Improved Means for Advertising.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 5th June, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 5th Mar., 1900-Accepted, 7th Apr., 1900
Date of Application, 5th June, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 5th Mar., 1900-Accepted, 7th Apr., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Advertising.
FRANK WALTER HAYWARD, 23, Upper King Street, Norwich, Watchmaker,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists in making a machine actuate a hand or pointer, or
hands, or pointers, to point out a sentence otherwise unreadable & at the same
time showing a drawing of a face or design, letters, or signs through a hole or
holes in the dial of the machine.
The machine part consists of two sets of wheels geared with suitable pinions,
spindles, plates to work in & mainsprings or weights to give power. There are
studs in one wheel to cause the pointer (hereafter called the hand) to stop in
its required place, also a hand shaft or spindle stop arms, brake pallets escape-
wheel etc.
There is an arm attached to the wheel that actuates the faces or signs. The
faces or signs may be two only & showing alternatly through the dial, one
of these faces may have an unpleasant expression on it & when visible the hand
or hands may point out a sentence such as This man smokes any common
tobacco." The other face may be smiling & when visible the hands may point
out "This man smokes only our Navy Cut." Or there may be more than two
faces or signes arranged on a disc & made visible through a hole in the dial, or
there may be more than one face or sign visible through two or more holes in
the dial, & any suitable words pointed out by the hand or hands. The words
that the hand points out may be placed on any convenient place, but I prefer
that they should be placed on a ring made to fit outside the dial. There is a
cover or case to keep dust from the machine a dial, rim, glass, bezel, etc.... There
are supports, bearings etc. for the enabling of the faces signs or letters etc. to be
worked.
Dated this and
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1000
I, FRANK WALTER HAYWARD, 23, Upper King Street, Norwich, Watchmaker,
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 consists of an improvement upon my prior Invention No. 5199

page_text: of 1898, for improved means for advertising and in combining with such in-
vention suitable apparatus for exhibiting at different intervals one or more faces,
signs or letters through a hole in the dial of the machine. For this purpose I
can use either a wire framework capable of oscillation on an axis or a circular
disc. If I have only two faces or signs or two sets of faces or signs to exhibit a
one at a time then I find it most convenient to have merely a wire framework
upon which the faces. or signs drawn or coloured upon some suitable substance
can be stretched. The wire frame may be of almost any desired shape. Fig. 1
shows a suitable form of the same supported by the wire "A, B" which works
on a bearing "C" consisting of a small shaft or pivot fixed either to the front
plates of the clockwork or to the case in which it is contained; the wire A, B
inay be wound loosely round this shaft or pivot or hinged in any suitable manner.
"D" is a counter or balance weight at the end of A, B which (taking into
consideration difference in length of leverage) is slightly lighter than the wire
framework thus allowing the framework to fall over to either side as desired
"F" shows the hole in the dial of the case through which the face or sign is
exhibited. "G" is the hole in the centre of dial through which projects the
shaft carrying the pointer "N," (Fig. 4). The wire framework is moved from
side to side by a pin W1 on a crank W attached at "X" to the pivot of the
train wheel S," shown in the drawings to my before mentioned invention
No. 5199 of 1898 which pivot is extended for this purpose. The crank and
pin with their attachment to the pivot of the train wheel $3 are shown in
Fig. 2. The pin W 1 operates on the wires E, E. A suitable stop can be fixed
to any part of the case to prevent the wire framework falling over too far or the
framework may be made of such size as to rest against either side of the case
in which the movements are contained.
The crank W, I may place on that end of the shaft of the train wheel which is
nearest the front of the machine in which case the whole of the wire frame is
suspended between the clockwork mechanism and the dial or front of the case
in which the mechanism is contained or I may extend the back pivot of the shaft
of the said train wheel in which case the bearing C may be on a shaft or pin in
the back plate of the clockwork or on a shaft fixed to the front of the case but
sufficiently long to extend beyond the back plate of the clockwork. In this case
I bend the upper part of my wire framework at suitable angles so as to bring it
right over the top of the clockwork mechanism and in front of the hole in the
case.
I might if I desired fix the crank W to the pivot of the train wheel "G3"
shewn in the drawings to my said Specification No. 5199 of 1898 or to the
pivot of an extra train wheel geared as desired to one of the before mentioned,
but I find I can best effect my purpose by fixing it to the pivot of the said
wheel "S 3."
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When the machine is working the right or left hand face or sign on the wire
framework is shown at the opening according to the position taken up by the
crank W. This is so fixed on the pivot of the train wheel shaft that one face is
showing at the time the pointer is pointing to some particular word or whilst
it is spelling out some particular sentence, and the other face or sign whilst the
pointer is pointing to another word or spelling out some other sentence. Thus
for example take the sentence shown at Fig. 4. The pointer "N" starts from
the top and stops at this," pauses, then on to, man," pauses, then on to
"smokes," pauses, then on to our, pauses, then on to Honeydew" and
pauses; during this time the happy looking face is visible through the hole in
the dial. The hand now. revolves one revolution and a quarter, the crank W,
bringing another face in front of the hole in the dial; this face is looking
unpleasant. The pointer is now resting on the word "this" quite at the bottom
of the dial and after a pause goes on to spell out man buys any common
"brand" pausing between each word.
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When it is desirable to make more than two faces, letters or signs visible one

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after the other, I place all the faces, or letters, or signs on a disc in a convenient
manner so that when the disc is moved the required distance, the required face,
letter or sign will be visible through the hole in the dial. Fig. 3 shows such
a disc "B" which is moved by crank W, similar to that shown in Fig. 2
but without the pin "W₁." This crank operates on pins or studs "A1" pro-
jecting from the disc. There are small notches on the outer edge of the
disc "B," into which a click "D," falls to keep the disc where it is placed
by the crank W. The disc can be pivoted on to any suitable shaft in the front
plate of the mechanism or on the front of the case in which the movements are
fixed.
Where it is desirable to make more than one face, letter or sign visible at
once through two or more holes I may have them all on the curve of a circle or
I may place the faces letters or signs in two or more ares on a framework or
circles on a disc so that the faces signs or letters on one arc or circle will be
visible through one hole and one through the other in the dial as in Fig. 5.
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:-
1. An apparatus for exhibiting faces or signs at intervals constructed and
operated by reference to my prior Specification No. 5199 of 1898 as hereinbefore
described.
2. The combination of an apparatus for exhibiting different letters, faces or
signs at desired intervals constructed as hereinbefore described with the invention
described in my said prior Specification No. 5199 of 1898 for which I hold a
Patent.