IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENTS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Norman Hampton, of Brighton, in the County of
Sussex, for the Invention of " IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING
ADVERTISEMENTS.”
Sealed the 2nd May 1879, and dated the 8th November 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Norman Hampton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th November 1878.
GEORGE NORMAN HAMPTON, of Brighton, in the County of Sussex. * IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENTS.'
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The improvements consist in mounting advertisements on one or more bands or
equivalents therefor, made to roll and be rolled and unrolled from two or more
rollers, which have motion imparted to them and also check action by and from the
progressive motion of the wheels of a vehicle, on which said rolls and bands are
mounted; also in the arrangement of a train of wheels forming a check device for
arresting the motion of the rollers and the consequent display of the advertisements
for any desired and prearranged time, and of a loose pulley or similar device for
throwing the rollers out of gear when from any cause the vehicle is moved back-
wards, and a reversing pulley for reversing the motion of the rollers when desired.
The advertisements and their carrying bands may be made diaphanous and lighted
up, and in some case a clock mechanism may be used to unwind and wind the
rollers and so make the display.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said George Norman Hampton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
8th May 1879.
GEORGE NORMAN. HAMPTON, of Brighton, in the County of Sussex.
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENTS."
"
"IMPROVE-
The improvements consist in mounting advertisements on one or more bands or
equivalents therefor, made to roll and be rolled and unrolled from one, two, or more
rollers, which have motion imparted to them and also check action by and from the
progressive motion of the wheels or axle of a vehicle or steam boat, on which said
rolls and bands and their mechanism are mounted; also in an arrangement of a
train of wheels or gearing forming a check device for arresting the motion of the rollers
and the consequent display of the advertisements for any desired and prearranged
time, and of a clutch or similar device for throwing the rollers out of gear when
from any cause the vehicle or boat is moved backwards, and a reversing pulley for
reversing the motion of the rollers when desired, together with one or more rollers
or equivalents for keeping taut the movable advertisements. The advertisements
and their carrying bands may be made of canvas or other convenient material, and
if desired diaphanous and lighted up. In some cases a clock mechanism may be
used to actuate the rollers, and so make the display, instead of wheels or axles of
vehicles or steam boats, and in this case the apparatus may be placed on any moving
body, or be a fixture. The accompanying Drawings of about one and a half inches
to the foot will serve to illustrate in a practical manner a mode of performing the
Invention, being its application to a cart or van. In all the Figures like letters indi-
cate like parts. Figure 1 is a longitudinal section taken on line A, B, Figure 3, with
part of machinery removed; Figure 2 is a cross section taken on line C, D, Figure 3;
and Figure 3 is a sectional plan taken on line E, F, Figure 2. A are rollers for
moving the advertisement canvas; B, subsidiary rollers for keeping said canvas
taut; C, hind axle of van; D, spur wheel with teeth omitted from part of periphery,
so that for part of a revolution it is not engaged with its pinion wheel, and there-
fore does not actuate the rollers carring and moving the advertisements; E, clutch
for throwing machinery out of gear connected by rods F to a handle accessible to
the driver. It is obvious that by slight modification of gearing the apparatus can
be actuated from any convenient part of the engine of a steam boat, or can be made
a fixture and be actuated by clock, water, or wind mechanisms; also that matters
of detail and shapes may be varried without departing from the nature of my
Invention, as above described, and I would merely remark that the various parts
may be made wholly of metal, or of metal and wood combined, and that the adver-
tisement canvas is not shewn in the Drawing in order to prevent confusion of the
details, but said canvas is intended to be placed over the rollers A, and kept taut
by the rollers B passing against said canvas.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Norman Hampton, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Seventh day of May, A.D. 1879.
GEORGE NORMAN HAMPTON. (L.S.)