Year: 1897

page_text: I, ILDEGONSO YANEZ Y FERRERA of Jerez de la Frontera in the Kingdom of
Spain, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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My invention relates to a combined clock and apparatus for exhibiting adver-
tisements.
In carrying out my invention I employ a rectangular case in the axis of
which are two vertical shafts to the lower of which shafts a rotary motion is
imparted by means of a weight or spring and suitable gearing such motion being
communicated to the upper shaft by suitable intermediate gearing so that the
speed of the upper shaft shall be, for example, one twelfth that of the lower shaft.
On the said shafts I mount frames carrying vertical rods forming the axes of
triangular prisms on the sides of which are advertisements and figures.
The figures on the lower prisms represent minutes and those on the upper
prisms represent hours and openings are provided in the outer case through which
such advertisements and figures can be exhibited.
Beneath the case of the apparatus I arrange a cylinder adapted to be rotated
horizontally on a shaft by means of a weight or spring and suitable gearing. The
said cylinder is divided into a number of compartments by radial partitions, such
compartments communicating with one another by holes in the partitions so that
when water is placed in the cylinder its centre of gravity under the influence of
the weight or spring will be constantly changing and it will retard the rotation
of the cylinder. The time occupied in one rotation of the cylinder can obviously
be varied or regulated by varying the quantity of the liquid and the size or num-
bor of the holes. On the periphery of the cylinder I provide a number of teeth
or projections adapted to actuate an escapement lever working over downward
extensions of the axes of the lower set of prisms so that the latter may be stopped
in the proper positions opposite the openings in the case of the apparatus to ex-
hibit the advertisements and the figures denoting the time. Suitable means aro
provided for causing the prisms to turn on their axes as they are carried round
on their frames so as to successively change the sides presented to view.
In practice I find it advantageous to so arrange the apparatus that alternate
prisms are presented to view at each change or display and to arrange the figures
denoting the hours and minutes in such a manner that all the exposed prisms
indicate the same time.

page_text: I, ILDEFONSO YANEZ Y FERRERA of Jerez de la Frontera in the Kingdom of
Spain, 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 a combined clock and apparatus for exhibiting adver-
tisements.
In carrying out my invention I employ a rectangular case in the axis of which
are two vertical shafts to the lower of which shafts a rotary motion is imparted
by means of a weight or spring and suitable gearing such motion being com-
municated to the upper shaft by suitable intermediate gearing so that the speed
of the upper shaft shull be, for example, one twelfth that of the lower shaft.
On the said shafts I mount frames carrying vertical rods forming the axes of
triangular prisms on the sides of which are advertisements and figures.
The figures on the lower prisms represent minutes and those on the upper
prisms represent hours and openings are provided in the outer case through which
such advertisements and figures can be exhibited.
In the lower part of the case of the apparatus I arrange a cylinder adapted to
be rotated horizontally on a shaft by means of a weight or spring and suitable
gearing. The said cylinder is divided into a number of compartments by
radial partitions, such compartments communicating with one another by holes
in the partitions
centro cf gravity under the influence of the weight or spring will
be constantly changing and it will retard the rotation of the cylinder. The
time occupied in one rotation of the cylinder can obviously be varied or regulated
by varying the quantity of the liquid and the size or number of the holes. Ou
the periphery of the cylinder I provide a number of teeth or projectious adapted
to actuate an escapement lever working over downward extensions of the axes of
the lower set of prisms so that the latter may be stopped in the proper positions
opposite the openings in the case of the apparatus to exhibit the advertisements
and the figures denoting the time. Suitable means are provided for causing
the prisons to turn on their axes as they are carried round on their frames so as to
successively change the sides presented to view.
80 that when water is placed in the cylinder its
In practice I find it advantageous to so arrange the apparatus that alternate
prisms are presented to view at each change or display and to arrange the figures
denoting the hours and minutes in such a manner that all the exposed prisms
indicate the same time.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how it can be
carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is an elevation of a combined clock and advertising apparatus con-
structed according to my invention and shewn mounted on a pillar or column:
Figure 2 is a central vertical section of the apparatus :
Figure 3 is a horizontal section on the line AB Figure 2:
Figure 4 is a horizontal section of one of the triangular prisms:
Figure 5 is a sectional elevation of the same the section being on the line 5--5
Figure 4:
Figure 6 is an end elevation of part of the regulating and retarding water
cylinder; and,
Figures 7 to 11 are diagrammatic views hereinafter described.
a is the case of the apparatus and b, c are the two vertical shafts in the axis of

page_text: the said case; d is the weight for imparting a rotary motion to the lower shaft b,
the weight being for this purpose, suspended by a cord e wound around a drum f
fixed on a shaft y mounted in bearings in uprights hh in the lower part of the
case a; a toothed wheel i being also fixed to the shaft g and gearing with a
pinion on a shaft which also carries a bevel wheel gearing with a bevel
pinion mou the vertical shaft b. On the upper end of the shaft is a toothed
wheel n, gearing with a wheel o on the lower end of a short independent vertical
shaft carrying at its upper end a toothed wheel y gearing with a wheel r on
the lower end of the shaft c. The proportions of the gear wheels n, o, y, r, are
such that the speed of the upper shaft is one twelfth that of the lower shaft b,
that is to say, the proportion of the wheels and are as eight to twelve; the
wheel q has one tooth or finger and the wheel r eight teeth.
f
s, s are the frames mounted on the shafts b, c and't, t are the vertical rods carried
by the frames and forming the axes of the triangular prisms u, a eight in
number on the sides of which are advertisements and figures, the figures on the
upper prisms denoting hours and those on the lower prismus denoting minutes,
openings a, a being provided in the outer case through which such advertise-
ments and figures can be exhibited respectively as shown in Figure 1 and as
hereinafter more fully explained.
el
is the cylinder fixed on a shaft w mounted in the uprights h', in the lower part
of the case a and rotated by means of the weight suspended by a cord y wound
around a drum fixed on a shaft a revolving in the uprights h, h and currying
a toothed wheel b gearing with a pinion on the shaft to of the cylinder r divided
into a number of compartments by radial partitious d' as shown in Figure 6; e',
indicating the holes in the partitions through which the compartments com-
municate with one another and through which the water runs from one
compartment to the others as the cylinder v is revolved under the netion of the
weight, so as to retard the rotation of the cylinder, the quantity or weight of
water placed therein and the number of holes el being according to the speed at
which the clock and advertising apparatus are to act. ff are the teeth or
projections on the periphery of a disc g' fixed on the end of the cylinder r, and i, j¹
indicate the escapement lever pivoted at to the case a. The arm of the lever
is acted upon by the teeth and by a spring which presses on its outer side and
forces it into a given position determined by a stop on the other side, whilst the
end of the other arm is provided with two upwardly projecting escapement
fingers, m' which meet downward extensions of the lower prism shafts & as
the lower frames of the prisms a revolves. By this arrangement the escapement
lever arrests the motion of the prisms for a given time, the extension a¹ of u
prism being caught by the escapement finger m' as shown in Figure 3 until the
tooth has moved the arm i when the said extension passes onto and is retained
by the finger until the arm is released from the tooth f' when the extension
is released by the finger and the extension a¹ of the next prism shaft is caught
by the finger m' and so on.
The presentation of the faces of the prisms u, u¹ in proper position opposite the
openings in the case is ensured by the bars o against which slide the upward
extensions of the rods forming the supporting frames of the prisms as the
latter are moved round by the carriers 8, s. The prisms are turned a third
recess
of a revolution on their uxes t, t in order to bring a fresh face to
view through the openings in the case at each presentation by means
of curved bars, ut each of the angles of the case a, a space or
being left between the adjacent ends of tho said bars,
a stop being provided at this point. As the prisms approach the angles of the
case one of the extensions p' slides along the curved bar until it arrives at the
space or recess where it strikes the stop ¹ which causes the prism to turn on
its axis, each prism being thus caused to make a complete revolution in six
poriods or intervals and therefore present its three sides at six successive openings
ju the case (.
Each face of a prism bears two figures but each of the four sides

page_text: of the case allows of only one figure at the upper part and one at the lower
part being exhibited at a time as illustrated in Figure 1; four of the eight
prisins of the top set bear the odd numbers 1, 5, 7, 9, 11 and the other four the
even numbers, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, four of the eight prisms of the bottom set bear
the Figures 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and the other four the Figures 5, 15, 25,
35, 45, 65, the said figures being placed in the order shewn by the diagrams
Figures 7, 8, 9 and 10 and the openings through which the figures are exhib-
ited are placed alternately at the right and heft hand sides above the advertisements.
To enable this arrangement of the figures and the way the prisms move in order
to indicate the time, to be fully understood I will refer to the diagram Figure 11
in which I have marked the four sides of the apparatus with the letters denoting
the four points of the compass. Suppose the openings to be at the right hand
of the N and S sides and at the left hand of the W and E sides, four of the
upper set of prisms exhibiting the Figure 1 (1 o'clock) through the said openings
and the other four prisms of this set occupying the angles of the case.
prism carriers revolve in the direction of the arrow the prisms occupying the
angles of the case will move into position to exhibit the Figure 2 (2 o'clock)
through the said openings and the first named prisms will occupy the angles
of the case and will then move into position to exhibit the Figuro 3 (3 o'clock)
and so on.
The lower prisms exhibit their figures in similar alternate rotation.
The apparatus would be regulated so that the lower prisms would change their
positions at intervals of 5 minutes, whilst the upper prisms would change theirs
every hour, thus indicating the time as well as periodically changing the
advertisements.
As the
At night the apparatus can be illuminated by electric, gas or other light.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
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1. In a combined clock and advertising apparatus the described arrangement of
prisms mounted in revolving frames or carriers and bearing the advertisements
and figures denoting the time and caused to rotate upon their axes by suitablo
mechanism such as that described, substantially as set forth and illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
2. In a combined clock and advertising apparatus the regulating and retarding
cylinder in combination with mechanism for imparting motion to the advertise-
ment and figure carriers, substantially as herein before described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
3. In a combined clock and advertising apparatus the combination with the
prisms, prism carriers, and mechanism for imparting motion thereto of the escapo-
iment lever working in conjunction with the cylinder r, substantially as, and for the
purpose, hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
4. The combined clock and advertising apparatus hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
13th: 771L
A 1907
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, Loudon, Agents for the Applicant.