping arms s
will cause the star wheel t to move the disc b round a space at a time and the
period occupied by the opposite ends of the arms s coming in touch with the
star-wheel provides the necessary rest during which each announcement on b
is shown through the opening in a, the floats holding the disc in position
during this rest. The whole arrangement can be boxed in as at v and provision
may be made for suitably illuminating the announcement and picture. As an
alternative the disc b may be operated by attaching a star wheel to the spindle
of the disc, the wheel having as many teeth as there are signs on the disc,

page_text: and being struck by tipping arms rotated by any motive power applied directly
to the axle of the arms and so caused to make intermittent rotation, a float
being provided as in the above mentioned arrangement to keep the disc steady
during the time it is stationary.
Another method of exhibiting the notices through the opening would be by
forming them into or providing them on an endless band rotated by intermittent
stages behind the said opening. The edges of the band may be attached to
chains running over sprockets on upper or lower wheels or rollers, one of the
wheels or rollers having on its spindle a star wheel and a float engaging with
it the movement of the star wheel being brought about by the striking against
its teeth of tipping arms rotated by any suitable means.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:―
The improved method of exhibiting advertisements and other notices through
an opening in a picture by means of a disc or endless band the essential feature
being that the advertisements or notices appear in the same perspective as and
form part of the picture, the whole substantially as described in the above
specification and exemplified as regards the disc arrangement by the accompany-
ing drawings.
Dated this 13th dov of Novamber 1800
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, E.C., Agents.