US1728610A - Display device - Google Patents

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Spt. 17, 1929. E, A HORTON 1,728,610

I DISPLAY DEVICE Filed July 2, 192

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Eatented Sept. 17, 1929 I i UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE ELLSWORTH A. non'ron, or isnonx, nnw xonx i I if DISPLAY nnvrcn i i 1 Application filed July 2, 1928. Serial No. ?i89,-i839.

This invention relates to improvements in walls of the box which are covered by a display devices, and it is the principal obcloth 1% of any appropriate fabric and color ject of my invention to provide a device and suitably ruffledand accommodately hidadapted to display an article to its greatest ing and coveringthe meeting edges of mir- 5 advantage and by creating its size through ror and box wall. This cloth covering pro- 55 a mirrored effect, the illusion. of being sustccts and embellishesthe inner walls of the pended in space without any visible support box, and carries at the inner face of the J while the same is rotated in. order to distop lettering constituting a legend in re-.- play every single feature of the article. versed order to be reflected as readable mat- Another object of my invention is the proter in the mirror as for instance as shown 60 vision of a display device of this character It stands alone, or any other suitable having its walls lined with a ruffled fabric matter. I I I harmonizing in colon and arrangement with a A forwardly extending flap; or flange the nature of the article displayed to enis'secured to the upper edge of the flaring 15 hance the appearance of the article and to mouth 11 to protectthe display. against in- 65 display the same most favorably, and hiding terfering light rays etc. Q the mirror edges. The mirror 13 is perforated in approx i A further object of the invention is the mately its middle, at the point of intersecprovision of a display device of simple and tion of diagonal lines drawn from its r therefore inexpensive construction, which corners for allowing the passage of a rod 7 however, is extremely eflicient in its operaor pin 16 upontheupperend of which the tion, and easily to transport from place to article, 17 to be displayed and placed upon place. themirr'or is held. A Y I p v y A still further object of my invention is Thelower endofpin 16 carriesa bevel the provision of a display device of this gear 18 in mesh with a bevel gear 19 on character adapted to give the most favorable the shaft 20 of a motor 21 placed convenicolor and light effects for advertising purently in thebox 10 and secured to its bottom. poses in show windows, stores or the like. The operation of my device will be en- These and other objects and advantages tirely clear from'the above description, and

so of my invention will become more fully ap-- it will beevident that. an article 17 placed 80 parent as the description thereof proceeds, upon the mirror at the end of the rod or and will then be more specifically defined pin 16 will be rotated upon the starting of in the appended claims. motor 21 and will be reflected in mirror 13 In the accompanying drawing forming a thus creating the illusion of being suspended material part of this disclosure: in space without any visible support most 3 Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a display advantageously displaying the object or device constructed. according to my invenarticle by suitable mirror, color, and light tion. effects during the rotation thereof. a 1 Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig- It will be understood that I have disclosed ure 1. r an example the preferred form of my de- 90 Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view looking in vice only, and that I may make such changes the direction of arrows 3-8 of Figure 2. in the general arrangement thereof and in As illustrated, my display device comthe construction of its minor details, as come prises a casing 10 substantially as shown in within the scope of the appended claims I Figure l and made of any suitable material without departure from the spirit of my in- 9 and in any desired size. vention and the principles involved.

This casing or box has a flaring frontal Having thus described my invention what mouth 11 closed by a window 12 or the like I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Within the box a mirror 13 is provided. Patent if" i 50 arranged at an angle of about to the end 1. A display device comprising a casing, a no mirror arranged therein in inclined position and having an opening, means for covering the meeting edges of mirror and casing Walls, an invisible means from Which the article'to be displayed is suspended passing through the opening in said mirror, a. motor operated means for rotating said article suspending means on said mirror.

2. A display device comprising a casing, a mirror arranged therein at an angle of about 45 to the walls of said casing and having an opening in approximately its middle, a pin passing through said opening, adapted to invisibly carry and hold an article to be displayed on top of said mirror, means for rotating said pin and article, and a means for hiding the meeting places of the mirror and casing Walls.

3. A display device comprising a casing, a mirror arranged therein at an inclination to the bottom of said casing, a fabric coating for the Walls and inner top face of said casing to hide the meeting edges of mirror and casing walls, an article adapted to be placed on said mirror, invisible means for holding said article in its position in the mirror, and a means for rotating said article.

4. A display device of the class described comprising a box, a ruflied fabric cover for. the end Walls and the top all of said box, a mirror arranged at an inclination of about 45 to the bottom of thebox and having a median perforation, a legend on the inner face 03": the top of said box adapted to be reflected in said mirror and appropriate to the article to be displayed, a pin projecting through said hole in the mirror and allowing the invisible suspension of an article to be displayed above said mirror, means for rotating said pin and article, and a motor for. operating said rotating means, a glass front for said box, and an upper flange or flap projecting from the upper edge thereof towards the front.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 28th day of June A, D. 1928.

ELLSWORTH A. HORTON.

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