IMPROVEMENTS IN AUTOMATIC APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND LOWERING "GIBUS" OR OPERA HATS, FIGURES, AND OTHER OBJECTS, OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES to be as follows:
Year: 1885

page_text: ԱՍԱՏ
Havs
Articles, for Advertising Purposes.
CHEC
I MÉRIADE ANQUEZ of 8 and 10 Chandos Street Charing Cross in the County of
Middlesex Gibus Hat Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN AUTOMATIC APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND LOWERING
"GIBUS" OR OPERA HATS, FIGURES, AND OTHER OBJECTS, OR
ADVERTISING PURPOSES to be as follows:-
"
ARTICLES FOR
My Invention relates to improvements in automatic apparatus for raising and
lowering the crown of a "Gibus" or opera hat in a shop window or other place to
show the manner in which the hat can be collapsed for convenience when required
at theatres or elsewhere.
Apparatus of this character has been previously used for this purpose but it has
been fixed or stationary being very cumbersome and costly and the object of my
present improvements is to arrange automatic apparatus so that it may be made
very portable and readily removed from place to place.
The apparatus is also arranged so that it may serve the purpose of a stand for
exhibiting silk felt and other hats or other articles if desired.
The apparatus consists of a spring barrel and fuzee with a train of wheels and
flyer similar to clock work mechanism, arranged and mounted in a box or frame.
A crank on one of the axes of the train of wheels gives motion to a slotted lever
one end of which is connected to the lower end of a rod which passes up through a
tube fixed on the box or frame the upper end of the rod being connected to the
inside of the crown of a hat which is mounted on the top of the tube.
When the slotted lever moves up and down it raises and lowers the crown of the
hat to show that it can be collapsed when required.
•
The other end of the slotted lever is connected by a rod to the end of a weighted
lever the other end moving on a pin joint upon a fixed arm or bracket. This
weighted lever serves to regulate the movement of the slotted lever and acts as a
counterbalance to the rod which raises and lowers the crown of the hat. The
weight upon the lever can be adjusted as required.
In like manner the head and bust of a figure made of india rubber or other
elastic or flexible material may be contracted and expanded as required so as to
produce grotesque or other effects to excite attention for advertising purposes.
Other objects or articles may be actuated in like manner and for like purposes.

page_text: " Gibus " or Opera Hats, Figures, and other Objects or
Articles, for Advertising Purposes.
'
"
I, MÉRIADE ANQUEZ of 8 and 10 Chandos Street Charing Cross in the County
of Middlesex Gibus" Hat Manufacturer 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 improvements in automatic apparatus for raising and
lowering the crown of a "Gibus" or Opera hat in a shop window or other place to
show the manner in which the hat can be collapsed for convenience when required
at Theatres or elsewhere.
Apparatus of this character has been previously used for this purpose but it has
been fixed or stationary being very cumbersome and costly and the object of my
present improvements is to arrange automatic apparatus so that it may be made
very portable and be readily removed from place to place.
The apparatus is also arranged so that it may serve the purpose of a stand for
exhibiting silk felt and other hats or other articles if desired.
The apparatus consists of a spring barrel and fuzee with a train of wheels and
flyer similar to clockwork mechanism arranged and mounted in a box or frame.
A crank on one of the axes of the train of wheels gives motion to a slotted lever
one end of which is connected to the lower end of a rod which passes up through
a tube fixed on the box or frame the upper end of the rod being connected to the
inside of the crown of a hat which is mounted on the top of the tube.
When the slotted lever moves up and down it raises and lowers the crown of the
hat to show that it can be collapsed when required.
The other end of the slotted lever is connected by a rod to the end of a weighted
lever the other end of the weighted lever moving on a pin joint upon a fixed arm
or bracket. This weighted lever serves to regulate the movement of the slotted
lever and acts as a counterbance to the rod which raises and lowers the crown
of the hat. The weight upon the lever can be adjusted as required.
In like manner the head and bust of a figure made of india rubber or other
elastic or flexible material may be contracted and expanded as required so as to
produce grotesque or other effects to excite attention for advertising purposes.
Other objects or articles may be actuated in like manner and for like purposes.
And in order that my invention may be clearly understood and readily carried
into practice I will proceed to describe the drawings hereto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
The drawing shows an elevation of the apparatus with the front of the box
containing the mechanism removed.
a is the case or frame containing an ordinary clock work train the last axis b of

page_text: of the lever d. This lever turns on a fixed axis d³ carried by brackets from the
frame of the clock work train. One end of the lever d is by a link e, connected
with the upright rod f the upper end of which is attached to the inside of the
crown of the hat. The opposite end of the lever d is connected by a rod or link g
to the lever h having its fulcrum at h¹ carried by the bracket h³. The lever
carries at one end a weight i which is capable of adjustment along this lever-
by these means the weight of the rod f and parts connected therewith are
counterbalanced,
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-Motion being given to the axis b the
lever d. by means of the crank and crank pin is caused to rock on its centre d²,
thereby imparting by means of the connecting rod e, and rod f an up and down
motion to the crown of the hat thus illustrating the manner in which the hat can
be collapsed for convenience at any place or time required.
A collapsible head may be combined with the hat or other collapsible figures
objects or articles may be actuated and exhibited in like manner if desired.
The above described apparatus may be arranged to actuate two three or more
bats upon the same stand.
In order to actuate two in addition to the one shown in the drawing a grooved
wheel or pulley is mounted upon the axis b, which gives motion by means of an
endless band to another wheel or pulley (on a fixed support) a crank pin on which
actuates a slotted lever which rocks upon a fixed centre one end of the lever being
connected by a link to the vertical rod which is attached to the crown of the hat
as in the arrangement previously described. In like manner other hats may be
actuated by the same apparatus.
If desired the crank pin c¹ may be arranged to actuate a lever rocking upon a
fixed centre each end of the lever being connected by links to vertical rods attached
to the crowns of the hats to be actuated which balance each other a third central
hat being actuated by mechanism such as that previously described.
1. 1. are moveable brackets or supports upon which silk felt or other hats or
articles can be exhibited if desired thus rendering the apparatus useful as a stand
for a shop window or other place.
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 arrangement and application of portable automatic apparatus for
raising and lowering or collapsing "Gibus" or Opera hats figures and other objects
or articles and exhibiting and advertising the same with other hats articles or
objects mounted on the same portable stand with the actuating apparatus sub-
stantially as herein before described, and represented in the drawings hereto
annexed.
DALL
1000