US246628A

US246628A - Music-stand

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Publication number: US246628A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1881-09-06
Anticipated expiration: 1898-09-06

Description

(No Model.)

L. R. MUZZY.

MUSIC STAND.

No. 246,628. Patented Sept. 6,1881.

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LUoIUs R. MUZZY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

MUSIC-STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,628, dated September 6, 1881.

Application filed July 8, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUoIUs R. MUZZY, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Music-Stands; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to theaceompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a, part of this specificalion.

The object of my invention is to produce a light and portable music-stand which, while it shall be strong and durable, can be cheaply and easily manufactured.

It consists of a light wire frame set in an iron base by a pivotal connection, and the particular configuration and arrangement of the whole alone constitute my invention.

Figure 1 shows aperspective view of the invention, and Fig. 2 a side View in detail.

In the accompanying drawings, M M M are the frame-wires or skeleton, bent in the shape shown in Fig. 1, forming two V-shaped spaces, F F, and the two upright ends E E. The middle frame-wire M is bent in the form shown in the drawings, its two ends running horizontally to the center, when they are bent downward at right angles into a perpendicular position. The two outer frame-wires M M are bent inwardly in a horizontal direction until they meet, are then bent horizontally toward the middle frame-wire M, and their ends are then bentdownward contiguous to and parallel with the ends of the center frame-wire, and the ends of all the frame-wires are then fastened in a central standard, 0, preferably formed of a short piece of gas-pipe, which is pivoted to the base D at N.

A wire net-work, B, fastened to the framewires M M M at their horizontal portions, forms a flat shelf or table on which sheet-music or books may be placed.

At the bottom of the V-shaped spaces 1 F are placed half-round hollow thin metallic floors 0 O, and these spaces F F serve to hold sheetmusic placed on edge upright.

An ornamentalseroll net-work of wire, E E, forms two ends for the stand attached to the frame-wires, and three transverse wires, A A A, serve to brace the stand, being fastened securely to the apeXes of the bent frame.

I prefer to shape the base of the stand as shown by D, Fig. I, with four feet provided with casters; but any convenient or desirable form may be given to it. Wire drop-handles P are attached at the two opposite sides for convenience in moving the stand.

Having thus described my invention, I elaini- A wire music-stand formed of the bent-wire frames M M M, with the wire shelf B and sides E E, and provided with the pivoted standard G, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LUOIUS R. MUZZY.

WVitnesses LAWRENCE TWILLEY, E. H. BOTTUM.