US1707158A - Advertising device - Google Patents

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Mal'Ch'Z, H A. .BROWN ADVERTISING DEVICE Filed May e, 1926 I @Hom/w13 Patented Mar. 26, 1929.

UNITED STATES twain PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY ALBERT BROWN, OF HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO HOMER BALLENGEE, OF RI-IOlI-IISS, NORTH CAROLINA.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Application filed May 6, 1926. Serial No. 107,244.

This invention relates to advertising apparatus, one of its objects being to provide a structure containing shilitable panels carrying advertising matter, continuously oper ating means being provided for shitting the panels successively to display positions, each panel being brought ultimately into display position at each side of the housing in which the panels are located.

A further object is to provide a structure 4oi this character which is simple and eilicient, which can be cheaply manufactured, `and which is durable and compact in construction.

view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the coinbination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention can be `made Within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the prefered torni of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure l is a front elevation of the device.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2, Figure l.

Figure 3 is a similar' view with the panels removed, the conveyor being indicated by iull and dotted lines.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4 4, Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a perspective view oi a por- 35 tion of the conveyor.

Referring to the figures by characters olf' reference l designates a hollow base having an elongated housing 2 upstanding therefrom, this housing being provided at one end 4o within opposed sides with windows 3 and 4 respectively through which the shiftable signs are adapted to be displayed. The re-` maining spaces upon the front andback walls of the housing can be occupied by pei manent signs as shown at 5.

Arranged transversely of the housing 2 at the center thereof and between the per1na nent signs and the windows is a partition 6 which is spaced from the front and back so 'Walls oft the housing. A.. horizontal partin With the foregoing and other objects in tion 7 is arranged within the base l and con- That portion oi the slot adjacent one of the permanent signs 5 is arranged close to the back of the sign as indicated at 8'LL and merges, at the adjacent sides o1" the partition 6, through an obliquely disposed slot port-ion 8*, into a straight slot portion 8C which is arranged back of but is spaced inwardly from the window 4. The slot portions 8 and 8C merge into semi-circular portions 8d which in turn merge into slot portions 8e and 8E which communicate, at one side of the partition 6, through an obliquely disposed slot portion 8g. The slot portion 8f is located close to the window, while the slot portion 8e is spaced inwardly from the permanent sign in line with said window Thus it will be seen that the distance between the slot portions S and is the saine as the distance between the slot portions 8 and 8f. Series of antifriction balls 9 are arranged upon the liooi of the horizontal partition between the opposed portions of the slots. That portion of the horizontal partition bounded by the slots may be iixedly supported in any suitable manner, as by means of posts l0 and sprockets ll may be journaled on these posts, these sprockets engaging an endless chain l2. Secured to one or the `links of the chain is a crank arm 13 mounted for rotation relative to the link and having an upstanding finger which projects through the slot S.

Secured to the inner surfaceot the liousing 9, above and below the window 4 are springs 14 and similar springs 15 arc secured to the inner surface of the opposite wall ot the housing at points adjacent the upper and lower portions oft the permanent sign 5 carried by said wall.

The partition 6 divides the interior ot the housing into two compartments 16 and 1'? respectively. Housed within each ot these compartments is a series of frames 18, each frame carrying a panel 19 the two faces of which are exposed within the frame, faces carrying any suitable advertising matter or from the window 4. Thus the frame nearest the window 3V will be located directly above the portion 8E of the slot. The frames in the compartment 17 will be pressed in the opposite direction, one frame being pressed against the permanent sign 5 adjacent window 4 so as to be located above the portion 8EL of the slot while the opposite frame in :said compartment will lbe pressed away from the other permanent sign. It will be noted that the portion 8b of the slot is normally positioned below the space between two of the panels in compartment 16 while the portion 8e of the slot is normally located between two of the panels in the compart-` ment 17.

The chain or conveyor 12 may be driven in any suitable manner, as by means of a motor, not shown, and which may be housed in' the base 1. Assuming that the chain is traveling in the direction indicated by the arrow in Figure 3, then the crank arm 13,

which is projecting upwardly through the slot 8 ywill travel into the portion 8t of the e slotand come against the end of the frame 18 nearest the window 3. VThis frame will thus be thrust longitudinally out of position back of the window and will be wedged in the chamber 17 between the permanent sign 5 nearest window 3 and the frame ad- `iacent said permanent sign. This addition ofl a frame to the chamber 17 is permitted `by the -springs 15. As the frame is drawn from the compartment 16 the springs 14 and 15 in said compartments will readjust the fram-es so that they will lie compactly in the compartments. As the shifted frame is brought to position in the compartment 17, the crank arm 13 will be deflected laterally by the diagonally disposed portion 6g and will thus come into the portion 8e of the slot so that the crank arm will become disengaged fromv the frame and will be tree to travel along the compartment 17 and around into the portion 81 of the slot where it will engage one end of the first frame in the compartment 17 and thrust said frame longitudinally into the compart- Y ment 16 and back of the window 4. As soon Y as the frame is thus shifted into position back of the window 4, the Vcrank arm will be deflected inwardly by the diagonal portion 8b of the slot, whereupon the crank arm will travel longitudinally along the bottom of the compartment 16 until it com-es against the nextframe located back of the window 3, whereupon the foregoing operation will be repeated.VV Thus it will be seen that the signs will be constantly changing, each sign being brought successively to position back o1" the window 3 and also back of the window 4.

Although in vFigure 2 certain of the 7o frames have been shown directly above the portions 8 and 8'3 of the slot, it will be understood that as soon as an additional frame is forced into either of the compartments 16 or 17, the said frame or frames 75 will be thrust inwardly so as to leave said portion or portions of the slot exposed, thus to allow the tree passage of the crank arm 13 therealong. By providing the anti-friction devices 9, the frames can be shifted longitudinally or laterally without producing undesirable friction.

It is to be understood of course thatit desired the permanent sign 5 can be removed, thus leaving an open window cor- 'responding with the window 3 through which the movable signs will be successively displayed. As the springs 15 are not attached to the back of the sign 5 but are merely secured above and below said sign, U0

the removal of this sign will not aii'cct the said springs 5.

Obviously instead of using chains and sprockets as shown and described, belts and pulleys may be employed. The modiication is so obvious that it is not deemed necessary to illustrate the same.

That is claimed is:

The combination with a base, of a housing thereabove having separate eompartments, there being openings at opposite sides of one of the compartments, of a group of frames mounted on edge within each compartment, springs upon one wall of one compartment and the opposed wall of the other compartment for pressing the frames against those walls of the compartment remote from the springs therein, an endless conveyor chain within the base extending throughout the length of the housing there! above, a crank arm carried by and extending upwardly :trom one of the pivots ot the chain and mounted for rotation relative to the chain, there being an endless slot in the top of the base above the chain and extending beyond the sides of the housing, said slot having opposed parallel portions extending longitudinally ot the housing and base, those portions of the slot adjacent the center of the housing being oiset along par' 120 frame in one of the compartments, and

thrust the frame along the bottom of said compartment into the space behind the iframes in the next compartment, the springs in said compartment constituting means ior shifting said frame out of the path of the next frame to beinserted into said compartment, said slot constituting means for snoeessiv-ely guiding the crank arm out of engagement with the last inserted frame and into engagement With the back edge of another frame in the last named compartment thereby to thrust said engaged frame into the space back of the group of frames from which the i'st frame was removed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing 10 as my own, I have hereto aiiXed my signature.

HENRY ALBERT BROWN.

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