US1754369A - Outdoor advertising device - Google Patents

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April 15, 1930. M. F. PHILLIPS OUTDOOR ADVERTISING DEVICE Filed Oct. 19, 1928 2 Sheets-Shet 1' INVENTOR April 15, 1930. M. F. PHILLIPS OUTDOOR ADVERTISING DEVICE Fild Oct. 19, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 a w m 7 1. f i i M\ MN F H 2 m V1 a ME: k n fl R MK.

I ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 15, 1930 P ATEN-T oF-r I H MAURICE r. rnrrmrs; or nrcmvronn, VIRGINIA OUTDOOR ADVERTISING DEVICE Application filed; October 19, 1928. Serial No. 313,522.

The present; invention relates to improvements: in outdoor advertising devices,,o ne; object thereof being the provision of a movable sign arrangement in which signs or cards bearing advertising. or similar matter are successively presented to;.view in appearing and disappearing relation so as to attract the attention. of the public; Another object of theinventionisthe pro visionof an outdoor sign apparatus in which a. casing provided with a sign presentation aperture is socombined with the, sign deliverywmechanismv that signs are presented in interrupted succession, that is, one sign is moved forward into presentation position and moved. backward therefrom before the next sign is brought intoview, the projecting and retractingpositions of thelsignbeing in substantially the same plane, so:that the advertising matter carried thereby is presented to view during thecomplete action.

With the foregoing and, other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, theinvention resides in, the combination and! arrangementsofparts and in the details of. construction hereinafter described ancl;claimed,.it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of theinvention herein disclosedcan be made within; the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spir t f 'the invention In the drawings V Figure 1 is aperspectiveviQW of the completeapparatus; 1

Figure" 2 is a. longitudinal sectional View therethrough;

Figurefl is alsection on line 3W3 of Figure 2,. a i a a Figure 4 is an enlarged detail sectional View of one ofthesign holding-racks and the V adjacent portionof the sign mounted there- Figures 5 and 6 are detail views in side elevation and top plan of one form of endlessbelt or chainand sign-carrying member.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 7 designates a substantlally rectangular-casmg which is hereshownas mounted upon pedesndsaicl opening bei g normally closed: by a transparent sheet o-fglass l,0. Mountedwith; in the; cabinet at opposite sidesof theopening 9- and projecting rearwardly; therein are the two 'parallel wingsll, and disposed above 9 the shaft 15. This shaft is properly. journaled within the cabinetand carries;v two sprocket wheels 16' and 16 which, in turn, operate through the chains 17 and 17; the two short shafts 18-18 said shafts, as clearly shown, being provided with sprockets; l9 and 19? over which are trained'the sign conveying chains 20 and, 205. will drivethe conveyor chains which. are properly trained, as will presently appear, to perform the desired; function. Mounted upon each side of the cabinet to guide the respective chains are the. sprockets 21, 22 and 23; as clearly shown in Figure2, and the chainis caused by the motor to travel: inthe direction; of the arrows, -as indicated in Figure; 2, so: that the arms 26L (Figs. 5 and,6 carried by the chains-and 20"- and which carry the; sign-engaging hooks; 2%: are positioned to properly engage and release the signs, as will presently appear. Mounted Withint-hecabinetand secured to the opposite sidewalls thereof, as shown-in Figure 4;, are brackets 25 which, in turn, a support the; rails or rods 26 in an inclined position, the fol:- ward' end of'e'ach rail being. provided witha hooked end'27 to successively receive and support curved supporting arms extendlng laterally from the signs 28 at or adjacent the upper edges ofthe latter;

Each sign 28', ashore shown, is providedon its rear face with spacing members 29 to prop: erly space the same fromthe next succeeding sign as illustrated, in Figure 2, and in the proper position upon, therzicks 26", theinc1-ine of the rack'beingsuch asto deliver the signs forwardly by gravity after they have been Thus, the shaft 'viously exhibited.

placed thereon through the intermediary of the endless conveyors.

It will thus be seen that when the conveyor chains 20 and 20 are moving in the direction of the arrow (Figure 2), the hooks 24:, which are spaced in proper relative position so that the signs will not interfere with one another in moving into exhibiting and non-exhibiting position, will be inserted in the curved arms 30 at the upper corners of each sign in sucha manner that the sign will be lifted from the hooks 27 of the rails 26 and will assume the dotted line position shown in the lower portion of Figure 2. As soon as the sign has passed the sprockets 21 and 21, it enters between the wings 11 and moves in a horizontal plane toward the opening 9 and until it passes under the sprockets 22 and 22, at which time, the hooks 24' are carried around the sprockets and the sign is bodily elevated and moved rearwardly, assuming the dotted line position shown in the upper portion of Figure 2 with the lower edge thereof slightly above the position it assumes when moving toward the opening 9. Thus the sign will be moved forwardly toward the opening 9 and then rearwardly in a slightly elevated position between the wings 11, and, when the sign has reached the position, as shown in broken lines in the upper part of Figure 2, the next succeeding new sign is elevated and started on its way toward presentation position without interference by the sign which has been pre- As the sign continues rearwardly and passes downwardly past the s rockets 23 and 23, the curved arms 30 t creof are engaged by the rearwardly projecting ends of the rails or racks 26 and deposited thereon and disengaged from the hooks 24 of the chains 20 and 20, said hooks 24 continuing in a downward direction and moving past the sprockets 19 and 19' to again pick up the sign which at that time is supported by the hooked ends 27 of the rods 26. Although the portions of the chains 20 and 20 between the sprockets 19, 19 and 21, 21 have been illustrated at such an angle as to cause an interval of time between the presentation of one sign and the presentation of the next sign at the opening 9, it is possible to locate the sprockets 19, 19" and 20, 20 closer together, thus causing the chains to travel at a steeper angle between said sprockets so that the signs will be presented at the opening 9 without a prolonged intermission, as here illustrated. V

From the foregoing description, it Wlll be evident that in presentin a sign to view, or displaying it in the exhibiting position, the sign is carried forwardly with its upper edge in the same horizontal plane and then rear- 'wardly with its upper edge slightly elevated, the signs being suspended in vertical positlon so as to properly present the advertising matter carried thereby through the opening 9 to attract the attention of the public due to the forward and rearward movement of the sign.

I claim 1. A sign display device including a casing having a display opening, a plurality of signs normally supported in said casing and movable successively forwardly thereof, spaced endless sign conveyors in the casing, means for moving said conveyors in unison, means below and means above and rearwardly of said opening over which stretches of said conveyors travel at an inclination toward said opening, means above said opening and adjacent thereto over which substantially parallel stretches of said conveyors travel toward and away from said opening, and means carried by the conveyors for engaging one sign at a time and carrying the same to and from said display opening.

2. A sign display device including a casing having a display opening, conveyors in the casing, means for causing said conveyors to move upwardly and then substantially horizontally forwardly toward said opening and then substantially horizontally rearwardly away from said opening, and means carried by the conveyors for engaging one sign at a time and carrying the same to and from said display opening whereby the sign is conveyed in the same position forwardly and then rearwardly before disappearing from view in the opening.

3. A sign display device including a casing having a display opening, sign-supporting means mounted in the rear portion of said casing, spaced endless sign conveyors movable in said casing and having a stretch movable upwardly at an incline toward said opening and stretches moving substantially horizontally in parallelism toward and away from said opening, a plurality of signs normally resting on said supporting means, and cooperating means carried by the conveyors and the signs whereby one sign at a time is picked up by the conveyor and moved toward and away from the display opening and then restored to said supporting means.

4. A sign display device including a casing having a display opening, a sign rack mounted in the rear portion of said casing, a prime mover mounted in said casing, two spaced endless sign conveyors operably actuated in unison by said prime mover, a plurality of signs normally supported by the I rack, cooperating means carried by the conveyors and the signs whereby one sign at a time is picked up by the conveyors from the rack and moved toward the display opening and restored to the rear end of the rack after heinodisplayed, the forward portions of said conveyors adjacent the display opening being movable in parallel spaced relation to cause the sign to be moved toward the opening in a straight line position and to be slightly elevated and moved in' the opposite direction in the same position, and a pair of Wings car ried by the cabinet at opposite sides of the opening and forming a shielded compartment between which the signs are moved When in exhibiting position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

MAURICE F. PHILLIPS.

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