US656526A - Holder for pictures, stationery, or other articles. - Google Patents

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Patented Aug. 2|, |9oo.'

N 0 S N K C D H W Rm 2 6 5 6 0 N HOLDER FOR PICTURES, STATIONERY, OR OTHER ARTICLES.

- (Application filed Apr. 4, 1899. Renewed Mar. 27, 1900.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT O F CE.

WILLIAM II. H. DICKINSON OF MISSOULA, MONTANA.

HOLDER FOR PICTURES, STATIONERY, OR OTHER ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent N 0. 656,526, dated August 21, 1900. Application filed April 4 1899. Renewed March 27, 1900. Serial No. 10,409. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. H. D1010 INSON, of Missoula, in the county of Missoula and State of Montana, have invented a new and Improved Holder for Pictures, Stationery, or other Articles,'of,which the following is a full, clear, and exact'description.

The principal object ofmy invention is to provide a device especially adapted for maintaining pictures, books, stationery, crockery, &c., in a position most suitable for use or for display.

A further object'of the invention is to so construct a holderthat it is adjustable to obj ects of different'sizes and to provide a means whereby th'eholder may be quickly and conveniently manipulated and adapted to asbook as supported thereby, the book appearing in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken practicallyon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken sub stantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. at is a side elevation of a device for holding the leaves of a book open when said book is supported by the holder, and Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a modified form of clamping-bar for the device.

A represents a body-bar that is provided wit-ha recess 10 in its front face, and said recess 10 is adapted to receive a portion of the head 11 of a screw 11*, the said screw being passed loosely through the body-bar. The screw 11 receives a nut 13, having preferably a flange 13 'in order that said nut may be readily manipulated on the screw. The nut is adapted for binding engagement with the body-bar and to control the lateral adjustment of the screw 11. The head 11 of said screw is provided with an opening 12, the

port B, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

opening being preferably of rectangular formation, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

A yoke-clamp 14 is loosely mounted upon the screw 11 at the rear of the adjusting-nut .13, and said clamp is held in position on the screw by an ordinary nu t 15. (Likewise shown in Fig. 3.) A set-screw 16 is passed through the members of the yoke-clamp, one of said members to that end having a reinforced portion 14, (also shown in Fig. 3,) said reinforced portion 14 of the clamp serving in the capacity of a fixed nut. A support 13 is provided for the body-bar A, and said support is usually made of wire 17, twisted upon itself to form a loop-shank b and diverging legsections b. The loop-shank of the support is made to enter the space between the members of the yoke-clamp, and the set-screw 16 is passed through the loop-shank of the sup- Thus it will be observed that the support B may be adjusted vertically as desired, so as to give any desired inclination to the body-bar A and that the support may be readily fixed in its adjusted position. At the same tim e the bodybar and its adjusting-screw maybe turned without interfering with the position of the yoke.

Two clamping-bars 18 and 19 are employed in connection with the body of the device. These bars are parallel and are adapted for vertical adjustment, the bars being passed through the opening 12 in the head of the screw 11*. After the clamping-bars have been properly adjusted they are held in their adjusted position through the adjustment of the screw 11 by the nut 13, since when the head of the nut is drawn within the body-bar A the inner faces of the clamping-bars will be held firmly against the'outer face of the bodybar A, and when the head 11 of the screw 11 is carried forward oroutward from the body-bar A the clamping-bars are released to such an extent that they may be readily moved upward or downward. One

of the bars-the bar 19, for example-may be longer than the clamping-bar 18, and the clam ping-bar 19 is provided with a hook 20 at its lower end, upwardly and outwardly turned, while the other clamping-bar 18 is provided with a hook 21 at its upper end, downwardly hook 21 is introduced between the leaves at the same part of the upper portion of the book. The bars are then secured in the position to which they have been adjusted, and the support B for the device is adjusted in the manner heretofore described, so as to give the required inclination to the book or any other object that may be carried or sustained by the holder.

0 represents a device especially adapted to hold the leaves of a book flat or the book open when it is sustained by the holder, and a loop 22 is secured to the upper end of the clamping-bar 19 to assist in sustaining the separating device 0 in position on the holder. The separating device is practically inverted- U shape in side elevation, as shown in Fig. 4, and comprises a long arm or vertical member 23 and a shorter vertical arm or member 24, the member 24 being the front member. The

member 24 of the separating device terminates in a hook 25 at its lower end. Abearing-arm is located at the lower portion of the shorter member of the separating device. The body portion of the separating device is preferably made of spring-wire and the bearing-arm is of the same material. This bearing-arm consists of two diverging horizontal members 26, connected by a coil 27, through. which coil the shorter member of the separating device is passed.

When a book has been placed in position on the holder, the longer member of the body of the separating device is preferably passed through the loop 22 downward at the back of the book in engagement with said back, while the front member 24 of the body of the separating device will engage with the back at a central point between the leaves, the members 26 of the bearing-arm carried by the separating device engaging. with the open pages of the book, as shown in Fig. 2, holding all the leaves in position. If desired, however, the loop 22 may be omitted and the longer member of the separating device be simply passed down to an engagement with the back of the book, having no connection with the clamping-bars 1S and 19.

In Fig. 5 I have .illustrated a clamping-bar .27 which may be used instead of either of the clamping-bars 18 or 19 when the device is employed as an easel to support a picture, plate, or like article. This bar 27 is provided with diverging members 28 at one end, and each member 28 terminates in a hook 29.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A device for holding pictures, books and other articles, the device having a body-bar, clamp-bars adjustable upon said body-bar, means for securing the clamp-bars in adj uste'd position, and a support for the bodybar loosely connected therewith, said support consisting of a yoke-clamp, and legs carried by said yoke-clamp.

2. A holder for pictures, books, &c., consistin g of a body-bar, a clamping-screw passed through the body-bar, adjustable clampingbars passed through the head of the adjusting-screw, being adaptedfor engagement with the outer face of the bo'dy bar, each clampingbar terminating at one of its ends in a retaining member, means for retaining the clamping-screw in adjusted position, a yokeclamp loosely mounted on the adjustingscrew, a support for the bod y-bar carried by the yoke-clamp, and means for securing'said support in the position to which it may be adjusted, for the purpose specified.

. 3. In a holder, the combination of a bodybar, a headed screw passing through the bod ybar and having an orifice in its head, clamplug-bars extending through the orifice in the head of the screw, nuts working on the screw, a clamp held on the screw by the nuts thereof, and a support held by the clamp.

4. In a holder, the combination of clamping-bars, a headed screw having an orifice in the head through which orifice the clampingbars are passed, a body-bar through which the screw is passed, a support, and means for connecting the support with the screw and body-bar.

5. In a holder, the combination of clamping-bars, a screw having an orifice therein through which the clamping-bars are passed, a body-bar, means for holding the screw on the body-bar, the screw being moved to engage the clamping-bars with the body-bar, whereby also to hold the clamping-bars, and a support in connection with the body-bar.

WVILLIAM H. H. DICKINSON.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK C. WEBSTER, CHARLES W. LoMBARn.

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