US1288179A - Cello-rest. - Google Patents

Description

B. POEHLAND.

CELLO REST.

APPLICATION FILED Ausm. 1916.

1,288,179. Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

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CELLO-REST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

Application filed August 21, 1916. Serial No. 115,966.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNHARD POEHLAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cello- Rests, of which the following is a specification.

The invention pertains more particularly, though not exclusively, to a. combined rest and stop to be placed on the floor and adapted to receive the lower end of the leg of a cello or similar musical instrument for preventing the sliding or displacement of the instrument While the player is performing thereon.

hen a cello is in use it is rested on the floor and the player is seated on a chair, and when the floor is smooth, especially when waxed, the cello is likely to slip forward along the floor and interfere with the playing.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a combined rest and stop which may be located on the floor and at a proper distance from the chair on which the performer sits and which will serve to receive the lower end of the leg of the instrument and prevent any displacement of the instrument by sliding forwardly. With the use of my invention the player is relieved from the eifort of preventing the instrument from sliding forwardly, and hence can devote himself with greater pleasure and efficiency to performing on the instrument.

The invention comprises, in its preferred construction, a rest or sto 3 to receive the leg of the instrument, a flexible tape within the rest or stop and adapted to be drawn outwardly at varying lengths therefrom, and means on the outer end of the tape for connecting the same with the leg of a chair, thereby to restrain the rest or stop against movement on the floor, means being provided within the rest or stop for locking the tape against inward reeling or outward unreeling motion while the rest or stop is in use and after the same has once been adjusted with proper relation to the chair of the performer.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the combined rest and stop of my invention, the

same being shown as positioned for use, a chair for the performer and a cello adjacent thereto being represented by dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the same;

Fig. 3 is a central vertical longitudinal section through the rest or stop and its contamed parts, the outer portion of the tape being broken away;

Fig. i is a vertical section through the same taken on the dotted line 4% of Fig. 6, the section through the casing of the rest or the stop being central and longitudinal;

Fig. 5 is a corresponding section of the same taken on the dotted line 55 of Fig. 0 so far as the interior mechanism is concerned and central and longitudinal so far as the casing of the rest or stop is involved;

Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section on a larger scale through the same taken on the dotted line 66 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 7 is a horizontal section through the same taken on the dotted line 7-7 of Fig. 2, a part of the tape being broken away.

In the drawings, 10 designates a suitable chair for the player on a cello, 11 a cello of usual construction, and 12 the rest or stop of my invention which, as shown in Fig. 1, is adapted to receive the lower end of the leg 13 of the cello and to be connected with a leg of the chair 10 by means of a tape it and strap or band 15 secured to the outer end of said tape.

The rest or stop 12 comprises an exterior casing 16, which may be of wood, and this casing preferably has fiat sides, a dome portion 17 and a rearwardly projecting tongue portion 18 which has formed in its upper surface a recess 19 which receives the lower pointed end of the leg 18 of the cello. The forward or domed portion of the casing 16 is hollow and contains a closely fitting metal barrel or sleeve 20 within which is mounted, on a pin 21, a rotatable drum 22, said drum being of less diameter than said sleeve and adapted to receive on its exterior a tape let and on its interior a clock spring 2%, one end of which is connected with the pin 21 and the other with the wall of the drum 22. The outer face of the sleeve 20 and drum 22 are substantially closed by a plate 25 containing a central opening for the pin 21 and also for the shank of a head 26 applied upon the outer end of said pin. The plate 25 is provided at opposite portions with ears 27 through which screws may be applied for fastening said plate to the casing 16, as shown in Figs. 2 and 7. The inner edges of the sleeve 20 abut against the inner wall 28 of the recess formed within the casing of the rest, and said sleeve adjacent to its inner edges is formed with an annular shoulder 29 against'which is applied a plate or disk 30 which serves to close that portion of the inner side of the sleeve 20 which incloses the drum 22 and tape 14. The disk 30 is stationary and the pin 21 extends through the same and isheaded at its inner end exteriorly to the said disk. The. disk 30 has cut in it a flexible or spring tongue 31, ant this tongue is in engagement with the inner end of the pin 21 and carries at its outer portion a pin 32 which projects inwardly toward the drum 22. The drum 22 has an inner wall 33 in close proximity to the disk 30, and said wall 33 is formed with a concentric series of recesses 34, any oneof which may be engaged by the pin 32 for locking the drum'22 against rotation. The tension of the spring 24 acts to automatically rotate the drum 22 in a direction to wind the tape 14 upon the exterior of said drum, and the purpose of the spring tongue 31 and pin 32 in cooperation with the recesses 34 in the drum 22 is to hold said drum against rotation and the spring 24 under restraint. When the parts are in normal position, the locking pin 32 is pro- -jected into one of the recesses 34 and at such time the drum 22 is prevented from be ing rotated in either direction,either to pay out the tape 14 or automatically rewind said tape upon said drum. When it is desired to withdraw the tape 14 outwardly from the rest, the operator will press inwardly on the knob 26 so as to force the spring tongue 31 outwardly in a direction from the drum 22 for the purpose of carrying its locking pin 32 from engagement with the drum, and thereupon and while said pin is disengaged from the drum, the operator may pull outwardly on the tape 14 so as to extend such length of the same as may be necessary, after which the pressure on the knob 26 will be released and the pin 32 will pass into reengagement with one of the recesses 34 and lock the drum 22 against rotation, thus leaving a length of the tape 514 extended and the mechanism of the stop in such condition that the spring 24 will be restrained from rewinding the tape upon the drum and the drum will be restrained from paying out any further length of the tape due to any outward pressure of the cello against the rest or stop 12 tending to push said rest or stop from the chair 10.

The outer end of the tape or flexible con nection 14 is connected with an eye or ring 35 which is secured by a swivel 36 to the,

band or strap 15, the latter being simply a forwardly in a direction of restraint from pushing the rest or stop 12 forwardly.

The tape and its strap .or band 15 serve, as a means for restraining the stop or rest 12 against sliding movement on the'floor in a direction from the player, orin other words holds the rest or stop 12 in that predetermined position given to it for properly receiving the leg of the cello.

Within the casing 16 and leading from the chamber thereof through the tongue portion 18 is provided a slot 38 through which the tape 14 may travel and be kept in fiat condition, as distinguished from becoming twisted, and, the provision of the swivel 36 is to permit the strap or band 15 to be freely handled and looped around the leg of a chair or other abutment without twisting the tape 14, which will preferably be of metal.

In addition to slitting or cutting the disk 30 to form the spring tongue 31, I preferably also slit or out said disk on the arc of a circle, as at 39, to form a spring section in said disk to carry the tongue 31 and cooperate therewith in returning the pin 32 to one of the recesses 34 in the drum 22 after inward pressure on the knob 26 has been released. r V

The operation of the mechanism constituting my invention has been so fullypointed out hereinbefore that it is believed that further description as to such operation is vscri ed, for a cello or the like, comprising a having a recess in its upper part to receive the depending body to rest on the floor and leg of the cello, a rotary drum in said body, a tape wound thereon andiextensible from said body, a spring for actuating said drum to wind said tape thereupon, means for looking said drum against rotation in either direction, manually of said tape, and means on the outer end of said tape adapted to be engaged by means when said tape is extended from said body for preventing said body from sliding forwardly on the floor.

2. A rest or stop of the character deoperative 'means for re-- leasing the drum to permit 'thewithdrawal scribed for a cello or the like comprising a body to rest on the floor and having a rearwardly projecting tongue portion formed in its upper surface with a recess to receive the depending leg of the cello, a drum in said body, a tape wound thereon and extensible from said body, a spring for actuating said drum to wind said connection thereupon, means for locking said drum against rotation in either direction, manually operative means for releasing the drum to permit the withdrawal of said tape, and means on the outer end of said tape adapted to be engaged by means of restraint when said tape is extended from said body for preventing said body from sliding forwardly on the floor.

3. A rest or stop of the character described for a cello or the like, comprising a body to rest on the floor and receive the depending leg of the cello, a rotary drum in said body, a pin extending through said drum and having an exposed head and having limited sliding movement, a spring within said drum and at one end connected thereto and at the other end to said pin, locking means connected with the end of said pin and adapted to engage said drum and lock the same against movement in either direction, a tape wound upon said drum and extensible from said body, and means on the outer end of said tape adapted to be engaged by means of restraint when said tape is extended from said body for preventing said body from sliding forwardly on the floor.

4. A rest or stop of the character described for a cello or the like, comprising a body to rest on the floor and receive the depending leg of the cello, a rotary drum in said body, a pin extending through said drum and having an exposed head and having limited sliding movement, a spring within said drum and at one end connected thereto and at the other end to said pin, locking means connected with the end of said pin and adapted to engage said drum and lock the same against movement in either direction, a tape wound upon said drum and extensible from said body, and means on the outer end of said tape to be engaged by means of restraint when said tape is extende'd from said body for preventing said body from sliding forwardly on the floor, said locking means comprising a spring tongue carrying a locking pin and said drum having at its inner end a series of recesses to be respectively engaged by said locking pin.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York, this 19th day of August, A. D. 1916.

BERNHARD POE'HLAND.

Witnesses ARTHUR MARION, CHAS. O. GILL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

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