Year: 1896

page_text: I, MARGARET JOHNSON of 111, Tudor Road, Cardiff, Married Woman do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved advertising car and has for its object to
provide an arrangement which will present the advertisement in an attractive manner.
In carrying out my invention I propose to employ a car, preferably of rectangular
or box shape carried on wheels in any suitable manner, the sides of the car being
employed for advertising purposes. These sides may be divided in any suitable
manner, and the advertisements appear behind a window or opening at the sides and
back, the opening being preferably of sufficient size to admit of the exhibition of a
large poster. The advertisements are arranged to change at regular intervals by
means of clock work or other mechanism placed inside the car causing the advertise-
ment to appear and disappear suddenly. The advertisements are preferably caused to
travel from the opening of the back to the side and so on, but after one complete
round may disappear for a time to allow a larger number of advertisements to be
exhibited.
Instead of employing clock work or other automatic arrangement for changing the
advertisement, the mechanism may be operated by the travel of the car.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.
1, MARGARET JOHNSON of 111, Tudor Road, Cardiff, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an improved advertising car and has for its object to
provide an arrangement which will present the advertisement in an attractive
manner.
In carrying out my invention I propose to employ a car, preferably of rectangular
or box shape carried on wheels in any suitable manner, the sides of the car being
employed for advertising purposes. These sides may be divided in any suitable
manner, and the advertisements appear behind a window or opening at the sides and
back, the opening being preferably of sufficient size to admit of the exhibition of a
large poster. The advertisements are arranged to change at regular intervals by
means of clock work or other mechanism placed inside the car causing the advertise-
ment to appear and disappear suddenly. The advertisements are preferably caused
to travel from the opening of the back to the side and so on, but after one complete
round may disappear for a time to allow a larger number of advertisements to be
exhibited

page_text: Instead of employing clock work or other automatic-arrangement-for-changing the
advertisement, the mechanism may be operated by the travel of the car.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a car
constructed according to my invention, and Fig. 2 is a sectional plan showing the
arrangement of the advertisements.
The car A is as shown provided with the large opening or window B at the side,
and the similar opening B at the end. These openings are placed at both sides and
may be situated also at both ends, or only at the back. The sides are also furnished
with the panels or windows b which may serve merely as ornaments or may also be
used for advertisements. The advertisements are printed or otherwise formed on the
sheet C which extends around the interior of the car, and is connected at the top to
the belt c. At each corner of the car the roller D is placed around which the adver-
tising sheet passes so that on one of these rollers being turned the advertising sheet
is caused to move bringing fresh advertisements before the openings.
To operate the arrangement one of the rollers is revolved by the clockwork
mechanism contained in the case E. This clockwork mechanism is of any ordinary
construction suitable for revolving the roller in the desired manner, the chain or
other connection e being employed to transmit the motion. As above mentioned
instead of clockwork being employed the driving may be done through the motion
of the car or by any other simple and well known device.
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
1 claim is :-
(1.) An improved advertising device consisting of a car having windows or openings
at the sides and at one or both ends and advertisements displayed inside the car and
visible through the windows adapted to be changed at regular intervals by suitable
mechanism substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
(2.) An improved advertising device, consisting of a car having an opening or
window at each side and at the back, and an advertisement sheet within the car
adapted to display the advertisements through the window, and to travel around the
car changing the advertisements displayed, substantially as and for the purposes
specified.
(8.) The improved advertising device consisting of a car with changeable adver-
tisements, constructed substantially as described and shown and for the purposes
specified.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.