US1247589A - Clock-actuated display apparatus. - Google Patents

Description

H. D. SHURE.

CLOCK ACTUATED DISPLAY APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED IAN. 3, 1917.

FQ). Patented Nov. 20, 191?.

61H01 ne I1 RALPH IDEANE SHURE, OF, CLA'lEtLEFl'DON,l TEXAS.`

CLOCK-Acruarnn nrsPLaY APPARATUS.

Application filed `anuary 3 To aZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that RALPH DEANE SHURE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clarendon, in the county of Donley and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful improvements in CloclrActL1ated Display Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot the invention, such as` will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in clock-actuated display signs for displaying scriptural quotations or other reading or display matter and the' object in view is to produce a simple and eihcient apparatus o1 this nature so arranged that the matter displayed may be changed at intervals.

The invention consists of a simpleand eilicient apparatus of this nature having various details of construction, combina-- tions and arrangements ot parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and. then spe cically defined in the appended claims.

1 illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the apparatusand the dial of a clock.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2--2 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 34,-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is. a sectional view on line 4 4 or' Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5 5 of Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by numerals, 1 designates a. clock case having a dial 2, and 3 is an hour hand and 4 the minute hand mounted upon a central shaft 5, to which a gear wheel 6 is fixed, said wheel being in mesh with a pinion 7 which in turn meshes with a gear wheel. 8 adapted to make one revolution every twenty-four hours. Fixed to Said wheel 8 is a linger 9 projecting beyond Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 219,191 3.

Serial No. 140,419.

the circumference of the wheel and pro vided for the purposeA which will' be presently described.

Mounted upon a shatt 10, shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, is a reel 11 upon which a tape 12 is wound, and 13 is a hood or shell which lits over said reel` and is provided with a slot 14 through. which the tape moves. The inner end of said shell is provided with bayonet slots 15 designed to engage the pins 16 to hold the shell in place. A pulley 17 is journaled upon a stub shaft 18, carried by the bracket member 19, secured to the casing, and a similar pulley 20 is journaled upon ashaft 21 over which the tape is adapted to pass, and 22 is a window in the casing through which the mattei` upon the tape may be displayed. A drum 23 has. aspindle 24 at` one end, journaled in a bracket member 25 and its other endfis journaled in the wall of` the casing,` as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. A circular. series 0f spurs, 2G, spaced apart, project. Yfrom the circumference ot said drum and are adapted to engage the tape 12 which latter. causes. the drum to rotate as the tape unwinds from the reel 11. Said drum 23 has a flange 27 at one end upon` a raised portion of which are the series of curved gear teeth28. Said disk also has a stop` 29 fastened to the face thereof and coperates.. with alug 30 projecting from the rotatabletilting lever 31 to stop the. reel 23 after having made a complete revolution. a gear wheel 32 lixed; thereto and which is adapted to mesh with the teeth 28 to causethe lever 31 to make a single revolution at each rotary movement of thetiange 27. Said lever 31 isjournaled in a central aperture formed in the diamond-outlined member 33, the outline of which is shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, in` edge view in Fig, 3 and topplan in Fig. 2. A post 34, shown in Fig. 3, is fastened to the bottom of the casing and has two fiat springs 35 and 36 secured to itsV upper end and the 'free ends of which springs project beyond the top of the post and are adapted to bear rictionally against the opposite faces. of the diamond-shaped member 33 orthe purpose of returning the member The lever '31` has to its upright po'sition after having been tilted. 'Said lever 31 has a laterally projecting lug 37 at one end, as shown clearly in Fig. Q of thedrawings, and which is normally in the path ot said finger ,9;A

A reel 39 is journaled in suitable bearings in the casing, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, and about which the tape l2 is adapted to wind and a thumb nut 40 is fixed to the reel 39 and forms means Jfor rotating the same. A coiled spring 4l is fastened at one end to thepin 42 and its other end to the reel 39 and is adapted to be put under Vtension when the reel 39 is rotated in one direction. By said spring, the tape,

when released, it will be noted, will be automatically wound upon the reel 39.

K-,The operation of my invention will be readily understood and is as followsr-,At each revolution of the wheel 8, which is adapted to make a revolution every twentyfour hours, the pin 29 thereon will come in contact with the lug 37, causing the same to tilt slightly, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and which tilting movement of the lever 31 will cause the lug 30 to beraised out of the path of the stop 29 and which will permit the spring connected to the reel 39 to cause the same to rotate and wind the tape thereon. The movement of the tape will cause the drum Q3 to rotate and, when the circular series of gear teeth 28 come in contact with the pinion 32, the lever 31 will be given a single revolution which will throw the lug 37 out of the path of the linger 9 and which will permit the wheel 3 to make another revolution. It will be noted that, when the lever 31 is tilted by the finger 9 coming in contact with the lug 37, the spring 36 will Vbe put under tension and, after the pinion 32 has passed by the end of the series of teeth 2S, said spring 3G will tend to return the member 33 to its vertical position and also tilt back the shaft 31 to its normal horizontal position.

By this mechanism, it will be noted that the apparatus is entirely automatic in its 'action and, at each revolution of the wheel 8 which in the present instance is adapted to occur once in twenty-four hours by the gear connections shown, diierent display matter may be shown at the window or sight opening in the casing. It will be understood, however, that the gear connections between the various parts may be changed to cause display mattei' to be shown at different intervals without in any way departing from the spirit of the invention.

lVhat I claim to be new is f 1. An automatic cloclractuated display apparatus comprising a casing, a springpressed rotatable reel, a display tape adapted to wind thereonga drum about which said tape passes and which latter causes the drum to rotate, clocl; mechanism and a gear wheel rotated thereby, a tilting rotatable lever, means upon the wheel for tilting said lever at each revolution, and gear mechanism intermediate said drum and lever forcausing the latter to maire a single revolution at each rotary movement of the drum.

2. An automatic clock-actuated display apparatus comprising a casing, a springpressed, rotatable reel, a display tape adapted to wind thereon, a drum about which said tape passes and which latter causes the drum to rotate, clock mechanism and a gear wheel rotated thereby, a tilting rotatable lever, means upon the wheel for tilting said lever, at each revolution, gear mechanism intermediatefsaid drum and lever for causing. the lattertomake a single Yrevolution at each rotary. movement of, the drum, and means for returning the lever to its normal tion after having been tilted. Y Y

3. An automatic clock-actuated display apparatus comprising aV casing, a spring- Posif pressed, rotatable reel, a display tape adaptpressed, rotatable reel, a display tape adapted to wind thereon, a drum about which said tape basses, gear teeth upon said drum, clock mechanism and a gear wheel rotated there# by, a finger projecting from said wheel, a

tilting rotatable leverV having a lateral ertension in the path of said finger, a gear wheel fiXedto theiever and adapted to en; gage the teeth'upon said drum, and means for returning the lever to its normal posi tion after .having been tilted.

5. An automatic clock-actuated display Y apparatus comprising a casing, a springpressed, rotatable reel, a display tape adapted to wind thereon, a drum about which said tape passes, gear teeth upon said drum, clock mechanism and a gear wheel rotated thereby, a linger projecting from said wheel, a

tilting rotatable lever having a lateral extension in: the pathV of said linger, a gear wheel lixed'to thelever and adapted t0 engage the teeth upon said drum, a member in which said leveris 'pivoted, and vsprings bearing against the opposite faces of said member.

6. An automatic i cloclractuated display apparatus `comprising a casing andV vclock mechanism and gearwheel actuated thereby,

a finger projecting from said VWheel, a

1,247,589 gggspring-pressed rotatable reel, a tape secured the disk, and a lug projecting from the lever 10 to and adapted to Wind upon the reel, a rota adapted to engage said stop.

table drinn, a disk at the end of the drum In testimony whereof I hereunto alii); my and gear teeth upon the disk, a reel from signature in presence of two Witnesses.

which the tape unwinds, a tilting rotatable lever and mounting therefor, one end of said RALPH DEANE SHURE' lever having a lug in the path of said linger litnessesz and a pinion at the other end adapted t0 en- A. J. WEENS,

gage said teeth upon the disk, a stop upon Jon GoLDsToN.

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