US2025361A - Advertising device - Google Patents

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- Dec. 24, 1935. w. SKILLING 2,025,361

ADVERTISING DEVICE Filed July 21, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet l Dec. 24, 1935. w SKILLQNGI 2,@25,361

ADVERTISING DEVICE Filed July 21, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTUP/YEX Patented Dec. 24, 1935 UNITED STATES ADVERTISING DEVICE William Skilling, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Application July 21,v 1932, Serial No. 623,714

3 Claims.

The invention relates to improvements in advertising devices, or the like.

The invention consists essentially of the novel arrangement and construction of parts wherein a casing having an opening in the front side thereof is adapted to contain suitable projection means, a suitable film such as used in motion pictures being connected to said projection means and mounted on suitable rollers, the travel of the film over the rollers being: accomplished by suitable solenoid means acting on a dog-wheel connected to one of the rollers aforesaid.

The object of the invention is to devise an advertising device for use in stores, trolley cars, busses, boats,'sign boards, or any place: wherein continuous or intermittent display advertising or time telling is required.

A further object is to devise an advertising device wherein the display will be positively displayed for observation.

A further object is to devise an advertising device that may be operated by clock means.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure l is a sectional plan view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a front sectional elevation view of my invention.

Figure 3 is a detail view showing glass guides for film.

Figure 4 is a detail of the automatic return switch control.

Figure 5 is a view of film used in connection with the said switch control provided with a Iongitudinal slot adjacent either end.

Figure 6 is an operating switch for use on a street car pole.

Figure '7 is a means of operating said switch.

In the drawings, like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Numeral l represents my advertising machine comprising a cabinet 2 having an opening 3 in the front wall 4 which is adapted to contain a suitable glass screen 5 whereon the image is clearly seen from the front, while it is projected from behind. Positioned at the back and across the bottom of said case 2 is a removable frame 6 having mounted thereon, diagonally across and intermediate its length a mirror I by a bracket 8. Mounted on said frame 6 one at either end are standards 9 and I0, said standard 9 is adapted to have rotatably mounted on the upper and lower ends thereof, film rollers H and I2 respectively, said film roller I l adapted to be adjustably positioned by means of a slot l3 in the upper end of aforementioned standard 9. Said standard I adapted to have rotatably mounted on its lower end a. film roller l4 and on its upper end a film header l5, having a shaft 16, which extends through said standard I0 and is adapted to have fixedly mounted on it a dog wheel I! having projebtions I8 which are adapted to be operated by a dog lever l9, said dog lever operating in a guide 20 formed by a bracket 2| mounted on the upper end of said standard Ill. The lower end of said dog lever is connected to a spindle 22 being in turn connected to a solenoid 23 which is mounted on the lower end of said standard Ill. Said dog lever l9, spindle 22 and solenoid 23 are adapted to be held in their uppermost positions by means of a spring 24 which is fastened to said spindle 22 and bracket 2l I The aforesaid standard I0 is adapted to have mounted thereon intermediate its length projecting lenses 25 which are in alignment with a projecting lamp 26 positioned in a socket 2T which is mounted in a suitable housing 28 carried on the frame 6, adapted to be threaded through said projecting lenses and between two glass guides 28A (Figure 3) is a film 29 which is adapted to be operated by aforesaid film header I5 and to 25 pass over film rollers l l l2, and [4. It might here be mentioned that the film is adapted to be kept tight by means of a pulley 30 mounted on the end of a lever 3| which is pivotally mounted at the top of said standard In. 30'

An electric clock 32 is adapted to time the operation of said solenoid 23 through the medium of a cam 33, a mercury switch 34 and wiring 35.

It might here be mentioned that the aforedescribed is pertaining to an adaptation of my device using an endless belt of film but I wish to point out that a predetermined length of film 36 may be used with the customary reels and adapted for a reversible travel by means of an extra solenoid 23 and an automatic switch 31 which consists of magnets 38 and an arm 39 adapted to be pivotally connected intermediate its length to a standard 40 and said magnets are connected to a source of power by wiring 4| and 42. Positioned in wiring 4| are contact points 43 which are adapted to come into contact thru an orifice 44 in said film 36. (Figure 5.)

Figure 6 shows a switch 45 which is adapted to be mounted on the trolley pole 46 and may be used in place of aforesaid electric clock and mercury switch 32. The said switch 45 consists of a lever 41 which is under spring tension and is adapted to be operated by a dog 48 mounted on a trolley wire guy 49 (Figure '7).

In operation, when the solenoid 23 is energized at predetermined intervals depending upon the contour of the cam 33, it draws the spindle 22 downwardly against the tension of spring 24 and transmits the same motion to the dog lever I9 causing it to come into engagement with the projections 18 on dog wheel I! whereby rotating the film header l5. At every impulse of the solenoid 23 the film header l moves the film 29 sufiicient- 1y to bring the next picture in alignment with the projecting lenses 24.

The pictures on the film 29 are projected by the lenses 25 on to the mirror 1 which reflects them on the screen 5 in the front of the cabinet 2 where they can be clearly seen.

Again referring to the alternative method of,

my device it might here be mentioned that a solenoid is adapted to reverse the travel of the film 36 when the latter has reached its end. This solenoid is put into operation automatically by the switch 31 which, when slot 44 in the film 36 comes between the contact points 43 the circuit to the magnet 38 is complete, this causing the end of the arm. 39 to be drawn down thereby breaking the circuit of solenoid 23 and completing the circuit of the other solenoid, thus the travel of the film is reversed and'action of the solenoid is repeated. 7

By using switch '45 instead of the mercury switch 34 my invention may be used on trolley cars as a street indicator. The switch 45 being mounted near the top of the trolley pole 46 is adapted to be operated by means of a dog 48 secured on the trolley wire guy 49, or other means, at the end of each block, thereby energizing the solenoid at every block thus flashing on the screen 5 the name of the next street.

It will be seen by the foregoing description and operation that I have devised an advertising device wherein positive positioning of the individual projections of a series is attained by use of the automatically controlled solenoid operating a standard, film and the passing of the film between the glass guides while projecting makes the said projecting possible by preventing explosions and fire which would otherwise take place.

What I, claim is:

1. In an advertising device, a cabinet having a' front wall and a back wall, with an opening in the front wall, a suitable screen covering said opening, an elongated frame removably located within said cabinet paralleling the back wall of the same, a'projecting apparatus located at one end of said frame and at one side of said cabinet, spaced standards on the frame, upper and lower film rollers on one ofsaid standards, a film roller and a film header on the other of said standards,

a film passed over said rollers and header, electro-mechan'ical'means cooperating with said rollers and said header for advancing the film, said projecting apparatus comprising a lamp housing, a lamp within said housing, and projecting lenses carried by said housing for projecting the images of the film transversely of the cabinet, a refiecting mirror carried by said elongated frame onto which mirror the images are directly projected by said projecting apparatus and by which mirrorthe images are reflected onto said screen, and a controlling switch for intermittently effecting the actuation of said electro-mechanical means.

2. In an advertising device, a cabinet having a front wall and a. back'wall, with an opening in 5 the front wall, a suitable screen covering said opening, an elongated frame removably located within said cabinet paralleling the back wall of thesame, a projecting apparatus located at one end of said frame and at one side of said cabinet, spaced standards on the frame, upper and lower film rollers on one of said standards, a film roller and a film header on the other of said standards,

a film passed over said rollers and header, electro-mechanical means cooperating with said rollers and said header for advancing the film, said projecting apparatus comprising a lamp housing,

a lamp within said housing, and projecting lenses carried by said housing for projecting the images of the film transversely of the cabinet, a reflecting mirror carried by said elongated frame onto which mirror the images are projected by'said projecting apparatus and by which mirror the imagesare reflected onto said screen, and a controlling switch for intermittently effecting the actuation of said electro-mechanical means, said projecting apparatus also including a pair of glass guides between which the film passes and through which the light rayspass to the lenses. .f

3. In an advertising device, a cabinet having a front wall and a back wall, with an opening in the front wall, a suitable screen covering said opening, an elongated frame removably located within said cabinet paralleling the back wall of the same, a projecting apparatus located at one end of said frame and at one side of said cabinet, spaced standards on the frame, upper and lower film rollers on one ofsaid standards,-a film roller and a film header on the other of said standards, a film passed over said rollers and header, electro-mechanical means cooperating with said rollers and said header for advancing the film, said projecting apparatus comprising a lamp housing, a lamp within said housing, and projecting lenses carried by said housing for projecting the imagesof the film transversely of the cabinet,

a reflecting -mirror carried by said elongated frame onto which mirror the images are projected by said projecting apparatus and by which mirror the images are reflected onto said sceen, and a 50' controlling switch for intermittently efiecting the actuation of said electro-mechanicalmeans, said electro-mechanical means comprising reverselyacting solenoid-operated dog-levers or dog wheels, separate electric circuits for said solenoids, a reversing switch controlling said separate circuits, said film having slots near its ends, pairs of contacts cooperative withsaidfllm, the contacts of a pair being normally held open by the film but coming together when said slots are in register 0 with the contacts, saidreversing switch including two solenoids and power circuits therefor each controlled by one pair of said contacts whereby as an end of the film is reached its direction of movement will be automatically reversed.- 5

WILLIAM SKILLING.

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