Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Aug., 1887.
Specification Accepted, 16th Dec., 1887
I, JAMES CASTLE, of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada,
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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide a machine that will have the twofold
function of displaying advertisements permanently attached to a traveling sheet, and
at the same time a bill distributing device, the operative mechanism of which is made
to act simultaneously upon that of the advertising sheet, both mechanisms being
adapted to be put in motion by the simple withdrawal of a bill; and my said invention
consists, essentially, of a rectangular case, constructed of wood or other suitable
material, the same being provided with a glass panel in its front side, through which
the permanent advertisements may be seen and read, and having below the said panel
an elongated opening or slot, through which one or other of the bills to be distributed
is always made to protrude, a printed notice consisting of the words "take one
being placed between the lower part of the glass panel and said slot. Within the
said case, suspended on suitable bearings, are two distinct sets of rollers and bands,
one set carrying the traveling advertisements and the other set, together with the
receiving and discharging roller and the main or driving roller, constituting the bill
distributing mechanism.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the case with one side removed.
a front view with the front of the case removed, and also a portion of the
sheet therein, in order to show the interior mechanism of the device.
front view of the case closed.
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Fig. 2 is
advertising
Fig. 3 is a
Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the views.
A represents the case; B, the glass panel in the front of the case; C the end of a
protruding hand bill for withdrawal by the passer-by; D, the traveling sheet, the
black lines across the same showing the spaces for advertisements, it being borne in
mind that only one-half of the width of this sheet is shown in the drawings.
E is the driving roller, turned by the crank-handle e¹, by which means motion is
given to the whole series of rollers.
F is the receiving and discharging roller, which is shown in full lines as when
empty; also when partly filled, and also when full, in dotted lines, its axles or
bearings being arranged to slide in the slots in the case.
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page_text: G is a band tightening roller, preferably of metal, located in front of the dis-
charging roller F.
H is also a band tightening roller, located at the back of the driving-roller.
I J K are hand carrying rollers, located as shown, so as to provide space for the
rollers NO P, which carry the sheet of advertisements.
LL are two elastic bands, which transfer the motion from the driving roller E to
all the other rollers and also secure the chain of bills on the roller F.
R is the opening or elongated slot in the case, through which the bills are fed into
and discharged from the machine.
A guide piece S covered by a thin piece of sheet metal S' is placed in front of the
roller F and acts as a switch by turning the bills to be distributed outward from said
roller.
In operating my invention the bills for distribution are first fed into the machine
as a chain of sheets through the slot R on the receiving roller F by turning the
driving roller E, with its crank handle e¹, in a backward direction, the first sheet
entered being overlapped by the second, the second by the third, and so on con-
secutively, until the said roller is charged to its full capacity, the last one entered
being left protruding a short distance from the case, the rollers I J K and tightening
rollers G and H being operated simultaneously by the connecting bands L L, and by
the same movement the advertising sheet I made to travel over the rollers NO P,
the two last named receiving their motion from the said bands L L by frictional
contact in passing said rollers, while the roller N is turned by the passage of the
said advertising sheet D. At this stage the machine is in condition for the delivery
of the bills in succession, and upon the withdrawal of one of which the advertising
sheet is moved in a straight downward direction, simultaneously with the motion of
the discharging roller F, and the next succeeding bill made to protrude and placed
in condition for similar withdrawal.
It is obvious that the bills can be also discharged independently of the hand-
withdrawal by the turning of the driving roller E, with its crank handle e¹ in a
forward direction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1st. The combination, in an advertising and bill distributing machine, of an
inclosing case provided with a glass panel in its front side, an elongated transverse opening
or slot beneath said panel, mechanism for carrying an endless advertising sheet, con-
sisting, essentially, of a series of rollers suitably mounted within said case, and
mechanism for receiving and distributing advertising sheets or hand bills, consisting,
essentially, of a series of rollers and elastic bands, a driving roller, and a bill receiving
and discharging roller, both mechanisms being adapted to be put in motion by the
simple withdrawal of one of the bills, substantially as described and shown.
2nd. In a combined bill distributing and advertising machine, the rollers
GHIJK, elastic bands L L, the driving roller F, all combined and arranged for
operation substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3rd. The combination, in a bill distributing and advertising machine, with the
rollers E F G H I J K, elastic bands L L, rollers N OP, traveling sheet D, of the
operating sheet or bill C, all substantially as described and shown, and for the purpose
set forth.
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