An Improved Advertising Vehicle.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 12th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 24th Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Advertising Vehicle.
I COURTENAY KINGSFORD, of Hackney Wick, in the County of Middlesex,
Manufacturing Chemist do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an improved advertising vehicle capable of travelling
on ordinary roads and which is provided with a propelling motor preferably an
electric motor arranged on or in the said vehicle.
The most important feature of my said invention consists in the combination
with the vehicle and with the propelling motor of one or more advertisements
arranged in a suitable frame and mounted on a spindle or shaft which is connected
by any suitable gearing to and is driven by the said motor. When the motor is at
work it rotates the said shaft carrying the advertisement or advertisements, and
also propels the car so that when the said car is traversing the street it forms an
attractive apparatus.
I prefer to arrange the driving gear so that the motor may be arranged to propel
the car while the shaft carrying the advertisement is at rest, or it may be arranged
to rotate the said shaft while the car is at rest, or again it may be arranged to
simultaneously propel the car and rotate the shaft.
My said vehicle may be constructed in any convenient or desirable manner.
Dated this 14th day of November 1800
COURTENAY KINGSFORD.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Advertising Vehicle.
I, COURTENAY KINGSFORD of Hackney Wick in the County of Middlesex,
Manufacturing Chemist, 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 an improved advertising vehicle capable of travelling on
ordinary roads and which is provided with a propelling motor, preferably an
electric motor, arranged on or in the said vehicle.
The most important feature of my said invention consists in the combination
with the vehicle and with the propelling motor, of one or more suitable rotary or
movable frames carrying advertisements, each frame being operated by the said
motor, in order that the said advertisements may be changed or displayed in
successive series in a manner calculated to attract public attention.
In order that the nature of my said invention may be clearly understood I will
now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings
wherein
Figure 1 is a side view and
Figure 2 a front end view of an advertising vehicle constructed according to
my invention said vehicle being illustrated as provided with an electric motor for
example, although if desired a steam engine or other motor arranged so as not to
be visible from the outside may be employed.
Similar reference letters indicate corresponding parts in both the views.

page_text: A is the vehicle body, within which are stowed storage batteries or accumu-
lators B, which supply electrical energy to a motor C. The said motor is fitted
with the customary switches and regulating apparatus. D is an endless driving-
chain which passes round sprocket wheels or chain pulleys D' and D² fixed upon a
shaft C¹ and upon the trailing axle of the vehicle respectively.
E is the said trailing axle upon which axle the trailing wheels E' are fixed.
F F are the leading wheels of the vehicle which are free to rotate upon the
leading axle F carried by the fore carriage G. The said fore carriage turns
about a vertical pin attached as is usual to the underside of the vehicle body,
and its turning is controlled by a steering apparatus. The steering apparatus is
constructed and arranged as follows. A hand wheel H fixed on a shaft H' is
geared by bevel wheels I to a vertical shaft J which turns in bearings in a
standard J; the said shaft J is provided at its lower end with a worm K which
gears with a worm wheel L secured to a horizontal cross shaft M which turns in
bearings M³ attached to the vehicle. Upon the opposite ends of the said shaft M
are fixed two chain drums M² M². A chain N is wound upon the said chain drums,
and passes from the underside of the periphery of the drum M' round an arc O
forming part of the fore carriage, and thence to the upper side of the periphery of
the drum M². Suitable guide pulleys N' are provided for guiding and supporting
the chain N.
The said chain grips the arc O and acts to turn the same when the hand wheel H
is rotated.
PP are brake blocks for the trailing wheels E¹. The said brake blocks may be
operated by any convenient means.
QQ are the hexagonal frames upon which advertisements are carried. The
said frames are arranged in two rows as shown in Figure 2 and are protected by a
roof Q. Each frame is mounted upon a vertical spindle Q2 each of the said
spindles being provided at its lower end with a sprocket wheel or chain pulley Q³.
The sprocket wheels or chain pulleys are geared to each other and to a similar
wheel R by a chain R' which passes also round guide pulleys R³. The wheel R
is secured upon a vertical spindle S which is geared by bevel gearing R₁ with a
shaft C2, the said shaft being geared by spur wheels C³ with the armature spindle C
of the motor C as shown in Figure 1. A clutch is provided at s upon the vertical
spindle S for the purpose of connecting and disconnecting the upper portion of
the spindle S which carries the wheel R to and from the lower portion of the
same shaft which is in gear with the motor shaft C. I may also provide
similar clutch c for the purpose of connecting and disconnecting the shaft C₁ to
and from the shaft C² which is in gear with the motor shaft. The said clutches
may be of any suitable type. The mode of working the vehicle is as follows:-
C
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Current from the batteries B is employed to rotate the armature shaft C* of the
motor C. From the said shaft motion is communicated to the vehicle, or to the
rotary frames Q, or to both as may be determined by suitably manipulating
the aforesaid clutches.
For example, let it be desired to communicate motion from the armature shaft C*
of the motor to the rotary frames whilst the vehicle remains stationary. In
such a case the clutch c is operated to disconnect the shaft C' from the shaft C³,
which latter if put into motion by the motor will then drive only the vertical
spindle S and rotate the frames Q by means of the wheel R the chain R2 and the
chain pulleys Q.
Motion of the frames Q is stopped by operating the clutch to disconnect
the upper from the lower portion of the spindle S. As long as the motor is
kept in motion, either the wheel R upon the shaft S, for rotating the frames Q,
or the chain pulley D¹ on the shaft C for driving the vehicle may be rotated or
both the vehicle and the frames may simultaneously receive motion from the
motor if the connecting clutches are suitably operated in the manner described..
The chain puller D when rotated communicates motion to the vehicle by. means

page_text: one chain D which gears with the chain pulley D³, the said pulley D' being
secured to the trailing axle to which the trailing wheels E' are fixed.
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 :-
First. An advertising vehicle fitted with rotary or other movable advertising
frames or screens and propelled by a motor which is carried thereupon and which
motor is applied also to operate the said movable advertising screens.
Second. In an advertising vehicle the provision of movable advertisement frames
or screens arranged to be operated by a motor carried by the said vehicle, substan-
tially as and for the purpose specified.
Third. The advertising vehicle constructed and arranged substantially as herein-
before described with reference to the accompanying drawings and operating as
specified.
Dated this 12th day of September 1891
C. KINGSFORD.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant