US672278A - Copy-holder. - Google Patents

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No. 672,278. Patented Apr. l6, I901. E B. MERRILL.

GOPY HOLDER.

(Application fild Sept. 29, 1900.) (No Model.)

wzm W Z UNITED STATES Parent EDWARD BELDEN MERRILL, OF TORONTO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO CHARLES EDWARD AROIIBALD, OF SAME PLACE.

COPY-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 672,278, dated April 16, 1901.

Application filed September 29, 1900. $erial No. 31,577. \No model.)

To all whom it 777/067,! concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD BELDEN MER- RILL, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Copy-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in copy-holders more particularly designed for stenographers use; and the object of the invention is to devise a device of this class in which there will be a minimum amount of adjustment necessary of the copy-holder itself in order to adapt it for various purposes for which it is intended; and it consists, essentially, of a copy-holder provided with ahinged flap which is spring-held on a plane with the main surface of the holder, a rigid frame being also held in the top surrounding the flap and the copy-holder being supported at the back by hinged adjustable supports and the parts being otherwise constructed and arranged in detail, as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure l is a perspective view of my copyholder. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the copyholder. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail showing as the board A and is held to the same at the sides I) extend slightly forward, so as to cause the bar I) to extend in front of the flap A.

O is a book which is held in position by means of the upper cover and leaves, which are inserted between the bar I) and the flap A by pressing upon the lower portion of the flap and forcing it backwardly. When it is desired to turn over the leaf, it is raised upwardly by the hand and then pressed when in the upper position, so that the fingers in pressing press upon the lower edge of the flap and cause the whole leaf to slip through freely of itself and assume the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1. Before raising a leaf the marker may be moved downwardly; but as a usual thing it is quite easy enough to friotionally move the leaf upwardly from underneath the marker and pass it underneath the cross-bar b, as before described. The top of the flap A having atendency to press against the rear of the cross-bar b, it will be seen that the book will be frictionally held in position very securely between such crossbar I) and the top of the flap.

D is the clip, which is bent at the ends in the form shown into the long spring-lip d and the short spring-lip d. When the cover is first held in position, in order to form an auxiliary means for holding such cover securely the clip D may be inserted in position from the one end, as it is wider than the board itself, and then the opposite small end of the clip made to grip the board at the back by moving the clip toward the board, when the clip will be securely held in position. By reversing the clipthat is, putting the back toward the front-the small end 61 serves to hold the sheets fastened together at the corners and enables them to be turned over very readily, exposing the sheets underneath them successively.

E is the line-marker, which is bent, as shown, and fastened to a bracket E. The bracket E is U-shaped in cross-section, and the rear portion thereof fits the edge grooves of, made in the side of the board.

6 represents fiat springs which are securely fastened to the front side of the bracket E and project beyond the edge of the rear portion e of the bracket, which is narrower than the front portion, as indicated. By pressing the springs against the front of the board the bracket is forced into position, so that the portion 6 fits within the groove, and the springs hold the marker, but allow it easy movement from top to bottom. If it is desired to remove the line-marker, all it is necessary to do is to merely press the front of the bracket against the board, whereupon the springs will be compressed and the marker removed with ease.

The back of the board is provided with strips G G, which are suitably secured thereto and have connected to the bottom of them the cushions g g, which are made, preferably, in the form of a loop and are suitably secured to the bottomof the strips, as indicated. Such cushions extend below the bottom of the shelf a. Near the tops of the strips Gare secured the lugs or projections g g, which are made with holes g in them.

H H are knobs, which have right and left hand threaded holes cut in them. The knobs have secured in them also the ends of the U- shaped arm or support h.

I is a U-shaped arm or support, which is provided with bent ends t', which have right and left hand threads cut on them, the detail of one end being shown in Fig. 5. The threaded ends it extend into the knobs H H and are provided at the outside'of the lugs g g with the adjusting-nuts 'i. It will be seen that by swinging the arm h inwardly the knobs will be turned so that the adjacent nuts are brought to frictionally hold against the lugs g and form a secure support for the copy-holder when it is desired to have it in a position not far from the perpendicular. Where, however, it is desired to place the copy-holder on more of a slant, the nuts z" may be loosened, so as to allow of the supporting-arm I being thrown close into the back of the copy-holder. The supportingarm h then may be swung outwardly, so as to draw the nuts 2" toward the lugs g, and thereby make the arm h a rigid support for the copy-holder.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a copy-holder, the combination with the board, of a top flap hinged to the back of the top of the board and spring-held to normally abut the top of the board and be substantially on a plane with the same and rigid means in front of the flap near the top edge whereby the leaves and cover of the book are held securely as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a copy-holder, the combination with the board,'of a top flap hinged to the back of the top of the board and spring-held to normally abut the top of the board and be substantially on a plane with the same, the U- shaped frame at the top of the flap securely fastened at the top of the board and substantially surrounding the front portion of the flap as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a copy-holder, the combination with the board, of a top fiap hinged to the back of the topof the board and spring-held to nor* mally abut the top of the board and be substantially on a plane with the same, the U- shaped frame at the top of the flap securely fastened at the top of the board and substantially surrounding the front portion of the flap, the sides of said frame having angled ends extending into the top of the board as and for the purpose specified.

4:. The combination with the board, the spring-hinged fiap, the rigid bracket in front of the same, of the holding-clip provided with the long and short back spring-lips, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination with the board, of a marker designed to extend across the book, and having a bracket-shaped end substantially U-shaped in cross-section, and springs held against the board, a bent-over end of said bracket sliding in a groove in the back of the board, as and for the purpose specified.

6. The combination with the board and strips and lugs secured thereto and the knobs located to the inside of the lugs and having the ends of the minor supporting-arm connected thereto, one of said knobs having a right-hand-threaded hole and the other a lefthand-threaded hole formed through the center, of the larger U-shaped supporting-arm having the upper bent ends and right and left hand threads formed on them fitting into the correspondiugly-threaded knobs and the adjacent nuts on such ends at the outer ends of the lugs as and for the purpose specified.

EDWARD BELDEN MERRILL.

Witnesses L. TRIMBLE, L. BLAOKMORE.

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