US1052443A - Telephone-receiver holder. - Google Patents

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A. ORZEOHOWSKI.

TELEPHONE RECEIVER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN124, 1912 Patented Felx 4, 1913.

INVENTOR dfl/ c/vow 1. BY Q/ ATTORNEYS COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH 60., WA

ANTONI ORZECHOWSKI, OF STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.

TELEPHONE-RECEIVER HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

Application filed January 24, 1912. Serial No. 673,112.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANToNI ORZECHOWSKI, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Stamford, in the count-y of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Telephone-Receiver Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a telephone receiver holder, and my invention aims to provide a device that can be easily attached to a desk telephone for holding the receiver thereof in a position that it can be conveniently used without employing the hands to hold the same to the car while carrying on a conversation over a telephone.

The holder has novel adjustments that permit of the receiver being positioned at various angles and the device has been designed as a convenience for parties who carry on a long conversation or desire to make notes of the conversation or use the hands for other purposes.

The invention further aims to accomplish the above results by a mechanical construction that will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe holder as applied to a desk telephone, Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View of the same, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a detached holder, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of the holder.

The reference numeral 1 denotes the pedestal of a desk telephone, said pedestal supporting the transmitter 2, the receiver hook 3 and the receiver 4, these parts being of the ordinary and well known type forming part of a desk telephone.

The reference numeral 5 denotes a resilient band having apertured ears 6 connected by a screw 7 The band 5 is clamped upon the pedestal 1 and said band intermediate the ends thereof has an enlargement 8. Pivotally connected to the enlargement 8 by a screw 9 is an arm 10 and swiveled in said arm by a pin 11 is the depending boss 12 of a casing 13 that is rectangular in cross section. One end of the casing 18 is closed and slidably mounted in the open end of said casing is a rack bar 14. The rack bar 14 has a head 15 provided with a bracket 16. The rack bar 14 is adjustably held within the casing 13 by a resilient catch 17 secured to said casing, adjacent to the open end thereof, and adapted to engage the teeth of the rack bar 14.

The reference numeral 18 denotes a rod revolubly mounted in the bracket 16, said rod having a crank portion 19 within the bracket 16 which facilitates rocking said rod. One end of the rod 18 has an arm 20 supporting the flange 21 of a receiver holder 22. The holder 22 is in the form of a resilient band that surrounds the receiver 4, said band having the ends thereof clamped together by a screw 23.

In operation, the arm 10 is shifted relatively to the enlargement 8 to swing the receiver 4 upwardly whereby the upper end of the receiver will release the hook 3. The rack bar 14 can be pulled outwardly from the casing 13, the casing swung upon the arm 10 and then the rod 18 rocked to place the receiver 4 in a horizontal position. With these adjustments of the receiver holder, the receiver is in proximity to the ear of a person talking through the transmitter 2 and the hands can be used for other purposes than holding the receiver 4.

WVhat I claim is A telephone receiver holder comprising an arm, means for pivotally supporting said arm from the pedestal of a telephone, a casing swiveled upon the top of said arm, a longitudinally adjustable rack bar mounted in said casing, a bracket U-shaped in plan having one of its arms connected to the outer end of said bar, means carried by the casing and engaging with the bar for maintaining the latter in an adjusted position, a rod revolubly mounted in the arms of said bracket and projecting outwardly from the outer arm of the bracket, said rod provided be tween the arms of said bracket with a crank portion constituting means to facilitate the Y shifting of the rod, and a receiver holder Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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