US2183705A - Display device - Google Patents

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C. R. WOOTEN DISPLAY DEVICE Dec. 19, 1939.

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` DISPLAY DEVICE Filed Feb. 23, 1939 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Carrol R. Wooten l yuan/h, ATTORNEYS me. 19, 19390 c DISPLAY DEVICE Filed Feb. 25, 1959 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 zb/w ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 19, 1939 UNITED STATES DISPLAY DEVICE l Carrol R. Wooten, New York, N. Y., assignor to Beech-Nut Packing Company, N. Y., a corporation of New York Canajoharie,

Application February 23, 1939, Serial No. 257,794'

8 Claims.

The present invention relates to display devices, and has for its object to provide a novel and improved device of this character that is partic- `ularly adapted'for advertising purposes.

Other objects of the invention and features whereby they may be attained, will be readily understood from the followingv description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front View of a display device embodying the features of the invention in their preferred form;

Fig.` 2 isa view on an enlarged scale correspcndingfto a portion of Fig. 1;

Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional views respectively taken on the lines 3-3 and 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view, partly in elevation, taken substantially on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5. y

The device illustrated in the drawings is particularly adapted for display in store Windows. The deviceis provided with a casing having a bottom `wall 2, a top wall 4, a rear wall 6, end walls l, and a front wall 8. The front-wall is provided with a rectangular opening or`window IIl that is closed by a transparent window-pane I2. Near the ends of the window may be panels I4 spaced back of the window-pane, which may have ornamental pillars I5I formed thereon and packages of chewing gum IIi or vother articles.l

. The casing of the device may be in the form of a traveling case as shown, having a handle I8 to permit the device to be easily carried byv the salesman. The window may be closed when ber 20 which is suspended on the ends of links 22 having their other ends pivoted on the end walls 1 of the casing.

Extending between the panels I4 is a sheet metal member 24 having U shaped guideways 26 formed in its upper and lower edges, and an intermediate portion 28 connecting the guide,- ways and serving as a background. The member 24 has a portion 30 extending downwardly and outwardly from the upper outer edge of the lower guideway 26 to the window-pane I2, and has its front or outer edge spaced slightly below the window opening I0. The member 24 may be in simulation of a race track, the upright portion '28 being in simulation of the inner fence of the track.

The member 24 may be supported on the bottom wall 32 of a casing 33 which in turn is detachably supported on the bottom Wall 2 of the outside casing ofthe'device.

At the rear of the member 24 is an uprigh sheet metal member 34 having its end portions curved in an arc to the inner edges of the panel members I4. The lower portions of the member 34 may be secured to the bottom wall132 and a partition or wall 35 of the inner casing 33. 'Ihe front side of the member-34 above the guide member 24 may have an illustration thereon of a portion of the inside of a coliseum'as indicated. Thus in looking through the Window there is seen the representation of a-race track having its inside fence formed by the member 28, and above that is seen the seats. of a'coliseum.l I

The guideways 25 of .the sheet metal member 24 serve to guide three 'endless strips 36 of trans` parent flexible material. The longitudinal edges of these strips are received in the guideways so as to maintain the strips in rubbing or sliding contact with each other throughout the length of the guideways. The portion 28 of themember 24 is spaced in proximity to the rear side of the rearmost strip 36 so as to forml a background for the strips. f

Each of the three strips 36 pass from one end of the guide member 24 'between a pair of rollers 3l, 38 vertically arranged. The several rollers are provided with flexible rubber sleeves 48 for frictionally engaging the sides of the strip. The roller 38 of each pair is yieldingly pressedv toward the other roller 3l by means of a spring 42 coiled about a rod 44 which carries an arm 46 that engages inl a grooved roll 48 in the center of said roller 38, the latter being in sections arranged at opposite sides of the roll 48. Said spring 42 tends to turn its associated rod 42 to cause the arm 46 to yieldingly press said roller against the other roller, each roller 38 having the ends of its shaft 58' mounted in elongated slots 52 in supporting plates 54 secured `to the inner casing 33 of the device.

The roller 3l of each pair has the ends of its shaft 56 extending through bearing openings in thesupporting plates 54, and the upper ends of each of said shafts has a sprocket wheel 58 secured thereon. The sprocket wheels of the roller y shafts 56 are all driven so as to drive the rollers,

sizes so that in the construction shown the pair of rollers engaging the outermost strip 36 is driven at the greatest speed, the adjacent strip is driven at a substantially lesser speed, and the inner strip is driven at a relatively slow speed.

The several strips 3G pass from said pairs of rollers back of the partition 35` of the inner casing, and enter the left-hand ends of the guides 26 through apertures 'l0 in the partition 35 and over guide rollers 12.

The outer strip 36 which travels at a considerably greater speed than the others, may be made much longer than the others and the slack in the strip is permitted to form in folds in a space within the inner casing 33 back of the partition 35.

The several strips may bear illustrations of racing figures, such as people, animals, and vehicles of various kinds. In the portions of the strips shown in Fig. 2 the outer strip is provided with an illustration of a vehicle 'i4 which is drawn by lions l5; the next strip is shown bearing the illustration of a vehicle 'I6 which is drawn by a pair of ostriches ll, and the innermost strip is shown bearing a vehicle 18 which is drawn by one or more giraffes 19.

The various figures may have the appearance of being in motion so that when all three transparent strips are driven at different speeds as described the figures on the various strips have the appearance of racing about the track of the Coliseum in a remarkable like-like manner. 'Ihe vehicles may if desired carry illustrations of packages of chewing gum, candy, or other packaged products for advertising purposes.

As Will be evident to 1those skilled in the art, my invention permits various modifications witnout departing from the spirit thereof of the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

l. In a display device of the class described, the combination of a casing having a window therein, a plurality of endless strips of exible transparent material having corresponding porv tions thereof arranged in upright position transversely of the window and one behind the other, said portions of the strips being visible through said Window and the other portions of the strips being hidden from View, and means for traversing said strips longitudinally at different speeds, the several strips bearing illustrations of racing figures so arranged as to simulate a race between ie figures as the strips are thus traversed.

2. In a display device of the class described,

the combination of a casing having a window in the front thereof, a plurality of endless strips of exible material having corresponding portions thereof arranged in upright position transversely of the Window and one behind the other in close proximity, said portions of the strips being visible through said window and the other portions of the strips being hidden from view, an opaque member at the rear of said portion of the rearmost strip in simulation of a fence at one side of a race track, the inside of a portion of a coliseum being simulated above the fence and visible through the window, and means for traversing said strips longitudinally at different speeds, the several strips bearing illustrations of racing iigures so arranged as to simulate a race between the figures as the strips are thus traversed.

3. In a display device of the class described, a plurality of endless strips of flexible transparent material, means for guiding corresponding portions of said strips in superposed relationship, and means for traversing such strips in the same direction but at different speeds, the several strips bearing illustrations of racing figures so arranged as to simulate a race between the figures as the strips are thus traversed.

4. A structure according to claim 3 in which an opaque member is spaced in proximity to the rear side of said portion of the rearmost strip.

5. In a display device of the class described, a plurality of strips of transparent material having portions thereof arranged in superposed relationship, and means for traversing said strips in the same direction but at different speeds, the several strips bearing illustrations of racing figures so as to simulate a race between the gures as the strips are thus traversed.

6. In a display device of the class described a plurality of strips of transparent material having portions thereof arranged in superposed relationship, and an opaque member spaced in proximity to the rear side of the rearmost strip, the several strips bearing illustrations of racing gures so arranged as to simulate racing figures as the strips are thus traversed.

'7. In a display device of the class described, a casing having a Window therein at least three strips of flexible transparent material having corresponding portions thereof arranged in upright position transversely of the window and one behind the other, said portions of the strips being visible through said window and the other portions of the strips being hidden from view, the outermost strip being longer than the other strips, and means for traversing said strips longitudinally at different speeds, the outermost strip being traversed at a greater speed than the other two, and the several strips bearing illustrations of figures so arranged as to simulate a race between the figures as the strips are thus traversed.

8. In a display device of the class described, a plurality of endless strips of flexible transparent material, means for guiding corresponding portions of said strips in superposed relationship, and means for traversing said strips at different speeds comprising a pair of rollers between which each strip passes, means for yieldingly pressing the rollers of each pair toward each other to cause them to bear in driving contact With the strip, a sprocket Wheel driving one of the rollers of each pair, and a sprocket chain in driving engagement with all of said sprocket wheels.

CARROL R. WOOTEN.

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