US683724A - Book or paper holder. - Google Patents

Description

Patented Oct. l, 190i.

p6 VENT0R BY ATTORNEY J. L. CARR.

BOOK OB PAPER HOLDER.

(Apph t fll till 12 1901 (No Model.)

WITNSES: 5? WWO. z? a? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES L. CARR, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

, BOOK OR PAPER HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 683,724, dated October 1, 1901.

Application filed June 12, 1901.

To (bl Z whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES L. CARR, of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Book or Paper Holder; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a substantial and convenient book or paper holder, and especially one wherein the leaves can be readily turned.

The chief feature of this invention consists in providing a stationary leaf-holder and a book or paper support back of it that is movable away from or toward said leaf-holder, whereby the leaf-holder will hold the leaves down while the book is held against it and the book-support can be moved back from the leaf-holder sufficiently far to permit the leaves to be readily turned,and then the booksupport will be returned to its original position.

In carrying out this invention one feature of it consists in making the book-support oscillatory from its base, either by pivoting and using a spring to hold it in its normal position adjacent the leaf-holder or hinging with a spring connection, as herein shown, whereby the book-support may be readily pushed back from the leaf-holder for turning the leaf and then will automatically return to the book-support.

Another feature of the invention consists in providing a means for moving the booksupport toward and from the leaf-holder and limiting the extent of its movement.

The features of this invention will be more clearly understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of the device with the plate on the book-support partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with a book in place. Fig. 3 is the same with the book-support pushed back while turning a leaf.

The device, as here shown, is made almost wholly of wire, because that is light and cheap. In the first place a suitable base is made. In the device herein shown the base Serial no; 64,327. (No model.)

consists of two parallel wires 1 and two side wires 2, secured together at their intersections. There are also intermediate wires 3, extending between and secured to the wires 1. The leaf-holder is secured stationary to this base. As herein shown,it consists of the horizontal wire 4, the ends of which are turned down to make the uprights 5, and they are continued to make the horizontal portions 6, which rest upon the forward wire 1 and are secured to it by soldering or otherwise and toward the rear are secured to the side wires 2. The book-support is secured upon said base. As the device is herein shown the book-support consists of a frame comprising the top wire 7,whose ends are extended down to form the side wires 8. There is also a cross-wire 9, preferably below the leaf-holder and the intermediate bracing-wire 10. I also provide on said book-support a pair of bottom supports 11 for the book 20, which are formed of wires suspended from the top of the frame and extending below the leafholder, so as to rest upon said frame, and at the lower end are turned forward at a right angle. This bottom support 11 should be about one inch or so below the leaf-holder. Over the frame just described I secure a plate 12 for the book to rest against to prevent wear.

The book-support may be secured to the base by any suitable means that will permit it to oscillate toward and away from the leafholder. In the device as herein shown this connection consists of the spiral springs 13, which are a continuation of and a connection between the side wires 2 of the base and the side wires 8 of the book-support. In other words, one side wire 2 of the base is coiled to make the spiral spring 13 on one side,and then continues up to make the side wire 8 of the book-support, and then is turned horizontally across the top to form the side wire 7, and then continued down on the other side, so that the sides of the book-supports are similarly formed; but I do not wish to limit my invention to this particular construction.

Any suitable means for pushing backward the book-support may be used. That which is herein shown consists of the arm 15, formed of a single looped wire and suspended from the top wire 7 of the book-support. It is U- shaped and serves as a stop for the backward limit of movement of the book-support by striking again st the basewires,when it is held by the arm 16. Said arm 16 is pivotally connected with the front wire 1 of the base and extends back through the U-shaped bar 15 and has a hooked end 17 to catch over the lower end of said arm or loop 15, whereby they may be detached, if desired.

In use the book-support is pushed back somewhat from the leaf-holder and the book put in place. The springs 13 will throw the book-support, and therefore the book, forward against the leaf-holder. WVhen it is de sired to turn a leaf, the arm 16 is pressed downward by extending the hand beneath the book or around the side of it. When the arm 16 is thus depressed, the book recedes from the leaf-holder, the leaf is turned, and the arm 16 re1eased,whereby the springs 13 will return the book against the leaf-holder.

Vhat I claim to be new is- 1. A book or paper holder including a stationary leaf-holder, a book or paper support behind the leaf-holder movable toward or from the leaf-holder, and a spring for holding the book or paper support adjacent the leafholder.

2. A book or paper holder including a sta formed of a wire with its two ends pivoted to the upper portion of the supporting-frame for the book or paper and the lower end of said wire extending forward therefrom at sub stantially a right angle, and a leaf-holder formed of a single wire with a central horizontal portion adjacent the book or paper holding frame and the ends thereof extending down and then back horizontally and secured to the wires of the base.

4. A book or paper holder including a stationary leaf-holder, a book or paper support behind the leaf-holder, a spring for holding said book or paper support adjacent the leafholder, and means for moving said book or paper holder away from the leaf-holder.

- 5. A book or paper holder including a leafholder, a hook or paper support, springmounted at its lower end, whereby it will be held adjacent the leaf-holder, an arm connected with said leaf-holder and extending backward therefrom to form a stop to limit the movement of said book or paper support.

6. A book or paper holder including a leafholder, a book or paper support behind the leaf-holder, a spring mounted at its lower end so as to oscillate and be held against the leafholder, an arm extending rearward from the upper portion of the book or paper support, and another arm pivoted to the front portion of the device and secured with the outer end of the other arm, whereby the book or paper support is oscillated.

In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of the witnesses herein named.

JAMES L. CARR.

\Vitnesses:

FLORENCE E. BRYANT, V. H. LooKwooD.

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