Improvements in and connected with Advertising and Exhibiting.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 16th Feb., 1892--Accepted, 16th May, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Advertising and Exhibiting.
We, ADOLPH VIELKIND of 69 St. Dunstan's Road, West Kensington, London,
in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, and DIGBY LANGFORD of 18 St. Dunstan's
Road, West Kensington, London in the County of Middlesex, Clerk, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvemente in and connected with advertising and
exhibiting and consists in combining with a clock movement or dial an advertising
or exhibiting mechanism. The means we employ are simple and consist of cutting
out the spaces between the figures or any other part of the dials or surfaces and
insert therein cones of any material, transparent or otherwise, these cones are
mounted on a spindle, pivotted on each end, and resting in ordinary pivot holes; at
one end of the spindle is fixed a small star wheel with four or more arms, and on
the centre wheel of the clock or in an equivalent position is fixed a star wheel (or
spider) or its equivalent with twelve or any number of arms and through the wheels
of the clock rotating each arm of the spider will move one arm of the small
star wheel, thereby shewing in rotation all parts of the cones with the advertise-
ments or contents thereon, but as by this process the cones will revolve gradually
we have also invented a process of moving them spontaneously to this end we
employ a train of wheels fitted to the ordinary clock, forming or adding, an inde-
pendent attachment, by which the cones are suddenly moved at any arranged time
and for any part of their circumferences. The cones can be moved together or in
rotation thereby changing the order of advertisements at any given time. We also
replace the cones by cylinders, squares or polygonic figures. We also employ for
our purpose electricity as the motive power, and close the circuit by an ordinary
contact disc attached to the clock movement, the closing of the circuit by said disc
attracts the armature of an electro magnet to which is attached a pawl, or click,-
working in a ratchet wheel which works the mechanism that revolves the cones,
squares or polygonic figures. The multiple design clock is constructed on the same
lines and is suitable for elaborate designs and writings, as ornament, for instruction,
entertainment or amusement.
Dated this 10th day of M. 1901
ADOLPH VIELKIND.
DIGBY LANGFORD.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Advertising and Exhibiting.
We, ADOLPH VIELKIND of 69 St. Dunstan's Road, West Kensington, London
in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, and DIGBY LANGFORD of 18 St. Dunstan's
Road, West Kensington London in the County of Middlesex, Clerk, 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 relates to improvements in and connected with advertising and
exhibiting and consists in combining with a clock movement or dial an advertising
or exhibiting mechanism. The means we employ are simple and consists in cutting
out the spaces between the figures or any other portion of the dial or surfaces and
inserting therein cones of any material transparent or otherwise.
These cones are mounted on a spindle pivotted at each end and resting in ordinary
pivot holes.
At one end of the spindle is fixed a small star wheel with four or more

page_text: arms and on the centre wheel of the clock or in any equivalent position is fixed a star
wheel or spider or its equivalent with twelve or any umber of arms and through
the wheels of the clock rotating each arm of the spider will move one arm of the
small star wheel thereby shewing in rotation all parts of the cones with the
advertisements or contents thereon but as by the process the cones will revolve
gradually, we have also invented a process of moving them spontaneously; to this
end we employ a train of wheels fitted to the ordinary clock forming or adding an
independent attachment by which the cones are suddenly moved at any arranged
time and for any part of the circumference.
The cones can be moved together or in rotation thereby changing the order of
advertisements at any given time. We also replace the cones by cylinders, squares,
or polygonic figures. We also employ for our purpose electricity as the motive
power, and close the circuit by ordinary contact disc attached to the clock move-
ment, the closing of the circuit by said disc attracts the armature of an electro-
magnet to which is attached a pawl or click working in a ratchet wheel, which works
the mechanism, that revolves the cones, squares or polygonic figures.
The multiple design clock is constructed on the same lines and is suitable for
elaborate designs as ornament, or instruction, entertainment or amusement.
The better to explain our meaning, reference is made to the accompanying
drawing in which
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Fig. 1 shews a clock face, fitted in accordance with our invention.
Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same.
Figs. 3, 34 and 3B are details of an escapement arrangement.
Figs. 4 & 5 indicate suitable sections for the advertising parts.
Fig. 6 shews an electro magnet attachment.
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Reference to Fig. I will shew that the spaces between the figures (or other equally
eligible spaces may be used) are occupied by cones which contain or form the
advertisement or the equivalent thereof, and as will be seen by reference to Fig. 2
these cones «A are so mounted in suitable bearings or pivots "B" that they are
free to rotate, and thereby shew another advertisement, or change the character of
the existing ones for instance SOAP as shewn in Fig. I may be cach letter of a
different color and upon a half turn or less of the cones the relative colors may be
changed.
These cones are shewn provided with bevel gearing, see Fig. 2, so that the
rotation of wheel "C" turns the whole series of cones and in order to produce a
sudden change this wheel is driven by a separate or supplementary spring, not the
main clock spring (in the direction indicated by arrows X Figs. 2 and 3) through,
or by means of the wheel D, its spindle being for clearness shown broken at K
where the supplementary spring would be directly or indirectly attached.
We now
have the wheel C and consequently the cones also, driven by the said spring; but to
prevent the rapid and continuous motion thereof a catch or part E is attached to the
same spindle as wheel D and in its rotation this catch strikes any conveniently
arranged wheel F forming part of the main clock train.
The rapid rotation of E is obviously arrested until (as it gears in with the said
wheel F) one end of the catch has travelled slowly (that is same rate as wheel E)
on to the releasing position as shown in diagram Fig. 34. After this the part E
flies rapidly around (carrying with it of course the bevel wheel C and cones A) until
the opposite end of the catch strikes the toothed wheel F (see 3") whereby
the rapid notion is once more arrested and the cycle of operations commences
again.
Alternatively therefore going rapidly and slowly, it gives thereby an intermittent
action to the cones, though if preferred a continuous one may be adopted. It will
be noticed that in Fig. 3 the rapid part of the orbit is shown by a dotted arrow
and the slow part by a full arrow.
It is evident the same effect may be got by using a star wheel or spider in place
of the bevel gearing above mentioned, or a single arm acting upon rotating arms on
the cones may be made to successively alter the faces.

page_text: Figs. 4 & 5 shew sections that may be adopted in place of the circular section of
the cones.
Fig. 6 shews how an electro magnet "G" with an armature H and spring "I"
may be caused to turn the wheel when intermittently energised by the current
from a circuit maker in the clock, which may be of the ordinary type as used on a
master clock for controlling a set of electric timekeepers.
It is obvious without departing from the spirit of our invention, we may use cones
of a transparent nature and light them from behind, or we may use cones, or their
equivalent outside the radius, of the time indicating face or they may obviously
vary in number or shape as may be desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
The combination with a time indicating device of a number of pivotted advertising
or displaying cones or their equivalents; caused by the clock driving gear, or by a
supplementary spring and train or actuated electrically, to rotate on their axis at
intermittent prearranged intervals or continuously as may be desired, substantially
as and for the purpose herein described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 16th day of February 1892
A. VIELKIND.
DIGBY LANGFORD.