Abstract A moving artistic display device comprising a box-like structure having in its front wall a circular viewing window covered by a transparent doubly-fluted glass through which is viewed a lighted, multi-colored design arranged to be rotated in a plane parallel to that of the glass. In one embodiment the design is formed on a disk mounted behind the glass on a circular, motordriven platform, while in another embodiment the design appears on an elongated, web-like strip which is adapted to be fed back and forth between rollers mounted on the rotating platform, thus varying the pattern of the rotating design as viewed through the fluted glass window. In operation, the simulated lenticular lenses present in a glass of this character pick up and exaggerate the color patterns of the rotating design and thus provide an ever-changing, eye-catching display.
An artistic display device comprising, a box-like structure having upstanding front and rear walls and connecting side, top and bottom walls, said front wall incorporating a circular viewing window; a transparent glass of the doubly-fluted type covering said window; a generally circular platform mounted within the structure behind said window, the plane of the platform paralleling that of the glass; design-engaging means carried by said platform and comprising a pair of opposed, motordriven rollers mounted on opposite sides of the platform, said rollers being adapted to receive and mount for viewing through the viewing window, an elongated design-bearing sheet and to feed the same back and forth from one roller to the other as the platform is rotated; and motor means mounted within the structure and adapted to rotate said platform and the design-engaging means carried thereon.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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An artistic display device comprising, a box-like structure having upstanding front and rear walls and connecting side, top and bottom walls, said front wall incorporating a circular viewing window; a transparent glass of the doubly-fluted type covering said window; a generally circular platform mounted within the structure behind said window, the plane of the platform paralleling that of the glass; design-engaging means carried by said platform and comprising a pair of opposed, motordriven rollers mounted on opposite sides of the platform, said rollers being adapted to receive and mount for viewing through the viewing window, an elongated design-bearing sheet and to feed the same back and forth from one roller to the other as the platform is rotated; and motor means mounted within the structure and adapted to rotate said platform and the design-engaging means carried thereon.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The device of claim 1 wherein lighting means are mounted within the structure in a position to illuminate the design as the latter is rotated behind the viewing window.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The device of claim 2 wherein the motors driving the design-mounting rollers are of the reversable, variable speed type.