US1030684A - Telephone-stand. - Google Patents

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Patented June 25, 1912.

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H. W. SGHUSSLER.

TELEPHONE STAND.

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` COLUMBIA PLANOURAPM CO., WASHINUTDN, D. C.

HERMAN W. SCHUSSLER, OF'PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TELEPHONE-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1912.

Application led May 4, 1911. Serial No. 625,016.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HERMAN l/V. SGI-mss- Lnn, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invent- `ed certain Improvements in Telephone- Stands, of which the following is a specification.

One obj ect of my invention is to provide a structure for use in connection with desk telephones which shall so engage the same so as to prevent of it being knocked over or upset; the arrangement being such that the device may be easily applied to or removed from telephones of the ordinary construction without in any way interfering with their convenient use or requiring any change of connections.

' I further desire to provide a telephone stand with novel means for supporting a telephone receiver adjacent the ear of a person using the instrument, the construct-ion of this 'supporting device being such as to permit of the receiver following a movement of the head of the user to a limited eX- tent.

Another object of my invention is to provide a telephone stand with a mechanical device for maintaining the receiver hook of the telephone in a depressed position when the instrument is out of use; the arrangement being such that by proper manipulation said device may be moved to release the hook and thus put the instrument in operation in the well understood manner.

These objects and other advantageous ends I secure as hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inv which5- Figure'l, is a side elevation illustrating my invention as applied to a telephone of the well known form; Fig. 2, is a plan of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 3, is a view showing the parts of the base in their separated or open position, and Fig. t is a side elevation of the receiver holder.

In the above drawings 1 represents the transmitter of al telephone which is mounted on a post 2 carried by a base 3 in the well known manner and provided with a hook 4 for the reception of a receiver 5. These parts are of the well known construction and as usual the receiver is connected through conductors within a cable 6 with they transmitter 1 and with a line whereby the instrument is connected in a telephone circuit.

According to my invention I provide a4 casing structure made in two parts 7 and 8 which together are designed to completely inclose the base 3 of the telephone; being movably connected together by a hinge 9 and held in a closed position by a suitable catch 10. It is noted that the lower portion or bottom of this inclosing casing is formed of a relatively thick and heavy metallic body 11 and that there Vis in the top of the casing a central opening for the passage of the post 2 of the telephone, there being a second opening 12 for the wires or cables running to the receiver and line.

Mounted on the rear portion of the part 7 of the casing and preferably supported in a lug 13 thereon is a bracket consisting of an upwardly extending rod 111 having adjustably mounted on its upper end a tubular extension 15 capable of being held in 'any adjusted position by means of a set screw 16. The upper part of this tube is bent hori- Zontally away from the base 78` and then is bent in a horizontal plane so as to extend forwardly. The front end of this tubular rod or arm is then extended upwardly and hasmounted on it a frame consisting of a tubular post 17 carrying at its top an inclined bar 18 to whose extremities are fixed a pair of U-shaped members 19 and 20 formed and proportioned to receive and firmly hold the receiver 5 of the telephone. It is noted that the tubular post 17 is so mounted on the upwardly projecting end of the part 15 that it is free to turn with its frame and a receiver carried thereby, on a vertical axis.

Fixed to the vertically extending part of the tubular rod 15 into which the rod 14 telescopes, is a clamping strap 21, to which is held a hook-engaging bar 22 normally tending to remain in either of two definite posit-ions under the action of a spring 23 which engages its suitably formed inner end. The clamping strip 21 is so mounted on the tubular rod or bar 15 that when this pivoted arm 22 is moved into a substantially horizontal position, the spring 23 so acts on it as to maint-ain the receiver hook of the telephone mounted in the casing 7-8,in its fully depressed posit-ion.; the rear end of said arm being slightly beveled or inclined to cause it to tend to assume a position at an angle to the horizontal. It this arm 22 be turned upwardly on its pivot beyond a predetermined point the spring 23 thereafter so acts on it as to move it to and retain f transmitter it in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

When the telephone is not 'in operation the receiver 5 occupies the position shown and the spring actuated arm 22 is in a substantially horizontal position, so maintaining the hook 4 depressed. It, however, it is desired to put the telephone into use, said arm 22 is moved upwardly to a suicient extent to permit the spring 23 to move and hold it to the position shown in dotted lines, thereby releasing the receiver hook 4 and so altering the electrical connections of the apparatus within the telephone as to throw the and receiver into circuit. Thereafter an operator may talk into the receiver while this is supported by the rods 14 and 15 and the structures 17, 18, 19 and 20 as to be immediately adjacent the ear of said operator.

Owing to the swiveled mounting of the part 17 on the rod 15, the receiver 5 is free to remain adjacent to or in contact with the ear of the operator even though the latter should-turn his head, and in any event it permits of the free use of both hands, whereas ordinarily at least one hand is required Vto hold the receiver to the ear.

By reason of the peculiar construction ofthe rear end `of the arm 22, the spring 23 tends to maintain it either in its raised position, or in a substantially horizontal position, pressing v downward on the receiver hook 4, with the result that even though there may be some slight variation in the point at which it is necessary to maintain the hook 4 when the instrument is out of use,.the action of the spring V23 on the inclined end of the arm 22 causes this latter to hold the hook fully de pressed under all conditions.

While I have illustrated an inclosing cas- 'ing surrounding the base of the telephone instrument as closely conforming to the shape thereof and as completely surrounding the same, it is obvious that the form of this casing and the arrangement of its parts Vmay be widely varied without departing from my invention.

' It is to be noted that under certaincondi- ,tions I may omit the arm 22 and its associated Vpart-'s without departing from my invention since it is conceivable that the receiver-supporting structure may be utilized to carry the receiver when the telephone is.

in operation and thereafter said receiver vmay be replaced upon the hook in the cus-jv toma-ry manner.

I claim Y 1. A telephone stand consisting of a cas` ing formed of two parts hinged together and shaped to inclose the base of a desk telephone; and means mountedon said casing for supporting a telephone receiver in a predetermined position relatively to the transmitter of the instrument whose base is inclosed by said casing.

2. Av telephone stand consisting of a casing made in two movably connected parts formed to inclose the base of a desk telephone; with a bracket mounted on said casing having aholder for supporting in a substantially horizontal position, the telephone receiver of an instrument mounted in the casing.

3. A telephone stand consisting of a casing made in two movably connected parts formed to inclose the base of adesk telephone, and a structure mounted on said casing having a holder for supporting in a substantially horizontal position the receiver of an instrument mounted in the casing; said holder being free to turn on a vertical axis and being mounted in a predetermined position relatively to the receiver of the telephone. j

'4. A telephone stand consisting of a structure formed to receive the base of a desk telephone; a bracket mounted on said structure; an arm pivoted to said bracket in position to be brought into engagement with the hook of the telephone; a ,spring mounted to engage either one side o-said arm or the end adjacent its pivot; the arm beinglplaced to maintain the hook of the erative on its end and to hold'said arm in a raisedposition independently of the hook when the spring engages its side; with a holder on said bracket for supporting-the receiver of the telephone in a position adjar` cent the transmitter thereof.

5. A telephone stand consisting of a casing made in two connected'relatively movable parts formed to inclose the base of a desk telephonega bracket mounted on said" casing consisting of an upwardlyextending bar having a horizontally extending ortion; a holder for a telephone receiver mounted on said extended portion o f the bracket and free to turn on a substantiallyw vertical axis; with amechanical device also carried by the bracket for maintaining the hook of a telephone instrument in a depressed position; 4said `device being movable at will to release said hook. Y

In testimony whereof, I `have signed my name to this specification, in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

HERMAN W.V SCHUSSLER, f Witnesses: Y

WILLIAM E. BRADLEY, WM. A. BARR.

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