US883865A - Advertising apparatus. - Google Patents

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t1. DAHN & P. BECKER. ADVERTISING APPARATUS.

'APPLIGATION'IILED JUNE 6.1907.

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H. DAHN & P. BECKER. ADVERTISING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATIQN FILED JUNE 6,1907.

"tising apparatus particu arly designed for UNITED STAWENTDFFICE nENEY DAHN, OF EDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY, AND FREDERICK BEoK afoE NEw voEK, n.5,

ADVERTISING APPARATUS.

To all whom mar concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY DAHN, a citi-fl BECKER, a subject of the German Em eror,

and residents of Edgewater, county 0 Bergen, and State of New Jersey, and New York,

county and State of New York, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention ertains to adver cigar and cigarette manufacturers and dealers, andconsists in the arrangement of a hollow body representing a human head or a crescent with the features of aman in it, representing the-man in the moon, holding in its mouth a cigar, and connected with a device by means of'which periodically smoke raised from a. receptacle containing burning to bacco is discharged through the mouth of the head so as to make it appear as if the head were smoking. Connected with the head, are a number of incandescent lamps of which a part are arranged on the outline of the head or crescent and a art in'the eyeholes representing'the eyebal s, and one at the forward end of the cigar.

The smok'e'raising and controlling apparatus consists of one ormore tobacco receptacles constructed in form of-tobacco pipes to contain tobacco of which, when ignited, the

smoke will be raised into a smoke receptacle by a r pumps operated from a suitable elec tro-motor. 'The smoke receptacle is con- 'nected' by means of a valve and a pipe With the hollow body, the pipe terminatmg at the rear pf the cigar,-at w ich there is a small opening for the discharge of the smoke. The

valve is operated from the electro-motor by suitable transmission means, that simultaneously control an electric switch to periodically close and break the circuit of the electric current feeding the incandescent lights of-the hollow body. The smoke raising and controlling mechanism is inclosed in a box arranged at the rear of the hollow body'representing the head, which box'is adapted to be secured to thewall of a structure.

To make my invention more clear, the same is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which similar reference numerals denote corresponding parts, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of the advertising fa pparatus; Fig. 2 a top plan view thereof;

1g. 3 is a verticalsection of the box showing Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed. June 6, .907. Serial No. 377,516.

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With reference to the draw'in 1 repre 1;

sents a hollow crescent body with t e features of a man, 2 is a cigar shaped piece rojecting. from within the mouth of the b0 y. 3 frame or box to which the hollow body 1-.

secured and which is adapted to-befixedto the wall 4 of a structure. This box has a door 5 and has. attached inside to its rear wall the smoke raising and controlling mech-. anism. This mechanism consists of an ele'c tro-motor6 which by means of a Worm 7 on its shaft 7 drives a worm gear 8 mounted on a double crank shaft 9 revolubly sup orted in brackets 10. Driven from the cran s 11, 11 of the said crank shaft '9, which are arranged atan angle of 180 to each other, are

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mps 12, 12 of ordinary construction. pump is provided with suotionand the smoke raising and controlling a ara t us Fig. 4 is a cross section thereof,and 1g. 51s a i pressure valves 13, 1.3 that communicate with a pipe 14 which terminates in a receptacle 15. Midway between the pum s,

ipe 14 is branched off, the branch plpe 14 eading into receptacles 16, 16' of which each has a separate manuall controllable valve 17, 17 These receptac es 16,16 whichmay be constructed in form of tobacco pipes, with perforated covers 18, 18 are to contain toacco of which, when ignited, the smoke will alternately be drawn by the air pum s '12,

12 through branch pipe 14, .and forced throu 11 mm 14 into the smoke receptacle 15. r t t e upper end the latter is provided with an exit pipe .19 and valve 20,the pipe 19 leading into the hollow body 1 and terminating at the rear of the cigar 2 to allow of the smoke being periodically discharged through the mouth.

The operation of .the valve 20 is attained by the following means: The crank shaft 9 bears a worm 21 which meshes with a worm gear 22 mounted on a vertical shaft 23 1'0- tatively: supported in brackets 24, 24. Rigidly mounted on-said shaft 23 is a disk 25 the circumference of which is provided with a numb'er of cam shapedprojections 26. of yarious lengths. This cam disk is adapted to operate a spring actuated crank bell lever 27 the drawing, and which by the swingin of the lever arm 2-8-are periodically closer or opened to close and break the circuit of the draw and press the smoke of the burn'ingt'o bacco into the receptacle 15. The motor also operates the lever 27, 28 that periodically by virtue of the cam projections 26 will open and close the valve so as to emit a longer or shorter puff. Simultaneously -with the emission of the pufi's, the lever will in swinging, operate the switchboard by closing and breaking the circuit through the contact pieces 30, 30 and 31, 31 respectively to ight the lamps around the image 'or those in the eyeholes and at the end of the cigar.

It will be understood that the construc-- tion described and shown may be differently modified without deviating from the spirit of our invention.

What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The improved advertising apparatus, comprising a hollow body representing a smoking image, means for producing smoke, a receptacle to receive the smoke, air pumps for raising the smoke into the said receptacle, an electro motor for driving said air pump, a valve and pipe connection of the said receptacle with the hollow body, a cam disk having cam projections of diverse lengths and driven fromv the electro motor, a bell crank lever operated by said cam disk and connected with the above named valve to periodically discharge the smoke from ,the

receptacle into the hollow body and through the open mouth thereof, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The improved advertising apparatus,

comprising a hollow body representing a smoking image, ,a tobacco receptacle adapted to contaln burning tobacco, air pumps for producing and raising the smoke from said tobacco receptacle, a receptacle to receive the smoke, an electro motor for driving'said air pumps, a valve and pipe connection of the receptacle with the hollow body, a cam disk having cam projectionsofdiverse lengths and operated from said electro motor, a bell the outline of the image, and

crank lever operated by said cam disk and board for controlling theelectric circuit of, the current feeding said li hts, means for producing smoke, areceptac e to receive the smoke, means for raising the smoke into the receptacle, a valve and pipe connection of the latter with the hollow body, and means for simultaneously controlling the said valve and the switchboard to periodically discharge longer or shorter puffs of smoke. from the receptacle into the hollow body and through the open mouth thereof, and to alternately close and open the circuits of the incandes cent li hts of the said'hollow body, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In an improved advertising apparatus, the combination with a'hollow bodyrepresenting a smoking image, of incandescent lights secured to said body, electric connections for saidlights, a switchboard for controlling the electric circuit of the current feeding said lights, a frame or box carrying said hollow body, and containing the smoke producing and raising mechanism on the said switchboard, the mechanism consisting of means for producing smoke, a receptacle to receive the smoke, means for raising the smoke into the receptacle, a valve and pipe connection of the latter with the hollow body, and means for simultaneously controlling the said valve and the switchboard'to periodically discharge longer or shorter puffs of smoke from the receptacle into the hollow body and through the open mouth thereof, and to alternately close and open the circuits of the incandescent lights of the said hollow body, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Signed at New York this 5 day of June,

- HENRY DAHN.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH E. CAVANAUGH, MAX D. ORDMANN.

FREDERICK BECKER.

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