Year: 1898

page_text: FRANCIS BEAUCHAMP, Sunny Side, The Green, South Tottenham, in the County
of Middlesex Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
An improved screen partition or pedestal for public bars or any other place or
places for advertising purposes. For this purpose I provide a frame constructed
of tubing of any, convenient shape said tubing is provided with rollers toothed
bevelled or otherwise. The said rollers come in contact with circular disks for the
purpose of rotating the said disks. The moving disks are provided with a series.
of slips of glass gelatine or paper or any other suitable material for reflecting
the light through or onto the objects advertised thereon. The said rollers work
in several convenient parts of the screen or partition and are connected together
by a peice of gut wire or chain conveniently arranged for the purpose of rotating
the said rollers. On the mandrel of the roller or rollers or circular disks I
provide a conveniently shaped piece of metal for the purpose of coming in con-
tact with any moveable figure that the screen may be provided with
for advertising purposes. The said gut is attached to a train of wheels such as
a clock movement. The said movement is fixed underneath or behind the bar
or in any secluded place out of the way. The said movement can be driven by
spring weight or electricity or any other power for the purpose of rotating the
said movement for advertising purposes.
I sometimes use a globe or globes or any convenient shape divided into sections
or otherwise for the purpose of placing the advertising slips therein. The frame
of the globe is connected to a spindle for transferring the power thereto and is so
arranged that it can remain stationary for two or three seconds or more at
intervals for the public to read the advertisements placed thereon and is illumi-
nated from the centre or otherwise.
The said mechanical device can be applied to the screens now in use, whether
made of wood or metals of any kind.
Dated this 7th day of November 1898.
FRANCIS BEAUCHAMP, Sunny Side, The Green, South Tottenham, in the County
of Middlesex, Engineer, I do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
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page_text: what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:
This invention relates to improved means and devices whereby advertisements
are moved at different intervals on a flat rotating disc preferably of glass for
carrying six smaller glass discs with advertisements placed thereon, driven by
any motor power and in order that this invention may be clearly understood
I will now proceed to describe the same in connection with the accompanying
sheet of drawings, in which Figure 1 illustrates the large glass disk fixed in a
metal frame B1. The pivot CI is fixed to the framework B2 for the glass disc
to work thereon on the periphery of the metal frame carrying the glass disc I
provide teeth which come in contact with an endless chain N, the said chain is
geared into a suitable pinion in a secluded and convenient place, the said pinion
is provided with a spindle, on the said spindle is a ratchet wheel and an arm
to carry the pawl the said arm E works on a cam marked E3, when the cam
revolves it lifts the said arm up the incline in the direction of the dotted lines
then the said arm is pushed down again by a spring E4 in a perpendicular part
of the cam, the other end of the spindle to which the cam is attached is provided
with a pinion F the said pinion is geared into suitable clockwork the said clock-
work is driven by a motor, weight or spring. The six small discs B are all shown
at once and have the advertisement fixed thereon and swing on their pivots C, the
said pivots are fixed to the large rotating glass disc each of the small discs being
provided with a small portion of lead A for the purpose of keeping the said
discs perpendicular to allow the advertisement to be read the small glass discs B
can be set a little out of their centre thus making the discs B eccentrical with
the heaviest part of the small discs at the bottom with this arrangement the lead
weight is not required. The three glass discs shown in Figure 1 below the large
disc are constructed in the same manner as the large disc B1 and revolve on
pivots C2, the said pivots are attached to the frame B2, in the same manner as
the large disc. On the periphery of the three small discs I provide teeth to
come in contact with the chain N any number of discs can be used. B2 is the
wood or metal frame, H is rollers for guiding the chain in any convenient part
of the frame B2. Figure 2 is a modification of Figure 1 showing the large
glass disc fixed in a metal frame B1, and revolves on a pivot C1 in the same
manner as the large glass disc in Figure 1 without the additional discs B, and
has six divisions for advertisements to be placed thereon with only two divisions
showing at one time top and bottom F1 the lower one to be read as it appears
the two sides are covered with part of the frame work B2 the advertisements
being fixed to the large disc, when it rotates it brings the advertisement upside
down at the top aperture, to this aperture I apply a lens magic lantern like such
as shown in Figure 3 to throw the advertisement on to a screen, Figure 7 on
Sheet 2 shows a section of Figure 2 with a lens attached to the top aperture of
the frame B2. F 2 is the front of the lens, M is an ordinary reflector for reflecting
the light onto the advertisement; F1 is the object or advertisement passing
between the light and the lens. N1 is the tooth on the metal frame which carries
the glass disc, the said disc revolves on the centre bolt marked C1 on the other
end of the bolt a nut W is provided for the purpose of holding the reflector M
and the centre bolt rigid. Figure 4 shows a cam E3 with the end of a lever E
going up the incline of the cam E3. The other end of the spindle to which the
cam is attached is provided with a pinion F for the purpose of gearing into
suitable clockwork.
Figure 5 shows an arm with a pawl at the end which is more fully illustrated
in Figure 6, and 8, on Sheet 2, Figure 6 on Sheet 2 shows the arm E with a
pawl E2 attached to the end of the said arm, the said pawl comes in contact with
the links of the chain for the purpose of rotating the disc or discs. The other
end of the arm E is provided with a pivot E1, the said arm E lies on a cam E 3,
when the cam is rotated it lifts the arm up in the direction of the dotted lines

page_text: and the pawl E2, come's in contact with the links of the chain for the purpose
of giving motion to the disc or discs, and the arm E is pushed down again by a
spring E4. N3 is a pawl for holding the wheel and chain in one position, while the
arm E with the pawl E 2, attached is rising up to the dotted lines to take another
length of chain, the pawl N 3 is held in position with a spring N 4, to prevent the
chain and wheel coming back. N2 shows a tooth in gear with the chain. M 1,
is the spindle for the wheel to revolve on, N N shows the ends of the chain broken
away. Figure 8 on Sheet 2 shows the ratchet movement to answer the same
purpose as arm E in Figure 6, the ratchet wheel is fixed on a spindle, the arm E
lies on a cam E3, and the other end of the cam spindle is provided with a
pinion F for the purpose of gearing into any convenient gear for rotating the cam.
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
I claim is
First. The arrangement and combination of parts forming the improved revolv-
ing transparent discs substantially as described and illustrated in Figure 1 and 2
of the accompanying drawings.
Second. In combination of mechanism employed in the construction of the
improved means of advertising substantially as described in the accompanying
drawing's.
Dated thin oth
1000