Year: 1886

page_text: I ALEXANDER JOHN MAFFUNIADES of No. 2 Rosaville Road Walham Green in the
County of Middlesex Stockbroker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This Invention consists of a case or box of suitable dimensions divided into two
compartments. On the upper compartment is a representation of a Figure which
with one hand lifts a curtain and with the other hand points to a space which contains
the advertisement to be displayed. The figure is caused to move its head and point to
the advertisement which is caused to change every few seconds. On the lower
compartment of the case is a representation of a tower, the roof of which is divided
into parts for containing the advertisements to be displayed.
Figures representing sandwich-men also carrying advertisements are also shewn,
also a street with shops.
The apparatus is set in motion by suitable clockwork movement when two figures
show themselves at opposite sides with descriptions in hand.
Near the tower is a pillar containing books or pamphlets and advertisements and in
the sides a window out of which a figure presents itself when the book comes out.
This apparatus is set in motion by dropping a penny in the box.
1
1000
HUGHES & SON,
5, Chancery Lane,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improved Means and Apparatus for Advertising..
I ALEXANDER JOHN MAFFUNIADES of No. 2 Rosaville Road, Walham Green, in the
County of Middlesex, Stock Broker, 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 consists of a case or box of suitable dimensions divided into two
compartments.
On the lower compartment of the case is a representation of a Tower the roof of
which is divided into two parts for containing the Advertisements to be displayed.
Figures representing sandwich men are also shown, also a street with shops. The
apparatus is set in motion by suitable clock work movement when two figures show
themselves at opposite sides with descriptions in hand.
On the upper compartment is a representation of a Figure which with one hand
lifts a curtain and with the other hand points to a space which contains the advertise-
ment to be displayed. The figure is caused to move its head and point to the
advertisement which is caused to change every few seconds.
Near the tower is a pillar containing books or pamphlets and advertisements and in
the side a window out of which a figure presents itself when the book comes out.
This apparatus is set in motion by dropping a penny in the box.
In order that the said Invention may be more fully understood there is annexed
hereto three sheets of drawings reference being had to the figures and letters marked
thereon that is to say: Fig. A is front view of machine complete.
Fig. 1 is a ground plan showing my invention and the movement and driving
mechanism, and Fig. 1 shows the means for operating the Figure at bottom of Fig. 1.
Fig. 1b side view of standards holding figures. Fig. 2 shows side view of tower &
rink for sandwich men and means of driving same. Figs. 3 3ª and 3b are views of
apparatus for delivery of books pamphlets and other advertisements. Fig. 4 view
showing one of the advertising figures and means of working same, said Figure being
in the delivery pillar. Fig. 5 shows roll of advertisements and mechanism for
operating the same. Fig. 5ª back view of mechanism for operating the figure in the
top compartment and shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 6 side view of advertisement roll.
In Fig. 1 A represents the case containing the clockwork movement; B the main
driving shaft; C, a toothed wheel on said shaft B. D is a brake piece acting on the
shaft B. E is the receptacle for the penny or other coin; C' is another toothed wheel
which gears with wheel C for purpose hereinafter described. F F are pulleys at end
of shaft B and connected by bands F² F³ to pulley F, F5 which are fitted on revolving
tubes F, F7 on shaft B'. To these tubes F, F' are attached the tower T and circular
platform for the sandwich men S. The tubes by action of the bands on the pulleys
are revolved both in the same direction or in reverse directions as desired.
Near the pulley F is a small pulley G₁ connected by a band to a pulley H¹ on a
shaft and operates disc of advertisements H and causes by the connections shown

page_text: in Fig. 1 the arm of figure M to rise and fall. The toothed wheel C¹ is on end of
another shaft B2 and near to it is a pulley a connected up by band to a pulley which
operates a secondary shaft which in turn operates another disc with advertisements J.
On said shaft B2 is a cogwheel c gearing with a cog wheel 6 and 6' to each of which
is connected and operated the cranks d as shewn in Fig. 1 which are connected with
the parts 1. 2 on which are mounted figures by any convenient means or as shown and
by the action of the cranks the said figures are caused to traverse along the runners 3
so that they are alternately projected through openings provided for the purpose and
said figures display a placard or other advertisement. The other end of shaft B² is
provided with a crank arm M' which works in slot e of upright piece N and operates
a sliding piece N¹ inside a pillar O which contains books pamphlets or other advertise-
ments and passes such advertisements through a slot. This arrangement may be
multiplied as desired. The supply is regulated in any convenient manner.
time this arrangement operates the part shown in Figure 4 by causing the part 4 to
which the figure is attached to travel along 5. 6 and slide against 7 till it reaches the
opening or window when the position against wedge piece 7 causes it to appear
through the window.
At same
In Figs. 5 and 6 A is the ribbon of advertisements passing round rollers as shown
in Fig. 6.
This ribbon is actuated and regulated by the mechanism shown in Fig. 5.
The mechanism shown in Fig. 5 consists of a casing in which near the bottom is
fixed a spindle on which is mounted a cogwheel 1 and pulley or weight 2. This
wheel 1 gears with a wheel 3 on spindle 4. At each of outside end of spindle 4 is a
toothed wheel 5 and 6 and inside is a pinion 7 which gears with a toothed wheel on
another spindle 8 which operates the spindle 8 and pinion 9. Said pinion 9 gears
with wheel 10. The shaft of the advertisement ribbon is provided at the end near the
mechanism with a toothed wheel 11 which gears with wheel 6 and thus the ribbon is
actuated. Between this wheel 11 and the spindle of the rolls carrying the ribbon is a
catch wheel 12 as shown in Fig. 5. 13 is a spring or weight catch arrangement
operated by clockwork mechanism so arranged as to regulate the change of advertise-
ments to any given time. Attached to the arm of spring or weight is a brake piece 14
which acts on wheel 10 and stops the operation. Wheel 5 operates levers 15 and the
backward movement of these levers pushes part 16 which is is connected to the arm
backwards causing it to push the head forward.
On wheel 5 revolving the ends of the levers catch in one tooth and depresses the
levers and raises the arm and points to the advertisements on the ribbon and at same
time striking against the part 16 it causes the head to move.
This mechanism is
operated by any ordinary clockwork mechanism.
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 means of and apparatus for advertising and for the delivery of
advertisements as herein set forth and shown by the drawings.
HUGHES & SON,
5, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents.