Display of the band type
AssigneeWorld Acrilux S.A.
InventorFabrice Grehan
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Abstract
The display (12) comprises a band carrying a series of visual items of information and held taut between two rolls (5, 9) onto which it is rolled, the rolls being parallel to each other and rotatively mounted in a frame (1), and a synchronous driving mechanism (18) for the two rolls. The driving mechanism comprises a toothed belt or chain (21) driven by a motor (19) and cooperating with a first sprocket wheel (22) keyed on the first roll (5) and a second sprocket wheel (23) freely rotatable on the second roll (9) and connected to the latter by elastically yieldable means (25) for compensating for the tension of the band as a function of the variation in the diameter of the roll resulting from the rolling up of the band.
Claims9
A display device comprising a frame, a band carrying a series of visual items of information, a first roll and a second roll, onto which rolls the band is rollable and between which rolls the band is taut, the rolls being parallel to each other and rotatively mounted in said frame and spaced apart a distance which at least equals a length of the band occupied by one of said visual items of information and a mechanism for driving the two rolls and comprising a motor, a toothed belt or chain drivenly engaged with the motor and cooperating with a first sprocket wheel keyed on the first roll and a second sprocket wheel connected to the second roll with elastically yieldable means, wherein the elastically yieldable means is fixed on the one hand to the second roll and on the other hand to the second sprocket wheel.
The display device of claim 9 wherein said second sprocket wheel is rotatably mounted on said second roll.
A display device comprising a frame, a band carrying a series of visual items of information, a first roll and a second roll, onto which rolls the band is rollable and between which rolls the band is held taut, the rolls being parallel to each other and rotatively mounted in said frame and spaced apart a distance which at least equals a length of the band occupied by one of said visual items of information and a mechanism for driving the two rolls and comprising a motor, a toothed belt or chain drivenly engaged with the motor, a first sprocket wheel keyed on the first roll, a second sprocket wheel with a cavity having a peripheral surface disposed outside the frame and the second roll and one spiral spring fixed on the one hand to the second roll and on the other hand to the peripheral surface of the cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.