US1281798A - Advertising or amusement device. - Google Patents

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C. H. LEGQETT. ADVERTISING 0R AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5. Wm.

Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

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vENTOR WITNESS:

C. H. LEGGETT.

ADVERTISING 0R AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR 5,1?!8.

Patentd 001;.15, 1918.

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INVETOR fi By Attorneys,

WITNESS Z c. H. LEGGETT.

ADVERTISING 0R AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

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WITNESS C. H. LEGGET T.

ADVERTISING 0R AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5. l9l8.

1,281,798. Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

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INVENTOR WITNESS:

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CLINTON H. LEGGET'I', OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADVERTISING- OR AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

Application filed March 5, 1918. Serial No. 220,483.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLINTON H. Lnoon'r'r, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising or Amusement Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to advertising or amusement devices and aims to provide improvements therein.

The invention provides a sign-exhibiting group or combination of parts.

The invention further provides figures or groups which may novel movements. The invention further comprises improvements in the figures.

Other features of improvement will be hereinafter referred to.

The actuating device is preferably similar to that described and illustrated in my application Serial No. 160,358, filed April 7, 1917.

Embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a front view, partly in section, showing an actuating device and parts embodying the present'invention;

Fig. 2 is a side view (partly broken away) of the parts shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the parts shown in Figs. 1 and 2;

Figs. l and 5 are detail views ofa part shown in Fig. 3;

Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively a rear and side View of a dancing or animatedfigure;

Figs. 8 and 9 are similar views of another dancing figure;

Fig. 10 is a detail view comprising a part of the frame and a socket piece 20;

Fig. 11 is an elevation of another figure and its actuating mechanism (shown principally in section), in which the action of the figure is intermittent, and

Fig. 12 is a cross-section on the line- XII-XII, Fig.11.

In said drawings, numeral 1 designates a vibrating frame, the vibrating motion being communicated thereto preferably by an electricmotor 2, a transmitting mechanism comprising 6, a connecting rod 7 and a crosshead 8, and a connecting piece 9.

20, 2O designate 'aplurality be made to perform a belt 3, pulley 4c, belt 5, pulley of sockets or the like which may be attached to the vibrating frame 1.

The socket pieces 20 preferably project through a platform 25. The socket pieces 20 are preferably attached to the frame 1, and constructed as follows: The socket pieces 20 are conveniently pieces of tubing glued in holes 19 bored in the frame 1. A cross-bore or mortise 18 is made in the frame 1 at a point crossing the lower part of the hole 19. Through this mortise 18 is passed a metal plate 17 and this plate has ears or side portions 16, which are bentdown upon the sides of the frame 1. These plates 17 receive the impact of the rods or wires which fit in the socket pieces 20, and which are hereinafter described.

On the platform 25 is arranged one or more objects, such as toys, adapted to be actuated by the vibrating frame 1.

In Fig. 1 the objects represent a prizefight. 26, 26 designate the fighters, and these preferably have hinged legs and arms. The two figures 26, 26 are connected by a bar 27, which bar has a projection 28 fitting in one of the socket pieces 20, and the bar 27 can turn in the socket 20 on the projection 28. In order to limit the turning movement of the bar 27 in the socket 20, a guide or frame 30 is provided. This frame 30 has projections 31 which fit in the socket pieces 20 and has an elongated eye 32 in which a projecting finger 33 on the bar 27 projects.

When the frame 1 is vibrated, as by the motor 2 and connections heretofore described, the bar 27 and the frame 30 are also vibrated through the projections 28 and 31, 31, fitting in the socket pieces 20, 20. This imparts a vibrating motion to the figures 26, 26, and the arms swing, giving the impression of feints and blows, and the legs go through various motions simulating the fighters footwork. The liveliness of the figures is increased by the swinging of the bar 27, carrying the figures, on the projection 28 in its socket 20. As the projecting finger 33 strikes one end of the elongated eye 32, the bar 27 is caused to swing sharply from one side to another, and the various motions of the figures and their legs and arms produce a very lively eifect.

Preferably in connection with the figures 26, 26, there is a device. for exhibiting signs. This device comprises a shaft or 'post 10,

having'a plurality o f channels 41 in which pieces of cardboard or the like bearing suitable words Or advertising matter may be fastened, as by rivets ,or fasteners 42. The construction of the channels and fasteners is preferably such as to permit of renewing the boards carrying the signs. The shaft or post 40 is preferably rotated through suitable means, as for example a pulley 1 1 driven by a series of belts and pulleys 4:6, 47, 4s, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, from a small pulley 56 fastened to the pulley 4.

The shaft 40 with the signs carried thereby, is preferably demountable, and to this end, has at one. end thereof, a spindle 60 which fits within an open bearing 61 on a standard 62. The pulley 4 1 is fixed upon the spindle 60. The other end of the shaft 40 fits within a socket piece 65 which has a spindle 66 mounted in a bearing 67 upon an upright 68. Projections 65, carried by the socket piece, fit between the channel portions 41, and serve the function of a clutch between the shaft 40 and socket piece 65. The end of the spindle 66 is preferably formed into the form of a crank 69.

Beside the crank 69 there is a figure 70 having pivoted legs and arms. The arms of the figure are attached to the crank 69, and when the shaft 40 is turned, there is created the illusion that the figure turns the shaft. The figure 70 stands upon a support 72, somewhat back of the axial line of the shaft 40, and the arrangement is such that the figure bends low when the shaft is turned, creating the illusion that the figure is putting much effort into its work. 1

As the figures are sometimes used in front of a mirror, as explained in a previous application, it is desirable that the reflections of the back of the figures do not show too prominently the mechanical construction of the figures.

In Figs. 6 and 7 there is illustrated a dancing figure having a main body portion with hinged legs 81, and the body of the figure is pivotally carried upon'a staff 82,

the body 80 of the figure being pivoted to' the stafir 82 as at 83. In order to cover the portions of the figure, such as the upper hinge joints, which are not seen from the front, a plate or shield 85, of a contour conforming to the portion of the figure over which it is placed, is provided. It is con veniently fastened to a block 86 upon the backside of the body portion of the figure.

This plate or shield is preferably adjustable "in its position upon the back of the figure,

in order that it may be out of the line of sight, when the line of sight is upon or below the normal to the figure.

I The block86 also performs the function of limiting the swings ofthe legsinwardly and for the purpose of limiting the'upward swing of the legs, stops 88 are provided.

These stops 86 and 88 are desirable inasmuch as at times during the operation of the device the legs are apt to be thrown into position where they become caught.

In Figs. 8 and 9 I have also shown means for limiting the leg action of the figure. Stops 90 serve to limit the upward swing of the legs, and stops 91 limit the inward swing of the upper parts of the legs. A plate 93, which is conveniently attached to the staff 82 to which the figure is pivotally connected, is preferably provided. This plate serves to limit the inward swing of the legs, especially the lower part or heels, when thrown or lifted high. The arrangement of the stops 90, 91 and plate 93 serves not only to prevent the legs from being swung I Referring to Figs. 11 and 12, 100 designates a figure which has a novel action, and the action is preferably intermittent, though it may be made continuous. The figure, as shown, comprises a donkey 101 and a rider 102. The donkey preferably has hinged legs 103,104, the legs 103 being conveniently attached to a plate 105, and this plate 105 and a clamping strip 106' permits of the figure being conveniently attached to and detached from the platform. The rider 102 straddles the donkey and is preferably attached to the donkey by means of a pin 107 passing through the arms 108 of the rider 102. The arms 108 and the legs of the rider are preferably pivoted or hinged to the body there of. Suitable means, as a strap 110, attached to the donkey and rider, may be and preferably is provided for limiting the movement of the rider upward from the donkey.

By pulling the front end of the donkey up and down, the donkey is given a bucking motion and the figure is thrown upward and forward and pulled back by the strap 110, giving the effect of a kicking 0r bucking donkey, and a rider having difficulty retaining his seat. Stops 113 are provided for limiting the outward swing of the donkeys legs 104, one of these stops being placed nearer to one leg than the other stop is to the other leg, so that it is brought down upon front end. of the donkey to the frame 1, by

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piece 122 attached to a a wire or strap 115. -A coupling 116 is preferably provided in the wire or stop 115 to permit the figure beingdetached and substi- This coupling preferably comprises a socket 117 in which a disk 118 fits, the two being held together by fastener 119.

The motion of the figure is preferably .intermittent, and'this is conveniently efiected by providing a c'lutch121 between the vibrac ing frame 1 and'the wire or strap 115, and means for bringingthe parts of the clutch into and out of clutching engagement. The clutch 121 conveniently comprises a socket bracket 123 on the frame 1 and a plate 124 attached to the wire or strap 115. Normally the suspension of the wire 115 is such that the plate124; swings out of engagement with the-socket 122. In order to bring the plate 124 and socket 122 together, a reciprocating slide'12'6 is employed. cated toward and from the clutch 121 by means of a connecting rod 127 attached to an eccentric pin 128 on a disk 129 mounted on a shaft 130. The slide 126 moves in ways in a support 131. The shaft 130 is rotated from a small pulley 132 fixed to the pulley 418 through pulley 133 and belt 134.

The slide 126 has a yieldable head 136 thereon. This head 136, when the slide 126 moves forward, presses the clutch parts 122, 12% together, and the frame 1 imparts movement to the figure 100 through the connection 115. As the slide 126 continues to move forward, the head 136 yields and maintains the clutch-parts in engagement. During a part of the backward movement, the resilient head 136 maintains the clutch parts in engagement. When the slide has moved backward a proper distance, the head 136 moves awa from the clutch and allows the parts 122 and 124 to swing apart, whereupon the figure stands at rest. The clutching and declutching take place successively whereby motion is intermittently imparted to the figure. The resilient head 136 preferably has a smooth face and rounded ends, so that the part 124: of the clutch can slide therein, as the part 12 1 is moved up and down by the frame 1. The head 136 is preferably pressed forward by a follower 137 and springs 138. Pins 139 fitting in holes in the slide 126 act to guide the follower. Screws 140 passing through slots 141 in the follower act to limit the outward movement of the follower on the slide.

In order that the slide 126 may be thrown out of action (and consequently the figure or group 100 thrown out of action), a clutch 145 is provided between the shaft 130 and the pulley 133. V

The inventive ideas may receive other mechanical embodiments than those herein illustrated and specifically described. 7

This slide 126 is slowly 'recipro crank, and appearing to be doing the work of turnmg the s1gn.

2. A device of the character described, comprlsmg a vertically vibrating frame, a figure actuated in a vertical direction by said frame, means permitting a-movement of said figure in a horizontal plane, and means limiting the horizontal movement.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a vertically vibrating frame, a figure actuated in a vertical direction by said frame, a pivotal support for said'fig'ure and means for limiting the movement of said support around its pivot.

41. A device of the character described, comprising a vertically vibrating frame, a figure actuated in a vertical direction by said frame, a support for said figure pivoted upon said vibrating frame, and means carried upon said frame for limiting the move ment of said support around its pivot.

5. A device of the character described, comprising a figure having jointed limbs, and a plate between said limbs limiting the inward swing of the limbs.

6. A device of the character described, comprising a figure having jointed limbs and stops limiting the inward and outward movements of the limbs.

7. A device of the character described, comprising a figure having double-jointed limbs, stops limiting the inward and outward movements of the limbs, and a plate between the limbs limiting the inward movement of the extremities of the limbs.

8. A device of the character described, comprising a figure having a body and pivoted limbs, and a screen, of the outline of the body. behind which the pivotal connections of the limbs are located.

9. A device of the character described, comprising a figure having a body and pivotal limbs, and an adjustable screen, of the outline of the body, behind which the pivotal connections of the limbs are located.

10. In a device of the character described, the combination of a figure, means for imparting movement thereto, and a connection between said body and figure for intermittently connecting and disconnecting said figure and moving means, said connecting and disconnecting means comprising a clutch, and a slide for moving the parts into engagement.

11. In a device of the character described, the combination of figure, means for im parting movement thereto, and means for intermittently connecting and disconnecting said figure and moving means, said connecting and disconnecting means comprising a clutch, and a slide for moving the parts into engagement, said'slide having a resilient a figure in the form of a quadruped,having hinged hind legs, a body and a pivotal support for said body, and stops limiting the swing of the pivoted legs, one of said stops being located to limit the swings of one leg more than that of the other.

15. In a device of the character described, the combination of a figure in the form of a quadruped, having hinged hind legs, a

body, a pivotal support for said body, a.

rider movable on said quadruped figure, said rider having its arms pivoted to the body of said figure, and a connection between said rider and figure permitting limited movement of said rider on said quadruped figure. V

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name. j

CLINTON H. LEGGETT.

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