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US1701739A
US1701739A US62539A US6253925A US1701739A US 1701739 A US1701739 A US 1701739A US 62539 A US62539 A US 62539A US 6253925 A US6253925 A US 6253925A US 1701739 A US1701739 A US 1701739A
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  • My invention relatesto a display devicea and more particularly to the le s ol' such devices wherein a series et independent display sheets are n aintained in a magazine, to be removed therefrom one altime and independently exhibited, and then returned to the magazine.
  • My invention comprises the novel mech- :mism and the novel parts and arrangements, shown'in the accompanying' drawings, le cribed in the following specification, and
  • nre l is a side elevation with part oit lramewcrlr removed, and inA section il;
  • lligure 5 is a rear elevation oit the drive mechanism
  • Figures G and 7 are lile sectional views transversely of the main control mechanism, illustrating ⁇ parts in different positions and relations.
  • Fig. 8 is a detailed sectional View taken on line SHS o Fig. 7. f
  • one aspect myinvention is concerned with the presentation of a message which it i, esired to drive nome to the observer, and
  • lt i(the observer of" a series of different messages, views9 pictures or the like, relating to the basic or krecurrentidea and designed to retain the interest of the observer.
  • lt is recognized in the psychology of advertising that a messagej to be retained by the observer, must be driven home by constant repetition; lt is also true that 'the observerls attention must be retained and he must be dive ed from the sameness ot the repetition by changes in the matter presented, or in form.
  • lilly invention is designed to take advantage of these principles ot advertising, and to present the basic ideain the form ot a display which is only before the observer during periods intervening between the displaycalcnlated to retain his interest, but which is constant y being repeated.
  • This in the present embodiment, may be done by presentiirg ⁇ the recurring idea upon a disy sheet which is ordinarily withdrawn out of sight,r 'for example7 upon the sheets 9 and 9 which will part to permit the observance of the several 'independent and lexiblefsheets 'typi'tied by the sheet l.
  • the and 9 are suitably mounted to be iif'ithdrawn, as upon the rod 91, and are controlled for movement in some suitable mannen as, :tor exan'iple7 by means et the continncriscable 92 passing ⁇ over the sheave or drum and secured te thel sheets l) and 9 at the points 90 and 9G respectively.
  • the sheets 9 and 9 arealternately openedand closed. They may be weighted at their lower ends particularly at their adjoining corners, as indicated 9%, to insure thatlthey will hang smeothly and will come together. ⁇
  • the mechanism' including the shitting display U. lLS
  • Velated therewith is 'the presentation to iOO eenl'rol ineens; to be deseribed, herezrfI muy be eneloecri Within u suitably embele n 1 e supported on ii' 1Aiibie sheets l. Vietnamese of Whiei 1.a; provided wi i. l l
  • Jdie n o which *we are preferably userh is by ai chain 50 which is Carried upon k#preek/ae 5l efr-axial with the rollers 30 unil 5l,n oneieie of rhe pa'h o? ehe display Sheefs. ln he inziin howevu', the run of the ehuin il eoineroses; with Jdie tracks or guides 3 "For 'lhe display ehe-e". Thug the iop rofl l0 el :i Sheri which has jus'l been reinOVeCL from he udine.
  • Suitable interinithint control niechsnisin is provided for yoperating ⁇ the chain Sind 'for operating the sheets 9 :ind 9 in the iininner described, and this niechzinu isni will be described hereinafter.
  • striker nieniber 7S corrieri by the switch nieniber 'T is inov: ble into the .nath el the l A ⁇ I pin when ine switch iendpoint i are nioved ont li ⁇ which pro: ⁇ the switch is thrown into the position shown in . Figure 6. ln this kposition of the switch point'the loll/owing ⁇ rod il is intercepted, this interception occurring s Being-.t the time that the rodi() :caches thek diverter 79.
  • the shezive 93 is nioved alteri stely in counterclock vise direction und. hen clockwise Il) nieve the sheets 9 and into open o3.- closed position.
  • a wheel is likewise position d adjacent the ninster freer 8 und is provided with 1p posite redini ots 85 which are positioned to be engaged by either one, but not both o'if the pins 8l and Si', preferably the letter. 'illiis may be accomplished by varying slightly the ri dial distances of the .sheuve lliand wheel Se, or by varying ⁇ the lengtl'is ot the pins and the .spacing of the shefive Q3 fini Wheel gli troni the geen 8. This wheel Si i so disposed that ciigogeinent or' the pin. wi yh either slot S5 will r tete the wheel.
  • lt vvll be nnderstmid rthiit the details of niy invention con be Widely varied, end l do not vv 4h to be understood through iny de scription oit a. preferred embodiment, :is limiting' inyseilf.
  • niy ini'ention comprises in one aspect thek einploynient of theL recurring disoiiij sheet which presei i i basic nies x dni' ii'iteri'iils tl'izit theinterest-remi sheets are being shifted.y In another aspect the essence or iny.
  • pins 55 he provide i s, attached to and movable with These pins 55 spaced soi eaeh other and ending' pins 5 in e vill receive hetween them thi,l u rod l1 of the displav sheet 'which being; ⁇ advane d by the H VH1 as Tl, 79, Lil, lo, 76
  • A. display apparatus eoinpiising ⁇ a magazine adapted to hold a plurality7 ot independent, il ible sheets in inverted pesie d means; movable in tion, sheet g'uieee, 'lE e an endless path about said magazine, said feed means being eiieageable with the reversed top edge oi' a sheet to reinove it from the magazine, and cooperating With said ,fluides to revei'ee it and to advance it into displab7 position, to again reverse and finally to retin-n it to the nagazine in inverted position.
  • n display apparatus eoinpiising ⁇ a magazine adapted to hold a plurality7 ot independent, il ible sheets in inverted pesie d means; movable in tion, sheet g'uieee, 'lE e an endless path about said magazine, said feed means being eiieageable with the reversed top edge oi'
  • A, display,7 apparatus comprising a iii-ae'- vzine adapted lo hold a plurality ot in i i inverted p pei dent ⁇ flexible eheilie ii oeilion, sheet ggfuides, Vleed means movable in a closed path a ⁇ oiit said infieazine, said feed ineens heine ei giapgealile ivi li the reversed top edge oil a eliect remove it troni the nagaziue, and eooperaling with s l -des to reverse il', and to advance it int li -i'v position, to
  • el. ln a display apparatus, in Combination with a badly display,7 sheet having tranev'erse reds ft top and bottoni, a magazine l. n
  • a flexible display sheet having ⁇ transveree rods at top and bottom, a magazine for receiving said sheet in inverted position Coniprism?,Y pairs el' trae te for reeeivingi ⁇ the top and betteln rods thereof, respectively, feed means movable in a closed path including die reception points of both pairs of tracks, 'd the leliveiy pointr et the lower pair of iii ichs, and engageable with the lowerniost or tep rod ol" said sheet at the deliveryY point of the inver pair of tracks to remove the /iet from the magazine, sheet guides, said l means Cooperatin;y t'
  • feed means movable in a (flowed path inludine the delivery po'iil ot he insgA ⁇ nine :ind il4 i' poin inelufh alie i'ei-eptiou en Iq' l upper and zielte, said Qing:
  • ee o permit passage and tiined with said ⁇ feed ineens to niove into position to intercept the bottoni rod following ⁇ passage of the top rod.
  • fr display device as in cle-,iin 6, the switch ineinber being ⁇ engageable by the feed nariaber after the top rod is clear ot the switch, to be moved thereby intoV position to intercept the bottoni rod.
  • a diverter lfined vin the path of the top rod adjacent the reception point of the lower pair of tracks, and engageable with the top rod to disengage it from the ,teed means and to direct it into the niaga- Ziiie.
  • a display device as in claini G, the ,ch ineinber being engageablc by the feed ineniber atter the top rod is clear ot the switch, tobe nioved thereby into position to intercept the bottoni rod, and a diverter n tixed in the path of the top rod adjacent the reception point of the lower pair of tracks, and engageable with the top red substantially simultaneously ith the engaoeinent ot the bottom rod with said switch ineniber, whereby the rods are simultaneously disenfgaged from the eed means and received by their 1 respective magazine tracks.
  • the switch nieinber being,i engageable by the feed ineniber after thetop rod is clear of the switch, to be inoved thereby into position to intercept the bottoni rod, a diverter positioned adjacent the reception point ot 'che lower pair oi"- tracks and engageable with the top rod to disengage it treni the feed means, and a switch-return nieans positioned in the path ot the feed means and operable thereby after retin-n ot the sheet to the magazine to reset the switch member in new mal position,
  • ln :i dir-play apparatus ior a plurality ol irnlependent, flexible sheets, a guide tor said sheets comprising ⁇ a track for maintain ,ing single sheets in position for endwise nioveinent, the initial portion ot said track including ineens engaging the uppermost portion of a sheet to restrain it from falling, a magazine interposed between the ends oi" said track an d eoniprisingineans perinittinn ⁇ bodily lateral nioveinent of the sheets, and
  • a guide for said sheets comprising a track for said rods, for main taining single sheets in position for endwise movement, a magazine interposed ⁇ between the ends ot said track, and including opp er and lower pairs ot tracks for receiving the bottoni and top rods, respectively, or the sheets, said track including an initial section including ⁇ the delivery ends ol" both mag azine tracks, and arranged to restrain the uppermost or bottoni rod troni trilling, and sheet 'iced ineans movable in a closed path includingthe lowcrinost portion olf the initial section, and the remainder oit the sheetgniding track, and engogeable with the lowerniost or top rod oi' a sheet positioned in .said initial sect-ion oi: track, thereby to advance the sheet
  • a selector operable to deliver a single sheet troni the magazine to the initial section oit' the track, in position for engageinent by the ieed means.
  • a selector controlling the delivery olf' sin gie sheets troni the walle to the initial section of the track, in position igageinent' otits top rod bythe feed ineens, ineens ei'igageable by said feed ineens in its adi means en tion i ⁇ I0Wblefby the Steed ineans after r,id .selector aniiprior to' engement or the sheetis top rod, to insure s2 nl selector to normal position.
  • switch mechanism positioned fp, ii en 9111MB 't i r ic pani or san cui means adjacent the n point oi said magazine lfor disenng the sheet 'from the 'feed ineens, and .nvitch-controlfineens engageable by said ⁇ leed ii'ieans as it advances.
  • il display device including a l endless chain and guides therefor, o. magazine included within the run of said chain, and comprising inclined tracks for receiving a philralir-y of rods each secured in an uppermost edge of a flexible display sheet, means for selecting a single rod at a time from said tracks, guide means for said sheets, and means carried by sf 'd chain :for operating said selecto f and for engaging the lowermost edge ol" the selected sheet to advance such sheet along said guide means into display position, said guide means andv said chaincarried means then cooperating ⁇ to deliver the selected sheet to the receiving point of said magazine with its previously uppermost edge again at the upper end of the inclined tracks.
  • a display device including ⁇ an endless chain and guides therefor, a magazine within the run of said chain comprising ripper and lower pairs of inclined tracks for receiving opposite ends of two rods secured in the bottom and top edges, respectively, of a flexible sheet, means for separating the uppermost and lowermost rods or a given sheet simultaneously from the magazine, and for positioning he lowermost rod in the path of said chain, a pin carried by r said chain and engageable with said lowermost rod, and a guide in general following the run of the chain, said pin and said guide cooperating to advance the sheet into display position, and then into position to be received by the receiving ends of the magazine tracks.
  • a switch mechanism positioned in the path of said chain and a( i.. centl the receiving end of the upper sectione track, means engageable by said pin for moving said switch, after passage of the pinengaged rod of the sheet, from its normal position into position to intercept the following rod, and other means engageable by said pin thereafter and after diversion of the following rod by said switch throw said switch into its normal position.
  • method of handling display sheets delivered from and received by a magazine which comprises bodily moving a sheet for- ⁇ 'ardly 'trom the magazine, then moving it downward endwise, reversing it and moving it upward into display position, again reversing it through endwisc movement, and inally moving it bodily forward into and through the magazine with the top edge lowermost.
  • 2G, ln a display mechanism, in combination, an intermittently recurring display sheet, a plurality of independent display sheets, and means for controlling ⁇ movement of each of said series of sheets in turn into display position, and therefrom, and for moving said recurring display sheet into display position during movement of sheets in the series, said control means comprising a master gear, two pins carried thereby, a slotted wheely engageable by each of said pins in succession to advance it intermittently in opposite directions, oaerative connections between said wheel and the recurring display sheet, a second slotted wheel engageable by one of said pins to advanceV it intermittently in the same direction, and operative connections between said second wheel and toe feed means Jfor said series of display sheets.
  • a display apparatus for a plurality of independent, flexible sheets magazineincluding means for supporting and permitting bodily lateral movement of the sheets, means for guiding said sheets from said. magazine to and past a display position, and back to the magazine, said guide means including an initial portion adapted to suspend a single sheet by its upper edge, and sheet-selecting means engageable with the depending portion of a sheet which is held in the initial portion of the guide means to pull it downward therefrom to initiate its advance.
  • a display device including an endless chain and guides therefor, a magazine within the run of said chain comprising upper vand lower pairs of inclined tracks for receiving opposite ends of two rodssecured lll! in the bottom and top edges, respeetivoy, of a exible sheet, means ioi separating the uppermost and loweiniost iods of a given snee/'s simultaneously ⁇ fioin tie ,magazine5 and foi1 positioning the iowei'inost od in the path oi said Chain, a pin czziied by seid chain and engageable with seid loweiinost rod, and a ⁇ guide in genei'zd icoiowing the run of the chain, said pin and said guide cooperating to advance the shee, intodieplay positimi, and then into position to be rooeved by the receiving ends oi 'the magezine "cracks and :i Second pin Carried by the @ein Sind spaced from *die iffe

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Feb. 12, 1929.v 1,701,739
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DISPLAY DEVICE Filed Oct. l5, 1925 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 v o 0 0 D 0 0 O C O O 0 0 \0 0 O O OLO O O O o /l 34 y .-3/ .fl 33 5'!" o o 60v o o /0 o 30 a l 7 o 40 o 68 .5, o@ /4/ 7v o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 6 3' A lo] Ie o l 45 43 Harz/'risward inverted into display posi `l@etenteil Felon. l2, 1929.
emersi orties.
HARRIS G. WABQ 0F VASEEON, TNASHINGTON.
DISELAY BEVCE.
Application filed. October 15, 1925. Serial No. 62,539.
My invention relatesto a display devicea and more particularly to the le s ol' such devices wherein a series et independent display sheets are n aintained in a magazine, to be removed therefrom one altime and independently exhibited, and then returned to the magazine.
One out the objects ot my invention is the provision of a novel method ol handling such display sheets, and the provision of a novel mechanism *for carrying ont the method, whereby flexible sheets are maintained in inverted position in the megas' and are removed there'ron'i one at time? n. and .tinally re-inverted and replaced at he back side of the magazine, thence moving` bodily forward through the magazine.
further Objectis the provision in a display device of two types of displays, one comprising a series ot different displays to be exhibited in succession, and the other comprising` a display for an underl fing basic which is displayed recnrringly, to the end ot empl asizing its message through constant repetition,
fr further object the provision ot satisfactory, simple operating and control means ttor the various display mechanisms, and the pri/)vision of such operating and control mechanisms as will give satisfactory and continued service vithout the necessity for itrequei t adjustment or repair.
@ther objects reside iny the provision suitable mech 'cal structures for carrying out the princiy4 es oi my .inve tion 'es iur'- ther described in this speciicetion.
My invention comprises the novel mech- :mism and the novel parts and arrangements, shown'in the accompanying' drawings, le cribed in the following specification, and
Poulet-ly doincd by the claims terminatyhe saine.
ln the accompanyinjidrawings ll have shown :in embodiment ot my invention i es its present preferred form.
i elevation oli the display dcby the observer, and Figure 'on shoe-'i a dirlerent 'TH f o an elevation with part of i removed, and in section the display in process of change; nre l is a side elevation with part oit lramewcrlr removed, and inA section il;
' sheets 9 lustrzfiting the general arrangement of the psrts rg,
lligure 5 is a rear elevation oit the drive mechanism Figures G and 7 are lile sectional views transversely of the main control mechanism, illustrating` parts in different positions and relations. i
Fig. 8 is a detailed sectional View taken on line SHS o Fig. 7. f
ln one aspect myinvention is concerned with the presentation of a message which it i, esired to drive nome to the observer, and
i( the observer of" a series of different messages, views9 pictures or the like, relating to the basic or krecurrentidea and designed to retain the interest of the observer. lt is recognized in the psychology of advertising that a messagej to be retained by the observer, must be driven home by constant repetition; lt is also true that 'the observerls attention must be retained and he must be dive ed from the sameness ot the repetition by changes in the matter presented, or in form.
lilly invention is designed to take advantage of these principles ot advertising, and to present the basic ideain the form ot a display which is only before the observer during periods intervening between the displaycalcnlated to retain his interest, but which is constant y being repeated. This, in the present embodiment, may be done by presentiirg` the recurring idea upon a disy sheet which is ordinarily withdrawn out of sight,r 'for example7 upon the sheets 9 and 9 which will part to permit the observance of the several 'independent and lexiblefsheets 'typi'tied by the sheet l. The and 9 are suitably mounted to be iif'ithdrawn, as upon the rod 91, and are controlled for movement in some suitable mannen as, :tor exan'iple7 by means et the continncriscable 92 passing` over the sheave or drum and secured te thel sheets l) and 9 at the points 90 and 9G respectively. By giving the sheave 93 an intermittent movement in opposite directions, the sheets 9 and 9 arealternately openedand closed. They may be weighted at their lower ends particularly at their adjoining corners, as indicated 9%, to insure thatlthey will hang smeothly and will come together.` The mechanism', including the shitting display U. lLS
Velated therewith is 'the presentation to iOO eenl'rol ineens; to be deseribed, herezrfI muy be eneloecri Within u suitably embele n 1 e supported on ii' 1Aiibie sheets l. euch of Whiei 1.a; provided wi i. l l
i rofl l() und u rod ll e1;-
ly aereas i'iie top and boi un edge, reepeeiiveljyg ef lhe sheet. Le i kein i number of he' ai nuguzine f" il i xe mee/ent einbilL u mpiiseil of two pauw; of inclined ehi neel-like trucks 20 und il, respee'i'el) i el' he rfuls 'if :ire receivable i: die heele; 20? unal the enfle l Ll `I o? ih-e wils il in ie i'iuehe 2l. wherein they 'iree to slide ouurii ihe ower end of the 'fhus ei'ipporieih ehe heels :ire in le onewieie onlyY nfl Conf-rel rueeln 'iha't il e opposite ien thereof'. Sriilee Y lennui with 'fue rodVN 'n il to invert 'heni, :incl [hen to guide rhein into displ pesiioin then torre-i Verii'heni fio deliver then o the reeaivinifi poi-n if* be .magazine ille nn zine b-iiiiig reprefseni'eil in general by rlie nuiiueral 2. Such guides, i :v eoinprise the Channel-like ne; sind he rollers Si) use" These iraele; or
J reci )secretion by a inembe eiee e level1 plvoted at lo r aeaned te be engaged by suitable ineens 'e oneree ihe Selector, und having iis oher tionecl no be engaged by the se.
i' iiuure he return of the )r inisnis their noi nel eloseil position. 'inlie 'e gute members 40 at upper enil, boih ie rispeezlve rods l J- .fr .i i im einen L- o.A Lne einem loue l nmguzlne, und upon downnuiii niovemeni o? he gue nienlbelS l0 :nul
l H in nioveai dewnu'urel Sughi olli 'lille i'ruei (s 2O und ur ou :ire piovideil for hen engin:- 4 t :unl advancing il', "hese coui- 'ifinlg in lie, present n'ieelninisin e pin 5, vim-'h is inomble in u eioeeil path which ineludev "he delivery peint of the magazine 2 l l "e receiving` peint. As shown herein, Jdie n o: which *we are preferably userh is by ai chain 50 which is Carried upon k#preek/ae 5l efr-axial with the rollers 30 unil 5l,n oneieie of rhe pa'h o? ehe display Sheefs. ln he inziin howevu', the run of the ehuin il eoineiiles; with Jdie tracks or guides 3 "For 'lhe display ehe-e". Thug the iop rofl l0 el :i Sheri which has jus'l been reinOVeCL from he udine. ie positioned in the pzih o 'he und, :is eeen in Figure 7, he pin pin lower right hand corner continuing its ce in the direeion el' the arrow, will Y Vhe roel lO. ln Figure 6 the ne ie 'i :ie engaged beneath bhe roel l() i. the, of advancing the display sheet l to ny position, The Sheet l, i5 will be een, ie puseed beneeL he rollei` 30 "so reverse 'op for bottoni.
Yill Je not al in Figure '7 'iinu u inein- G ie pivefgeil ui; 6() lhe po nl: where, ,e foil l0 ie picked up by the pin 5 und is Q fr i limited neoveinenl'y between be side@ guiee 3. This; iets as e beekine; le he :ulmneinpj pin 5 from Wishing: .Y lf upwurfl und 1` uffi-sing 'ih-erebeneulli. e hu he Verl l() will be. carri/Jil '.i'orwnrii in :nli'enee oi he pin lt,
.-i .urli iiiee'l) een 'hen be zrown downward by die lowing' pin il 1A piedini: hereoi I 'I limi rdie pnA die ine 4e- Y for mechanism und thai; 'h
'er fr e 1S poeieioned in the pa so ihm if elle seleeior ineinbr We y@ iesuined their normal, Cloeeal p l will be returned to such position by i 5 as it engages the enel 45 and prioi.1
esi
to engagement of the pin With the rod 10. .ifhis .insures closin@- of the magazine prior to advance of the delivered display sheet y The chain 50 and pin 5 advanced in the direction of the arrow in Figures 5 and 7, to curry :i sheet delivered frein the ningezine into display position et the iiront oi the niega-Ziele. Here it is held in position, the cover . sheets 9 and 9 being` then opened and finally closed, following which the pin 5 rer-:unies its advance end nieves the display sheet rein display positron, reversing it top for bottoni and bringing it to the receiving point oi' the ineggiizine In the ineen- ,in'ie the second pin 5 hes releases and then picked .up n second 'display sheet end has advanced it to the display position, Wherenpon the sheets 9 and 9 are opened. llignre (3 shows :i sheet being advanced inte the c ispliiy position und zi sheet being moved therefroin. lilignre 7 shown :i sheet innnedintely :liter beginning its inoveinent away from the display position, end shows e pin 5 in the iirst step-oi releasing ny neiv sheet to be :idvzinced thineby. Suitable interinithint control niechsnisin is provided for yoperating` the chain sind 'for operating the sheets 9 :ind 9 in the iininner described, and this niechzinu isni will be described hereinafter.
Giving tothe manner of handling the sheets, moving; thein bodily forward through the nnigozine, it is necessary that ineens be provided which will permit the top rod l to poss the upper track 2l, but which Will insure that the bottomL rod 1.1 is intercepted. l have, therefore, provided switchmechanism posv :ind et the receiving point of the track 2l. This comprises e lever 7 pivoted :it 70 end having` one erin 7l inovable across the path of the rods sind troni such path. The other :irin 72 connected by links end levers 73, 7 and T5 to e control. lever 76, pivoted et 77.
striker nieniber 7S corrieri by the switch nieniber 'T is inov: ble into the .nath el the l A\ I pin when ine switch iendpoint i are nioved ont li `which pro:` the switch is thrown into the position shown in .Figure 6. ln this kposition of the switch point'the loll/owing` rod il is intercepted, this interception occurring s oben-.t the time that the rodi() :caches thek diverter 79. The result is that these tivo rods are nioved ont or the guide 3 and into their respective ti-:ichs and 2l, the pin 5 continuing in line tioned adjacent the pzith of the pin 5- Wit-h the back run of the chain. The saine pincontinuing, strikes the 1nernber4l4, releases a new sheet and continues picking` up the sheet. in passing it engages the member TG, which is connected to the switch 7, `and resets the switch in the yposition shown in i'lig'ure 7.
A single nietor M nniy be employed to operiV te all :.t.tiie movements, this bein conwheel 82, hiivin` opposite radi; l slots 43 end rl, is connected to the d 'urn or sheiive 93 sind is positioned so that its slot 83 will be engaged by the pin 8l, or so that 'its slot 233 Wil`- be engaged by the pin '81. Thus, by alternate enneigement of the pins cli :ind 8i with. the 'i slots Il :ind E. the shezive 93 is nioved alteri stely in counterclock vise direction und. hen clockwise Il) nieve the sheets 9 and into open o3.- closed position.
A wheel is likewise position d adjacent the ninster freer 8 und is provided with 1p posite redini ots 85 which are positioned to be engaged by either one, but not both o'if the pins 8l and Si', preferably the letter. 'illiis may be accomplished by varying slightly the ri dial distances of the .sheuve lliand wheel Se, or by varying` the lengtl'is ot the pins and the .spacing of the shefive Q3 fini Wheel gli troni the geen 8. This wheel Si i so disposed that ciigogeinent or' the pin. wi yh either slot S5 will r tete the wheel. Sii through s, heli` revolution, snee ssive engageinents of the eine pin. 8l rotating; the wheel in the sinne direction. The pin 8l does not engine n slot- 85, it the pin 8l engijzi ory ,ricV versi. This wheel El connecte(4 ss by the beveled 89 :inf is ehein 86 passing ove 'Y sprockets 87 end El( to 'l LL the shaft/8S, which (ferries ine' drive geef 5l 'for .die chain 50. By these or equivalent ineens the tliziin is intermittently advanced in be'nveen periods vhen the sheets 9 and 9 are in closed oosition. f
lt vvll be nnderstmid rthiit the details of niy invention con be Widely varied, end l do not vv 4h to be understood through iny de scription oit a. preferred embodiment, :is limiting' inyseilf. thereto in nny wey, except ss deiincd by the, :lziiins ternihinting1 this Essentnilly, niy ini'ention comprises in one aspect thek einploynient of theL recurring disoiiij sheet which presei i i basic nies x dni' ii'iteri'iils tl'izit theinterest-remi sheets are being shifted.y In another aspect the essence or iny. invention in the hitnfiling' if the independent dispis'j .sheets in Vthe, nisi'iner described, moving the-ni bodily n iiorivwrd in inverted position through e niegiii() lil) azine, pieliing them up and'inveiting,` them While moving' them to display position, again inverting` them and finally delivering them inverted to the rear Side ol the magie zine.
lilhile ie not essential, l prefer that pins 55 he provide i s, attached to and movable with These pins 55 spaced soi eaeh other and ending' pins 5 in e vill receive hetween them thi,l u rod l1 of the displav sheet 'which being;` advane d by the H VH1 as Tl, 79, Lil, lo, 76
correspond Y pin i. oi' the moet advaneee prevent he rod ll the basl; run. or t and 5, some oi1 -which are engi: id by the pms The pms 5 constitute the leed means and eonetitue alfso the timing iiieai'is hy which the operation or" the Yarious meehanisms is Coordinated.
lVhat l claim as my invev tion is:
l. A. display apparatus eoinpiising` a magazine adapted to hold a plurality7 ot independent, il ible sheets in inverted pesie d means; movable in tion, sheet g'uieee, 'lE e an endless path about said magazine, said feed means being eiieageable with the reversed top edge oi' a sheet to reinove it from the magazine, and cooperating With said ,fluides to revei'ee it and to advance it into displab7 position, to again reverse and finally to retin-n it to the nagazine in inverted position. n
2. A, display,7 apparatus comprising a iii-ae'- vzine adapted lo hold a plurality ot in i i inverted p pei dent` flexible eheilie ii oeilion, sheet ggfuides, Vleed means movable in a closed path a` oiit said infieazine, said feed ineens heine ei giapgealile ivi li the reversed top edge oil a eliect remove it troni the nagaziue, and eooperaling with s l -des to reverse il', and to advance it int li -i'v position, to
in reveiee il, ziii i l o return it to the iiiagi'azine in iiifxer a position, and ee- 2jr )in the n'iaggazine, to ie-invert it and move t into dieplay position, and Vinally to invert i ieeheel `oid return it, inverted, to the niagazine.
el. ln a display apparatus, in Combination with a terrible display,7 sheet having tranev'erse reds ft top and bottoni, a magazine l. n
reeeiving aid sheet in inverted position roinpiising,` pairs ti'aele tei' receiving the flop and bottom rods thereof, respectively, leed Aneans ino vable in a closed path including the reception point and the delivei,7 point` of said magazine, and eng: geable with the te) rod et said sheet to remove the sheet 'from the magazine, to re-inveit it. and move ily into display position, and linally to invert the sheet and return it, inverted, to the inagzizine, said feed means also iii-finding ire- ,raiiiing means positioned to restrain the ,iottom rod of 'the sheet.
i a displa)T apliiiral'us'i, in combination v-:il'h a flexible display sheet having` transveree rods at top and bottom, a magazine for receiving said sheet in inverted position Coniprism?,Y pairs el' trae te for reeeivingi` the top and betteln rods thereof, respectively, feed means movable in a closed path including die reception points of both pairs of tracks, 'd the leliveiy pointr et the lower pair of iii ichs, and engageable with the lowerniost or tep rod ol" said sheet at the deliveryY point of the inver pair of tracks to remove the /iet from the magazine, sheet guides, said l means Cooperatin;y t'
i f t, `o move it int-o dif-:play i" ien` w invert, it a, ain, and to deliver the iop and botton rods thereof again to the reptif'n pointe ot the lower and upper pairs J l (3. In a display appara! i llexlole displayY ,t
ide iop and liz, m, ely,
alf/ine igor ifeLeifdi'ie` .said :i-ilieet in ini" )oeiiion eompiieiug pairs ot raeln: Jior receiving Yhe ip and bottoni rodeA thereo'lf. respeetivii". feed means movable in a (flowed path inludine the delivery po'iil ot he insgA` nine :ind il4 i' poin inelufh alie i'ei-eptiou en Iq' l upper and zielte, said Qing:
rfiih the lo' f et to remove 'ghe wheel' om Vthe magai' into display 'sillon and re- 'eried position f th ite top and irewui'ed 'lo he reception pointe l upper tracks, repeetively, iiiher adgaeent tl* f reelL l and ierippei pair of tracks l' l o a rod,
ee o permit passage and tiined with said` feed ineens to niove into position to intercept the bottoni rod following` passage of the top rod.
7. fr display device as in cle-,iin 6, the switch ineinber being` engageable by the feed nieniber after the top rod is clear ot the switch, to be moved thereby intoV position to intercept the bottoni rod.
8. ln combination with display apparatus as in claim 6, a diverter lfined vin the path of the top rod adjacent the reception point of the lower pair of tracks, and engageable with the top rod to disengage it from the ,teed means and to direct it into the niaga- Ziiie.
9, A display device as in claini G, the ,ch ineinber being engageablc by the feed ineniber atter the top rod is clear ot the switch, tobe nioved thereby into position to intercept the bottoni rod, and a diverter n tixed in the path of the top rod adjacent the reception point of the lower pair of tracks, and engageable with the top red substantially simultaneously ith the engaoeinent ot the bottom rod with said switch ineniber, whereby the rods are simultaneously disenfgaged from the eed means and received by their 1 respective magazine tracks.
l0. ln combination with a display device as in claim 6, a switch-return device tiincd with the leed ineens and operatively connected with said switch member to return the saine to norinal position tolli'iwing its interception ot the bottom rod.
irri display device as in claini G, the switch nieinber being,i engageable by the feed ineniber after thetop rod is clear of the switch, to be inoved thereby into position to intercept the bottoni rod, a diverter positioned adjacent the reception point ot 'che lower pair oi"- tracks and engageable with the top rod to disengage it treni the feed means, and a switch-return nieans positioned in the path ot the feed means and operable thereby after retin-n ot the sheet to the magazine to reset the switch member in new mal position,
ln :i dir-play apparatus ior a plurality ol irnlependent, flexible sheets, a guide tor said sheets comprising` a track for maintain ,ing single sheets in position for endwise nioveinent, the initial portion ot said track including ineens engaging the uppermost portion of a sheet to restrain it from falling, a magazine interposed between the ends oi" said track an d eoniprisingineans perinittinn` bodily lateral nioveinent of the sheets, and
' sheet feed ineens engageable with the lowerbetere positioningthe sheet in display po-' in clai sition, and tor rciiiverting` it prior to its delivery therefrom to the magazine.
13. In a display apparatus, in combination with a plurality ot independent,v flexible sheets, each having transversely extending top and bottoni rods, a guide for said sheets comprising a track for said rods, for main taining single sheets in position for endwise movement, a magazine interposed `between the ends ot said track, and including opp er and lower pairs ot tracks for receiving the bottoni and top rods, respectively, or the sheets, said track including an initial section including` the delivery ends ol" both mag azine tracks, and arranged to restrain the uppermost or bottoni rod troni trilling, and sheet 'iced ineans movable in a closed path includingthe lowcrinost portion olf the initial section, and the remainder oit the sheetgniding track, and engogeable with the lowerniost or top rod oi' a sheet positioned in .said initial sect-ion oi: track, thereby to advance the sheet.
ln combination with a display device as in claire 13, a selector operable to deliver a single sheet troni the magazine to the initial section oit' the track, in position for engageinent by the ieed means.
l5. :in combination Tith a display device as in claini i3, aiselector.controlling the dev livery ot single sheets :from the magazine to the initial section et the track, in position for engagement oit its top rod by the toed ineanaend ineens ei'lgageable by said "eed iii-cans in its advance to operaie saidsi-n eter.
lo. ln combinationwith a display vdevice as in claiin 13, a selector controlling the delivery olf' sin gie sheets troni the magasine to the initial section of the track, in position igageinent' otits top rod bythe feed ineens, ineens ei'igageable by said feed ineens in its adi means en tion i `I0Wblefby the Steed ineans after r,id .selector aniiprior to' engement or the sheetis top rod, to insure s2 nl selector to normal position.
Y n oi" claim ll, switch mechanism positioned fp, ii en 9111MB 't i r ic pani or san cui means adjacent the n point oi said magazine lfor disenng the sheet 'from the 'feed ineens, and .nvitch-controlfineens engageable by said `leed ii'ieans as it advances.
' 18. lircoinbniation with a display device ni i3, a selectorcontrolling,` the delivery or single sheets troni the magazine to the initial section ot the track, in position JI in, f". A L lor engaieinent or its top rod by the reed nieans, means engageable by said fee-l ineans in advaniice to operate `said selector, ineens fenp'ageable by the feed ineans'after oigieration oi? said selector and priorto engagement? of the sheets top rod, toy insure retnrnfoi said selector to norinal position, switch nicchiace to operate said selector, and
ln conibination with a display device.
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said f 'nt of seid from the feed means, and switch-control .i ans engageable by said feed means as it advances.
i9, il display device including a l endless chain and guides therefor, o. magazine included within the run of said chain, and comprising inclined tracks for receiving a philralir-y of rods each secured in an uppermost edge of a flexible display sheet, means for selecting a single rod at a time from said tracks, guide means for said sheets, and means carried by sf 'd chain :for operating said selecto f and for engaging the lowermost edge ol" the selected sheet to advance such sheet along said guide means into display position, said guide means andv said chaincarried means then cooperating` to deliver the selected sheet to the receiving point of said magazine with its previously uppermost edge again at the upper end of the inclined tracks.
20. A display device including` an endless chain and guides therefor, a magazine within the run of said chain comprising ripper and lower pairs of inclined tracks for receiving opposite ends of two rods secured in the bottom and top edges, respectively, of a flexible sheet, means for separating the uppermost and lowermost rods or a given sheet simultaneously from the magazine, and for positioning he lowermost rod in the path of said chain, a pin carried by r said chain and engageable with said lowermost rod, and a guide in general following the run of the chain, said pin and said guide cooperating to advance the sheet into display position, and then into position to be received by the receiving ends of the magazine tracks.
` 2l. In combination with display device in claim 20, a switch mechanism positioned in the path of said chain and a( i.. centl the receiving end of the upper magasine track, means engageable by said pin for moving said switch, after passage of the pinengaged rod of the sheet, from its normal position into position to intercept the following rod, and other means engageable by said pin thereafter and after diversion of the following rod by said switch throw said switch into its normal position.
22. ln combination with a display device as in claim 20, means positioned in tl e path of the pin, and engageable thereby as it approaches the delivery end of the me zine, to operate said selector, am thereafter further engageable by the pin, prior to its engagement with the rod, to insure return of said selector to its normal position.
23. A display device as in claim 20, tl e chain having a pair of pins spaced from each other and from the first pin to receive the bottom or following rod of the advancing sheet, and to maintain the bottom edge of the sheet aligned with the run of the caain.
2st. A display device as in claim 20, the chain having a. pair of pins spaced from each other and from the first pin to receive the bottom or following rod of thel advancing sheet, and to maintain the bottom edge of the sheet aligned iith the run of the chain, selector and switch mechanisnis for directing the sheet and its rods into and from engagement with the first pin, control means therefor including members positioned in the path of said pins, the pair of pins projecting less than the first pin and passing beneath said control means.
il, method of handling display sheets delivered from and received by a magazine, which comprises bodily moving a sheet for- `'ardly 'trom the magazine, then moving it downward endwise, reversing it and moving it upward into display position, again reversing it through endwisc movement, and inally moving it bodily forward into and through the magazine with the top edge lowermost.
2G, ln a display mechanism, in combination, an intermittently recurring display sheet, a plurality of independent display sheets, and means for controlling` movement of each of said series of sheets in turn into display position, and therefrom, and for moving said recurring display sheet into display position during movement of sheets in the series, said control means comprising a master gear, two pins carried thereby, a slotted wheely engageable by each of said pins in succession to advance it intermittently in opposite directions, oaerative connections between said wheel and the recurring display sheet, a second slotted wheel engageable by one of said pins to advanceV it intermittently in the same direction, and operative connections between said second wheel and toe feed means Jfor said series of display sheets.
27. ln a display apparatus for a plurality of independent, flexible sheets, magazineincluding means for supporting and permitting bodily lateral movement of the sheets, means for guiding said sheets from said. magazine to and past a display position, and back to the magazine, said guide means including an initial portion adapted to suspend a single sheet by its upper edge, and sheet-selecting means engageable with the depending portion of a sheet which is held in the initial portion of the guide means to pull it downward therefrom to initiate its advance.
28. A display device including an endless chain and guides therefor, a magazine within the run of said chain comprising upper vand lower pairs of inclined tracks for receiving opposite ends of two rodssecured lll!) in the bottom and top edges, respeetivoy, of a exible sheet, means ioi separating the uppermost and loweiniost iods of a given snee/'s simultaneously `fioin tie ,magazine5 and foi1 positioning the iowei'inost od in the path oi said Chain, a pin czziied by seid chain and engageable with seid loweiinost rod, and a` guide in genei'zd icoiowing the run of the chain, said pin and said guide cooperating to advance the shee, intodieplay positimi, and then into position to be rooeved by the receiving ends oi 'the magezine "cracks and :i Second pin Carried by the @ein sind spaced from *die iffet pin to position it in advance of the foliowng rod of l 'the sheet, to pi'even: collapse ofthe sheet.
when invented.
Signed at Seatle, King; County, Washington, this 28th day of September, 1925.
HARRS G. WARD
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