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J. E. WOOLVERTON.

DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENTS. No. 392,939. Patented Nov. 13, 1888.

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J. E. WOOLVERTON.

DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENTS.-

Patentfa gl lyg 13, 1888.

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J. E, WOOLVERTON.

- DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENTS. No. 392,939.

Patented Nov. 13, 1888.

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-UNITED STATES PATENT arrest JOHN E. WOOLVERTON, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO ORRIN OADY AND GEORGE W. SMITH. BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING ADVERTlSEMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392.939, dated November 13, 1888.

Application filed May 28, 1888.

To aZZ whom it 72mg concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN E. WOOLVERTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oineinnati, Hamilton county, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Device for Displaying Advertisements, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists, chiefly, in a clock the mechanism of which releases at intervals other independent mechanisms in such a manner as to display successively and alternately a number of advertisements connected therewith.

The object of my invention is to display advertisements as conspicuously as possible by :5 connecting them with a clock, which, when exposed in a prominent location, naturally attracts the attention of the public to a high degree and insures to the advertiser an extensive publication of his business.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the clock, showing one central and two lateral advertising-spaces. Fig. 2 shows in a front View the inside of the case and the arrangement and location of the mechanisms. Figs. 3 and 4 show in a front and side view, respectively, the mechanism operating the advertisements in the lateral advertising-spaces, the front part of the frame being removed in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a partial rear view of the same, showing parts of the rock-shaft. Fig. 6 is a front view of the mechanism operating the ad vertisements in the central space, the front part of the frame being removed. Fig. 7 is a side view of the same. Fig. 8 is an end view of roller 20 and part of the ease in section. Fig. 9 shows one of the leaves in thecentral space and its rod detached. Figs. 10, 11, 12, and 13 are diagrammatic side views of the tumbling frames, showing them in different to positions while tumbling.

12 is the clock-ease, of suitable shape and more or less ornamental.

13 is the dial, and 14 the mechanism operating the hands thereon.

15 15 are two lateral and 16 is a central opening in the front of the case, closedby glass, behind which the advertisements aredisplayed. Those in the lateral spaces are fastened to a series of wire panels, A B 0, each series connected to rock-shafts 18 18, operated bya mech- Serial No. 275.292. ,Xo model.)

anism. 19, whereby the panels are alternately tilted front and rearwardly. The special construction of these panels will be more fully explained hereinafter. The advertisements in the central space are secured to a roller. 20. which is turned by means of a pair of beveled wheels, .31, shaft 22, and a mechanism, .33.

The cloclemovement 14, which may be of any well-known construction, and the other two movements, 19 and 23, may be driven by either springs or weights. In the present case weights have been preferred for the movements l9 and 23. The construction of the movements, in the main, is very simple and does not differ very much from any ordinary clookmovement. Many modifications are possible, and the arrangement of the different trains of wheels depends a good deal on the length of time they are desired to run.

The following description illustrates the construction of the two movements 19 and 23 as far as they are alike:

24 are ropes or chains passing over guidepulleys 25. carrying on one end the necessary weights and fastened with their other ends to drums 26. The weights are not shown here. and are supposed to be outside of the ciocxcase.

27 are gear-wheels fast with drums 26. and transfer the power of the weights over to a pinion, 28. From here, by means of another gearwheei. :39, on same shaft with pinion :8. another transfer takes place to pinion 50 on shaft 31. On this same shaft is a geanwneel. 32, engaging into a pinion, 33, on shaft 34. On the end of this shaft is an arm, 35. engaging with the pins of an escape-wheel. 36. of the clock-movement 14.

The weights of the mechanisms 19 and 33 tend to move them and all parts connected with them continuously as long as thev are wound up, and would do so if escape wneei 36, engaging arms 35, did not arrest their con tinuons run. Escape-wheel 36 is moved by the clock-movement,anditsspeedisslowerthan the speed of the arms 35 on shaft 34:. Every time the pins in escapewheel 36 clear the arms 35 movements 19 and 23 are at liberty to move, and keep on going until arm 35 is an rested again bythe next pinin whoel36.wnich has meanwhile advanced into the path of the formers rotation. During the time the two movements are going a change of the adver-' Bock-shafts 18 18 are.

tisements takes place.

tilted a half-revolution, or one hundred and eighty degrees, and roller 20 is turned far enough to drop another leaf and lift the next one sufficiently to be ready to drop next.

The special construction used for tilting the rock-shaft is as follows, reference being had mainly to Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5: On each end of arbor 31 is a crank, 56, which is connected by a connecting-rod, 57, to a rack, 58, properly guided and engaging with cog-wheels 59 on shafts 18. A movement of the rack in either direction turns shaft 18 just onehalf revolution. The special construction for turning the roller 20 is as follows, reference being had to Figs. 2, 6, and 7: On the end of shaft 31 sits a bevel-wheel, 37, engaging in another wheel, 38, on upright shaft 22. Another pair of bevel-wheels, 21one on shaft 22 and one on the shaft of roller 20-completcs the connection. Roller 20 has two flanges, 39 39, which are perforated for the reception of rods 40, on which the advertisements 41 are hung. These rods 40 are extended out some distance from the flange 39 on one side, so as to strike the heel 4.2 of a bell-hammer, 43, thereby sounding a bell, 4-1, at every partial revolution and calling the attention of the observer to the change of advertisements taking place at this moment.

4.5 is a spring fastened to the back of the case,pressing against the sheets on rods 10, and is intended to prevent the dropping of more than one sheet at a time.

The advertisements in the lateral spaces are fastened to the two sides of a series of frames or panels, A B G D, (see Fig. 2,) of which the uppermost frame of each series is connected to arock-shaft, 18. The frames are connected by links cl d, e e, f f, g g, h h in such manner that the top bar of one frame is connected to the top bar of the next lower frame by links d d, f f, h 71., and the lower bar of one frame is connected to the lower bar of the next frame below by links a 0, gig, and so on. The further action of the rock-shaft is as follows, the description of one answering for both: Rock-shaft 18 turns, as shown by the direction of the arrow, (see Fig. 10,) and the uppcrmost frame, being fastened thereto, is turned with it and lifts frame 13 and all the other frames hanging below. When the rockshaft has almost completed its half-turn and frame Ais in about a position as shown in Fig. 11, frame B tumbles, (see Fig. 12,) and when it reaches a vertical position frame 0 tumbles, (see Fig. 13,) and when the lattcrhas tumbled the next one drops, and so on all the way down. The effect of this tumbling is the changing of the bottom bars, 2, 4t, (3, to be top bars, (see Figs. 2 to 13,) and the exposure on the frames of the rear part of the panels with the advertisements. The letters of the advertisements on one side of a panel must be in an inverted position relatively to the letters of the advertisement on the other side. The mechanism actuating the rock-shaft is supposed to stop now fora certain time, its arm being arrested by the escape-wheel. After the release of arm 35 the mechanism begins to work again, the rock-shaft turns back and turns frame A in the direction of the arrow, (see Fig. 13,) the frames are lifted and tumble again, as described before, only in an opposite direction, and the other side of the panels with their advertisements are exposed again.

From the foregoing description it is plain that in the lateral spaces two different advertisements are alternately exposed on one panel, whereas in the middle roll any convenient number-say 12 to 20--are exposed successively before they commence to repeat again. In the construction shown the advertisements in the middle space and the ones in the side panels change simultaneously, if desired, however they may change independently. This effect is easily accomplished by having two different escape-Wheels for each mechanism, or two sets of pins on the one wheel. The length of exposure is dependent on the spaces between the pins of the escape-wheel, and may be regulated accordingly. It may also be regulated by having more arms 35 on the respective arbors, or a star-shaped wheel.

I claim- 1. In adevice for displaying advertisements, the combination of a clock-case having a dial and suitable openings to display advertisements, a revolving roller adapted to receive a number of advertising-sheets, and a series of tumbling frames, A B G D, having advertisements secured to them, as explained.

2. In a device for displaying advertisements, the combination of a clock mechanism,a mechanism to operate a rock-shaft,tumbling frames adapted to receive and exhibit cards connected thereto, and an escapemeut interposed between the two mechanisms, for the purpose explained.

3. In combination with a suitable motive mechanism, a rock-shaft and a series of tumbling frames adapted to receive and exhibit cards connected to the latter, as explained.

4. In a device for displaying advertisements, the combination, in a case, of a rock-shaft, a series of tumbling frames adapted to receive advertisements connected thereto, and a roller intended for the same purpose, as explained.

5. In a device for displaying advertisements, the combination of a clock-ease having a dial and suitable openings to display advertisements, a clock mechanism, a revolving roller adapted to receive advertisements, a mechanism and suitable connection between the two to operate the roller, a rock-shaft, a series of tumbling wire frames adapted to receive and exhibit cards connected thereto, a mechanism to operate the rock-shaft, an escapement interposed between the clock mechanism and the other two mechanisms to regulate their motion, a spring, 15, behind roller 20, and an alarm-bell operated by the latter, as and for 7. The tumbling wire frames, consisting of i the purpose explained. a number of rectangular frames adapted to 6. Inadevicefordisplaying advertisements, receive and exhibit advertisements, being the combination, in a case, of a clock mechclosely connected with each other by links 5 anism, 14, mechanisms 19 and 23, located adpassing from top to top and bottom to bottom jacent to the former, an escapement intercross-bar of each frame, as shown, and for the 20 posed between the clock mechanism and the purpose described.

two latter, a rock-shaft, 18, receiving an in- In testimony of which inventionI hereunto termittent reciprocatingrotary motion from set my hand.

10 mechanism 19 a series of tumbliu wire frames, A B O D, suspended from said rock- JOHN OQLVERTON' shaft and adapted to receive and exhibit ad- \Vitnesses: vertisements, and a roller, 20, operated by \VALTER soo'rT,

mechanism 23, as shown and described. ORRIN CADY.

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