Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Apr., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 11th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 16th Mar., 1889
I, JAMES ROBERT CASEY of 4 Paul's Bakehouse Court in the City of London
Lithographer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to provide a device consisting of a miniature or toy
panorama by which a succession of views can be displayed and various information be
conveyed to children in an amusing and agreeable manner.
The several views or illustrations are printed preferably in colours upon a web or
length of paper paper-cloth or other suitable material notes as to the views displayed
or as to points of interest in connection therewith being appended to each view.
Each end of the web is attached to a roller mounted to revolve on either side of an
opening in a case or box containing the said rollers which are furnished with means
for rotating them in the proper direction to cause one of them to unroll the web
whilst the other rolls up the said web so that the views and information are
successively displayed before the said opening.
The means for operating the rollers preferably consist of a spindle furnished with
worms one to engage with a worm wheel on each of the aforesaid rollers so that both
the latter are revolved in the same direction. This mechanism is enclosed in the case
but the spindle extends therefrom and is there provided with a handle for turning it.
Views plaus or information may be printed on the front sides or other parts of the
enclosing box. Extending across the opening in the box at which the views are
displayed is a plate over which the web passes so as to keep taut the part between the
rollers.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agents for the said James Robert Casey.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Miniature Panorama or Device for Instructing and Amusing
Children.
I JAMES ROBERT CASEY of 4 Paul's Bakehouse Court in the City of London
Lithographer 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 device consisting of a miniature or toy
panorama by which a succession of views can be displayed and various information be
conveyed to children in an amusing and agreeable manner.
The several views or illustrations are printed (preferably in colours) upon a web
or length of paper paper-cloth or other suitable material; notes as to the views
displayed or as to points of interest in connection therewith being appended to
each view. Each end of the web is attached to a roller mounted to revolve on
either side of an opening in a case or box containing the said rollers which are
furnished with means for rotating them in the proper direction to cause one of them
to unroll the web whilst the other rolls up the said web so that the views and
information are successively displayed before the said opening. The means for
operating the rollers may be of any convenient kind for instance they may consist
of a spindle furnished with worms one to engage with a worm wheel on each of the
aforesaid rollers so that both the latter are revolved in the same direction when the
spindle is turned by a handle on the end of the spindle which projects from the box
or case. Or bevil wheels on the ends of the rollers may be used which engage with
bevil wheels on a shaft provided with a handle for turning it situated outside the
box or case and capable of being moved longitudinally so that the bevil wheel of
either the one or the other of the rollers can be caused to engage with its respective
bevil wheel on the shaft so that when the handle is operated only one of the rollers
is rotated either the one in one direction or the other in the other direction
according to whether the views are to be wound forward or backward or one of the
rollers only may be provided with gear for rotating it by the handle the other being
provided with a spring which is wound up as the views are wound off the roller
and afterwards this spring acts to wind back the views again. Views plans or
information may be printed on the front sides or other parts of the enclosing box
or case. Extending across the opening in the box at which the views are displayed
is a plate or strip or plates or strips over which the web passes so as to keep taut
the part between the rollers.
The accompanying drawing illustrates in perspective in Figure 1, end view in
Figure 2, vertical cross section in Figure 3, back elevation (with back plates removed)
in Figure 4 and horizontal longitudinal section in Figure 5 a device constructed
according to my Invention. A is the box or case and B the rollers or vertical
spindles on which the web of views is wound. a is the opening in the front of the
case at which the views and information are exhibited. The box or case may be

page_text: made of any suitable material for instance of card-board supported by a frame a³
of wood. C is a plate board or cardboard backing (strengthened by strips at c)
over which the views pass and by which they are kept flat as they pass the opening a.
One of the vertical spindles B has the web views coiled thereon and onto the
other of the said spindles the views are wound as they are unwound from the first
spindle. The lower ends of the spindles B have fixed to them bevel wheels d d.
E is a shaft carrying two bevel wheels e e either of which can be caused to engage
with one or the other of the wheels d d by giving the said shaft E a longitudinal
movement in one or the other direction. The position to which the shaft is adjusted
may be maintained by a shoulder fƒ (see Figure 4) bearing on the frame when the
one pair of wheels engage and by a plate g turned down for the end of the shaft to
bear against when the other pair of wheels engage. h is a spring for keeping the
shaft in position. Or the shaft may have circular grooves ii into one or the other
of which a catch j is engaged according to which of the rollers is to be rotated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is,
1. A miniature panorama or device for instructing and amusing children the said
panorama or device consisting of the arrangement or combination of parts sub-
stantially as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. In a panoramo or device of the kind described a web containing views and
information as to them and means for moving the web in one or the other direction
as desired substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 11th day of January 1889.