US3567166A - Stenotype tripod - Google Patents

Stenotype tripod Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US3567166A
US3567166A US705768A US3567166DA US3567166A US 3567166 A US3567166 A US 3567166A US 705768 A US705768 A US 705768A US 3567166D A US3567166D A US 3567166DA US 3567166 A US3567166 A US 3567166A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
section
sections
stand
backwall
sidewall
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US705768A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Francoise Grandjean
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
STENOTYPE GRANDJEAN
Original Assignee
STENOTYPE GRANDJEAN
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by STENOTYPE GRANDJEAN filed Critical STENOTYPE GRANDJEAN
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US3567166A publication Critical patent/US3567166A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J29/00—Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J29/06—Special supports, platforms or trolleys for supporting machines on tables

Definitions

  • Zugel Att0meyAmster & Rothstein ABSTRACT A detachable stand for supporting a machine such as a stenotype, which comprises a socket, fastening means for securing the stenotype to said socket, three legs pivotally connected by their upper ends to said socket, each leg comprising an upper section and a lower section consisting of channel elements having their aperture facing inwards and pivotally interconnected so that they can assume, in an operative position of said stand, either a first position in which said pair of leg-forming sections are in mutual alignment and such that when said stand is placed on the floor the stenotype is at a proper level for an operator sitting on a chair, or another position in which said lower section is folded into said upper section and such that when said stand is placed on a table, the stenotype is at a proper height for a standing operator.
  • the present invention relates to improvements in'stenotypes and more particularly to support means for keyboardoperated machines of this character;
  • this invention has for its object a detachable stand adapted to fit directly or indirectly to any type of stenotype or like machines.
  • the support means consisting essentially of an adjustable and detachable stand for supporting a stenotype of like machine, which comprises a substantially cylindrically socket, means for securing the stenotype to said socket, three legs having their upper ends pivotally connected to said socket about three axes disposed in the transverse plane of said socket so as to constitute the sides of an equilateral triangle, said legs being adapted to assume two positions, namely an inoperative position in which said legs are substantially parallel to each other end perpendicular to said plane, and an operative position in which said legs are equally inclined in relation to said plane, it characterized in that each let comprises an upper section and a lower section each consisting of a channel element open to the inside, said element being pivotally interconnected so that it can assume in said operative leg position either a first position in which the two sections are in mutual alignment and wherein, when the stand bears on the floor, the stenotype is at the proper level for a sitting user, or a second position in which the lower section is
  • Locking means are provided at the joints between the leg sections, these means locking the legs automatically in their outstretched position.
  • each outer or lower leg section is adapted to be folded inwards in said folded leg position, and to fit snuggly and completely in the companion inner or upper section.
  • Each leg comprises only two sections.
  • experience teaches that to warrant satisfactory, reliable and lasting stability and rigidity of the stand,,the use of a greater number of leg sections of cross-sectional dimensions decreasing towards the outer ends of the legs should be avoided.
  • the use of two sections per leg is also advantageous in that is affords a quicker change from the preceding upper or lower position 'tothe desired lower or upper position, respectively, of the stand.
  • the detachable stand according to this invention further comprises fastening means for directly or indirectly securing the stenotype or like machine thereto.
  • the aforesaid socket having a substantially vertical axis in the operative stand position has slidably mounted therein a rod carrying at its upper end the aforesaid direct or indirect fastening means.
  • said socket comprises means for locking said rod in the desired axial and angular position in said socket.
  • the length of said rod corresponds substantially to that of the longer section of each leg.
  • the upper end of said rod carries screw means adapted either to constitute said direct fastening means if a corresponding tapped hole is provided in the base of the stenotype or like machine, or to receive intermediate or indirect fastening means for securing the stenotype or like machine ,to the stand, if no such tapped hole is provided thereon.
  • the upper end of said rod further may also comprise joint means, for example in the form of a ball-and-socket joint carrying said direct or indirect fastening means, for adjusting the angular setting of the stenotype or like machine.
  • Said adjustment joint means comprises if desired locking means adapted to lock said joint means in the desired angular position of the stenotype or like machine.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevational view showing the stand for stenotype or like machine in its fully folded inoperative position
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view from above showing the stand in operative position on a table
  • FIG. 3 is a part elevational, partsectional view corresponding to FIG. 2; I I
  • FIG. 4 is a view similar to P10. 3 but showing the stand with the legs fully outstretched and ready for use on the floor;
  • FIG. 5 is a detail view showing on a larger scale the joint between two leg sections as seen from the interior of the leg
  • FIG. 6 is a section showing the same detail, the section being taken along the line Vl-VI of FIG. 5
  • the stand illustrated in the drawings comprises essentially a socket l of substantially cylindrical configuration, formed with three radially-extending lugs 2 spaced apart and having pivotally connected thereto three corresponding legs 3 about substantially horizontal pins consisting in this example of bolt and nut assemblies 4.
  • Each leg 3 comprises an upper section 3a and a lower section 3b consisting each of channel sections having however different cross-sectional dimensions so that the lower section 3b may fit snuggly and completely into the upper section 3a as illustrated in the drawings.
  • each upper section 3a is removed at the upper end of the section to provide a pair of parallel flanges 6 formed with aligned holes for receiving the aforesaid bolt and nut assemblies 4 and constituting the pivotal connection of each section 3a on the corresponding lug 2 of the socket.
  • Spring washers 7 are provided between each flangeo and the registering face of lug 2-, the lower edge of this lug 2 constituting the abutment engageable by the upper edge of each back 5 of sections 3a in the outermost position of these sections with 1 respect to the vertical axis of the stand.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 illustrate on a larger scale a possible form of actuation of joint means provided between the pair of legsuch that the outer face of the bottom of section 3b engages the inner face of the bottom of section 3b along a surface sufficient to ensure a satisfactory rigidity of the leg in its unfolded or outstretched position.
  • a spring washer l and a friction plate 11 are also provided.
  • This spring blade 12 is substantially L-shaped and has one arm riveted to the bottom of section 3a and the other arm folded at its outer end firstly inwards of the section and then outwards, so as to engage a projection 13 formed by pressing or punching in the upper or outer face of section 3b.
  • a suitable nonskid member 14 may advantageously be provided at the lower end of each section 3b, this member 14 consisting for example of a rubber strip folded over the lower edge of the bottom or back portion of section 3b, and secured thereto by means of a rivet or the like.
  • the socket 1 consists of a central cylindrical tubular vertical body 15 adapted slidably to receive in its axial bore a rod 16 also of cylindrical configuration.
  • a thumb screw 17 engages a radial tapped hole formed inthe socket body 15 for locking the rod 16 in the desired axial position.
  • This rod 16 carries at its upper end a screw-threaded tip 18 adapted to engage a corresponding tapped hole formed in the base of a stenotype or like machine. If no such tapped hole is provided in the machine, some intermediate fasteningmeans of any known and suitable type known per se may be pro vided, which is screwed on the tip 18.
  • This intermediate member (not shown) may comprise for example three or four arms of adjustable length, having upwardly bent outer ends adapted to clamp the lateral faces or edges of the stenotype or like machine which is thus supported by the horizontal portions of said arms.
  • joint means adapted to pivot about a horizontal axis or better still, a ball-and-socket joint having locking means, may advantageously be provided between said rod 16 and the stenotype, for facilitating the angular setting of the machine.
  • a detachable stand for supporting a machine such as a stenotype which comprises a socket formed with a central through hole disposed vertically therein, a rod carrying at its upper end means for securing said machine and adapted to be slidably guided in said hole, means' locking said rod in any desired axial position in said hole, three legs pivotally connected at their upper ends to said socket about three axes disposed in the transverse plane of said socket and forming the sides of an equilateral triangle, whereby the legs are shiftable between an inoperative position parallel to one another, and perpendicular to saidplane and an operative position inclined to said plane, each leg comprising a pair of sections including an upper section and a lower section In.
  • 2h consisting of channel elements having their openings facing inwardly and being pivotally interconnected for folding movement, in said operative position of the legs, between an unfolded position wherein each pair of sections are in alignment whereby the stand may be placed on a floor and the machine is at a proper level for an operator sitting on a chair and a folded position in which the lower section of each leg is folded into the upper section of such leg whereby the stand may.
  • said sections in their unfolded position being disposed so that the outer face of the backwall of the upper end of the lower section overlies and presses against the inner face of the backwall of the lower end of the upper section for structural rigidity so as to prevent movement of the sections beyond their alignment position, lock washers disposed between the upper and lower sections at their pivotal connection to inhibit freeswinging movement therebetween, and lock means carried by the sections of each leg to selectively retain the sections in their unfolded position
  • said lock means including an L- shaped spring blade having one arm thereof fixed to the backwall of the lower end of the upper section and having the other arm thereof spanning a sidewall of the upper section, with the free tip of the blade protruding into the channel of the upper section in part through a notch in said sidewall, said free tip having an inward bend and an outward bend, the lower section adjacent said pivotal connection having an outward bulge in its sidewall, said bulge projecting toward the sidewall of the upper section with the notch therein and said bulge including

Landscapes

  • Chairs Characterized By Structure (AREA)
  • Orthopedics, Nursing, And Contraception (AREA)
  • Finger-Pressure Massage (AREA)
  • Clamps And Clips (AREA)
US705768A 1967-11-20 1968-02-15 Stenotype tripod Expired - Lifetime US3567166A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR128844 1967-11-20

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US3567166A true US3567166A (en) 1971-03-02

Family

ID=8641945

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US705768A Expired - Lifetime US3567166A (en) 1967-11-20 1968-02-15 Stenotype tripod

Country Status (4)

Country Link
US (1) US3567166A (enExample)
ES (1) ES150646Y (enExample)
FR (1) FR1560310A (enExample)
GB (1) GB1150867A (enExample)

Cited By (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3871607A (en) * 1973-04-03 1975-03-18 Us Army Collapsible tripod support
US4377269A (en) * 1979-01-23 1983-03-22 Messrs. Cullman Handelsgesellschaft Fuer Verbrauchsgueter M.B.H. Stand for optical devices, particularly cameras
US4832303A (en) * 1988-03-18 1989-05-23 Billy Myeeo Reading material support stand
US5116005A (en) * 1990-11-30 1992-05-26 Lagoy R Gregory Compactly folding tripod support system for guitars
USD355273S (en) 1993-12-13 1995-02-07 Carolyn Steddom Portable strobe light
US20090003246A1 (en) * 2007-06-26 2009-01-01 Behavior Tech Computer Corp. Multimedia conference device
US20120080572A1 (en) * 2010-10-05 2012-04-05 Chung Ming Lin Chair Base
CN103035229A (zh) * 2012-12-18 2013-04-10 宁波音王电声股份有限公司 一种折叠式乐谱支架的支撑组件
CN103279003A (zh) * 2013-05-31 2013-09-04 苏州原点工业设计有限公司 一种折叠式三脚架
CN103470928A (zh) * 2013-10-11 2013-12-25 湖南科技大学 一种可升降可旋转调节装置
US20190234556A1 (en) * 2018-01-31 2019-08-01 Gary C. Hoyle Vertical support bracket for self-leveling devices
CN110816021A (zh) * 2019-11-26 2020-02-21 深圳市鑫鹏彩印刷有限公司 一种印刷设备及其印刷工艺
US20240008608A1 (en) * 2022-07-08 2024-01-11 Phaeton Manufacturing Llc Foldable Rod of an Umbrella

Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4905946A (en) * 1989-02-08 1990-03-06 Wang Lai S Adjustable leg assembly
CN104440486A (zh) * 2014-10-30 2015-03-25 芜湖杰诺科技有限公司 一种柔性压紧式多磨头万向打磨装置

Citations (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US563496A (en) * 1896-07-07 Athol b
DE340495C (de) * 1919-07-25 1921-09-12 Wilhelm Bruening Zusammenklappbare Schiene, insbesondere fuer Stative
US1444569A (en) * 1921-05-17 1923-02-06 Emily W Joyce Legged article
US1515466A (en) * 1924-01-05 1924-11-11 Daniel E Dore Metallic folding pole
US1565636A (en) * 1923-02-19 1925-12-15 Goetz Charles Folding stool
FR672189A (fr) * 1929-03-28 1929-12-24 Pied de support
US1888117A (en) * 1931-01-16 1932-11-15 Seng Co Leg brace for folding tables
US1893910A (en) * 1931-05-29 1933-01-10 Silverman Joseph Foot for supporting legs and the like
US2248871A (en) * 1937-11-11 1941-07-08 Howe Folding Furniture Inc Folding table
DE876163C (de) * 1951-10-18 1953-05-11 Photo Riess Stativ
US2653000A (en) * 1948-12-17 1953-09-22 Cadwell Corp Tripod structure
US2709560A (en) * 1949-03-25 1955-05-31 Resk Michel Camera support
US2905513A (en) * 1956-05-23 1959-09-22 Isabelle M Kane Collapsible umbrella-type beach table

Patent Citations (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US563496A (en) * 1896-07-07 Athol b
DE340495C (de) * 1919-07-25 1921-09-12 Wilhelm Bruening Zusammenklappbare Schiene, insbesondere fuer Stative
US1444569A (en) * 1921-05-17 1923-02-06 Emily W Joyce Legged article
US1565636A (en) * 1923-02-19 1925-12-15 Goetz Charles Folding stool
US1515466A (en) * 1924-01-05 1924-11-11 Daniel E Dore Metallic folding pole
FR672189A (fr) * 1929-03-28 1929-12-24 Pied de support
US1888117A (en) * 1931-01-16 1932-11-15 Seng Co Leg brace for folding tables
US1893910A (en) * 1931-05-29 1933-01-10 Silverman Joseph Foot for supporting legs and the like
US2248871A (en) * 1937-11-11 1941-07-08 Howe Folding Furniture Inc Folding table
US2653000A (en) * 1948-12-17 1953-09-22 Cadwell Corp Tripod structure
US2709560A (en) * 1949-03-25 1955-05-31 Resk Michel Camera support
DE876163C (de) * 1951-10-18 1953-05-11 Photo Riess Stativ
US2905513A (en) * 1956-05-23 1959-09-22 Isabelle M Kane Collapsible umbrella-type beach table

Cited By (17)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3871607A (en) * 1973-04-03 1975-03-18 Us Army Collapsible tripod support
US4377269A (en) * 1979-01-23 1983-03-22 Messrs. Cullman Handelsgesellschaft Fuer Verbrauchsgueter M.B.H. Stand for optical devices, particularly cameras
US4832303A (en) * 1988-03-18 1989-05-23 Billy Myeeo Reading material support stand
US5116005A (en) * 1990-11-30 1992-05-26 Lagoy R Gregory Compactly folding tripod support system for guitars
USD355273S (en) 1993-12-13 1995-02-07 Carolyn Steddom Portable strobe light
US20090003246A1 (en) * 2007-06-26 2009-01-01 Behavior Tech Computer Corp. Multimedia conference device
US20120080572A1 (en) * 2010-10-05 2012-04-05 Chung Ming Lin Chair Base
CN103035229B (zh) * 2012-12-18 2015-07-08 宁波音王电声股份有限公司 一种折叠式乐谱支架的支撑组件
CN103035229A (zh) * 2012-12-18 2013-04-10 宁波音王电声股份有限公司 一种折叠式乐谱支架的支撑组件
CN103279003A (zh) * 2013-05-31 2013-09-04 苏州原点工业设计有限公司 一种折叠式三脚架
CN103470928A (zh) * 2013-10-11 2013-12-25 湖南科技大学 一种可升降可旋转调节装置
US20190234556A1 (en) * 2018-01-31 2019-08-01 Gary C. Hoyle Vertical support bracket for self-leveling devices
US10415746B2 (en) * 2018-01-31 2019-09-17 G.C. Hoyle Company Llc Vertical support bracket for self-leveling devices
CN110816021A (zh) * 2019-11-26 2020-02-21 深圳市鑫鹏彩印刷有限公司 一种印刷设备及其印刷工艺
CN110816021B (zh) * 2019-11-26 2021-04-30 深圳市鑫鹏彩印刷有限公司 一种印刷设备及其印刷工艺
US20240008608A1 (en) * 2022-07-08 2024-01-11 Phaeton Manufacturing Llc Foldable Rod of an Umbrella
US12396532B2 (en) * 2022-07-08 2025-08-26 Phaeton Manufacturing Llc Foldable rod of an umbrella

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
ES150646U (es) 1970-04-16
GB1150867A (en) 1969-05-07
FR1560310A (enExample) 1969-03-21
ES150646Y (es) 1970-11-16

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US3567166A (en) Stenotype tripod
US2988310A (en) Support for a beach umbrella
JPS5845031Y2 (ja) 作業台の折りたたみ脚構造
US3031247A (en) Portable combination lectern and easel
EP0966216B1 (en) Folding table
US2202318A (en) Table leg mounting
US2154125A (en) Table and leaf construction
US2743979A (en) Frame construction for light-weight table
US2735702A (en) Bracket for folding leg
US2796268A (en) Folding table leg bracket
US2831739A (en) Adjustably extendable and lockable table leg or the like
US2905424A (en) Folding shelf bracket
US2227871A (en) Joint between two objects
US1990600A (en) Massage table
US2621095A (en) Pivot and latch structure for table legs
US2784042A (en) Folding table with spring latch mechanism
US2757998A (en) Convertible folding tray table and coffee table
US2143177A (en) Supporting leg structure
US3627142A (en) Clothes hanging device
US3168061A (en) Convertible folding snack table and bed-tray
US1630102A (en) Folding table
US3715995A (en) Overbed table
US2182516A (en) Holding means for folding chairs
US2795891A (en) Convertible table-easel assembly
US4177739A (en) Vertically adjustable table