US1684198A - Display device - Google Patents

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, sept. 11, 192s. 1,684,198

W. PTTIT DISPLAY DEVICE Filed July 23, 1926 )1a/@mmf akamu,

Patented Sept. 11, 1928. y l i waeren mammina, or CLARE, MICHIGAN.

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This inventionv relates to display devices, post members 7 project upwardly frjomwthis fm and 'particularly to a device for raising housing and-a roof 8 is supported thereon. wat@` in the oldfashioned wayand which in theusual manner. Y, i i l may also serve for the practical operation A centrally disposed leak proofopening` jf m'sg wat@ from a well, or.l it may be 9v is yprovided in Athe housing G andlcan be collinette'dv to an '-.underground main if de formed of wood, sheet metal or cementy as 5r sited, Y f l desired, a tubular casing 10 being sunl'r inl One object of the invention is to desig. the ground below the housing, and a Water a practical and'` unique display and adverpipe 11 is connected thereto and suppliesy 10 tising device which can be Vsetl upfinr'sliow water for saidV device, or it` can 'be Sei; ovmwindo'ws `for advertisingcertain'products or a conventional well if desired. A 6u girtjclg, A motor 12 is mounted in the vhousing 6 e Another object is to design a .practical as shown, and power can besuppliedfrom. display device and piovidea rotatingmem any convenient source, a shaft lbeingjourf her` 'containingV advertising inatter'whichcan naied in suitable bearings 14-whichare se` be ychanged or varied as ydesired v cured to the said shaft andis gearedvtotlu.l f

A further' object is to` provide a dis motor by means of the belt 16- whichA is play device'p'rovided with a bucket, trained over al drive gear 17v fixed on the provide meansfor intermittently raising and motor shaft. Y Y

dropping the saidbucliet. 'As above notedthese uprights y7' are hollVith the above andother objects inview, low, and a shaft 18 is jouinaled in suitable the present invention consists in the combeellngs 19 secured thereto, av Sleeve 2U bination and arrangement ofparts, hereinbeing rotatablymounted onfsaid shaft, and after more fully described, Aillustrated in the' a drum 21' is secured on one end ofthe accompanying drawing, and' particularly sleeve, alsprocket 22 beingxed on theo? pointed out in the appended claims, it being posite end within the upright.' A crank23 I understood that changesmay be' made in is Secured on thek one end ofthe shaft. 18, the form, size, proportion andjmnor deand sprockets 24 and. 25 respectively, are tails of construction without departing from mounted on thisv shaft within the hollow.

the spiritVv orl sacrificing any of the advanl' upright, a. similar sprocket 26 being mount-` tagesbfthe invention.` l ed on the shaft 18 and is geared to the 80 In the dmwingi l sprocket 24 by means. of a chain127, said Fig. 1 is a vertical part sectional view of chain being provided at spaced apart inter-- my improved display device 'showing the Vals with laterally'projecting spaced apart,

bucket in raised position.l Y pins `28 adapted as the mechanism isdriven,

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof showing 'a to engage the teeth on the sprocket 25 for,y 85 manikin grasping,the handle ofthe crank. winding thedrum 21 and raising theybuclret Fig-3 is an enlarged sectionalfdetail"ofv 29 which is attached theretoby means of the advertising attachment. a rope `or cable 30 the bucket then falls back 40 Fig. 4t is an end view thereof. into the well and the operation is repeated Fig; 5 is an enlarged detail'showing the An advertising apparatus 31 is mountedigo drive chain. n directly above thel drum 21, and comprises Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view a pair-offspaced apart end members 32 conthrough one of tlie advertising boxes. A nected by means 0f EL plurality Of hollow Referring now'particularly to the draw shaft members 33, theend members being ing, the numeral indicates thekplatform Vof provided with stub shafts 34 secured there- 95 Y the lstructure to which a housing 6 is seto,l and journaled in suitable bea-rings 35 cured, and which is substantially7 similar to secure'dtorthe posts 7 Y the curb of an old fashioned well, hollow Individual display boxes 36 are pivotally mounted on each of the hollow shafts 33 and comprise top and bottom members 37 suitably rabbeted to receive the glass plates 38, the members 37 being covered by a metal cap 39, the edges of which are turned as shown .at 39a in Fig. 5. of the drawing, so that suitable strips containing indicia thereon may be inserted endwise, or by flexing the strip, or suitable glass plates may be inserted endwise.

A sprocket 40 is mounted on the stub shaft 34 in the position as shown, and a short section of hollow shaft or sleeve 41 is mounted in a suitable bearing 42 secured to the wall of the post 7, the opposite end receiving the end of the shaft 34 and forming a bearing,

another sprocket 43 is mounted on the shaft 4l, and is geared to the sprocket 22 by means of the chain 44, which chain is provided with suitable spaced apart pins 28 identically similar to those on the chain 27, these pins engaging the sprocket 4() at certain intervals for rotation of the display apparatus, the timing, etc., being governed` by the spacing Y of the pins 28 on the chain.

Due to the spacing of the hollow shafts 33, and depth of structure 31, it will be obvious that as the device is rotated, that the display boxes 36 will always hang in avertical readable position.

A plunger 45 is mounted on a rod 46 within the casing 10, and ispivotally connected to the bottom of thebucket in any approved manner, this bucket drops by gravity when the pin disengages from the drive sprocket, and is raised by rotation of the drum caused by the pins 28 engaging the sprocket 25, this raising and dropping of the bucket setting up a pumping action for supplying water if desired, and in practise I provide a jointed manikin who grasps the crank 23, whereas in reality, the manikin is operated by the motor, I also make the manikins head detachable so that another may be mounted thereto and to represent different nationality.

From the foregoing description, it will be obvious that I have perfected a very attractive, interesting and practical display and advertising device.

What I claim is 1. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a housing having a source of water supply, of a pair of hollow supports, a transversely disposed shaft and sleeve, a drum mounted thereon and a bucket hungV therefrom, a crank, a jointed manikin connected thereto, means for drivin'gjsaid shaft and means for intermittently 4driving said sleeve.

2. A display device comprising a platform, a housing, upright posts mounted on the housing and a roof thereon, a shaft journaled in said uprights, Va sprocket mounted thereon, a sleeve on the shaft, a sprocket mounted thereon, a drum on the sleeve and a bucket hung therefrom, a power plant, a chain for driving said sprocket and means on the chain for intermittently rotat ing the sleeve.

3. A display device comprising a housing,

a power plant housed thereimhollow upY 'IIS of the sleeve, a chain connecting said shaft andpower plant, and means on the chain for intermittently engaging and driving the sprocket on the sleeve.

4. A display device comprising a housing having a roof sup orted by spaced apart hollow osts, a shaft journaledl in said posts, a sprocket mounted thereom a sleeve on the shaft, and a drum on one endof the sleeve, a bucket flexibly hung therefrom,a sprocket on the opposite end of the sleeve, al'motor in the housing, a chain connecting said power plant and shaft andV laterally extending pins on the chain for engaging the sprocket on the sleeve to rotate the sleeve. Y

5. A display device comprising a housing, a roof mounted thereon, and supported by BID spaced apart hollow posts, a shaft journaled Y in said posts, a sprocket mounted thereon, and a crank on one end to which a jointed manikin is connected, a sleeve on the shaft,

a drum mounted on one `end of the sleeve, and a sprocket on the opposite end of the sleeve, a power plant in the housing, aV chain connecting said power plant and shaft, and laterally projecting pins on the chain and adapted to engage the sprocket on the sleeve for winding said drum. f

6. In combination with a machine of the character described, a housing havin a pair of hollow posts, a transversely (Iisposed shaft journaled in said posts, a sleeve thereon, a drum on the sleeve` and al bucket` connected thereto, sprockets on the shaftV and sleeve respectively, a power plant, a chain connecting the power plant and shaft, a display mechanism comprising a frame, in-

dividual displa boxes pivotally mounted thereon, stubs afts securedto the frame` and journaled inthe posts, a sleeve on one of said stub shafts, sprockets on the sleeve and stub shaft respectively, a chain connection between said sleeve and the` trans-` versely disposed shaft, and pins on the chain for engaging the sprocket on the stub shaft for intermittently driving said frame.

7. In the combination with `a machine of the character described, a housing having a pair of hollow'posts, a transversely disposed shaft journaled in said posts,a sleeve thereon, a drum on the ,sleeve and a bucket connected thereto, sprockets onv the shaft and' sleeve respectively, a crank on the end of the shaft, and a jointed manikin connected thereto, ka power plant, a chain connecting the power plant and shaft, and means on connection between said sleeve and the the chain for engaging the sprocket on the transversely disposed shaft, and pins on the 10 sleeve, a' display mechanism comprising a chain for engaging the sprocket on the stub frame, individual display boxes pivot-ally shaft for intermittently driving said frame.

#- mounted thereon, stub shafts secured to the In testimony whereof I affix my signa- ;trame and journaled in the posts, a sleeve ture. on one of said stub shafts, sprockets on the v sleeve and stub shaft respectively, a chain WALTER PETTIT.

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