US103046A - Improved music-rack - Google Patents

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Joann. HILL, or' HYDEPARK, AssIc'NoR To HIMs'nLr AND HENRY n.

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Letters PntentlNo..103,046, flatedMay 17, 1870. l i Y 'rMPRovED MUSIC-Rack The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all :chem it 'may concern: lBe it known that I, J om. R. HILL, of Hyde Park,

-'n the county of Norfolk and State of .Massachusetts,`have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Music-Itacksof which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part of this speciticatiomdn which- Figure 1` represents a transverse sectional elevation, and Y A y .t

Figure 2, a plan or `topvew of my improved musicrack as it appears when op'ened at one side and closed This invention relates to that'kind of music-racks or portfolios which are used as receptacles' for sheetmusic, or sheets of drawings, or other papers which are frequently or seldom used, read, or` referred to;

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It` liasfcr itsv object not only to preserve theisheets of paperand their printed or written characters or contents, but to provide for the 'easy and ready access' to, and the adjustment, removal, and' sure and certain replacement of4 such sheets or papers, or for asserting them'or changing them, or some of them,

. from one place to another, and for iuclosing them inl a neat, substantial casefwhich forms a piece ot' furniture either plain or ornamental, and where all the sheets of paper will be securely held in posi-tion for transportation, or otherwise.

. 'My improved music-rack is constructed with a bot-I y tomhA, having ends,'B, a top, G, and a. middle partition, D, all mounted ou suitable supports or end legs, E, which may be of any convenient form, aud

thesemay be'secured to beneath the bottom, vor extend upward on the outside of each end, and be 'finished plain or ornamental.

lhese parts form the structure-or foundation, to'

which I 'apply certain `swinging leaves or cases, which are composed each of a back, F, an incline or beveled bottom side, G, and two ends, H. Y

Each of these leaves or' cases thus constructed is hinged tothe bottom A, one at each or either edge thereof', andanother between the edge and the ccntral partition D, as clearly shown in the drawings.

Each inner leaf or ease is adjustably connected with the ends B, first above described, Vby pivoted arms orlinks, I and K, and/cach outer or next succeeding leaf or case is adjustably connected with the one within it, by similar links, L and M,` so that each leaf or ease is capable of being swung or moved on the pivots or hinges, that is, openedfor closed, while the links provide for their positions best suited for adjustment or removal of the papers orsheets of music or drawings in each case, and at the-same time allow of each leaf or series of such leaves being folded or closed by simply pushing the outer leaf toward the next within it-andf this with the louter one, or one or and for the purpose set forth.

more of such leaves in a more extensive series t-o within the case first above described, each leaf swinging on its respective pivots or hinges, and opened by drawing outward the outer leaf, thus opening one or more ot' the leaves at each or-either side of the case of such leaves, or closing one or more, as desired. A

The incline or beveled side G of each leaf is iu.- tended to catch or guide the lower edge of each sheet of paper placed therein, and to insure the unfailing and certain introduction of ashcet. or sheets of paper into each or either leaf when partially or nearly lilled, I apply a spring guide or guides, N, to the back of the next leaf within or to the side or sides ofthe centrai partition; Y

These springguidcs are curved, as clearly shown in iig. 1, so that the lower end c of each spring shall guide the sheet or sheets of paper inside of the incline sides G of cach leaf,an d when folded or closed, these springs will hold. the'sheets of paper or music securely in position, and prevent their 'ehang while being moved-or transported in the case.

The case for holding the leaves may be made in any other form, that is, with three, four, six, or more equal or unequal sides, and mounted on a base, a pillar, or column, and each of such sides have one, two,

or more ot' the hinged or pivoted leaves'provided with Vinclined sides G and spring guides N, and connected by links, as before described.

.' When closed, the -outer leaf should be provided with a catch or latch, or some other fastening device,

f, as clearly shown in the drawings.

Having fully described my invention, y

What I claim, and'desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A music-rack or portfolio, as described, consisting of a ease mounted on a base or legs, as shown, and provided with one or more hinged or pivot-ed leaves, constructed as described, with beveled or inclined sides, G, and connected by links I K L M, and

arranged in'the manner and for the 'purpose substan-` tially as set forth.

2. The combination', substantially as described, of l a spring guide or guides, N, with-the back of the iuner leatand with the incline G of the next outer leaf, t

iu the manner and for the purpose set forth'.

. 3. The combination, substantially as desgribed, ot' a spring guide or guides, N, with the central partition D and with the incline side G of the inner leaf, in `thefmanner and for the purpose set forth.

v4 The combination substantially as'described, of v a pivoted or hinged leaf or leaves, F G H, constructed as specified, with a case, A B G D, in themanner .p JOHN R. HILL. Witnesses:

JOHNJE. CRANE,

ANDREW R. HAZARD.

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