Improvements in or relating to Travelling Cars or Carriages for Advertisement Purposes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Nov., 1899
Complete Specification Left. 8th Aug., 1909 -Accepted, 27th Oct., 1900
Improvements in or relating to Travelling Cars or Carriages for
Advertisement Purposes.
I, HEINRICH FRIEDRICH WAGNER, of Hanauerlandstrasse 66, Frankfort, in
the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to and consists of an advertising car which differs from
those hitherto known as the advertisements carried by the same, move in
measured intervals.
The movement for this purpose of the advertisements is preferably transferred
from one of the car-axles or a motor may be arranged for this purpose on the
car itself, driven by spring-power or the like. In both cases long bands whereon
the advertisements are printed or attached are caused to travel on rollers. Pre-
ferably a separate band is rolled up and down on each pair of rollers, so that
two bands are moved independently of each other.
On a main shaft driven by means of the car axle or by a motor and extending
along the whole length of the car, a toothed segment is seated at one end, the
teeth of which gear with those of a wheel. This wheel is provided ou its
periphery with teeth of different length of projection arranged in such a man-
ner that a certain number in series of long teeth is followed by a corresponding
number of short ones. The long and the short teeth gear with the segment.
The wheel gears with a ratchet wheel seated on the band roller in such a
manner that only its long teeth gear with the teeth of the ratchet wheel, whilst
the short teeth pass by the latter without any effect. In this manner the rollers
carrying the band receive an intermittent movement. On the other end of the
driving axle a second toothed segment is seated but is so arranged that it only
gears with the ratchet driving wheels of the roller arranged there when the
other segment previously mentioned does not operate the driving wheels of its
rollers. The mechanism on this side for giving the intermittent movement is
effected as described only a further toothed wheel is arranged in the gear which
effects the movement of the toothed wheel so as to cause the band roller to
move in the opposite direction and consequently effects an unwinding of the
previously wound up band. In this manner with a uniform movement of
rotation of the motor in the same direction, the band is moved up and down
before the show windows arranged on the sides of the car. On the other side of
the car a pair of rollers are arranged carrying a second band which by means of
suitable transmission pulleys or chain-wheels is moved in the described manner
by the first pair of rollers.
The arrangement can also be such that there is only one band which is fastened

page_text: with its both ends to the two under or upper rollers whilst the other rollers are
used as guiding rolls.
As mentioned the side-walls of the car are provided with windows or are of
glass behind which the band is moved up and down in a straight line on suit-|
able guiding rollera.
The car can be illuminated inside for night display in which case the adver-
tisements would be transparent or suitable for this purpose.
Dated this 8th day of November 1899.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Travelling Cars or Carriages for
Advertisement Purposes.
1, HEINRICH FRIEDRICH WAGNER, of Hanauerlandstrasse 66, Frankfort, in
the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer, 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 present invention relates to an advertisement car or carriage provided
with advertisement bands moving upwards and downwards and comprises a
device by means of which the alternate rolling and unrolling of the said bands
is effected in the most simple manner. The rollers upon which the bands are
rolled are either driven by the car axle or by a suitable motor. Preferably a
separate band is rolled up and down on each pair of rollers at each side of the
car each band having separate rollers. The novel mechanism is represented in
the annexed drawings, Fig. 1 being a front view thereof, and Figs. 2 and 3 side
views from the left of the driving devices at each side of the car.
On a main shaft a driven by means of the car axle or by a motor and extending
along the whole length of the car a toothed segment is fixed at one end the
teeth of which gear with those of an auxiliary wheel c.
This wheel C is pro-
vided on its periphery with teeth of different lengths arranged in such a manner
that a certain number in series of long teeth is followed by a corresponding
number of short ones. The long and the short teeth gear with the segment.
The toothed wheel also gears with a toothed wheel & fixed on the band
roller in such a manner that only the long teeth of said wheel c gear with the
teeth of the wheel & whilst the short teeth pass the latter without any effect. In
this manner the rollers carrying the band receive an intermittent movement.
On the other end of the driving axle a a second toothed segment is fixed but
is so arranged that it only gears with the gear wheel adjacent thereto when
the segment does not operate the wheel c. The toothed wheel e which is shaped
like the toothed wheel transmits its movement intermittently by means of a
toothed wheelf to the toothed wheel g of the second band roller so that on this
side the movement of the toothed wheel causes the band roller to move in the
opposite direction and consequently effects and unwinding of the previously
wound up band. In this manner with a uniform movement of rotation of the
motor in the same direction the band is alternately moved up and down.
The pairs of rollers at either side of the advertisement car are connected
together by means of suitable transmission arrangements such as cord rollers, band
discs or preferably chain wheels, hi klare guide rollers over which the bands
run.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
1 claim is:
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1) An advertising car with advertisement bands moving intermittently up and
down in which the driving shaft for the said bauds is provided at each end
with a toothed segment or which alternately moves the band rollers iu
different directions by means of gear wheels, in such a manner that one toothed
segment does not gear with the corresponding gear train (e f g) until the
other toothed segment (6) has left its gear train (cd).
2) The form of construction of the device described in Claim 1, in which between
the toothed segment or and the band roller a mutilated gear wheel c or e
is arranged all of the teeth of which gear with the teeth of the segment while
only the long teeth thereof gear with the toothed wheels g for d in order to
produce intermittent movement of the bands for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 8th day of August 1900.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicant,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C.