(19)
(11) EP 1 093 106 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.06.2001 Bulletin 2001/24

(43) Date of publication A2:
18.04.2001 Bulletin 2001/16

(21) Application number: 00650153.0

(22) Date of filing: 12.10.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G09F 11/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 12.10.1999 IE 990848

(71) Applicants:
  • Houlihan, Kevin
    Stillorgan, County Dublin (IE)
  • Miller, Mark
    Stepaside, Dublin (IE)

(72) Inventors:
  • Houlihan, Kevin
    Stillorgan, County Dublin (IE)
  • Miller, Mark
    Stepaside, Dublin (IE)

(74) Representative: Schütte, Gearoid 
Cruickshank & Co., 1 Holles Street
Dublin 2
Dublin 2 (IE)

   


(54) An advertising display unit


(57) An advertising display unit has an outer housing having a display window in a wall of the housing. A tubular poster holding cylinder is rotatably mounted within the housing and carries three posters held against an outer face of the cylinder. A drive motor is operable to rotate the cylinder within the housing to present each poster in turn at the display window for a preset time period for advertising purposes. A lamp mounted within the cylinder back-lights the poster.






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