US1640909A - Advertising device - Google Patents

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1927 H. M. SCHUTZ ADVERTISING DEVICE 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Sept. 24

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Patented Aug. 30, 1927.

UNITED STATES HARRY MAX SGHUTZ, or PARIS, FRANCE. I

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Application filed September 24, 1925, Serial No. 58,408, and in France October 2, 1924.

My invention relates to a luminous or other device which is adapted for advertising purposes either by day or night.

The visible pattern or design of the sa1d apparatus comprises a plurality of juxtaposed elements which are given an individual oscillating motion; such movements vary from one element to another, thereby attracting the attention of the public.

The elements forming the said pattern preferably consist of plates or disks having a suitable appearance, which are enabled to pivot about a fixed point under the combined action of an antagonistic spring and a cable which is periodically drawn forward by suitable mechanical means.

A constructional form of my said device is shown by way of example in the appended drawings.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of one of the constitutive elements of the apparatus.

Fig. 2 the corresponding front view.

Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively a side and a front view of an apparatus comprising five juxtaposed elements.

As shown in Figs. land 2, eachelement consists of a plate 5 which carries at 6 a portion of the pattern or design to be exhibited, this part being optionally illuminated by electric lamps 7. The plate is pivotally mounted on an axis 8, and comprises at the upper part a ring 9 to which is attached the reaction spring 10 .whose outer end is secured at 11 to the main frame of the apparatus. The said plate is further provided with an arm 12 to which is attached a flexible connecting element such as a cord 13 which passes over the guiding pulleys 14; and 15, suitably mounted on the main frame.

The said cord is attached to the frame by means of the eye-bolt 18, and hence it is constantly stretched by the spring 10. An

eccentric disk 16, secured to the shaft 17, is

46 so disposed that the said cord will bear upon the inner periphery of the groove formed in the said disk.

Figs. 3 and 4 show the manner in which a certain number of elements as above de- 50 scribed may be placed together and actuated so as to form an advertising device.

The cord pertaining to each elementis disposed in thegroove of a respective eccentric disk such as 16, and each disk is mounted on the common shaft 17' which is driven by means of the worm wheel .19 and the worm 20 by a suitable motor 21.

The operation is as follows:

The said motor is set in operation, and the shaft 17 will thus rotate, together with the eccentrics 16. Each cord 13 which is brought into contact with the inner periphery of the groove of the eccentric by the respective spring 10 will move periodically towards or from the shaft 17. Its movements which are suitably limited by the pulleys 14 and 15 will impart a pivoting motion to the plates 5 to which the said cord is attached.

In the example shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the eccentric disks 16 are set at different angles upon the shaft 17, so that the movements imparted to the several elements composing the pattern will'show differences of phase such as will attract the attention of the public. I may regulate these phase differences at. will b a suitable setting of the eccentrics relatively to one another. If for instance all the eccentrics are set at the same angle, it is evident that the elements composing the advertising device will'have a parallel motion.

Obviously, my said device as hereinbefore set forth may comprise any suitable number of elements which are disposed in the proper manner; said elements may be optionally illuminated and may represent any desired letters or characters.

It is further obvious that without departing from the principle of the invention, I

may control the motion of the said elements by other mechanical means than those above mentioned by way of example, and for instance I may utilize rod and link gear, chain or gear drive, or movable cams or ramps of various shapes.

Claims:

1. An advertising sign comprising a support, a plurality of shafts mounted thereupon, a plate rotatably supported upon each shaft, a plurality of cables, one end of each beingconnected to a plate, the opposite ends of said cables being fixedly received and means engaging said cables for transmitting oscillatory movement to said plates.

2. An advertising sign comprising a seriesof juxtaposed elements, each element consisting of a plate having a letter or symbol upon one face thereof, means for rotatably 5 supporting; each whereby it may oscillate in a vertical plane, a spring connected to each 7 plate for causing the latter to move in one HARRY M. sCr-rorzg

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