US2551405A

US2551405A - Stand for detachably mounting frames and casings

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Publication number: US2551405A
Application number: US662894A
Authority: US
Inventors: Winterbourne James Edg Vincent
Original assignee: S Smith and Sons Ltd
Current assignee: S Smith and Sons Ltd; S Smith and Sons England Ltd
Priority date: 1945-03-26
Filing date: 1946-04-17
Publication date: 1951-05-01
Anticipated expiration: 1968-05-01

Description

May 1, 1951 J. E. v. WINTERBOURNE 2,551,405

smm FOR DETACHABLY MOUNTING FRAMES AND CASINGS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 17, 1946 Twusurag :r. 20. v. wmam [0 sm, "6, M n-rrKf May I, 1951 2,551,405

STAND FOR DETACHABLY MOUNTING FRAMES AND CASINGS J. E. V. WINTERBOURNE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 1'7, 1946 Patented May 1, 1951 STAND FOR DETACHABLY MOUNTING FRAMES AND CASINGS James Edgar Vincent Winterbourne, London,

England, assignor to S. Smith & Sons (England) Limited, London, England, a British ompany Application April 17, 1946, Serial No. 662,89; 7 3 L In Great Britain March 26, 1945 Claims. (01. 5856) This invention relates to stands for detachably mounting frames and casings, such, for example, as are employed for clocks, pictures, mirrors, and other fittings which require to be supported on a base, and of the kind in which the fitting is mounted in an opening in a holder, for example, in an opening between two uprights spaced apart and secured to a base. An object of the invention is to facilitate detachment of the fitting from the stand without dismantling the stand and without the provision of unslightly connections.

According to this invention, there is provided a stand for the accommodation and support of a clock or similar article, which article is provided with pins projecting from either side thereof. The stand comprises a base and two spaced uprights fixed to the base, inwardly directed projections on said uprights, each of which projections is formed with an inwardly facing slot closed at its upper end but open at its lower end, the clock or similar article being disposed between said uprights and the pins respectively engaging within said slots, said stand also comprising retaining means adapted to hold said pins against the closed ends of the slots.

The said retaining means may either comprise a packing piece detachably secured to the base, or a set-screw extending through the base so as to engage with the bottom of the fitting.

Preferably, the lengths of the slots are such that when the fitting has been raised by said retaining means, the pins are held securely against the ends of the slots.

The following is a description of a number of embodiments of the invention, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a clock mounting showing one of the uprights partly in section;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 22 of Figure 1 looking in an upward direction;

Figure 3 shows the position of the clock when assembling it with the uprights;

Figure 4 is a similar view to Figure 3 of an alternative form of mounting; and

Figure 5 shows the position of the clock when assembled with the mounting of Figure 4.

As will be seen from Figure 1, the clock mounting comprises two uprights I0 secured to or formed integral with a base H. At their upper ends the uprights are provided with two inwardly directed portions l2 having downwardly directed faces 13. Extending upwardly from these faces are slots M which are arranged to accommodate pins I5 fixed to the clock casing l6 and which terminate short of the top of the uprights, In

order to assemble the clock in theuprightsit is tilted into the position shown in Figure 3, and then slipped into position with the pin [5 immediately below the open ends of the slots M. It may then be raised and when the pins are at or near the tops of the slots the clock may be tilted into the position shown in Figure 1. If it is desired to maintain the pins tight against the tops of the slots they are of such a length as to leave a gap between the base I l and the lower part of the casing into which may be slid a packing piece I! which may be wedge-shaped and may be maintained in position by screws l8.

In cases where it is not practicable to tilt the clock the spacing of the downwardly directed faces l3 from the base I I may be such as to permit the pins !5 to pass beneath them, as shown in Figure 4, when the clock is upright, and after raising them to the tops of the slots they may be maintained in that position either by a packing piece, as shown in Figure 1, or by a screw l9 engaging a threaded hole in the base, as shown in Figure 5.

I claim:

1. A clock comprising a base, two spaced uprights fixed to the base, inwardly directed projections on said uprights, each of which projections is formed with an upwardly extending slot closed at its upper end, a clock-case disposed between said uprights and having pins on either side thereof engaging said slots and retaining means adapted to hold said pins against the closed ends of said slots.

2. A clock comprising a base, two spaced uprights fixed to the base, inwardly directed projections on said uprights, each of which projections is formed with an upwardly extending slot closed at its upper end, a clock-case disposed between said uprights and having pins on either side thereof engaging said slots and retaining means disposed between the base and the bottom of the case so as to hold the case in a position in which said pins abut the closed ends of said slots.

3. A clock comprising a base, two spaced uprights fixed to the base, inwardly directed projections on said uprights, each of which projections is formed with an upwardly extending slot closed at its upper end, a clock-case disposed between said uprights and having pins on either side thereof engaging said slots, and a packing piece between the base and the bottom of the case and of such size as to hold the case in a position in which the pins abut the closed ends of the slots.

4. A clock comprising a base, two spaced uprights fixed to the base, inwardly directed projections on said uprights, each of which projections is formed with an upwardly extending slot closed atits upper end, a clock-case disposed between said uprights and having pins on either side thereof engaging said slots, a set screw extending up through a threaded hole in the base and engaging the bottom of the case so as to hold the case in a position in which the pins abut the closed ends of the slots.

5. A clock comprising a base, two spaced 1uprights fixed to the base, inwardly directed projections on said uprights each of which projections is formed with an upwardly extending slot, a clock-case the height of which is greater than its fore-and-aft dimension, two pins projecting on opposite sides of the casing and at a greater distance from the bottom thereof as is the distance of the bottom of the projections from the base, which pins are engageable with said slots by tilting the clock-case and introducing in between the uprights while moving the case bodily upwards and retaining means disposed between the base and the bottom of the case when the case is disposed upright so as to hold "the case in a pattern in which the pins abut the closed ends of the stops.

JAMES EDGAR VINCENT WINTERCBOURNE'.

REFERENCES CITED The rel-lowing references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 375,158 Hill Dec. 20, 1887 1,019,550 Stavely Mar. 5, 1912 1,145,292 Buck July 6, 1915 1,910,149 Carlson May 23, 1933