US760058A - Illuminating and advertising device. - Google Patents

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PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERIG DE MARE, OF BRUSSELS, BELGIUM.

ILLUMINATING AND ADVERTISING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,058, dated May 17, 1904.

Application filed January 4:, 1901. Serial No. 42,055. (No model.)

To (I/ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERIG DE MARE, a subject ofthe King of Belgium, and a resident of Brussels, Belgium, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Illuminating and Advertising Devices, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to illuminating and advertising devices; and the object thereof is to produce a simple device which can be readily actuated by any motive power.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a sheet of paper or other suitable material cut to form a plurality of wings. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a strengthening ring or disk. Fig. 3 is a front View of a group of my illuminating devices driven by a motor. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of a part of the flexible, shaft and one of the pinions employed with the motor-driven device. Fig. 5 is a partial front elevation of the same. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view of a part of the outer end of the flexible shaft and the pinion mounted thereon. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail plan view of the bottom ring shown in Fig. 2, illustrating how the claws are bent. Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on line A B of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail plan view of the top ring or plate. Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken on line C I) of Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a plan view in perspective of the blank shown in Fig. 1 with the wings bent to an operative position.

The design shown in Fig. 1 is cut out of a sheet of paper. In the said design there is a central perforation, and concentrically to this perforation there are a plurality of smaller perforations, all in the same circle and at equal distances apart, near the periphery of the design. The edge of the design may instead of being rectilineal, as shown in the drawings, be made with curved indents cut more or less deeply into the sheet. The

sheets from which the wings or sails are thus cut may be of any suitable materialfor example, celluloid or white paper printed in various colors-whereby various ornamental effects are produced. The paper may be made transparent and waterproof either by applying paraffin thereto or by using colored varnishes forthe printing of the pattern. The wings a may be made separately from one another, each constituting an equal part of the whole.

Whatever the material employed, when it is cut it must be strengthened by a thin metal ring, out as shown in Fig. 2. This ring serves to hold the several wings together when they are cut separately.

The claws a are bent outwardly, then upwardly to engage the holes 7) cut in the sheet, and, finally, bent toward the center. The claws c are also bent normally and then folded back on the sheet toward the outside after passing through the central perforation in the said sheet.

The claws (Z, which are three in number,

are intended to maintain the proper distance between the sheet and the lamp-support, while the claws c c e are bent rearwardly and adapted to space the disk from the support of the apparatus when the sails are made to turn.

The apparatus being intended for illuminating purposes, it is necessary to provide suitable means for fixing it in position. Such supporting devices may be constructed to hold several of the constructions, and thus produce a highly ornamental effect. They are composed of flexible tubes 2", which are bent at right angles in order that the illuminating devices will turn on a horizontal shaft, Figs.

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Although it is by the agency of the wind that the devices are most frequently made to rotate, any motive power may be employed. A small electric motor, for instance, may be adapted for this purpose, and either a separate current or the current from the ordinary electric lamps may be used to drive it. Thus when there is no wind, as in inclosed places, my invention may be worked by electricity. In this latter connection I have introduced a small electric motor and mechanical device especially adapted to produce a flashing effect. In the drawings I have shown a three-branched design which is operated by a motor arranged at the base 9 of the design. Its shaft is geared with three pinionsjj ,7' The sockets '10, 11, and 12 receive the ends of the flexible shafts 13 M 15. Each of the latter is sheathed tising device, the combination of a centrallyperforated sheet doubled so as to form wings or sails, a metallic ring having acentral opening provided at its edge with a series of claws, and a second series of claws intermediate the edge of said opening and the outer edge of said ring, said last-named series of claws being struck out from the ring and passing through the sheet to hold the wings in form, said firstnamed series of claws passing through the central aperture of said sheet and being bent outwardly therefrom, and a support around which the sails are grouped and revolve.

2. In a device of the type set forth, the combination with a centrally -perforated sheet folded to form wings, said sheet being formed with a series of openings concentric with the central opening, of a metallic disk having a central opening, a series of claws struck out from said disk, said claws passing through the said series of openings in said sheet and being bent upon themselves, a second series of claws formed integral with said disk and passing through the central opening of said sheet and being bent upon themselves, and means for rotatabl y mounting the device, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

, FREDERIC'DE MARE. Witnesses:

B. SGHEL, GREGORY PHELAN.

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