US932764A

US932764A - Advertising apparatus for cars, &c.

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Publication number: US932764A
Application number: US16885803A
Authority: US
Inventors: Joshua Crane Jr
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1903-08-10
Filing date: 1903-08-10
Publication date: 1909-08-31
Anticipated expiration: 1926-08-31

Description

J. CRANE, JB. ADVERTISING APPARATUS FOR GARS, &c. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 10,1903.

Patented. Aug. 31, 1909.

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J. CRANE, JR. ADVERTISING APPARATUS FOR GARS, 6m.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 10, 1903.

932,764. ,Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

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J, CRANE, JB. ADVERTISING. APPARATUS FOR CARS, &o.

APPLIOATIDN FILED UG. 10. 1903.

Patented Aug. 315 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 10. 1903.

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.ADVERTISING APPARATUS FOR'CABS, 85e.

To all whomk t `may concern.

13e it known that'I, JOSHUA*CiiANEQJr., citizen of the U'nited n States, residing at vlestwood, in the county of Norfolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented ay certain ,l new and useful Improvement in Advertising Apparatus for Cars, &c., of whicli'the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.`

The apparatus is adapted in most'of its features to what is ordinarily termed a traveling sign, or more properly a traveling series of signswhich are presented tovvi'ew during a partof their course andare usually concealed from view during the remaining part of their course. In some of its important features, the improvement'is rendered especially valuable 'for advertising purposes in street cars. 4

The object of thev present invention is'the production of a practical'apparatus of the character above indicated. y y,

The invention. will first be described in'.` connection with the accompanying drawings,Y which illustrate the best iorml thereof which I have thus far devised, and4 atterwardthe essential characteristics of the invention will be particularly pointed out -and distinctly provided" with `flange portions 6 7. Said plates are applied on each side of one of the Vlinks of the chain 1: and are riveted thereto defined in the claims at` the close of this speciication.

In the'drawings, Figure 1is atace view of" a portion of the traveling part of the apparatus, broken away in portions. Fig. ,2 is a sectional view thereof taken on the plane that is indicated by the line 2-2 in Fig. 11.

looking in the direction that is indicated yby the arrows near the ends of said line, show# ing both the exposed portion and the .returning or concealed `portion of the traveling part of the apparatus, together with the stationary supporting means therefor. Fig. is a face view, `partly in section, o' the supporting and ldriving devices at one end of the apparatus. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the supporting devices at the other end' of the apparatus. Fig -5 isa section on the'. plane that is indicated by the line 5 5 of Fig. 3, looking in the directionthat is indicated bythe arrowsnear the ends of said line, showing also some elements'of thetrav` eling part of the apparatus.` Fig. Gisa sectional view 4on the line6-6 of Fig. 4,'looking in the direction that is indicated by the arrows near theends of said'line, and sho.w.v

Y v "Specification of Letters Patent. "Application filed August 10,1903. Serial No. 168,858.

I ing some elements of v 4;the `apparatus. Flg. 7 1s a reduced face Patented Angel, `1909.

the traveling part of View ofthe apparatus, with the end supporting and driving devices cased in. Fig. 8 is a section taken transversely of a car, and is somewhat in the nature of a diagrammatic View. Fig. 9 is a face view of the traveling part ofa modified 'form ofkthe apparatus. Fig. 10 is a section taken on the line 10-10 `in Fig. 9, looking inthe direction that is indicated bythe arrows located near the ends oi'said line. The line of section is also indicatedby the dotted line in Fig. 11. Fig. 11

isa face View of the bar that is employed in the structure shown in Figs. 9 and 10. Fig.

12 isy anedge view of said bar. Fig. 13 1s a plan ofsaid bar.Y Fig. 14 is a diagram lof the forward end of the `lcard or sheet 2employed in the structure shown in Figs. 9

`and 10.V

sists of two chains connected at regular intervalsby bars, the cards, or sheets, or other signs `being supported by the latter. In the jThe traveling; part of the apparatus condrawings, 1 designates the upper chain and n 2 thelower chain. v `W SlisY one of the bars. .I

4, 5, Figs. 1-and2, are rectangular plates by rivets 9.. The: plates 4 5 receive between Athem the upper end of the bar 3, 8, 8, being rivets which pass through the pieces 4 5 and :the bar and secure these partsA together.

The attachment of the upper end of the bar 'tothe plates 4,: 5, servesto connect the said end with the chain 1.' The arrangement .is duplicated at the lower end of the bar 3 in order to secure it ,to the chain v2, the rectangnlar plates at the bottom being designated 10 11, they having v rivets for securing the Aplates 10; 11 to the lianges 12 13. The

chain 2 are designated 15, and the rivets securing the plates 10 and 11 and the lower end ofthe bar 3 together are designated 14. l 16 is'one o1@ the cards or sheets bearing advertising matter z thereon. In Fig. 1, the traveling part `of the apparatus is supposed to be moving fromright to left. The forward end of the card or sheet is applied to the front face of the bar 3 and is secured thereon by a covering. strip 17. 'Screws 18 pass through v.the covering-` strip, card or sheet and bar, and enter screw-threaded holes in small stationary nuts or reinforcing plates one of which is shown at 19, Fig. 2,

that are applied to the-rear face. of the. bar and rivetedthereto by rivets 20.

' edge thereof in order to provideA against the possibility of the card or sheet being broken apart, through repeated iexure at said edge I' portion. The rear portion of an adjacent Y strip 21,'andjV at theend's of said strip 21 are card or sheet 162' isalso show-n in Fig. 1. The rear edge of the card or sheet is stifliened and reinforced lby a folded-over metal secured the ends of a supporting spring 22.

VEachv of the cards or sheets 162 is thus spring held at its rearV end, one purpose of this arrangement bein-g to maintain the card or sheet in a flat condition when in motion,

n another purposebeing to provide or compensate .for variations in the distance between adj acent bars at different places in the travel of the travelingn part of the apparatus, due

y. for instanceV to stretching or shortening of the carrying' chains resulting from differences in tension in passing through difllerent portions of the apparatus, and other causes.

' 36'-,A Figs: 3 and 5', is ashaft ivhichis journaled ina frame `31 that in practice is attached to thecarin which the apparatus is carried at the riglit-lfiand end of such car' as regarded in the -figures. vThe shaft 30 carries a sprocket 32 mounted near its lower end, asprocket 33 Vmounted near itsV upper end, and a Worm gear 34 mounted above the 'by' the Wormy shaft 315 sprocket 33.' The Worm gear 34 is engaged Which constitutes the shaft of the motor 36 (see Figs. 7 and. 8).

' 319. is a roller ifnoufnte'd on the shaft 30 and secured vthereon by pins 40 41. rllhe rollerv 39V isprovid-ed With channeled portions 42' 44 toA accommodate the reinforcing plates Which project from the rear surfaces of the. bars- 3. j

' 45, Figs. 3 `and 5, is a second shaft that is mounted in. the frame 31, said shaft carryal loiver sprocket 46, an upper sprocket 47', and: a loose-roller 48y composed of several windings of Woolen cloth.

49. 50j are leather-faced Wooden blocks "which bear against they surface of the shaft .45 above and below the roller 48., and 51 53 .re springI metal arms attached to the frame 31 and extendinganto contact With the blocks 49 50, inorder that the. blocks may be held pressed againstfthe surface of the shaft 45 and operate as a brake or drag thereon.

Figs. 5 and 6, the long,` arrows indicate thefdirection of-drive of theftraveling part ofthe apparatus, the chains 1 and`v 2 passing from the rear -around the sprockets 32 and 33 (not visiblein Fig. 5):y and.' thence partly around and behind the

sprockets

46 and 47;

adjacent to the The shaft 45 on which the guiding roller 48 is. mounted is so. placed relatively to the -shaft 3() that the forward or exposed run of the traveling part of the apparatus will be deflected or set back into a plane closely plane of the rear or concealed run thereof.

55., Figs. 4 and 6, is a shaft journaled in the frame 56, which latter also carries a shaft 57. Sprockets 58 59 are mounted near the lovver and upper ends of the shaft 55 and sprockets 60 61 are similarly mounted on the shaft 57.

rFhe shafts

55 and 57 are located in the same relation to each other asy are the

shafts

30 and 45, and for the same purpose. The frame 56 slides iii Ways 62 63 in the frame 64, which latter is attached to the car at the left handI end thereof as regarded in the figures. The shaft 57 is provided with a loose woolen guiding roll 581 and in its position corresponds With the shaft 45, for the same purpose.

65, 66, Figs. 4 and 6, are turnbuckles connecting the sliding frame 56 with the frame- 64 in orderto provide for accurate-ly adjustin-gthe tension of the traveling part of theapparatus.

One purpose of the

blocks

49, 50, Fig. 3, is to prevent the sprockets 4647 from playing back and forth and occasioning noise and wear as the travelling part of the apparatus passes over the same, it being clear that at this point the least tension exists in said. travelling part, and the most play is likely to occur.

The Woolen rolfl's 48 and 581, Figs. 3 and 4, are left loose on the

shafts

45 and 57 respectively, for the reason. that the speed of' travel of the cards or sheets as they pass over the rolls 4S and 58.1 differs from the speed of travel of the chains l and: 2 as they pass over the sprockets 46 47 and 60 6l.

70, Figs. 2 and 7, is a metal molding constituting a fixed Way extending the length of the exposed portion of the apparatus, it being made somewhat in box shape as shown in Fig. 2 in order to iiiclose the chain 1 and permit the latter to thereon. The4 said bearing is taken by the flanges 6, Fig. 2, resting on the inwardly bent portion 71 of the. molding. A second molding or fixed Way 72 Fig.y 2, serves in the same Way to. support the rear run of the chain 1, the anges 7 sliding upon the inwardly turnedflange 73 of said molding. The upper edge port-ion of the outer molding 70. is shown in Fig. 2 as doubled over the upper edge of the inner molding 72, as at 731, and 74 indicates one of a series of screws passingV through the three thicknesses of the moldings at 731 and entering the Woodwork of the. car to which the inoldhigs are aliixed. The chain 2 ist inclosed in similar moldings arranged reversel-y as in.-

dicated in Fig. 2, there being a molding 75l take a sliding bearing' inclosing the front run of the chain `2, and" inner faces of the moldings for the purpose of deadening the slight rattle 'of the chains which may occur when the apparatus isin operation. Those portions of the moldings which are attached to the woodwork of the car may be bent at the requiredangle to iit closely against such woodwork, as shown in dotted lines at top and bottom'in-Fig. 2.

In Figs. 7 and 8 85 86 are casings which inclose the frames 31 and 56 respectivel the end walls of the car being designated 8 and 88. The motor is shown at 36,'it being a self contained motor, andbeing located on the end wall of the car at thedriving end of the apparatus, in the substantially triangular space between the curved roof 89, the door frame and the frame of the end ,windo-w. This position/removes the motor fromvinterference with the exposed advertisingspace in the apparatus, provides said-motor with a solid support, and permits of the mot-or shaft being in direct connection, through the worm gear already described, with the shaftv 30 carrying the drivingsprockets 32 and33. The motor being in front of the

shafts

30 and 45 requires no additional spacein the car for its accommodation. Fig. 8 also shows my improved apparatus arranged in the inclined position adjacent the curved roof of a car which I prefer in some cases, inasmuch as. itexposes the advertisements, etc., more plainly to view. j

In Figs. 9 to 14 inclusive is shown a construction of bar and covering strip which will now be described. The bar is designatedv 90. It is formed of sheet metal, and is stamped integral with the links 91y and 92 of the chain, at top and bottom', whichcorrespond with the links in Figs. 1 and 2 to which the bar 3 `is affixed.

Flanges

93, 94, 95 and 496 are also struckup from the body portion of the bar, they corresponding to the flanges 6, 7, 12 Vand 13 of Figs.` 1 and 2 and projecting in opposite directions from the bar. Preferably the flanges .93 and 94 are formed by bending up in opposite directions the two halves of a flap cut from the body of the bar as shown clearly in the several figures the

flanges

95, 96 being formed in like manner. YThe flanges at the bottom of the bar will be turned up so as each to be oppositeth-atflange at the top which projects in the same direct-ion from the bar. In the face of the bar are set pins, 97, 98,*and 99,

corresponding in position with the screws 18 of Figs. 1 and 2. The pins97 and-99 are As indicated in Figu2, V80 81 82` and 83 are leather `strips att-ached ,to the formed each with an annular groove 100,101, respectively and the pin 98 is made longer than the pins 97 and 99 and is formed with two annular grooves 102 and 103. The groove 103`is for the reception of the middle portion of the spring 104 which connects the rear end of the card or sheet 105 with the bar 90. I

106, Figs. 9 and 10 is the covering strip. It is provided with three L-shaped slots 107,

108, 109, which are so positioned aspto fit' over the lpins 97 ,98, 99, the annular grooves or necks 100, 101, 102 entering the slot-s 107 109 and '108, respectively. The material of 4the covering strip` is struck or bulged up aroundthe ends of the slots 107, 108, 109 as 'at 110,111, 112. l/Vhen the covering strip has been fully applied to the pins, the effect of the raised portions 110, 111, 112 is to force the coveringstrip firmly against the card or sheet, here designated 113. `One end of the latter is shown separately in Fig. 14, it being providedwith' two holes 114, 115, for engagement with pins 97, 99 and also provided with a slot116 located properly to be slipped upon therpin98.. VThe slot 116 is formed instead of. a hole, because it is not desirable to have to `remove a single card or sheet from the when the card or sheet 113 is being applied to the bar 90, itbeing frequently necessary toremove a single `card or sheet from the apparatus and to replace it with another -without disturbing the preceding card or sheet..

rlhewoolen rolls 48 and 581, offering a j fabric surface in contact with the face of the cardsor sheets, serve to prevent particles of dust and dirt from being rubbed or ground `into the cards or sheets and tend to remove such particles. r1`he rollstheinselves may be replaced with clean rolls when an objectionable amount of dust and dirt has accumulated upon` them.

Vhat `I claim is- 1. In an advertising apparatus, the combination of traveling supporting chains at top and bottom, a bar between the chains, a covering strip applied to the bar, and an advertisement bearing sheet having its edge secured between the bar and covering strip.

2. In an advertising apparatus, the combination of a traveling supporting element, an

advertisement bearing sheet having apertures in one edge thereof, pins located upon said traveling element and engaging said apertures, and a covering strip applied to said edge of the sheet to ret-ain the same in engagement with said pins.

3. In an advertising apparat-us, the combination of a traveling element, a bar carried thereby, pins located upon the bar, an advertisement bearing sheet adapted to fit upon the pins, and a covering strip detachably engaging said pins and thereby securing said j sheet in place.

vthe pins,

thereby, pinslocated upon the bar and having reduced portions or necks, an advertisement bearing sheet adapted to fit upon the pins, and a covering strip having slots engaging the necks of the pins and having raised-portions operating to make contact with-.the pins andv press the covering strip against the sheet to secure the latter in place. Y 6,. In an advertising apparatus, the conrbination of a traveling supporting element,

pins vlocated thereon, an advertisement bearing sheet having its front edge applied to a covering strip securing the front ledge of the sheet in place, a preceding sheet having its rear edge adjacent to the pins, anda spring connection extendingrearward from the latter sheet and engaging with one ofthe aforesaid pins independent of said covering strip whereby the latter may be removed withou-t disturbing said' spring, vconnection.

7l In an advertising apparatus, the combination of a traveling supporting element, an

advertisement bearing sheet carried thereby,

an adhesive cloth strip. applied to one edge of saidcard or sheet,and means lfor securingI said edgeV of the -card or sheet to said traveling supporting element.

8. In an advertising apparatus, thecombination of a horizontally traveling supportingy element, an advertisement bearing sheet having apertures in the front edge thereof j and a stiifening strip applied tothe rea-r edge thereof, means for enga-ging and securing said apertured front edge of the sheet; in an upward and downward position to said travcling element, and means for connecting said stiffened rear edge of the sheet in an upward and downward position with said element. Y

9'.A In anadvertising apparatus, the combinationl of a supporting element traveling in a horizontal direction, an advertisementbearing member having one end of the same positively fixed detachabl-y to the said supporting element andA thereby firmly supported across .its width, and a spring-connection between the other end of the said member and the said supporting element, whereby the said member is held extended lengthwise in a. horizontal direction in addition to being prevented from sagging downward;

10.. In an advertising apparatus, the com-y bination of upper and lower carrier-chains:

traveling vin a horizontal direction, crossbars connected therewith and extending upA ward and downward, an advertisement-bear'- ing member having oney end thereof {ixedly connected up and down across its' width directly to one of the said cross-bars, and a spring-connection between the other end of said member and a second cross-bar, whereby such member is held extended lengthwise in addition to being prevented from sagging downward.

11. In an advertising apparatus, in combination, a traveling supporting element cross-bars carried thereby, a card or sheet, means for lixedly connecting the leading end of said card or sheet with one of the said cross-bars, andv a spring-connection having its ends respectively engaged with the rear end of said card or sheet at separated points near the top and bottom thereof only and its middle detachably engaged with the middle o-f the succeeding cross-bar only.

12. In an advertising apparatus, in combination, a traveling carrier, cross-bars carried thereby, a card or sheet, means for lixedly connecting' one end of the said card or sheet with one cross-bar, a spring-connection having its ends connected with the other end of the card or sheet at opposite points, and a projection upon the middle of an adjacent cross-bar with which the middle of the said spring-connection is detachably engaged- 13". In an advertising apparatus, in combination, upper and lower traveling chains moving horizontally, cross bars extending from one chain to the other, a card or sheet having one end thereof attached to one of the said cross-bars, a spring-connection having its respective ends attached at upper and lower points only to the other end of the said card or sheet and its middle engaged detachably with the middle of the length of the adjacent cross-bar only, the said springconnection serving to support the said end in an upwardly extending position.,

14. In an advertisingapparatus, the combination of supporting-chains traveling in a horizontal direction, an advertisement-bearing member or the like, a clamp engaging one end of the said member and thereby supporting the said end, and spring-connections engaging with the other end of the said member and: thereby extending and supporting such member.

15. In an advertising apparatus, the combination of a traveling advertisement-bearing element located in an inclined position, bearings attached to said element adjacent to the upper edge thereof, fixed ways havinterior bearing surfaces engaged by the bearings and thereby suspending the traveling element, and other fixed ways engaging the lower portion of said element and thereby restraining the same from falling forward.

1.6. In an advertising apparatus, the` com bination of a traveling advertisement-bearing element, bearings attached 1to1 the` saine adjacent tothe upper edge thereof, bearings attached to said element Aadjacent Itov the lower edge thereof, fixed ways having interior bearing surfaces engaged bythe upper bearings and serving to suspend the traveling element, and other fixed ways having interior bearing surfaces engaged by the lower bearings and serving to restrain the lower portion of saidV element from falling forward. j

17. In an advertising apparatus, the combination of a traveling advertisement bearing element inclined to the vertical, bearings projecting in each direction therefrom, and a plurality of fixed ways adapted to support opposite runs of said traveling element by engagement with the corresponding bearings.

18. In an advertising apparatus, the coml bination of a traveling advertisement-bear ing element inclined to the vertical and having opposite runs, fianges projecting in each direction therefrom, and moldings inclosing the edge of said traveling element and having ways extending under those flanges which are lowermost on the run being supported.

19. In an advertising apparatus, the combination of a traveling advertisement-bearing element having front and rear runs and provided with projections, end rollers over which the same passes, guiding means located adjacent to the end rollers for setting back the frontor exposed run of said traveling element into a plane adjacent to the plane of the rear run thereof, and flanged moldings constituting ways and engaging with projections of said element for sup porting said runs and attached at the rear of said runs to a fixed support. j

20.- In an advertising apparatus, the combination of a traveling advertise1nent-bear ing element having front and rear runs and provided with projections, end rollers over which the same passes, guiding means located adjacent to the end rollers for setting back the front or exposed run of said traveling element into a plane adjacent to the plane of the rear run thereof, flanged sheet metal moldings bent to inclose the edges of said runs of said element" and engaging with projections of the saidruns to thereby support the saine, and a fixed support, rearward of said element, to which said moldings are attached. f

21. In an advertising apparatus, the combination of a car having a curved roof, separate moldings forming upper and lower ways directly affixed longitudinally7 thereon and a traveling advertisement-bearing element engaging at top and bottom with said ways and positioned in an inclined plane subtending the curve of said roof.

22. In an advertising apparatus, the combination of traveling advertising mechanism, an `end roll over which the same passes, a guide roll adjacent to the end roll for setting` back the front run of the said mechanism, aniovable frame in which said rolls are journaled,and means for adjustingaid frameend roll and guide roll in unison for thereby varying the tension in said mechanism.

23. Inan advertising apparatus, the combination of'a traveling advertising element having endless sprocket-chains, an end-roller for the same, a guiding roller succeeding the said end-roller 'and setting backx the front run of the said element and chains, said guiding roller having sprocket wheels engaging with said sprocket-chains, and a drag brake applied to the said guiding roller opf eratingto prevent the sprockets from playing back and forth and occasioning noise and wear.

24. lIn an advertising apparatus, the combination of a traveling advertisement-bearing` element having adjacent opposite runs, and fixedways constituted of moldings inclosing the edge of said element and serving to support said runs, the rear edge portion o-f one 'molding being folded over the rear edge portion of the other molding toV form a reinforced flange for attachment to a suitable support. Y

25. In an advertising apparatus, the com-- bination of an end roller having sprockets at topand bottom, traveling chains at top and bottom passing over said sprockets, advertisement -bearing sheets supported between the chains, an idler shaft located adjacent to said end roller having sprockets for guiding the chains, and a loose roll on said idler shaft for guiding said sheets.

26. In an advertising apparatus, the com bination of traveling advertisement-bearing sheets, and a guiding roll located at the Vfront face of said sheets and having a surfacingof fabric.

27. In an advertising apparatus, the combination of anend roller having sprockets at top and bottom, traveling chains at top and bottom `passing over said sprockets, advertisement bearing sheets supported between the chains, an idler shaft located adjacent to said end roller having sprockets for guiding the chains, and a loose fabric roll on said idler shaft for guiding the sheets.

28. In an advertising apparatus, the conibination of a traveling advertisement-bearing element, a series of flanges attached to the same adjacent to the upper edge thereof, v-

a second series of flanges attached to said element adjacent to the lower edge thereof, fixed ways extending under the upper series of flanges and serving to suspend the travel ing element, and other fixed ways extending forward of and over the lower series of flan-gesl and serving to ,restrain thev latter 1 ranged to clamp the side edges of the sheet from forward and upward motion. between them. 10

`29. In a traveling advertising device, end- In testimony whereof I affix my signature less chains, sprockets around which the n presence of two witnesses.

chainsareA caused to pass, an advertising JOSHUA CRANE, Jn.

sheet, and means for removably securing it IVtnesses: y

to the chains, comprising nterloeked back FRANCIS L. HEFFERNAN,

'and' front plates carried by the chains ar- LEPINE HALL RICE,