US349883A - Revolving show-frame - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

W. H. GENUNG.

REVOLVING SHOW FRAME. No. 349,883. Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

WITNESSES I INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

' hollow post, a, rising from the base A.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. GENUNG, OF MADISON, OHIO.

REVOLVING SHOW-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,883, dated September 28, 1886.

Application filed July 80, 1885. Serial No. 173,046. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. GENUNG, of Madison, in the county of Lake and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Revolving Show-Frame, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, effective, and inexpensive show-frame, adapted to advantageously display merchandise in store-windows or on counters.

The invention consists in a show-frame comprising a hollow post fitted to a spindle journaled on a suitable base containing mechanism, by which the spindle and post are rotated, said post carrying hinged arms and cords, on which is fastened a fabric cover, to which goods may be attached. The post has fitted in it a series of elastic and radially-adjustable arms, on which light fabrics may be hung for show, and at the'same time to offer more or less resistance to the air, to regulate the speed of rotation of the frame, all as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a sectional side elevation of my improved show-frame. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof with the cover of the frame removed, and the fabrics removed from the upper arms. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the upper end of the hollow post of the show-frame with the upper elastic arms lowered into the post; and Fig. 4 is a plan View of the flanged sleeve and a part of one of its arms.

The letter A indicates the base or support of the show-frame, said base being made, preferably, in the form of a round shallow case or box, in which any approved mechanism actuated by a spring or weight is contained, said mechanism being arranged to rotate an upright spindle, B, which is journaled in a bearing or (See Fig. 1.)

To the spindle B is fixed the lower end of the light tubular post O of the show-frame, which post may have any desired height.

On the post 0 is fitted loosely the sleeve D, which has an upper flange, d, to which a number of light arms, E, are pivoted at (1, said arms having inner extensions, 6, which normally lie on top of the flange (Z and prevent lifting of the arms above a horizontal position by the cords F, which are attached at their one ends to the outer ends of arms E, and at their other or upper ends to a plate or collar, G, which is fixed to postO near its top. Oords F connect the outer ends of the arms E to each other. (See Fig. 2.)

The sleeve D, arms E, plate G, and cords FF form a light pyramidal or cone-shaped structure which revolves with the post 0.

A spring, H, fixed at its upper end to the post 0, and having an inturned lower end, which stands above the sleeve D, prevents upward slipping of the sleeve on the post, and holds arms E properly extended therefrom.

I stretch any suitable cloth or semi-transparent fabric between the cords F F, as at I, Fig. 1, and inside the fabric covering is or may be fastened on the post 0, a shelf or support, J, on which lamps or lights of any approved kind may be placed, so that goods pinned or otherwise fastened to the covering I will show at night to better advantage, and the showframe itself will have a more attractive appearance.

The letters K L indicate, respectively, long and short elastic arms or rods, madepreferably of spring wires or rods and bunched near their lower ends, where they are tied together firmly by a wire or cord, as at M, Figs. 1 and 3.

The arms K L are shaped or bent so that they normally will curve upward and outward from each other above the tie wire or cord M, and at their outer ends the arms K L will preferably be formed as hooks k I, respectively, on which fabrics may be hung.

Below the tie wire or cord Mthe arms K L, three or more of them, will be bent outward in curves,as at m,s0 that when the arms are placed within the post 0, their curved ends at will exert a pressure against the interior face of the post, to hold the arms in the post when their outer ends radiate from the post, in position to receive the light fabrics NO,which may be hung on the body parts and on the end hooks of the arms, as shown in Fig. 1. The friction of the lower ends, m, of the arms on the post is supplemented by the outward pressure of the arms 7 to the air as the show-frame top revolves, conon the upper extremity of the post, to prevent slipping of the arms from or along the post-,so that when the arms are pushed farther into or drawn out farther from the post, toshorten or lengthen the parts of thearms, which spread out from the top of the post, the arms will stay in the desired position.

I have found by experiment that light fabrics, such as handkerchiefs N 0, when suspended on'the arms at the head of the showframe, and because of the resistance they offer stitute an eftectivespeed-regulator to maintain a quite uniform rotation of the show-frame post and its connections best calculated for the most advantageous display of the goods on the frame.

It is evident that by drawing the arms K L farther from the post 0, the fabrics N O, or the latter only, will project farther from the post, so as to describe a larger circle in the air, and

consequently offer greater resistance to the air,

and cause the show-frame to rotate more slowly, and when the arms are pushed farther into the post 0 the speed of the show-frame will increase, due to the smaller circle traveled by the fabrics and their consequent reduced resistance to the air.

I show four elastic arms, K, and four arms,

parts, allowing its removal, so that the armsmay fold closely to the post, and the elastic arms K L may be slid downward entirely within the post, as in Fig. 3, to allow the entire show-frame to be packed in small space for transportation, or for storage when out of use.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A show-frame comprising a base, A, a spindle, B, j ournaled therein ,mechani'sm in the base for rotating the spindle, a post, 0, fixed to the spindle, a sleeve, D, arms E e, hinged thereto, cords F F, fabric coveringl, spring H, and elastic arms K L, tied together at M,and having diverging ends m, and fitted in post 0, all substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination, in a show-frame, of the base A, a spindle, B, journaled therein, mechanism in the base for rotating the spindle, a post, 0, fixed tothe spindle, the sleeve D, arms E e, hinged thereto, the spring H, cords F F, and fabric covering I, substantially as herein set forth.

3. In a show-frame, the sleeve D, fitted to slide on the post 0, and having arms E, hinged to its. flange d at d, and said arms having ends e, overlapping the flange d, and the spring H, combined for operation substantiall'yas herein set forth.

4. The combination, in a revolving showframe, and with the actuating-motor thereof, of a spindle, B,'connected with the motor, a

hollowpost, O, rotated by said spindle, and a series of elasticar'ms, K L, tied together at or near one end and fitted adj ustably in the post 0, substantially as herein set forth.

5. The combination, in a revolving showframe, and with the actuating-motor thereof,

of a spindle, B, a post, C, rotated thereby, a series of arms, K L, tied together at or near one end and fitted in thepost G, and fabrics, as at N O, hung on said arms, substantially as herein set forth.

6. In a show-frame, the combination, with the hollow rotating post 0, of a series of elastic curved arms,as at K L, tied together at M,

and bent divergently at their lower ends, as at

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