Photo display device
OwnerThomas L. Byersinventor
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Abstract
A device for storage and display of photographs consisting of a housing with front frame and a spindle containing photo envelopes supported mid-way across the front frame. The spindle is formed in unique manner to carry a large plurality of photo envelopes by heat welding each envelope to the spindle in close spacing. Each envelope contains two photos back-to-back, and rotation, either manually or motor controlled, indexes intermittent display of the successive photos with two photos always in view in the frame.
Claims6
A housing for rotary display of a spindle having a multiple of envelopes of uniform width carried thereon with photographs slidable end-wise in each of said envelopes, comprising:
- a forwardly curved back panel formed with a right-angle bent base member;
- left and right side walls secured to said back panel and base member to form a generally square forward opening;
- first and second semi-circular bearing races formed in transverse alignment and generally centrally on said left and right side walls at the forward opening for receiving said spindle;
- first and second stabilizer segments secured to the back panel and extending forward in parallel to a point proximate the bearing races at the forward opening, said segments being spaced by approximately the width of said envelopes and closely aligned adjacent thereto to maintain said photographs centrally positioned on said envelopes and in circular alignment around said spindle;
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- a front frame defining a field of view and being removably secured over said forward opening.
A device for storage and display of photographs, comprising:
- housing means including a removable viewing frame defining a field of view;
- a spindle means formed of selected plastic removably and rotatably supported by said housing means and generally bisecting said viewing frame field of view;
- a plurality of transparent envelopes of selected plastic having first and second sides and extending a selected plastic securing tab and each envelope being adapted to contain first and second photographs that are insertable end-wise and are viewable through respective first and second sides of said envelope;
- a plurality of heat weldments across said spindle means to fasten the respective securing tabs for each of the plurality of transparent envelopes in successive equal spacing around said spindle means;
- means for rotating said spindle means to move successive envelopes through the viewing frame intermittently with each envelope displaying successively a first side and then a second side so that both first and second photographs can be viewed;
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- first and second stabilizing segments secured within said housing means in parallel, spaced relationship, each extending in juxtaposition to respective opposite sides of the envelopes as contained on said spindle means to maintain the photographs centrally within respective envelopes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.