US1793606A - Attachment for barbers' chairs - Google Patents

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Feb. 24, 1931. c. H. GIRARD ATTACHMENT FOR BARBERS' CHAIRS Original Filed June 14, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l Feb. 24, 1931. c. H. GIRARD 1,793,606

ATTACHMENT FOR BARBERS CHAIRS Original Fil ed June 14. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 a H 62rd,;

Patented Feb. 24; 1931 cELEsTmE H; emann, or CARROLL, rowe ATTACHMENT Eon eannnns CHAIRS c Application fil dJJune 1'4,f192s, seriai Barberslchairsas now. generally con-v structed are equipped with a head restwhich includes ashank insertable ina recess or i 1 chamber provided therefor in the baclro f the j chair, the head rest being usedinshavinga customer. and being vertically adjustable in the chair back. The upper end of this shankreceiving chamber or recess constitutes an I open slot, and it has been found thatpwhen the head rest is removed, as it is when a one I described and then tomer isto have his hair trimmedfsome of the severed hair ends pass through the slot and collect in the recess :01 chamber and eventually will filler-choke the same so that the head rest cannot be again inserted without difiiculty. f This result necessitates the cleaning out of the chamber by the-use of a Wire or other to l, and the object of the;present invention is to overcome thisdifliculty and provide an inexpensive and simple attach ment wherebythe slot will be closed whenthe head restis removed so that access of hair or, other matterato the slot will be prevented.

, The invention also includes means whereby 25 the device will be outiof the way when the head rest is in use but will be automatically caused to cover the slotwhenthe headrest is removed; One embodiment oftheinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

features which will be hereinafter first fully appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 1 s a sectlonal elevation of a por-r tion of'abarbers chair having the attach- -m'ent applied thereto; a c i jFig; 2 is a' section onthe line 22 of Fig.1, the line 1 1 in Fig.2 indicating the plane of the section shown inFig. 1.; I e p I I Fig. 3 is a view similar to ig.;2 with the head rest-removed; f I I Fig. gt is a detailperspectiveviewof the attachment,and I Fig. 5 isadetail section on the line'55 of Fi .4. I I a '%h e reference numeral 1 indicates a porftion of the chair back having a vertically ex tending recess or chamber 2 in its upper porand the invention resides in certain novel particularly defined in the tion which opens through thetop edgeof the I 0,285,434; Renewed June 27, 1930." I

backpa's shown, 3' designates the head *rest L which is of the usual or any approved form and is' generally pivotally" adj ustably connected to the upper end of a shankewhich is insertable in the recess or chambere and provided in'its rear side witha plurality'of recessesor ratchet faces 5 adapted to be ene gag'ed: by a pawl 6-whereby the head rest may be adjusted vertically and supported in its set I position. The pawl 6jis pivo'tally mounted dicated at 7, and at its lower endis'flequipped with a push button v8 ,wherebyit maybe re v leased from the shank as desired and may be head rest: is being inserted. ,An 'expansion spring 9 normally projects the pawl forwa d;

0 1 within the chair back between its ends, as'i-n 'held out of the path of the shank when the l head, rest and also to properly guide the head restwhen it is being inserted, but when my attachment is applied this cap plateis ,re-

moved and, therefore, does not appear inthe accompanying drawings. The attachment includes a base plate 10 which rests directly upon the upper edge of the chair backin' the same position that-the cap plate mentioned ordinarily occupies. As shown most'cleajriy I in Fig. l, this base. plate is an open recta ngu,- lar frame having wings 11 depending'iroin vthe opposite end walls of its central opening to engage the walls offthe recess 2, as vmost clearly-appears in Figs. 2 and 3, and these wings may be resilient so as to closely-frictionally engagethe walls of the chamber and thereby aid in retainingthe base platein position. At the rear side ed e of the central openingin the base plate 10, abearing frame depends therefrom, which frame consists essentially of. a pair of hangers or, legs 12 adapted to bear against the :rear wall'of the recess or chamber 2 and having their lower endsproperly formed to provide bearings for a crank 13 which extends between the legs or hangers, as shown and as'Twi-ll be understood. The legs or hangers 12 may be'reinforced if desired by a bridging web 14, as

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shown clearly in Fig. 4, and the entire structure may be stamped from a sheet metal At one end of the base plate are upturned lugs or ears to which are pivotally attached corresponding lugs or ears 16 at the corners ofa'cov'er 17 which is of proper form and dimensionsto extend entirely over the central opening of the base plate 10 and the upper end of the chamberQ whenitis lowered, as shown in Fig. 3, ammo lie at the,

side of the upperiend of the shank iof'the head rest when raised, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. h ilounted upon the crank 13 t'og'be actuated therebyis a pitman 18 which rises therefrom and has its 'upperend pivoted to a' crank 19 cwhichisjpfivote d one end to the adjacent 7 leg or hanger 12and' is disposed substantially pa all'ehwith' thefrearffwall ofthe' chamber tached i'n'anyconvenientnianner to the under 2, as shownfand as willbe' mderstoodi The free end or th s crank '19 has pivoted thereto a'link Q0 whichiextenjdsupwardly through the recessflfan'd through tliej upper-end of the same andjthelcentralopening of thebfase Plate '0 tqf 'a e mappe 1 p o ly side of the cover 17, as shownat 21 A retract'ilesprin'g 22 isattachedto the adj acent portionsbf the base plate 1'0 and the oover 30,

17'fa idt'nd's to hold the cover in it's lowered pa t me r To' remove the head rest, it is "necessary rtne'rielyito lift upwardly onfthesame, where upon the shanlf l willj'ridef pa'st the end of the p'awl'6 in an obvious manner; when the lower end of the shank clears "the end of the pawl, the spring 9 will swing the pawl for wardl'y, and the chair baclrmayfbe provided with arecess 23 to accommodate'thee'nd oi": the pawl and insure ample 'movem'ent' of the same topermit the proper operation of'the cover attachment. It will-be noteditlilirt cover,'.whe'n iaise d,'fdoe's not ez tend 111 a true vertical plane but istilted slightly toward the pivotal coi'niection of the head rest and the head rest shank) When the v. pawl 6,

' therefore, swings forwardly as'just described,

theweight oi the cover," the crank'13 and'theparts ;con iectiiig "the same will swing the crank forwardly and Cause the cover to niove downwardly to extend entirelyover tl'ie'open- 'ing, in the-chair 'back, as'shown in FigQ EB, and'this movement is accelerated by theprovisionof the spring VV'he'n theliea-d rest is to be again inserted,the push button] 8 is pressed inwardly 'fand the upper end of I the pawl will be thereby swung rearwardly, and this movement willbe' imparted :to the crank 13 which is inconstantcdntact with the upper end of the pawl, The upward movement'- of the crank 13 will, of course, be transmitted through the" pitman 118" to the rank 19fand "to'an'd throi'igh the 'link'20 to raise the cover to thei'positionshowniinFigs. 1,2 and 4,

whereupon the head restmay be replaced and having upper portion of its back, abov'efr" mounted aipen tliechair'back'atone sideofsaid ch'amthe chair thereby arranged for its use in shaving a customer.

It will be noted that all the operating parts,

except the extreme upper portion of the link 20, are housed within the chair back and are thereby protected against damage from chance bl-owsufThe attachment is 'compact, simple and-"easily manipulated and be very readily applied to any barbers chair.

When-the head. rest v,is removed, the cover automatically assumes its position across the upper end-of; the recess or chamber2 in the chair back andthereby excludes the entrance of'alljfor eign matter to thereces's and when the head rest isinplace, the cover assumes a position below the'body o f the headrest a'nd at the'si' d'eof the shank where itiis outl'of-the way and *willno't interfere with the movements of the barber nor affectth'eadjustment' of the jhea d restor its support.

7 Having t-hue: described 3 the "invention, -I

j 15 A device for attachmentto "barbe'rs chairs which-areconstructedwitha chamber iiponbase 15late,a ricl nieans niou-iitedu pon said dependingelementsfor ra sing the cover when'the" rest isin a e andlowe'ring the ;cover-to e$tendover the chamber when the headfres is "removed; r 3. 'I nf comb nation with 'a"ch 'air backh'aving a headrest "receiving chamber In its 11pper fpoi tionfof -a cover' pivotally' mounted at i the top o f-thei chair back arid at am side of said chaihber, a crank meme-d Within the chamber and normally extending for-wardly therein, operative connections-ibetweensaid crank and the cover, and? means nioii nted within the chamber and operable "from-the rear of the chair back to raisesaia crankior openinghhec'dver when thehea'd rest is to be forward and lower the 4, In combination with "a barber s 'c'hair a head 1 rest 'reeii 'ing chamber the.

her, a crank mounted on the rear wall'of'said mama and extenaiae'forwaraiy therefrom,

"operative cofniiections between-said crank and "the c'overjaiida pawrawuntedanrhe chamber beloWsaid 'raiik and having itsupper end constantly in contact with the crank adapted to engage and support an inserted head rest, the lower end of the pawl being provided with means whereby it may be operated from the rear of the chair back, and

means tending constantly to swing the crank Y andthe upper end of the pawl forwardly whereby the cover will be moved to closed positionwhen the head rest is withdrawn.

5. In combination with a barbers chair 7 having a head rest receiving chamber in the upper portion of its back, of aframe insertable in'the upper end of said chamber, a cover, pivotally mounted on said frame in position i to extend across theupper end of said chamber, acrank mounted on vsaid frame, a second i crank mounted on the frame above the firstmentioned crank to move in a plane at an angle to the plane of movement of the lower crank, a pitman'extending between and connected with the two cranks, a link extel iding between and connecting the upper crank with the cover,'and means for rocking the firstmentioned crank whereby to raise or lower the cover. a

6. An attachment for a barbers chair which is equipped with a head rest r'emovably fitted in a chamber in the chair back, said attachment including aframe engageable in the chamber in the chair back, a cover at the upper end of the frame, and means on the frame within the chamber to close the cover over the chamber when the head rest is removed and to limit the upward movement of the cover and maintain the cover raised beside the shank of the head rest when the latter is in place. v I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CELESTINE H. GIRARD. a 3.

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