Improvements in or connected with Tables for Advertising Purposes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Tables for Advertising
Purposes.
I, BLANCHE BELL, of 6, Linden Terrace, Whitley, in the County of Northumber-
land, Dame, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to tables for advertising purposes to be placed for use in
restaurants, cafes and such like places of public resort.
Hitherto tables used for advertising purposes in such places have had the
advertisements printed or otherwise immovably depicted on their surface the said
surface being sometimes protected by a glass covering. In such cases the atten-
tion of the persons sitting at the said table is only attracted to that or those
advertisements which happen to be on the adjacent part of the table.
It is the object of my invention to overcome this defect and provide an
advertising table adapted to contain and display a number of advertisements
the whole of which may be brought to a position adapted to attract the attention
of one or more persons sitting at the table, and to this end I provide the table
with one or more fixed and one or more movable surfaces one or more of which
surfaces are adapted to carry advertisements and be rotated or moved in such
manner that the said advertisements register with and are displayed through
apertures in the other surface or surfaces of the table.
In such an arrangement where the advertisements are to be displayed upon
the horizontal surface of the table, the upper surface is formed of a disc or plate
of plate glass having a bevelled or otherwise ornamented edge and beneath this
plate I dispose another of opal glass, metal, wood, card or other suitable material
having apertures in its surface arranged radially and circumferentially or other-
wise suitably the other parts being ornamented as desired. Beneath the apertured
surface or plate I arrange another plate or plates, of disc or annular form one
or each of which is adapted to be intermittently or continuously rotated or moved
by clockwork or equivalent mechanism and has advertisements or pictures dis-
played upon it or their surfaces each such advertisement or picture being adapted
to register in rotation with the apertures in the opaque plate referred to. Where
two or more discs or annular plates are employed they may be arranged to revolve
or move in different directions.
It will be obvious that instead of the apertured disc referred to I may silver
or otherwise render opaque the back of the glass top leaving the apertures at the
desired parts.
The revolving advertisement carrying discs or rings are or may be arranged to
be readily interchangeable and may be adapted to rest upon and be rotated by
a suitably arranged clockwork driven revolving disc or carriage and for securing
easy running antifriction rollers are or may be provided at the outer edge or
other suitable parts and instead of or in conjunction with the discs or rings I may
equivalently employ travelling bands carrying the advertisements and winding
from one reel onto another and passing under and registering with the said

page_text: aperture or apertures and I thereby secure a larger variation of the advertisements
without changing the discs or plates.
The operating clockwork mechanism may be disposed centrally and adapted
to operate a clock whose face appears above or upon the table surface for the
inspection of the sitters thereat.
From the above description it will be seen that several or a large number of
advertisements may be placed upon one table and by reason of the moving of the
same from one side of the table to the other either diametrically or circum-
ferentially, each advertisement has the advantage of bein brought to the direct
notice of all persons seated thereat instead of to only one as in the tables at
present in use and at the same time the movement of the advertisements will
attract the attention of sitters who would in ordinary cases be indifferent to the
fixed advertisements.
To render the tables more attractive and available for darkened positions I
may form the movable and fixed surfaces of the table of transparent material or
only those parts carrying the advertisements may be so formed, and the interior
of the table may be lighted by gas, electric or other light so that the table or
advertisements thereon may be illuminated, or for the same purpose luminous
paint may be employed.
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Improvements in or connected with Tables for Advertising
Purposes.
I, BLANCHE BELL, of 6, Linden Terrace, Whitley, in the County of Northumber-
land, Dame, 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 tables for advertising purposes to be placed for use in
restaurants, cafes and such like places of public resort.
Hitherto tables used for advertising purposes in such places have had the
advertisements printed or othewise immovably depicted on their surface, the said
surface being sometimes protected by a glass covering. In such cases the atten-
tion of the persons sitting at the said table is only attracted to that or those
advertisements which happen to be on the adjacent part of the table.
It is the object of my invention to overcome this defect and provide an
advertising table adapted to contain and display a number of advertisements
the whole of which may be brought to a position adapted to attract the attention
of one or more persons sitting at the table, and to this end I provide the table
with one or more fixed and one or more movable surfaces one or more of which
surfaces are adapted to carry advertisements and be rotated or moved in such
manner that the said advertisements register with and are displayed through
apertures in the other surface or surfaces of the table.
In further describing my invention I will refer to the accompanying drawings
in which Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively a plan with part of table top removed and
a sectional elevation of one form of my advertising table. Figs. 3 and 4 are
sectional and side elevations of a modified arrangement, Figs. 5 and 6 are part
sectional plan and sectional elevation of a rectangular table and Fig. 7 shows
another modified construction. Fig 8 is a detail.

page_text: Referring to Figs. 1 and 2. A is the table adapted to receive the advertisement
displaying mechanism, its top a is of marble or other suitable material in
which are formed a suitable number of apertures having glass or transparent
covers suitably secured therein as at a¹. Beneath the top a is arranged a hori-
zontal disc or wheel B adapted to be rotated intermittently at suitable periods by
clockwork or equivalent mechanism of suitable and usual form, arranged centrally
as shown at D or otherwise conveniently. Printed or otherwise depicted upon the
surface of the disc B or on an annular ring b carried by the disc B and moving
in the path of the apertures a¹ a¹ are the advertisements . The raised rings b
are used when the top is of marble or other necessarily thick material so as to
bring the advertisements nearer to the surface of the apertures and in this case
an annular depression or channel a³ is cut or otherwise formed on the underside
of the top a to receive and allow movement of the ring b. The advertisement
carrying rings are raised as described or arranged to rest directly upon the car-
riage B and are or may be detachably secured thereto by projections on the one
engaging anertures on the other so that the rings may be readily changed when
required. Suitably arranged antifriction rollers may be provided for the moving
dises where required, some are shown at k in the several figures.
In Figs. 2 and 3 two moving advertisement carrying surfaces b and c are shown
the one showing the advertisements through the top as before and the one c
showing through anertures c¹ in the side a of the table A, the ring c is inclined
as shown or vertical according to the shape of the table and it is or may be carried
by the disc B or by a separate and independently moving disc or wheel C also
operated by the clockwork D and driven in the same or opposite direction to the
disc B.
Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate a rectangular table A¹ in which the advertisements are
carried by travelling bands e passing over and travelled by rollers or drums e¹,
the latter are rotated at suitable intervals or continuously by shaft S through
clockwork arranged in convenient position as at D¹, separate bands are used for
each side of the table as shown or they may be carried round continuously by
the use of intermediate rollers ea arranged at the corners as shown in Fig. 8. In
such an arrangement the power is communicated to the band through rollers e
or by friction rollers arranged as at e³ or otherwise conveniently.
shows a construction wherein a plate glass top a is used with an apertured opaque
Fig. 7
disc or silvered back f ornamented or used for advertising purposes as desired and
disposed between the top a and the movable surface B carrying the advertise-
ments. In this figure I have also shown how the table may be rendered more
attractive and available for darkened positions by making the advertisement
carrving parts b of transparent material the disc B being also so made or provided
with apertures 63 to receive the transparent advertisement carrying plate
or rings b ог the whole of the upper surfaces of the table may be
semi transparent if required. Electric lamps g
means are provided within the table top SO that the latter
advertisements thereon mav be illuminated. I
employ luminous paint in depicting the advertisements.
transnarent or
suitable
or
or other
some
may in
cases
I have not shown any particular arrangement of clockwork mechanism as such
is well known and readily adapted. The clockwork is or may be employed to
operate a clock whose face appears above or in the table surface as at f for in-
spection of the sitters thereat.
From the above description it will be seen that several or a large number of
advertisements may be placed upon one table and by reason of the moving of the
same from one side of the table to the other either diametrically or circum-
ferentially, each advertisement has the advantage of being brought to the direct
notice of all persons seated thereat instead of to only one as in the tables at
present in use and at the same time the movement of the advertisements will
attract the attention of sitters who would in ordinary cases be indifferent to the
fixed advertisements.

page_text: 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 :-
1. In advertising tables the use in combination of one or more fixed and one
or more movable surfaces one or more of which surfaces are adapted to carry
advertisements and be rotated or moved by clockwork or equivalent mechanism
and in such manner that the said advertisements register with and are displayed
through apertures in the other surface or surfaces of the table substantially as
herein set forth.
2. The improvements in advertising tables comprising the combination of a
table top a with glass covered apertures a¹ and an intermittently or continuously
operated clockwork driven disc B carrying advertisements upon its surface or
surfaces so as to display same through the apertures a¹ in the top a substantially
in the manner set forth.
3. The improvements in advertising tables comprising a table with top a and
side a of suitable material and having apertures such as a¹ and c¹ in their respec-
tive surfaces, annular rings or discs b and c forming part of or mounted upon a
disc or carriage B or C. The clockwork mechanism Dadapted to drive the disc B
or the discs B and C so as to move the advertisement carrying surfaces b or c
intermittently or continuously and together or independently of one another in
the same or reverse directions so as to display the advertisements through the
apertures a and c substantially as set forth.
4. The improvements in advertising tables comprising the combination with
the top of a table of apertures or a glass covered apertured surface a¹ and travelling
bands such as e e carrying advertisements on their surface and arranged as
described or otherwise suitably, and suitably arranged clockwork or equivalent
mechanism adapted to operate and travel or move the said bands intermittently
or continuously so as to display the said advertisements through the apertures a¹
in the top a or other part of the table substantially in the manner and for the
purposes set forth.
5. The combination of parts comprising the improved advertising table con-
structed, arranged and adapted to operate substantially in the manner and for
the purposes herein set forth and with reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompany-
ing drawings.
6. The combination of parts comprising the improved advertising table con-
structed, arranged and adapted to operate substantially in the manner and for
the purposes herein set forth and with reference to Figs. 3 and 4 of the accom-
panying drawings.
7. The combination of parts comprising the improved advertising tables con-
structed, arranged and adapted to operate substantially in the manner and for
the purposes herein set forth and with reference to Figs. 5 and 6, subject to the
modification shown in Fig. of the accompanying drawings.
8. The combination of parts comprising the improved advertising table con-
structed, arranged and adapted for use and operation substantially in the manner
and for the purposes herein set forth and with reference to Fig. 7 of the accom-
panying drawings.
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