US769695A

US769695A - Picture-hanging device.

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Publication number: US769695A
Application number: US17712803A
Authority: US
Inventors: William P Gurr
Original assignee: Rose Manufacturing Co
Current assignee: Rose Manufacturing Co
Priority date: 1903-10-15
Filing date: 1903-10-15
Publication date: 1904-09-13
Anticipated expiration: 1921-09-13

Description

No. 769,695. PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904. W. P. GURR.

PICTURE HANGING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 00115, 1903.

NO MODEL.

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PATENT OEEIcE.

W'ILLIAM P. GURR, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO THE ROSE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION OF MINNESOTA.

PICTURE-HANGING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 769,695, at September 13, 1904.

Application filed October 15, 1903. Serial No. 177,128. \No modelJ To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that LIVILLIAM P. GURR,8. citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis,in the county of Hennepin and State of Hinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Picture-Hanging Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention has for its object to provide an improved picture-hanging device by means of which the frame of a picture may be quickly adjusted into dili'erent vertical positions and into different angular positions with respect to the wall.

To the above ends the invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafterdescribed and defined in the claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a view in elevation looking at the back of a framed picture which is suspended by a pair of my improved hanging attachments. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1, a portion of a wall from which the picture is suspended being indicated in section. Fig. 3 is a detail View, on an enlarged scale, showing one of the hanging attachments looking at the rear face of the same and some parts being broken away. Fig. 4 is an edge elevation of the said attachment, and Fig. 5 is a section on the line of Fig. 3.

The numeral 1 indicates the wall, and the numeral 2 the picture-frame. The picture in the illustration given is suspended from a hook 3 on the wall I by means of a wire 4 and a pair of my improved hanging attachments.

The hanging attachments are preferably made in rights and lefts and are applied one to each side of the picture-frame. Each hanging attachrnent involves as follows: A metallic strap 5 is hinged at 6 to a foot-plate 7, which is adapted to be secured by screws to the side of the picture-frame. At its free end the strap 5 is provided with a stud 8, on which is pivotally mounted a narrow but deep windlass or sheave 9, having disk-like sides, the flange which lies next to the strap 5 being formed with peripheral ratchet-teeth 10, which form the same into a ratchet-wheel. A retaining-pawl 11, preferably in the form of a flat spring secured at one end to the strap 5, as shown at 12, engages with the ratchet-teeth 10 at its free end, as best shown in Figs. 3 and 4.. The outer flange of the Windlass or sheave 9 is provided with a perforation 13, through which one end of the cord 4 is adapted to be passed outward and secured against reverse movements by having its outer end knotted. The outer flange of the said Windlass 9 will conveniently serve as a wheel to be engaged by the finger and thumb to wind the picturesuspending cord or wire onto the said windlass. Hence it will usually be desirable to knurl or rough the periphery of the said outer flange.

Mounted to slide on the strap 5 is a presserfoot or bracket 14, the projecting portion of which is adapted to engage with the side of the picture-frame and hold the said frame at an angle to the wall depending on the position of the said foot or bracket on the said strap 5. As is evident, the angle of the frame to the wall will be increased by forcing the said foot downward on the strap 5, and, conversely, will be decreased by forcing the said presser-foot upward. This is evident by an inspection of Fig. 2.

As already stated, the two hanger devices above described are made in rights and lefts and are applied one to each side of the back of the picture-frame. The ends of the cord or wire 4 are of course attached one to each Windlass or sheave 9, and as the said sheaves are adapted to be turned in reverse directionsthe ends of the said cord or wire must be reversely wound on the said sheaves. This is further desirable, as it enables the picture to be hung central with respect to the supporting-hook.

' IV hen it is desired to lower the picture, it is 'tures from one house to another where the ceilings vary in height it is necessary to change the lengths of the picture-supporting wires or cords. Furthermore, it is frequently desirable to change the height of a picture even where it is not otherwise moved.

With a device described as above pictures may be readjusted very quickly and without cutting or patching the suspending-wires. The manner in which the picture may be set at any desired angle to the wall has already been described. It will of course be under- I stood that the device described is capable of many modifications within the scope of my invention as herein set forth and claimed. In fact, I desire to claim, broadly, any and all means for adjusting the windlasses to and from the picture-frame, so as to vary the angle at which the frame will hang upon the wall.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

1. The combination with a picture-frame and a suspending wire or cord, of a pair of windlasses, supports for said windlasses secured to the sides of the picture-frame, means for adjusting said windlass-supports at diiferent angles with respect to said picture-frame,

- the said suspending wire or cord being attached at its end to said windlasses, substantially as described.

I A picture-hanging device comprising a windlass, a windlass-support, adapted to be applied to and adjusted with respect to a picture-frame, and means for adjusting said windlass-support to and from the pictureframe to vary the angle at which the frame will hang with respect to the wall, substantially as described.

3. A picture-hanging device comprising a ratchet-toothed windlass, a windlass-supporting bar, provided with means for connecting the same to a picture-frame with freedom for adjustments, a presser-foot or bracket, slidable on said windlass-support, and having a projecting part for engagement with the picture-frame to set the same at different angles with respect to the picture -frame, and a spring retaining-pawl on said windlass-support, cooperating with the ratchet-teeth of said windlass, substantially as described.

4. A picture-hanging device comprising the windlass supporting strap 5, having the hinged section 7 for securing it to the pictureframe, the presser-foot or bracket 14, slidable on said strap 5, and having the projection 15 for engagement with the picture-frame to adjust the same at different angles with respect to the picture-frame, the windlass 9, pivoted to the free end of said strap 5, and provided with ratchet-teeth 10, and the spring retaining-pawl 11, secured to said strap 5, and cooperating with the said ratchet-teeth 10, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM P. GURR.

Witnesses:

E. H. KELIHER, F. D. MERCHANT.