US499630A

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Publication number: US499630A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1893-06-13
Anticipated expiration: 1910-06-13

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

G. H. FRENCH & D. HEALD.

DUPLEX MIRROR.

No. 499,630. Patented June 13, 1893.

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DUPLEX MIRROR.

No. 499,630. Patented June 13, 1893,

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CHARLES H. FRENCH, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, AND DAVID HEALD, OF MILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

DUPLEX MIRROR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,630, dated June 13, 1893. Application filed July 9, 1891. Serial No. 398,932. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES H. FRENCH, of Maiden, in the county of 'Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, and DAVID HEALD, of Milford, in the State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Duplex Mirrors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates chiefly to a bureau or other like article of furniture provided with a mirror, and it has for its object to provide a neat and serviceable means for applying a second mirror to the same article of furniture in such a manner that the second mirror can be turned so as to stand at any desired angle with reference to the usual mirror.

To this end the invention consists in the improvements which we will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1, represents a front elevation of a portion of a bureau having a cabinet with our improved means for supporting a second mirror and showing the second mirror swung outwardly to exhibit its supporting arm. Fig. 2 represents a horizontal section of the cabinet and its mirror. Fig. 3 represents a section similar to Fig.2, showing the second mirror moved outwardly.

The same letters and numerals of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings: a represents a mirror which is mounted upon a supporting frame, which frame may be of any suitable construction, it being here shown as a bureau b, the general shape and design of which is unimportant, and said bureau may be of any desired style and shape.

0 represents the second mirror, which, with its supporting arm and holding devices hereinafter described, constitutes the chief novelty of our invention. The mirror 0 is supported by a jointed, horizontally swinging arm which is composed of two members at and d, one end of said arm being attached to a fixed support, which is preferably a part of the structure of the bureau 6, while its other end is attached to the back of the frame of the mirror 0. The said fixed support is shown in the drawings as a vertical wall or partition 6 forming the frontof acabinet or box e suitably aflixed to the frame-Work of the bureau. Said wall or partition is preferablylocated at a considerable distance from the back of the cabinet 6', so that a space 6 for the reception of various articles is formed behind said partition, said space being reached from the doorway having a door e The partition 8 is recessed or set back from the front of the easing or cabinet 6', as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, so that a space of sufficien't depth exists between the front edge of the casing or cabinet and the partition 6 for the reception of the supporting arm (1 at when the mirror 0 is moved back into contact with the front edge of the casing e, as shown in Fig. 2. The inner end of the section 01 of the supporting arm is connected with the partition e by means of a vertical pivot 5. The outer end of the section d is connected by a vertical pivot 6 with a short arm or terminal d which is connected by a horizontal pivot 8 with ears 9 9 attached to the back of the frame of the mirror 0. The sections at d are connected at their meeting ends by a vertical pivot 7. The three pivots 5, 6 and '7 enable the mirror to swing horizontally in any desired direction, so that it may bear directly against the front of the cabinet or casing e, as shown in Fig.2, or may be swung outwardly and turned at any desired angle; and may, if desired, be caused to face or reflect any desired portion of the mirror at, so that the two mirrors may constitute a duplex mirror, as will be readily seen. The horizontal pivot 8 enables the mirror 0 to be inclined at various angles, so that its upper end may be moved out or in, its lower end being moved in the direction opposite to its upper end. The terminal d ears 9 9, and pivot 8 constitute a friction hinge adapted to be tightened so as to resist by friction the swinging movement of the mirror sufficiently to hold the mirror at any desired inclination. When the mirror 0 is pressed back against the front of the casing 6 it is locked or held by the engagement of a stud t' affixed to the back of the mirror with springs j 7' affixed to the front of the partition e, the arrangement of said parts being such that when the mirror is moved back to the position shown in Fig. 2 the stud 2', which has an enlarged head, will enter the space between the springs 7' j, and will be held thereby with sufficient force to prevent the loose outward swinging of the mirror.

When it is desired to use the mirror 0 in connection with the mirror a, the operator, grasping two handles 0 0 on the frame of the mirror 0 and drawing the same outward with sufficient force to overcome the force of the springs j j, detaches the mirror 0 from said springs, the mirror being then free to swing to any position within the limits of its adjustability. It will be seen that when the mirror 0 is pushed back against the casing eit covers and conceals the jointedarm, and constitutes a neat and ornamental front for said casing, the spring catch preventing it from separating from the casing sufficiently to form a crevice of any considerable width. Hence when the mirror is in the position shown in Fig. 2 it has the appearance of being the fixed front of the casing e.

The mirror a may be secured to the supporting frame or structure by any suitable means, and may, if desired, be secured by two jointed arms in the manner shown, for example, in Letters Patent No. 434,659, granted j to Richard I. Elliot, August 19, 1890.

19 (Figs. 2 and 3) represents a stud attached to the back of the mirror 0 in position to,

strike the member 01' when the mirror is being swung inwardly from the position shown in Fig. 3 to that shown in Fig. 2. The object of said stud is to force the pivot 7 inwardly to a definite position by the inward movement of the mirror, so that the stud twill not fail to engage the springsjj. If said stud p were not employed the pivot 7 would not be sure to swing inwardly far enough to cause the stud and springs to co-operate.

We claim 1. The combination with a casing havinga recess, of a mirror adapted to cover said recess, and a supporting arm for said mirror, the said arm consisting of two members of substantially the same length jointed together and connecting one side of the back of the mirror with one side of the recess and adapted to fold within said recess, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a casing or cabinet having a recess at its front or outer portion, of a mirror formed to cover said recess, a jointed arm consisting of two members pivoted together, each of which is of substantially the same length and nearly equal to the width of said recess, one of said members being pivoted at one end to the casing at one side of said recess and the other member being pivoted at its outer end to one side of the back of the mirror, said jointed arm permitting the mirror to move freely toward and from the casing, and means for retaining the mirror in closed position over the recess, as set forth.

3. The combination of a supporting frame or structure, such as a bureau, a mirror to supported thereby, a second mirror 0, a spring catch adapted to yieldingly secure said mirror to the casing and a jointed arm connected at one end with the supporting structure and at the other end with the second mirror, by

means of the ears 9, 9, and the horizontal pivot 8 said arm being arrangedto support the second mirror in various positions with relation to the mirror a, and a stud or projection on the back of the secondmirror arranged to strike the outer member of the jointed arm when the second mirror is being moved inwardly, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specificatiomiin the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 2d day of July,

CHARLES 1-1. FRENCH. DAVID HEALD.

Witnesses:

O. F. BROWN, EWING W. HAMLEN.