Year: 1896

page_text: I, EUGEN SANDOW of 350, Oxford Road, Manchester, Professional Athlete, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object to provide a novel and effective portable
method of advertising.
In carrying out my Invention I construct a frame or screen combined with a
projecting (or magic) lantern which may be easily carried on a man's shoulders,
or in any other convenient way, or it may be mounted on a vehicle of any suitable
kind and propelled in any convenient manner. By means of the lantern I project
upon the screen, advertisements of any desired character. The lantern is pro-
vided with a train of wheels arranged as in clockwork which control and cause to
pass in front of the condenser at desired intervals, an endless transparent film,
upon which may be photographed or printed in any desirable manner the various
advertisements. Or I may so arrange the clockwork as to show moving pictures
along with the advertisements, or as part thereof.
Or I may prefer to arrange the advertisements on transparent plates around a
frame and so place the frame that its proper motion would bring each of the plates
in turn to rest in front of the condenser and so be projected on to the screen.
The light employed may be electric, gas, oil or any other found most suitable.
Dated this 2nd day of December 1896.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Patent Agents.
I, EUGEN SANDOW, of 350, Oxford Road, Manchester, Professional Athlete, 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 has for its object to provide a novel and effective portable
method of advertising.
In carrying out my Invention I construct a frame or screen combined with a
projecting (or magic) lantern which may be easily carried on a man's shoulders,
or in any other convenient way, or it may be mounted on a vehicle of any suitable
kind and propelled in any convenient manner. By means of the lantern I project
upon the screen, advertisements of any desired character. The lantern is pro-
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page_text: vided with a train of wheels arranged as in clockwork which control and cause to
pass in front of the condenser at desired intervals, an endless transparent film,
upon which may be photographed or printed in any desirable manner the various
advertisements. Or I may so arrange the clockwork as to show moving pictures
along with the advertisements, or as part thereof.
Or I may prefer to arrange the advertisements on transparent plates around a
frame and so place the frame that its proper motion would bring each of the plates
in turn to rest in front of the condenser and so be projected on to the screen.
The light employed may be electric, gas, oil or any other found most suitable.
In order that my Invention may be properly understood and readily carried
into effect I have hereunto appended three sheets of Drawings, of which,
Figure 1 is a side view of the apparatus showing the method of carrying and
working same.
Figure 2 is a view of the apparatus from the back.
Figure 3 is a section shewing part of the wheel.
A is the frame supporting the screen, which may be of obscured glass, cloth, or
any other suitable material, and upon which the advertisement is thrown
by the lens E. The advertisement is prepared upon any suitable
transparent medium or plate, which may be coloured or not as desired,
and it is inserted into the slotted frame b (shown more particularly in Figure 3)
and is held in place by the spring d. This frame b is slotted on both sides and
open at top or it may be open at either end and slotted at top and bottom, but it
has no back or front. The circumference of the wheel B is divided into as many
spaces or divisions as may be desired and a similar slotted frame b is placed at
each division and an advertisement placed in each.
When the person carrying the apparatus pulls the cord J which passes over a
pulley P, the lever h being connected to the cord J is pulled forward until it
reaches the check pin i thus bringing another advertisement in front of the con-
densing lens C. The light from the lamp 1) (which may be electric, oil or gas)
being collected by the condenser C, passes through the advertisement in b and is
in turn collected by the projecting lens E and then thrown on to the screen carried
on the frame A. Immediately the cord J is released it is drawn back by means of
the spring O, the lever h being also drawn back leaving the pin R in place for the
next movement of N which turns the wheel B.
G is a supporting frame, which is hollow to allow of the wheel B revolving
around its upper surface upon which stands the lamp D and condensing lens C.
The wheel B is supported only on one side in order that no obstruction may come
between the light and the lens.
The supporting frame K attached to the screen at L and M may be of any suitable
material and rests upon the shoulders as shown.
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:-
The apparatus for portable advertising constructed and operated in the manner
substantially as described and illustrated on the accompanying sheets of Drawings.
Dated this 1st day of October 1897.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Patent Agents.