Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Nov., 1886
Complete Left, 8th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 30th Sept., 1887.
I ALFRED THOMAS ONIONS HAWKINS of No. 109 Bridge Road Toll End Tipton
in the County of Stafford Surveyor do hereby declare the nature of this Invention
to be as follows:-
My invention consists of a van or vehicle to be drawn or propelled by horse or
other power the parts of which are constructed and arranged in the manner herein-
after described. The parts of the said van or vehicle are constructed and arranged
for the purpose of adapting it to the display of advertisements as hereinafter
described.
The body of the van or vehicle is supported and travels on wheels the said
body consisting of an oblong frame work that is of an oblong chamber having
open sides and ends.
As the four vertical sides or sides and ends of the van or vehicle may be employed
for the display of advertisements and as the arrangements for that purpose are the
same at each side and end I will only describe one of the said sides it being under-
stood that the description hereinafter given of one side of the van or vehicle and the
appliances connected therewith is applicable to each of the two sides and two ends of
the van or vehicle.
Within the frame work of the van and near and parallel to the side I place two
rollers one at the top and the other at the bottom of the body of the van. One end of
each of these rollers preferably the end at the front of the van is furnished with a
bevil pinion which pinions gear with bevil pinions on a vertical shaft. The said
rollers are thereby so geared together that a sheet of canvas or other fabric of
considerably greater length than the depth of the side of the van may by the turning
of a winch or handle on the top of the vertical shaft be simultaneously wound upon
one and unwound from off the other roller thus enabling the person in charge of the
van to bring at pleasure different portions of the canvas or fabric to the open side of
the van.
Advertisements either printed upon or attached to different parts of the canvas
may be alternately exposed and withdrawn at any required times by the person in
s the wan

page_text: In order to preserve the flatness of the exposed part of the canvas as well as to
take up any slackness the canvas may pass over rollers immediately behind the
opening in the side of the van. The bearings of one of these rollers being supported
on springs the canvas is maintained in a state of tension.
One of the rollers may be provided with a clutch or other equivalent mechanism
for the purpose of disconnecting it when desirable from the other roller.
Where the advertisements are to be displayed for a long period they may be
painted on the canvas which in this case inay be in several pieces temporarily
connected by hooks and eyes or other like fastenings. Or the fabric may be of net
work and the canvas carrying the advertisement attached by small hooks or otherwise
to the network. When the advertisements are printed bills to be displayed for a
short time they may be attached to the canvas by paste.
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Dated this Twelfth day of November 1886.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.
I ALFRED THOMAS ONIONS HAWKINS of No. 109 Bridge Road, Toll End, Tipton
in the County of Stafford Surveyor do hereby declare the nature of my Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
My invention consists of a van or vehicle to be drawn or propelled by horse or
other power the parts of which are constructed and arranged in the manner hereinafter
described. The parts of the said van or vehicle are constructed and arranged for the
purpose of adapting it to the display of advertisements as bereinafter described.
The body of the van or vehicle is supported and travels on wheels the said body
consisting of an oblong framework, that is, of an oblong chamber having open sides
and ends. As the four vertical sides or sides and ends of the van or vehicle may be.
employed for the display of advertisements and as the arrangements for that purpose
are the same at each side and end I will only describe one of the said sides it being
understood that the description hereinafter given of one side of the van or vehicle
and the appliances connected therewith is applicable to each of the two sides and two
ends of the van or vehicle.
Within the framework of the van and near and parallel to the side I place two
rollers one at the top and the other at the bottom of the body of the van. One end

page_text: of each of these rollers preferably the end at the front of the van is furnished with a
bevil pinion which pinions gear with bevil pinions on a vertical shaft. The said
rollers are thereby so geared together that a sheet of canvas or other fabric of con-
siderably greater length than the depth of the side of the van may by the turning of
a winch or handle on the top of the vertical shaft be simultaneously wound upon one
and unwound from off the other roller, thus enabling the person in charge of the van
to bring at pleasure different portions of the canvas or fabric to the open side of the
Or the rollers may be geared together by chain gearing or other equivalent
Advertisements, either printed upon or attached to different parts of the canvas,
may be alternately exposed and withdrawn at any required times by the person in
charge of the van.
van.
gearing.
In order to preserve the flatness of the exposed part of the canvas as well as to take
up any slackness the canvas may pass over rollers immediately behind the opening in
the side of the van. The bearings of one of these rollers being supported on springs
the canvas is maintained in a state of tension.
One of the rollers may be provided with a clutch or other equivalent mechanism
for the purpose of disconnecting it when desirable from the other roller.
I will now describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings the manner in
which my invention is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in side elevation; Figure 2 in vertical longitudinal section and
Figure 3 in vertical transverse section, an advertising van or vehicle constructed
according to my invention. In the van or vehicle I have exhibited the sides and rear
end only are arranged for the display of advertisements but I wish it to be understood
that both the front and rear ends as well as the sides of the van or vehicle may be
arranged for the display of advertisements.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of the
Drawings.
a is the oblong framework or chamber constituting the body of the van having open
sides b, b and an open rear end c at which open sides and end b, b, c different parts of
the sheets of canvas or fabric on which the advertisements are painted or attached can
be displayed. The body a of the van is supported and travels upon the wheels d d
the said body being drawn or propelled by horse or other power; e e are the sheets of
canvas or fabric situated at the open sides b, b of the van and f the sheet of canvas or
fabric situated at the open rear end of the van. The top longitudinal edge of each
side canvas e passes over the top guide roller g and is connected to the top winding
roller hand the bottom longitudinal edge of each side canvas e passes under the bottom
guide roller and is connected to the bottom winding roller k. At the front end of
the van are driving axes 1,1; m, m which are connected by the driving chains n nand
chain wheels p, p with the axes of the rollers h h and k k. By means of a key or
handle placed upon the square end of the axis the canvas e at either side of the van
can be simultaneously wound upon the roller and unwound from the other roller k
and by means of a key or handle placed upon the square end of the driving axis ma
reverse movement may be given to the canvas, the canvas being in this case wound
upon the roller k and simultaneously unwound from off the other roller h. In this
way, the person in charge of the van seated on the driver's seat q at the front of the
van can at pleasure bring different portions of the canvas or fabric to the open side
of the van so as to expose different advertisements at different times. The flatness of
the exposed part of the canvas sheets e, e is preserved by means of the fixed guide
rods rin front of which the canvas sheet passes.
T,
The canvas carrying advertisements at the open end c of the van passes round
the guide rollers s, s at the top and bottom of the opening c and its longitudinal edges are
attached to the winding rollers t, t. Upon one of the winding rollers the canvas can
be wound and unwound from the other roller by means of the gearing represented in
Figure 2. That is to say, the axis of the upper winding roller t is connected to a lower
axis by means of the chain gearing u and chain wheels x, x³ and the lower winding
roller t' is connected to an upper axis by the chain gearing u and chain wheels y, y³.

page_text: The faces of the chain wheels ² y² are made into bevil wheels with either of which one
or other part of the double bevil wheel on the axis w, at right angles to the
rollers, can be geared. The said axis w is capable of a sliding motion for gearing
one or other part of its bevil wheel v with one or other of the bevil wheels on the
chain wheels, y. The axis w is turned by a key or handle operated by the driver
at the front of the van. In order to wind the end canvas fonto the bottom roller t²
and simultaneously unwind it from the top roller t the axis wis geared with the bevil
wheel on the chain wheel y' as represented in the drawing and in order to wind the
end canvas on to the top roller t and unwind it from the bottom roller t the axis w
is by a sliding motion geared with the bevil wheel on the other chain wheel ³.
Different parts of the end canvas f, carrying advertisements, can thus be displayed at
the end opening c in the body of the van as described with respect to the side sheets
of canvas e,.e.
Fixed boards or canvas z, z may be arranged at the top and bottom of each side of
the body of the van upon which boards or canvas advertisements may be printed or
attached.
Instead of the arrangement of gearing represented the top and bottom winding
rollers at each side or at one or at each end of the van may be geared together by a
vertical shaft and bevil pinions on the shaft and axes of the rollers for the purpose of
winding the canvas on one roller and unwinding it from off the other roller for
displaying different portions of the canvas carrying the advertisements.
Where the advertisements are to be displayed for a long period they may be
painted on the canvas which in this case may be in several pieces temporarily
connected by hooks and eyes or other like fastenings. Or the fabric may be of
network and the canvas carrying the advertisement attached by small hooks or
otherwise to the network. When the advertisements are printed bills to be displayed
for a short time they may be attached to the canvas by paste.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that 1 claim as my
invention.
A new or improved advertizing van or vehicle consisting essentially of an oblong
chamber having open sides and an open end or ends, each open side or end displaying
advertisements which are printed or painted upon or attached to a canvas or other
fabric the edges of which fabric or canvas are connected to a pair of winding rollers
by the rotation of one of which rollers the canvas or fabric can be wound upon one
and unwound from off the other roller substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawings, whereby the person in charge of the van
can at pleasure bring different portions of the canvas or fabric furnished with
advertisements to the open side or end of the van for displaying the same as berein
before described.
Dated this Sixth day of August 1887.