US1454533A

US1454533A - Support for telephone receivers

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Publication number: US1454533A
Application number: US484402A
Authority: US
Inventors: Manley A Bowen
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1921-07-13
Filing date: 1921-07-13
Publication date: 1923-05-08
Anticipated expiration: 1940-05-08

Description

May 8, 1923.

1,454,533 M. A. BOWEN SUPPORT FOR TELEPHONE-RECEIVERS Filed July 13 1921 P c f A1 INVENTOR.

. ATTORNEY.

Patented May 8, 1923.

MANLEY A. BOWEN, O13 FRESNO, CALIFORNIA.

SUPPORT FOR TELEPHONE RECEIVERS.

Application filed July 13, 1921. Serial No. $4,402.

adjacent to the ear or" the speaker so that both hands may be free for making notations or for other uses. While the arm is thus extended, the receiver hook is released and the electrical circuit is completed. .Vhen the receiver support is pushed to an approximately vertical position, the receiver hook is depressed and the circuit opened.

I accomplish these objects by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a side view of a desk telephone with the telephone attachment in position for talking. Figure 2 is a fractional view of the telephone and the attachment showing the receiver supporting arm in position with the receiver hook depressed. Figure 3 is a fractional reverse view of the clamp extension and receiver support showing the stop which limits the movement of the receiver support. In the drawing A is a clamp attached to the upright post of a telephone. A is an extending support of clamp A, supporting arm B which swingsv at pivot P and to which the receiver K may he clamped by clamp B B is an extension of arm B opposite the end to which the receiver is attached, which depresses receiver hook E when arm B is pushed slightly pasta vertical position, as shown in Figure 2. Support A has a stop D there on, to limit the movement of arm B. C is a depending rod pivoted to arm B. Its function is to support receiver arm B when arm B is dropped, by resting upon the surface of the desk or other object upon which the telephone stands. Depending rod C has a weight C at the lower end thereof, the. ob ect being to counterbalance the weight I? 01"" the receiver when the telephone is made inoperative. When it is desired to use the telephone, depending rod C is pulled away from the telephone and the weight C is rested upon the-surface of the object upon which the telephone stands. This movement raises arm extension B from contact with receiver hook E which is thereby released, closing the electrical circuit necessary to make the telephone operative, re-

ceiver K is lowered into position adjacent to the ear of the speaker and is held in that position by depending rod C.

When the telephone is not in use, depending rod C is pushed to an approximately vertical position where it normally rests.

This movement returns receiver K to a position of rest above the mouthpiece of the telephone and arm extension B depresses receiver hook E thereby opening the electrical circuit.

I claim as new and ask for Letters Patent.

In combination with a desk telephone having an upright support, a transmitter, a receiver, and a hook adapted to hold the receiver and to disconnect the electrical circuit when the receiver is depressed, of a member adapted to be clamped. to the support, an arm pivoted to the clamped member, said arm having at one end an extension adapted to depress the telephone hook when the arm is raised approximately ver-.

tically and to release the hook when the arm is moved to extend outwardly from the support, means on said. arm for holding the receiver, and a rigid support weighted at one end and pivoted to the arm at the other end, and adapted to automatically swing to a vertical position asthe arm is moved. stop means on said clamp, and means ons aid arm adapted to cooperate with said stop means when the arm is raised vertically to a position at which the weighted support counterbalances the telephone receiver.

MANLEY A. BOWEN,