US2517262A

US2517262A - Scroll pulpit

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Publication number: US2517262A
Application number: US545386A
Authority: US
Inventors: Vincent Simon
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1944-07-17
Filing date: 1944-07-17
Publication date: 1950-08-01
Anticipated expiration: 1967-08-01

Description

8. VINCENT SCROLL PULPIT Aug. 1, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 17. 1944 INVENTOR.

BY m am% AT DRN EYE 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 LHEEM MR MR. I

S. VINCENT SCROLL PULPIT I INVENTOR. 8zm077 14/706775 Aug. 1, 1950 Filed July 17, 1944 s. VINCENT 2,517,262

SCROLL PULPIT 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Aug. 1, 1950 Filed July -1'7, 1944 Vincent Patented Aug. 1, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SCROLL PULPIT Simon Vincent, Washington,. D. 0.

Application July 17, 1944, Serial Nb. 545,386

z claims.

My present invention, in its broad aspect, has to do with improvements. in pulpits and is designed to provide appropriate, changeable, illuminated pictorial representations to accompany the pastors: script while the sermon is being delivered, and at. the same. time to give illuminated, changeable, line guides for the sermon, and means whereby the pastor can check the ShOWiIlg of th pictures as the sermon progresses.

More-particularly, it is; my purpose to provide an improved pulpit structure in the front of which, and within. the View of the congregation, is a pictorial display compartment with the: pictures carried. on. a movable belt. to display the pictures one aiter the other to correspond with the text and the theme of; the sermon, and. illuminating means to complete the portrayal. A line guide carried. on the. top of the pulpit is also characterized by a movable belt and displays the sequence of; lines forming a guide to the sermon, and illuminated by the same. illuminating means as the pictorial display; A reflecting device. keeps the pastor informed of the progress of the: pictorial display as: the sermon: is: delivered.

Other, and equally important objects and advantages of my invention are: ('1) to. provide a. pulpit which is sturdy and simple in construction, and pleasing in appearance: (2:) to provide unique and improved operating and. illuminating means for the pictorial display: 31); to provide a unique: and improved display compartment for the pictures; (4) to; provide; an improved illuminated line guide, and; to provide novel reflecting means so that the pictorial. display is. viewable" by the operator, i. e., the pastor.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent as the description proceeds, and it will be manifast: that my invention is simple. in construction, pleasing in appearance, practical in operation, and in every way desirable for the. purposes for which it is intended.

In the drawings wherein I have illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention? Figure l is an elevation showing the front of my pulpit:

Figure 2 is an elevation showing the back of my pulpit;

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 33 of Figure 4;

Figure 4 is a top plan view, partly broken away and in section to show interior parts;

Figure 5 is a front elevation of the support for the picture reels;

Figure 6 is a side view of the support for the picture reels;

Figure 7 is an enlarged section taken on the line 1--T of Figure 4 and shows't'he reflector, and.

Figure 8 is a plan View of the script or line: guide support.

In the drawings whereinlike. characters of reference are used to designate; like or similar parts throughout the: several views:

The numeral I designates the hollow body of. my pulpit, and it will be noted that. its height is greater than its width. The. body has a. top 2-, sides 3, a. back 4 and a front 5,. with top and. bottom moldings 6, feet I.

The front 5 is formed with a forwardly e tending compartment til; the converging si'd'es H of which are somewhat inset from. the edges of the pulpit as at Hi. The front wall. and both side. walls have glass panes, t3. and a top andv bottom construction M providing a. deep frame through. which pictures are displayed as will hereinafter appear. A partition id is mounted back of. the compartment [0. and has an. opening l6 framed. as at H, such frame may be of deco.- rated sheet metal and has an inwardly and angularly' flared edges l8=. Screwthreadedly attached as at. W to. the upper part of the partiition I5 is an arm carrying a swinging bolt 2| with a-Wing nut E2.

Mounted for engagement. with the partition I 5 and. in. registry with the. opening I 6 therein is a support 23 having side rails 24 engaging the partition adjacent the opening F6 and a back panel 25 with a. lower extension 26, cut to: provide feet 2'! and. a. slot 23 in its. upper edge. The back panel has an opening 291 corresponding with opening I6, and is supported by an arm 30 at: its top corner within the pulpit. The support mounted. by engaging its: feet 21 back of a stop bar 3| on the floor of the pulpit and engaging the swinging bolt 2+ in the slot 28 and screwing up the Wing nut 22' to: hold the side rails 24* against thelpartition l5,

Mounted between side rails 24 and journaled in brackets 32' are upper and lower reels carrying a transparent. belt 34' on. which are transparent pictures. Each reel has a pin 36 at one end and a shaft 31 at the other; The: top shaft 31 is coupled to a. shaft 31 j'ournaled in a box 38*. The shafts 31 and 3! are releasably held in engagement by a sleeve 39. A pulley 4|] carried by the top shaft 31 cooperates with a similar pulley 4| on the shaft 31 of the lower reel, and a cable belt 42 to drive the lower reel with the upper reel to wind the belt 34 displaying the pictures from one reel to the other back of, and in registry with the frame opening [1. The shaft 3'! a downwardly and outwardly angled lower end 24 which act as guide tracks for the belt 3 as it travels from one reel to the other reel. A suitable journal plate 41 is carried on the back wall 4 of the pulpit for the handle 46 which detacha bly engages the squared end of the shaft as at 48, and the shaft is further supported at its rear 6 end by a journal block 49 on the panel 58 The back wall 4 has a hinged door 56 on which is mounted a rectangular open front box 5i carrying the reflector 52. The reflector has a back 53. and outwardly flared sides 54 and is bent about and down the sides of the loox5| and attached to the inner face of the door. In the center of the back of the reflector is mounted an illuminating bulb 55. The reflector and bulb are positioned to throw rays through the belt 345 and pictures 35. The'bulb 55 extends somewhat in advance of the reflector to throw some rays upwardly. A suitable'switch 56 is mounted on the back wall 4 adjacent the top of the pulpit to control the action of the bulb 55;

Mounted to depend from the top 2 of the pulpit is a tube 5'! with an angular reflector plate 58 at its lower end which is in line with the pictures so that these pictures are visible to the pastor or other person through an eye glass 59 in the top of the pulpit. The handle 46 is turned to display the desired pictures on the belt, which are illuminated by bulb 55, and the operation is checked by the operator, or pastor, through refiector tube 51.

The top 2 has a rectangular opening 53 therein near the back, beneath which is a rectangular support 59 having sides (ill, and an in termediate partitioning and supporting wall 65. Two reels 62 are mounted in. the support, each reel having an end shaft 63, one of which carries a pulley 64 cooperating with a pulley on the shaft of the other reel and with a cable belt 55 to operate both reels together. Shaft 63 of the reel nearest the back wall 4 has a'beveled pinion 66 meshing with a drive bevel gear 67 on a stub shaft 68 carrying at its end protruding through the back wall4, a finger operating knob 59, so that manipulation of the knob advances the transparent belt H! on the reels 62 to display text in script lines H through the glass pane F2 carried by the top, and the belt and text are illuminated by bulb 55, since the back of the support 59 is'open.

Access to the scrip belt 10 and the supportfifl is obtained through a pivoted door 13 in the back wall 4 of the pulpit adjacent its top 2. I

The gears 43 and 44, are located within the box 38 which contains a solid lubricant to insure the smooth and noiseless operation of the gears and the shafts upon which they are mounted. The box 38, shaft 48 and bearing block 49 are mounted upon a panel 48 which, like the support 23, is removably secured within the pulpit. It is held in place against one of the side walls of the pulpit by a piece 48 secured to bottom of the pulpit and by angle brackets 48 secured to thesaid side of the pulpit. The panel 48 hasitsyupper-end spaced downwardly from the top of the'pulpit, and is prbvided below the ,brackets 48 with notches 48 whereby to permit it to be applied or removed in a manner well un- 1 ,derstood.

It is believed that the construction and operation' of my invention will be apparent from the foregoing, together with its advantages, but it is emphasized that interpretation of its scope and the broad inventive concept, should only be made in the light of the subjoinecl claims.

I claim:

1. A pulpit construction, comprising a body having a top and bottom, side walls and a front wall and a back wall forming an interior compartment, transparent panels in said front wall, an access door to the compartment in the back wall, a reflector carried by the door on the interior surface thereof, an illuminating means carried by the reflector centrally thereof, a framing device removably mounted rearwardly of and spaced from the front wall interiorly of the compartment in alinement with the transparent panels in said front wall, a belt carrying pictures adapted to be framed between said framing device intermediate of-said panels and said illuminating means, means for moving the belt to display the pictures through said panels, a tube carried by thetop rearwardly of the pictures, a reflector in the tube in alignment with the pictures to check the display of pictures and said pictures being transparent are illuminated by said illuminating means. i

2. The invention. as described in claim 1,-

wherein said framing device is provided with side -rails for supporting reels carrying the picture termeshing cooperating gears on said reels fordriving said reels through said shaft to move the belt. between the reels.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patentz' UNITED STATES PATENTS Number 1 Name Date 279,504 Sanderson et a1. June 12, 1883 311,586 Jenne Feb.,3, 1885 876,141 Boyer Jan. '7, 1908 1,413,157 Mickelson May 30, 1922 SIMON VINCENT.