EP1384222A1 - Support publicitaire permanent et dispositif d'affichage du support - Google Patents

Support publicitaire permanent et dispositif d'affichage du support

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EP1384222A1
EP1384222A1 EP02721136A EP02721136A EP1384222A1 EP 1384222 A1 EP1384222 A1 EP 1384222A1 EP 02721136 A EP02721136 A EP 02721136A EP 02721136 A EP02721136 A EP 02721136A EP 1384222 A1 EP1384222 A1 EP 1384222A1
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roller
advertising medium
adjustable track
length
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Lee M. Peterson
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F11/00—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the complete information is permanently attached to a movable support which brings it to the display position
    • G09F11/12—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the complete information is permanently attached to a movable support which brings it to the display position the display elements being carried by endless belts, chains, or the like

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  • the present invention relates to advertising media and media display devices for displaying images, such as advertisements and promotional materials, printed and displayed on such media; more specifically to continuous advertising media and continuous advertising medium display devices having rollers upon which a continuous advertising medium turns so as to enable periodic or continuous change of the images displayed.
  • the rollers are adjustable to allow the advertising medium to be easily removed from the rollers and changed so that a different advertising medium having different images, preferably advertisements, can be placed in the respective display device.
  • the continuous advertising medium is preferably made of materials through which light may pass and the continuous advertising medium display device preferably includes a light source positioned to backlight a single thickness of the continuous advertising medium.
  • Translucent graphic images in backlit signs are commonly used as a means of displaying menu selections in restaurants.
  • the signs used for menu items at fast- food restaurants do not have sufficient space to advertise all of the special menu items and combinations offered at a restaurant at any given time. These tend to be stationary signs that do not change.
  • the effort needed to change out the signage makes it somewhat prohibitive to change the signage on a regular basis.
  • Use of this limited menu display space could be maximized if the signage could be changed between meal periods to display a different set of menu selections at different meal times. But it will be appreciated that this would require a system that would allow the signage to be easily changed.
  • Other signs that allow individual menu items to be easily changed such as that disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,367,604, to Porter et al., allow for only a limited number of menu selections.
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,016,371 to Aiken discloses a scrolling sign. These signs do not easily provide for changing of the advertisements or the introduction and deletion of selected menu items in the case of scrolling restaurant menus, and they tend to be expensive and bulky.
  • the present invention relates generally to a continuous advertising medium display device or apparatus for presenting changeable signage, and more particularly concerns a device that displays a continuous advertising medium similar to the endless film or sheet described above, however, the signage on the continuous medium can be installed or changed out inexpensively and efficiently by the owner or the owner's employees. No special training is required and it only requires the attention of the owner or the employee for a short period of time. It provides a convenient method for changing the information that is displayed on the continuous medium whenever change is desired, and it permits particular arrays of information displayed in the display device to change continually or to be selected for display or for concealment at any given time.
  • the present advertising display device includes a tracking apparatus preferably providing an adjustable track for engagement of the continuous advertising medium, the tracking apparatus including a frame operatively connected with first and second rollers defining opposite ends of the adjustable track; the adjustable track having an operative configuration, a non-operative configuration and an adjustable track length; the adjustable track length being the distance between the most distal point on each of the respective rollers.
  • One of the first and second rollers is a drive roller that provides a motive force that rotates the continuous advertising medium about the adjustable track when the continuous advertising medium is engaged with the adjustable track and it is in the operative configuration.
  • one of the first and second rollers is a tension roller that is adjustably connected to the frame, wherein the tension roller has first and second positions with respect to the frame and the tension roller can be adjusted so that it is in either of the first and second positions.
  • the adjustable track is in the operative configuration when the tension roller in the first position and it is in the non-operative configuration when the tension roller is in the second position; wherein the adjustable track length has a first length when the tension roller in the first position and a second length when the tension roller is in the second position and the first length is greater that the second length.
  • the tracking apparatus also includes at least one light source preferably attached to the frame and positioned such that it is positioned between the first and second rollers and positioned in a manner in which the continuous advertising medium rotates around the light source when the continuous advertising medium is engaged with adjustable track, wherein light transmitted from the at least one light source backlights at least one of the series of adjacent advertising displays without passing through more than one thickness of the continuous advertising medium.
  • the continuous advertising medium is preferably made of materials through which light can pass and the continuous advertising medium display device preferably includes a light source positioned to backlight a single thickness of the continuous advertising medium.
  • the advertising display device includes a housing and the tracking apparatus is pivotally interconnected with the housing.
  • the housing has an enclosure body and an enclosure door and the enclosure door is pivotally interconnected with the enclosure body such that the enclosure door can pivot open so as to permit easy access to the pivotally attached tracking apparatus so that the housing provides an enclosure which can be easily opened by opening the pivotal enclosure door to permit access to the tracking apparatus.
  • the frame has a front and a back, the front being closer to a display opening in the enclosure door than the back when the enclosure door is closed and the light source is positioned such that it is more removed from the front of the frame than from the back and the distance from the light source to the continuous advertising medium most proximate the enclosure door is greater than the distance from the light source to a portion of the continuous advertising medium most proximate the back of the frame.
  • the display device includes a sensor that senses movement and the drive roller has a drive actuator that causes the drive roller to provide motive force to rotate the continuous advertising medium about the adjustable track when the sensor senses motion.
  • the display device includes a sensor that senses a predetermined event, the drive roller has a drive actuator that causes the drive roller to provide motive force to rotate the continuous advertising medium about the adjustable track when the sensor senses the predetermined event.
  • the advertising display device is a vending machine, a wall mounted display device and/or a free-standing pedestal display device. It is an object of the present invention to provide an advertising display device for displaying a continuous advertising medium, which moves when predetermined events occur; one which is well lit from behind the preferably translucent continuous advertising medium in a manner in which the light is well diffused and yet bright enough to provide a bright eye- catching advertising display.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a continuous advertising medium display device or apparatus that offers an easily changeable continuous medium, but which generally fits into the space provided by existing back-lit sign frames.
  • a further object is to provide a continuous advertising medium display device or apparatus that can be fitted into an existing vertical or tilted sign frame designed for use with or in place of signs that do not move or change.
  • Yet another object is to provide a continuous advertising medium display device or apparatus that is relatively light-weight and inexpensive, with a minimum of parts for easy manufacture, installation and maintenance, yet is attractive and reliable.
  • Figure 1 is a prospective view of a vending machine, which is a preferred embodiment of the continuous advertising medium display device 4 of the present invention, the preferred display device showing the continuous advertising medium 8 and elements of the electronic controls schematically in phantom;
  • Figure 2 is a prospective view of the preferred display device 4 shown in Figure 1, but showing the display device in an open configuration;
  • Figure 3 is a prospective view of the preferred display device 4 shown in Figure 1, but showing the display device in an open configuration and a tracking apparatus 10 engaged with a continuous advertising medium 8 pivoted away from an open enclosure door;
  • Figure 4A is a prospective view similar to that shown in Figure 3, except that the continuous advertising medium 8 is shown in phantom so that the various parts of the tracking apparatus 10 can be seen;
  • Figure 4B is a prospective view similar to Figure 4A except that a lever 22 which actuates tension cylinders 30 engaged with a tension roller 16 is actuated so that the tension roller is in a non-operative position, the distance between the two rollers is less than the distance between the respective rollers when the tension roller is in an operative position and the continuous advertising medium 8 can be easily removed and re-engaged as is indicated by the arrows on the illustration of the continuous advertising medium A which is shown disengaged from the tracking apparatus 10 and shown in phantom;
  • Figure 5 is an enlarged view from the line 5-5 of Figure 3 showing a hinge 26, which connects the tracking apparatus 10 to the door of the preferred display device 4;
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic representation of the electronic control system for the tracking apparatus 10.
  • Figures 7A-7C are partially broken away, enlarged prospective views similar to those shown in Figure 3 showing a similar portion of the tracking apparatus 10 and the tension roller 16 and a portion of the spring bias tension cylinder in phantom in a series of staged illustrations showing the lever 22 moving the tension roller 16 from an engaged and operative position shown in Figure 7 A, through an intermediate position, shown in Figure 7B, to an unengaged, non-operative position shown in Figure 7C where the lever draws the tension roller 10 into the non-operative position;
  • Figure 8 is a prospective view of an alternate continuous advertising medium display device 4' consistent with that shown in Figure 8 but showing the tension roller 16' and the tracking apparatus in a non-operative configuration and the continuous advertising medium disengaged from the adjustable track and partially broken away to show elements of the electronic control system for the tracking apparatus 10';
  • Figure 9 is a prospective view similar to that shown in Figure 8, but showing a further alternate embodiment of the continuous advertising medium display device 4" similar to that shown in Figure 8 but having the tension roller relocated to the lower part of the tracking apparatus 10
  • Figure 11 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment similar to the alternate display device 4"" shown in Figures 8-9, but having new improvements and refinements which are preferred over related features of the embodiment shown in Figures 8-9;
  • FIG 12 is a perspective view of the tracking apparatus 10"" removed from the enclosure 6"" in Figure 11;
  • Figure 13 is a further perspective view of the preferred tracking apparatus
  • Figure 14 is an expanded view of the detail partially encircled by dashed arcuate line 14-14 of Figure 13;
  • Figure 15 is an expanded view of the detail partially encircled by dashed arcuate line 15-15 of Figure 13;
  • Figure 16 is a partial perspective view of the reverse side of the alternate embodiment of the display device 4"" shown in Figure 11, except that the enclosure 6"" is partially broken away to show only the enclosure door 24"" and a portion of the enclosure body 23"" to which the door 24"" is hinged, so that a photo sensor 86 attached to the back of the tracking apparatus 10"" is shown;
  • Figure 17 is a is a plan view of sheet material 92 on which advertising or other information or images is printed prior to joining the sheet material together to form a continuous advertising medium which can engage the tracking apparatus within the display device of the present invention
  • Figure 18 is a perspective view of a preferred continuous advertising medium 91a of the present invention in which an upper portion 92a of the sheet material 92 is placed over a lower portion 92b (shown in phantom) of the opposite end of the sheet material and the bottom surface of this upper portion is sealed to an upper surface of the lower portion creating an overlap to provide a strong seal between the respective opposite ends of the sheet material so that the ends of the sheet material are bound together to form the continuous medium;
  • Figure 19 is a perspective view of an alternate continuous advertising medium 91b in which the sheet material 92, which makes up the continuous advertising medium is joined end-to-end by a transparent adhesive tape 93, which joins the respective ends of the sheet material;
  • Figure 20 is a schematic representation of a sheet of sheet material 92 similar to that shown in Figure 17 on which a continuous advertisement, intended to run continuously around the tracking apparatus, is printed prior to joining the sheet material end-to-end, as shown in Figure 19;
  • Figure 21 is a schematic plan of view of a sheet of sheet material 92" containing two large ads, Ad 1 (94a) and Ad 2 (94b), respectively, and two smaller ads, 95a and 95b;
  • Figure 22 is a perspective view similar to that in Figure 22, but showing a continuous advertising medium 91c made from a sheet of sheet material 92" similar to that shown in Figure 24, which has a plurality of openings 88 in the sheet material proximate an edge 90 of the continuous advertising medium, through which light may pass;
  • Figure 23 is a schematic plan view of a sheet of sheet material 92'" on which a series of ads are printed, which has a plurality of openings 88 in the sheet material;
  • Figure 24 is a schematic plan view of a sheet material 92"" similar to that in Figures 21 and 23, except that there are five consecutive ads and five consecutive openings 88;
  • Figure 25 is a schematic plan view of a sheet of sheet material 92'"" similar to that in Figure 27, except that there are seven consecutive ads placed on the sheet material and seven consecutive openings 88;
  • Figure 26 is a schematic plan view of a sheet of sheet material 92""" similar to Figure 24, except that there are two different ads placed on each of five consecutive ad panels, but only five consecutive openings 88;
  • Figure 27 is a perspective view of a continuous advertising medium 91d similar to that shown in Figure 18, except that the continuous advertising medium has a plurality of openings 88 in the sheet material proximate an edge of the continuous advertising medium in order to facilitate the passage of light from the photo sensor 86 shown in Figure 16; and
  • Figure 28 is an electrical diagram for the embodiment shown in Figures 11-16.
  • the display device 4 is a vending machine for canned beverages; however, it will be appreciated that the present invention can have other embodiments in which it is simply an enclosure 6 for a tracking apparatus 10 upon which a continuous advertising medium 8 is engaged for movement around the tracking apparatus 10. In other embodiments (not shown) the present invention may be a vending machine for products other than beverages and may also have other configurations, so long as the essential elements include a tracking apparatus 10 with which the continuous advertising medium 8 can be engaged for rotational movement around the tracking apparatus 10.
  • the continuous advertising medium display device 4 shown in Figures 1-5 includes a tracking apparatus 10 with which the continuous advertising medium 8 can be engaged.
  • the tracking apparatus 10 provides an adjustable track 12 for engagement of the continuous advertising medium 8.
  • the tracking apparatus 10 includes a frame 14 operatively connected with the first and second rollers 16, 18, respectively, which define opposite ends of the adjustable track 12.
  • the first roller 16 is the tension roller and the second roller 18 is a drive roller. It will be appreciated, however, that the first roller 16 could be a stationary roller, which is not adjustable and is not therefore a tension roller and that it would not need to be a drive roller either.
  • the first roller 16 could be a tension roller and a drive roller, as it is only necessary that the present tracking apparatus 10 have one roller which acts to provide a motive of force which can drive the continuous advertising medium 8.
  • the tracking apparatus 10 will include a tension roller or a roller, which is adjustable so that the distance between the two rollers can be modified so as to decrease the length of the adjustable track 12. This allows the continuous advertising medium 8 to be easily removed from the tracking apparatus 10 when the length of the adjustable track 12 is shortened to make it a simple matter to remove the continuous advertising medium 8 from the adjustable track 12 and to replace the continuous advertising medium 8 with a new medium having different advertisements from the original continuous advertising medium 8.
  • the present invention provides an easily changeable advertising display device 4 in which continuous advertising mediums having differing advertisements may be easily interchanged with minimal expertise and with a minimal amount of time and energy being involved in the process of changing the continuous advertising medium 8.
  • Certain preferred embodiments also include drive rollers as mentioned above.
  • the tension roller can be the drive roller, but it is preferable to make the stationary roller the drive roller.
  • the drive roller is the second roller 18 and it has an internal drive motor 25 (shown in phantom).
  • the upper roller 16"" corresponding to the first roller 16 shown in Figures 1-5 is the drive roller and it is stationary.
  • the tension roller is the lower roller 18"" corresponding to the second roller 18.
  • the drive roller is driven by a gear motor 82 and does not have an internal engine.
  • the gear motor 82 is operatively connected with the drive roller 16"" by a timing belt 84 or gear belt 118.
  • any reference in the present application to a drive roller is a reference to a roller that drives or causes the continuous advertising medium 8 to move around the adjustable track 12, 12', 12", 12"', 12"".
  • a drive roller can have its own internal drive engine or it can be driven by an external mechanism.
  • the tension roller 16 includes track guides
  • both rollers 16, 18 may have track guides 40 similar to those described above, but that it is not required to have any at all.
  • the track guides 40 while not required, are helpful to prevent the edges of continuous medium 8 from traveling from one side of the respective rollers toward the other side and are generally preferred for that reason.
  • the first roller 16 is a tension roller by virtue of the fact that it is interconnected with the frame 12 by a pair of tension cylinders 30 on opposite sides of the frame 14.
  • the tension cylinders are just one of many elements which could be used to enable the adjustable track 12 to have an adjustable length which permits the continuous advertising medium to be easily removed when the length of the adjustable track is shortened.
  • the tension cylinders 30 act in concert to spring bias the adjustable tension roller 16 upward.
  • the second roller 18 in the preferred embodiment shown in Figures 1-5 is a drive roller or, in this particular embodiment, a power roller having an internal drive motor 25, preferably a DC gear motor, which can drive or turn the continuous advertising medium 8 when the advertising medium 8 is engaged with the drive roller 18 and the adjustable track 12 is in an operative configuration as shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4A.
  • the first and second rollers, 16, 18, in this particular case the tension roller and the drive roller, respectively are at a maximum distance from one another wherein the adjustable track is as long as it can be when engaged with the continuous advertising medium 8.
  • the operative length A of the adjustable track 12 is the distance between places on respective surfaces of the respective rollers which are most distal or most removed from one another along a line that is generally parallel to the track 12 when the adjustable track is in the operative configuration.
  • the length of the adjustable track can be shortened to a non-operative length B which is the distance between such places on respective surfaces of the respective rollers which are most distal or removed from each other when the adjustable track 12 is in the non-operative configuration and the first roller 16, in this case the tension roller, is adjusted to be closer to the other roller to enable the continuous advertising medium 8 to be easily removed from the tracking apparatus 10 or engaged or reengaged with the tracking apparatus 10 when it is separated from the tracking apparatus 10.
  • the tracking apparatus 10 includes the first and second rollers 16, 18, which are operatively interconnected with the frame 14 proximate opposite ends 17, 19 of the frame 14, so that they can rotate with respect to the frame 14.
  • the tension roller 16 is interconnected with tension cylinders 30 which are spring-biased away from the opposite end 19 of the frame 14 where the other roller 18 is engaged.
  • Cables 32 are preferably secured at one end to the respective tension cylinders 30 on each side of the frame 14 and secured at the opposite end to a lever 22, which is designed to provide sufficient leverage to compress the springs 34 within each of the tension cylinders 30, when the lever 22 is turned to the compressed position shown in Figure 4B, so as to draw the tension roller 16 closer to the second roller 18.
  • any mechanism for adjusting the position of the tension roller may be used to adjust the position of the tension roller so as to reduce or shorten the length of the adjustable track and enable the continuous advertising medium 8 to be either removed when engaged or engaged when unengaged.
  • the tension roller 16 as stated above, may very well be a drive roller in alternate embodiments of the present invention.
  • the adjustable track of alternate embodiments of the present invention may provide a configuration in which the adjustable track runs horizontally so that neither the first or second roller is in an upper or lower position as shown in the preferred embodiments described herein.
  • tracking guides 40 of the type shown on the tension roller 16 referenced in Figures 2, 3 and 4B, help to channel the CAM 8 and keep it on the adjustable track. Track guides 40 may very well be necessary on both rollers to successfully track the continuous advertising medium along the adjustable track for an extended period of operation. It should also be appreciated, however, that when certain rigid sheet materials are used to make continuous advertising mediums, tracking problems are generally reduced and can be eliminated.
  • the adjustable track 12 is adjusted from the operative configuration as shown in Figure 4 A to the non-operative configuration shown in Figure 4B by adjusting a lever 22 which draws cables 32 which compresses the respective spring-bias tension cylinders 30 which are operatively engaged with each end 16a, 16b of the tension roller 16 to reach the non-operative configuration shown in Figure 4B.
  • the continuous advertising medium 8 is easily removed from the tracking apparatus 10 when the adjustable track 12 is in this configuration.
  • any untrained individual can easily manipulate the lever 22 and ascertain that the continuous advertising medium 8 can be easily removed by lifting the continuing advertising medium over the tracking guide 40 on the near side of the tension roller 16, and then sliding the continuous advertising medium 8 off of the adjustable track 12. It will be further appreciated that it will be just as easy for such an untrained individual to ascertain how to put the continuous advertising medium 8 or an alternate continuous advertising medium back onto the adjustable track 12 through some rather simple and straightforward deduction and/or trial and error.
  • the lever 22 can be adjusted again to release the spring biased tension cylinders 30 to expand the length of the track 12, thereby adjusting the position of the tension roller 16 so that a tension is placed on the inside surface 43 of the continuous advertising medium 8 and the adjustable track 12 assumes the operative configuration shown in Figure 4 A.
  • the tracking apparatus 10 including the frame 14 and the first and second rollers 16, 18, a source of light, preferably a series of fluorescent lights, 42, are also provided by the tracking apparatus 10.
  • the lights 42 are preferably interconnected with a ballast 43 and a power source 46 by a circuit 48.
  • the fluorescent lights 42 are carefully positioned within the tracking apparatus 10 so that the continuous advertising medium 8 will encircle the lights 42 when the continuous advertising medium 8 is engaged on the track 12.
  • the track 12 need not necessarily be adjustable, the preferred track 12 is adjustable.
  • the frame 14 will have a front 36 and a back 38 and the lights 42 or any alternate light source (not shown) will be closer to the back 38 of the frame 14 and tracking apparatus 10 than toward the front 36 so that the light from the light source 42 will diffuse more before it strikes the back or the inside surface 43 of the continuous advertising medium 8 in the front of the enclosure 6 where the backlit continuous advertising medium 8 can be viewed through a display opening 44.
  • the fluorescent lights 42 are further removed from the front 36 of the tracking apparatus 10 than they are from the back 38 of the tracking apparatus 10. This preferred positioning is believed to permit the light to diffuse best so that the backlit continuous advertising medium 8 will be illuminated and show as well as possible to the public through the display window or display opening 44.
  • the enclosure 6 includes an enclosure door 24 and an enclosure body 23 pivotally attached to one another by a pair of brackets 21 on the top and the bottom (not shown) of the enclosure in the manner in which refrigerator doors and refrigerator bodies are commonly pivotally connected.
  • the tracking apparatus 10 is pivotally connected to an enclosure door 24 by a hinge 26. This enables the housing or enclosure 6 of the preferred continuous advertising medium display device 4 to be opened and further allows the tracking apparatus 10 to swing away from the enclosure door 24. It will be appreciated, however, that the tracking apparatus 10 may take any configuration and need not in fact have an enclosure.
  • the tracking apparatus may be enclosed within an alternate housing (not shown), which simply allows the alternate tracking apparatus (not shown) to telescope out of the enclosure on a pair of telescoping securing arms (not shown) operatively attached to opposite ends of the alternate tracking apparatus (not shown) without pivoting with respect to an enclosure door of the type shown in the preferred embodiments of the present invention.
  • the important characteristic involved is that the tracking apparatus 10 is easily accessible so that the adjustment mechamsm 20 may be actuated and the adjustable track 12 can be easily adjusted between the operative configuration an the non-operative configuration.
  • the continuous advertising medium display device 4 includes electronic controls 45, which drive the second roller 18, which is a power roller, provide power for the lights 42 and operate an electrical circuit 48.
  • the second roller 18 is a direct current (DC) power roller, which drives or turns the continuous advertising medium 8.
  • the power roller preferably has an internal motor and gears and the dimensions are preferably in a range from about 1.9 to about 4 inches, although other size dimensions may be used. It will also be appreciated that other power rollers can be used and that they may run on either alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC).
  • Preferred power rollers include power rollers from the following manufacturers: Sparks, Icon Co., Inter Roll, Power Roller, Weston, Itoh Denki and the like, preferably Itoh Denki, USA, Incorporated, Wilkes-Barre, PA.
  • a drive roller having a separate drive mechanism can also be used in alternate embodiments (not shown).
  • the power roller receives power from a power source 46.
  • the power then travels through a circuit 48 similar to that shown in Figure 6 in which the power to the power roller (second roller 18) may be interrupted by an electronic timer switch 50, a light sensor 52, a motion-activated switch 54, a coin switch 56 or a timer/sensor relay switch 58.
  • the preferred circuitry allows the continuous advertising medium 8 to rotate or turn along the adjustable track 12 when the continuous advertising medium (CAM) 8 is engaged with the tracking apparatus 10, when the tracking apparatus 10 is in the operative configuration as shown in Figure 4A.
  • the continuous advertising medium 8 When the continuous advertising medium 8 turns or rotates about the adjustable track 12, the continuous advertising medium 8, which has a series or a plurality of adjacent advertising displays, allows different adjacent advertising displays 8a, 8b to be displayed through the display opening 44 in the enclosure door 24 of the enclosure 6.
  • the circuit 48 shown in Figure 6 allows the continuous advertising medium 8 to move so that one advertising display or another, or a combination thereof, will be shown.
  • the continuous advertising medium 8 can be rotated in response to motion detected by a motion activated switch 54, the receipt of a coin through a coin switch 56 or other events detected in alternate embodiments of the present invention.
  • the motion may also be timed so that the continuous advertising medium 8 will rotate for a period of time, then stop, then resume rotating and then stop again in a series of stop and start events, which can be predetermined in a manner gauged to meet promotional needs and desires.
  • the continuous advertising medium 8 may have a dark spot 73 (see as shown in phantom in Figure 20) placed on the sheet material, which makes up the continuous advertising medium, in a predetermined location, which is detected by the light sensor 52.
  • the dark spot 73 can be placed on the back or inside surface 43 of the continuous advertising medium 8.
  • the light sensor 52 is preferably placed between the rollers 16, 18, so that it can sense a change of light on the back of the continuous advertising medium 8.
  • the light sensor 52 will be positioned close to the continuous advertising medium 8 so as to detect the darkness on the continuous advertising medium 8 when the dark spot 73 rotates around to the position where the light sensor 52 is located.
  • the use of this light sensor 52, in combination with the timer 70, will allow the continuous advertising medium 8 to rotate for any portion of one full cycle until the light sensor 52 detects the change in light associated with the presence of the dark spot 73 or any other dark spot, which will switch the circuit off, stopping the power roller 18.
  • the timer 70 will activate the circuit 48 again to drive the power roller (second roller 18) until the power roller (second roller 18) is stopped again by a further break in the circuit 48 caused by the detection of the change in light by the light sensor 52, when another black spot comes to a position proximate the light sensor 52.
  • the motion- activated switch 54 will cause the circuit 48 to close, activating the power roller 18 until the power roller (second roller 18) is switched off, preferably by the presence of a dark spot proximate the light sensor 52, which will open the circuit 48 and turn the power roller 18 off until further motion is detected by the motion-activated switch 54.
  • the coin switch 56 may be substituted for the motion-activated switch 54 or the two may be maintained in parallel so that either may close the circuit 48 and initiate movement of the continuous advertising medium 8 as driven by the power roller 18.
  • any circuit which is switched on and off in any of a variety of ways may be used in alternate embodiments of the present invention and that the motion of the continuous advertising medium 8 may also be completely continuous without any circuit breakers other than the simple act of supplying power.
  • a metallic member or a magnetic member may be used in place of the dark spot 73 and a proximity sensor may be used in place of the light sensor 52, either a proximity sensor that will detect the proximity of metallic members or a sensor that will detect the proximity of a magnetic member, either of which are available from various industry sources.
  • the wiring for the preferred display device 4 shown in Figure 6, is constantly hotwired with 120 volts of alternating current, although a fuse (not shown) may also be provided for protection.
  • the circuit 48 also powers the fluorescent lights 42 and a power transformer 60 that steps down to three separate circuits 62, 64 and 66.
  • the first low voltage supply circuit 62 initializes all succeeding motions of the power roller (second roller 18).
  • This circuit 62 includes three switching elements; the motion activated switch 54 that senses motion outside of the display device 4 and is mounted on the front of the enclosure 6, preferably just inside the display opening 44; the coin switch 56, which is connected and parallel to the motion- activated switch 54 and an electronic timer 58 which is also connected and parallel.
  • the coin switch 56 detects a coin or coins (not shown) passing through an existing pathway for electronic current.
  • the electronic timer 58 is preferably a digitized timer that switches to a closed state at a particular period of time so as to close the switch and move the timer when a specific period of time has elapsed.
  • the continuous advertising medium will eventually turn so that different advertising displays are displayed through the display opening 44.
  • the power from this control circuit 62 will close a relay 68 thereby activating a specialized timer sensor relay 70 in the second circuit 64.
  • the third circuit 66 that is opened and closed by the timer sensor control or relay 70, preferably has a slightly larger amperage supply than is primarily used for the power of the continuous advertising medium driver motor or power roller (second roller 18).
  • alternate circuits may either power an alternating current power roller, that receives power directly from the transformer, or a direct current power roller that receives power from the AC to DC converter or AC transformer 60.
  • the activation of the timer/sensor relay 70 and the power roller (second roller 18) drives the continuous advertising medium 8 around the adjustable track 12.
  • the power roller 18 is a direct current power roller.
  • the continuous advertising medium 8 can have a series of black marks (not shown) along an edge designed and constructed to rotate to predetermined positions proximate the light sensor 52 so as to create a change in the light detected by the light sensor 52. This mark or, preferably a series of marks, will each break the circuit 48 and cause the continuous advertising medium 8 to stop rotating when these marks separately come into close proximity with the light sensor 52. In these embodiments, the motion of the continuous advertising medium 8 will stop when darkness is detected by the light sensor 52 when each of these marks come into close proximity with the light sensor 52, assuming the circuit 48 is designed to stop under these circumstances.
  • a simplified continuous advertising medium display device 4' is shown in which the tracking apparatus 10' is pivotally attached to a housing or enclosure 6' which includes an enclosure body 23', an enclosure door 24' and a display opening 44'.
  • the simplified display device 6' is designed for attachment to a wall (not shown) or other structure, perhaps including a pedestal (not shown) of one kind or another. It may have a circuit 48' controlling movement of the continuous advertising medium 8' in a manner similar to that described above for the preferred display device 4 shown in Figures 1-6.
  • the tracking apparatus 10' of the alternate embodiment shown in Figures 8-10 is generally the same as the tracking apparatus 10 of the preferred embodiment described above except that there is no coin switch as the device has no coin receiving opening.
  • the continuous advertising medium (CAM) 8 of the present invention is generally made from sheet material, that is joined together at opposite ends to form a continuous sheet.
  • the sheet material that is generally used can be any sheet material upon which advertisements can be printed.
  • These sheet materials preferably include paper, vinyl, polyester or the like, preferably reinforced paper such as fiber reinforced paper, fiber reinforced vinyl and the like.
  • Preferred sheet materials include materials which are easily backlit such as for instance the following products: Backlit Uniflex PL1 from Hanwh; Soi- line Backlit from Sioen; Backlit light F4598 from Forbo; product no. 552-771 from Ferrari Backlit Vinyl; Backlit 8220 from Seaman; Backlit from Kobond; product no.
  • MFP Multipurpose Flexface
  • MFP Multipurpose Flexface
  • Signtech preferably product no. 830GPS from 3M Panaflex; Coolflex 80 from Cooley Backlit; and MFP Backlit from Signtech.
  • the preferred sheet material will be one which is UL listed for sign cabinets containing lighting and/or electrical junctions or electrical fixtures. Other preferred characteristics include a heavier weight material, material which effectively diffuses light and consistently provides the best medium for printing; a material in which the scrim is preferably less apparent or close to being visible or is entirely invisible or nonexistent.
  • MFP or Signtech Flexface from Signtech is a flexible, reinforced, modified protective coated polyvinyl material designed for backlit applications with digital or heat transfers printing and was at one time a generally more preferred sheet material.
  • the sheet material 92 used to make CAMs 8, 91a-91d, will preferably provide the following physical properties. They will be flexible enough to roll up but rigid enough to track properly on the adjustable track, between our tracking guides that are on the rollers on the frame. The flexibility of the material gives the CAM the ability to go around adjustable track without having. It needs to be flexible enough to roll up, rigid enough to track on the adjustable track, between the tracking guides, assuming they are provided, and yet it has to be soft enough so that the material does not have a strong memory, so that after it is rolled up, or goes around our adjustable track, it doesn't maintain that shape. The CAM has to be able to be taut without holding a shape with its memory, so those two properties are important.
  • the sheet material also needs to be material, which accepts suitable inks, as well.
  • the sheet material 92 used to make CAMs 8, 91a-91d, will provide the following physical properties. They will be flexible enough to roll up but rigid enough to track properly on the adjustable track, between our tracking guides that are on the rollers on the frame. The flexibility of the material gives the CAM the ability to go around adjustable track without having. It needs to be flexible enough to roll up, rigid enough to track on the adjustable track, between the tracking guides, assuming they are provided, and yet it has to be soft enough so that the material does not have a strong memory, so that after it is rolled up, or goes around our adjustable track, it doesn't maintain that shape. The CAM has to be able to be taut without holding a shape with its memory, so those two properties are important.
  • the sheet material also needs to be material, which accepts suitable inks, as well.
  • the sheet material will preferably provide a medium that has sufficient rigidity to track properly and it needs to be rigid in parallel with the rollers; in other words, if the rollers create a vertical track you want the medium to be horizontally rigid so that it will track in one embodiment anyway a drive roller that has guide washers but may not have a tension roller down below that has any guide washers on it. Then it also has to be relatively non-elastic; we don't want it to stretch over time, because that would make it ineffective for holding advertising. Also we want it to have low memory so that as it turns and maybe stops at a certain place, we don't want it to remember that it is bent in a certain way over the top of the roller.
  • Paper is a good example of something that is horizontally rigid on a vertical track and also has low memory, is flexible enough to go over a roller and is relatively non-elastic. Obviously paper tears, perhaps too easily, to be an effective medium, but something that didn't tear easily and was good at accepting suitable inks would be good.
  • the sheet material must also be a medium that can be backlit, so it must be, to a certain degree, translucent and allow light to flow through.
  • paper would be at least somewhat translucent, but not probably as much as would be preferred in certain preferred embodiments.
  • digital printing electrostatic printing, silk screening, various photographic processes and the like.
  • digital or photographic printing is employed.
  • Some of the materials used for digital printing are backlit materials such as Arlon-Signtech MFP, manufactured by Signtech in San Antonio, Texas; Ultralon IN (15 ounce backlit material) manufactured by Ultraflex, Rockaway, ⁇ J; Stafftex 5505, available from Stafford Textiles Ltd., Toronto, Ontario; ⁇ urflex Backlit Light, product no. 11032, available from ⁇ ur Media Solutions, San Antonio, Texas; ⁇ urflex Backlit FR, product no.
  • the preferred inks are translucent inks which are generally used in situations where there is a need to backlight the medium on which the inks are printed. There are many types of ink that are sold specifically for this purpose and these inks are well known in the art.
  • the advertisements are printed onto the medium as a sheet of sheet material and then the ends of the sheet are bound together to form a loop, which is then a finished product, which can be placed on the adjustable track.
  • the medium is alternatively sewn together, RF welded together, glued together, taped together with two- sided tape between an overlap between the respective ends or sealed end to end in some other way.
  • a two-sided adhesive tape from 3M Company, St.
  • VHB very high bond
  • the advertisements or other promotional materials are preferably printed on the preferred sheet material using a digital printing process, although it will be appreciated that any printing process can be used to print on the sheet material within the scope of the broadest aspects of the present invention.
  • a Nur Fresco piezo printer 360 DPI is used to print on the preferred sheet material, although similar equipment from companies such as Vutech, Arizona, Matan, LAC, Scitex and the like, can be used.
  • the inks are preferably solvent based, although it will be appreciated that any appropriate inks can be used.
  • the preferred solvent based inks will preferably be translucent or transparent inks and have a UV stability of 18 months.
  • images are printed on the medium using one of two printing systems developed by Eastman Kodak Co., the DURATRANS® system or the DAY-NIGHT® system.
  • the ends of the sheet material can be joined together. This is preferably achieved by sealing one end to the other in a manner that is predetermined and which can include any known sealing methods appropriate for the materials to be sealing.
  • Sealing flexible plastic materials such as the preferred sheet materials is preferably accomplished by using a method creating a small overlap between the respective ends of the sheet material and the sealing of the adjacent surfaces together using techniques such as: Impulse sealing; Ultrasonic sealing; hot air sealing; radio frequency (RF), heat sealing or welding, also know as electronic or dielectric heat sealing, stitching, taping and the like. These techniques are now well known in the art. Referring now also to Figures 11-16, a further preferred embodiment of the present display device 4"" is shown.
  • the display device 4" shown in Figure 11, includes an enclosure 6"" which is intended to qualify for a NEMA 4 rating for electrical cabinets which are intended to be used outdoors and in other harsh environmental conditions.
  • the enclosure 6" has an enclosure door 24" " pivotally attached to an enclosure body 23 " " .
  • a preferred tracking apparatus 10" is pivotally attached to the enclosure body 23"" by a hinge 26"".
  • the tracking apparatus 10" includes a frame 14"" including side panels 28"" to which the first roller 16"" at the upper end 17"" of the adjustable track 12"" is non-adjustably, pivotally secured and the second roller 18"" at the lower end 19"" of the adjustable track 12"" is adjustably secured to the frame 14"" by a pair of tension cylinders 30"" similar to those described in the previously discussed embodiments. In this embodiment, however, the tension cylinders 30"" provide a spring biasing assist to bias the second roller 18"" downward to engage the continuous advertising medium (not shown) when the adjustable track 12"" is in the expanded orientation shown in Figures 11-13.
  • the adjustable track 12"" may be reduced in a manner similar to that in which the adjustable track 12"" shown in Figures 4A-4B and Figures 7A-7C is reduced, except that the tension roller or adjustable roller is, in this case, the second roller 18"" at the lower end 19"" of the adjustable track 12"".
  • the lever 22"" is lifted in the manner shown in Figures 7A-7B in relation to the prior embodiment, thus drawing the cables upward against the spring biasing effect of the tension cylinders 30"", thereby raising the second roller 18"" at the lower end 19"” of the adjustable track 12"". This will enable one to easily slide a continuous advertising medium (not shown) onto the adjustable track 12"" of this embodiment of the present invention.
  • the further embodiment shown in Figures 11-16 differs from the embodiment shown in Figure 8 in numerous ways, although it is somewhat more similar to the embodiment shown in Figure 11 in that the tension roller is in fact at the lower end 19"" of the adjustable track 12"".
  • the embodiment shown in Figures 11-16 has different side panels 134, 28"" which provide channels in which the tension cylinders 30"" and the cables 32"" interconnected with the lever 22"" reside.
  • These preferred side panels 28"" are made by bending a flat sheet of aluminum over a bar and stamping holes into the aluminum sheet, rather than purchasing prefabricated side panels, as was previously done.
  • the aluminum sheet is preferably 12-gauge aluminum, which is approximately 105/1000's of an inch thick.
  • 10-gauge or 14-gauge may be used, however using a lighter gauge aluminum than that may result in structural weakness and using any heavier gauge would increase the cost of the device.
  • the enclosure door 135, 24"" is latched in a closed position, when the cam lock 127 engages the door latch 128.
  • a latch pin 125 is engaged with the side panel 134 to hold the pivotal frame 14"" in place within the enclosure body 23 " " .
  • the upper roller 16" is, essentially, a driven roller rather than a drive roller.
  • the drive rollers of the prior embodiment were replaced with a first roller 16"" which is driven by a direct current (DC) gear driven motor drive 82 which drives a timing belt 84 or gear belt 118 which drives the first roller 16"".
  • DC direct current
  • the motor 82 is preferably either a 12 or a 24-volt DC electric gear driven motor, preferably a Pitman GM 9,000 Series 24 volt gear motor manufactured and distributed by Pitman, Harleysville, PA. In the most preferred embodiments, a Hanson Corporation 24 volt motor wound to provide a driven speed of 60 rpms is used.
  • the new embodiment also includes a circuit 81 that utilizes 120-volt alternating current from a standard wall socket 83, which is turned on and off by a door switch or limit switch 144, that is only closed when the door 135, 24"" is closed.
  • the power supply 83 is used to provide power to the lights 42"" and also supplies power to a secondary circuit 81a including a transformer or power supply 85 or 143 that steps the power down from 120 volts to, preferably, 24 volts for the gear motor and also converts the electricity from alternating current to direct current.
  • the power is run through a time-off timer 87, 141, which controls power to the electric drive motor 82, which drives the driven roller 16"" at the top of the adjustable track 12"".
  • the circuit also includes a sensor 86, preferably an Omron photo micro-sensor, model no. EE-SX670 from Braas & Company distributors.
  • the electricity in the circuit 81a runs to the sensor 86 so that upon the completion of a photo beam circuit the timer 87 is tripped and power to the DC motor is cut-off and the belt-driven roller 16"" will stop with sufficient precision to allow for repetitive movement of the continuous advertising medium (not shown).
  • the transformer 85, 143 is preferably an Omron S82K-01512 power supply which is a 24-volt power supply that is used in alternate embodiments.
  • the circuit 81a also includes a power switch 146.
  • the power is always on, driving the DC gear motor and the drive roller except when the timer switches the circuit off for, however, long a duration for which the timer is set. It could be anywhere from one to two seconds to 20 seconds, or for whatever time for which the timer is set; then it will turn the power back on and leave it on until the sensor gets switched again.
  • the photo sensor 86 is positioned so that a continuous advertising medium of the type discussed below in relation to Figures 21-27, which include openings 88 proximate an edge of the continuous advertising medium 91a, 91b, 91c, 91d, which is coordinated with the photo sensor 86 so that the openings 88 allow a photo beam (not shown) from the photo sensor 86 to complete a photo circuit when it passes through the openings 88 which trip the switch and shut off the electricity to the DC gear motor 82.
  • the photo beam in the photo sensor 86 completes the circuit and stops the electricity coming through the timer from the transformer on its way to the gear motor.
  • the timer is a 24-volt timer from Omron Corporation, model no.
  • the secondary circuit 81a includes a rheostat 89 or a potentiometer that allows the voltage of the direct current going through the timer 87 to the gear motor 82 to be either stepped up or stepped down to either speed up or slow down the gear motor 82, as well as the driven roller, in this case the upper roller 16"".
  • the transformer 85, 143 may be a 12-volt transformer and the gear motor 82 may be a 12-volt gear motor. In these production models, it is likely that the rheostat will be eliminated.
  • the enclosure 6"" of the embodiment shown in Figure 12 is intended to have a sufficient NEMA rating to be acceptable for outdoor use, preferably a NEMA 4 rating.
  • the requirements for such an enclosure are well known in the art. They include, among other things, suitable insulation and minimal airflow from the outside to the inside of the enclosure which is maintained by using appropriate gaskets across and around the doors and the like.
  • a circuit breaker is also provided on the cabinet door so that the power is immediately cut if the door is opened or if there is a ground fault which drains electricity from the power source.
  • the enclosure will also include a lock (not shown) for security purposes.
  • the tension roller 18"" independently floats on the respective tension cylinders 30"" and can also slide a small distance, preferably from a 1/4 of an inch to an inch, more preferably from about 3/8 of an inch to 3/4 of an inch along the axel 36"". This flexibility or tolerance reduces wear on the belt and reduces stress on the DC gear motor as well and allows a larger margin for error in creating suitable continuous advertising media for the adjustable track 12"".
  • the preferred frame 4" also includes side frames 109 joined together by cross frames 110, stabilized by a stabilizing strap 111.
  • the upper roller 16"" has a roller surface 101 and is secured to the frame 4"" by a shaft 105 and a bearing flange 119.
  • the lower roller 18"" includes a hub idler 106 and is secured to the frame 4"" by a shaft (not shown) passing through a sleeve bearing 121. Fluorescent light bulbs 42"", 122 are held in lamp holders 123. The cable 32"" travels the far side of the frame 4"" via a pulley 129. Referring now also to Figures 17-27, a rectangular sheet of sheet material 92 is used to make a continuous advertising medium 91a, 91b as shown in Figures 18 and 19.
  • the lower end of 92a of the sheet of sheet material 92 is overlapped over the upper end 92b of the sheet material 92 and the abutting surfaces of the respective ends are sealed together using a number of processes, including RF welding, adhesive sealing, heat sealing and the like. It will be appreciated that either end may overlap the other end and that there is no particular advantage either way.
  • a sheet is generally rectangular and the length of the sheet is determined in order to allow sufficient overlap for sealing the sheet and creating a loop, which has the desired length.
  • the track will not be vertical but may be horizontal in which case, the continuous advertising medium can be designed to provide advertisements which move either from left to right or from right to left.
  • the track in which the track is neither vertical nor horizontal, it may be possible to provide continuous advertising mediums, which allow the advertisements to flow in either direction along the track.
  • FIG 20 a schematic plan view is provided of a sheet of sheet material 92" " in which a continuous advertising message can be provided.
  • This sheet 92"" can be used to make a CAM of the kind shown in either Figures 18 or 19.
  • a dark spot 73 is provided on the back side of the sheet 92' which can cause a light sensor 52' of the type described in relation to the prior embodiments, to break the circuit and stop the motion of the drive roller and the CAM 92'.
  • a sheet of sheet material 92" is shown schematically to provide two large ads 94a and 94b and two smaller ads 95a and 95b, which, when the sheet 92" is joined together, end-to-end, to form a CAM 91c similar to that shown in Figure 22, the openings 88 caused the CAM 91c to stop when the smaller ads 95a, 95b are positioned at the upper and lower extremities of the adjustable track, when the CAM 91c is used in a display device 4"" of the type shown in Figures 11-16, because the openings 88 are coordinated to allow light to pass from one part of the photo sensor to another part of the photo sensor 86 to complete the photo circuit and stop the flow of electricity to the DC gear driven motor 82 and the driven roller, in this case the upper roller 16"".
  • the smaller ads 95a, 95b are only seen in motion through the display window 44"" and are not visible through the display window 44"" when they are stationary at any time, thus providing a place for certain advertising material, the image of which must be viewed by a person (not shown) observing the advertisements provided on the CAM 92c, while this advertising material is in motion.
  • This provides advertisers with opportunities to seek an observer's attention with information that cannot be easily obtained without a somewhat more concentrated effort to capture the image and make a mental impression of the image as it is moving.
  • a similar but somewhat different format is provided by the schematic sheet 92'" shown in Figure 23 that also includes smaller ads 95c and 95d which are only seen in motion while the larger ad spaces 94c and 94d are split up into four separate boxes for four separate ads or images, any of which will be stationary and viewable through the display window 44"" at one time or another, unlike the smaller ads 95c and 95d which will not be viewable through the display window 44"" unless they are in motion.
  • the sheets 92" and 92'" shown in Figures 21 and 23, respectively, will create a CAM 91d like the CAM shown in Figure 18 if the ends are overlapped as previously described.
  • the descriptive word "advertisements”, when used in the present specification, may mean either (1) advertising material or (2) images having advertising value and/or content or not.
  • the advertisements will rotate on a vertical adjustable track 12"", of the kind shown in Figures 11-16, in the manner in which the ads appear at the bottom of the display window 4" " and then move upward.
  • the advertisements may move downward; however, it is believed that it would be preferred to rotate the ads upwards so that one could follow the ads by scrolling downward as is common practice.
  • a horizontally oriented adjustable track (not shown) would preferably introduce an advertisement and move it across the display window from right to left, although it is believed to be less certain that this is the preferred method of displaying moving advertisements on a continuous advertising medium of this type.

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Cette invention concerne un dispositif d'affichage publicitaire servant à afficher un support publicitaire permanent (8). Ce dispositif d'affichage publicitaire comprend un appareil de roulement (10) assurant un roulement réglable (12). Cet appareil de roulement comprend un cadre (14) rattaché de manière opérationnelle à un premier et un deuxième rouleau (16, 18) définissant des extrémités opposées du roulement réglable, ce dernier présentant un mode de fonctionnement, un mode de non fonctionnement et une longueur de roulement réglable, ladite longueur de roulement réglable étant la distance qui sépare les points les plus éloignés sur chacun des rouleaux respectifs. Un desdits rouleaux constitue un rouleau d'entraînement qui assure un effort moteur qui fait tourner le support autour du roulement lorsque ledit support est en prise avec le roulement et qu'il est en mode de fonctionnement. Un desdits rouleaux est un rouleau de tension réglable, rattaché de manière réglable au cadre. L'appareil de roulement comprend également une source de lumière (42) fixée au cadre et positionnée de manière que le support publicitaire permanent tourne autour de la source de lumière. Ce support est de préférence fabriqué en matériaux à travers lesquels la lumière peut passer, et le dispositif d'affichage du support publicitaire permanent comprend de préférence une source de lumière positionnée de manière à obtenir un rétroéclairage d'une seule épaisseur du support.
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