US778205A - Music-sheet. - Google Patents

Description

TED M04 0, 1904.

mi P APPLICATION FILED JULY 19,1904.

NO MODEL.

UNITED 1 FRANK TAFT, OF MGNTCL: AEOLIAN COMPANY, OF (JONNEUTiCUZi Hi i, i

SPECIFICATION forming part Original application filed June 3, 1904, Serial. No.

To all whom it may concern: I, Be it known that I, FRANK TAF'r e citizen of l the United States, residing at Montcl-sizq. in ti: county of Essex and State of New Jersey; h invented new and useful Improvements lo sic-Sheets, (same being a. division of my sonic cation for patent, Serial No. 211,041 Spcei i for perforated Inusicsheet, filed June 3, 1904,) of which the following is a specification,

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gie; and its ound about th D My invention relates to'improveinents in l the time means for securing the end or extremity a of the musics 60 sheet of music-paper in wound-up condit' )11 the music i'oli on a music spool or roll, and hes for its e" isngle THLlS ject to provide a fastening means of ohment the construction possessing" materiel a work performed over previous fastening devices forum; or arm of the tri- 6 pose.

To the end stated. In e fastening device for ed as hereinafter described end clni erence being made to the nccornpenyn ings, illustrating my invention in t Figure 1 is a perspective View of music wound upon a music-roll en with my iriiprovcd fastening means. is an enlarged detail. showing a portion or tile end of the music-sheet provided witl'i iif'il f proved fastening means and Fig. is s: tional view taken nlong'the line 3 In the said drawings the referencemt l designates generally av music roll or enco- Which may be oi. any approved or struction and upon which is wound perforated music 2. The free end ore ity of the sheet of music which lies when the music-sheet is wound upon is provided with a securing means znent of which consists of n triangle neted generally by the numeral 3} prei'e constructed of metallic wire, one side, which is disposed within or ernb the arms of an etteching device the triangle is secured to the end of the s of music. This attaching device is prefer: constructed of linen or suitably strong having arms 4, within which the end 01 sheet is located, said arms being giued or e mcntedto the sheet, whereby the i permanently connected to the sheet.

at the other extremity of-the ln'iimgle ,a button secured to the sheet in the rear of the tri angle, and a flexible connecting means secured to the vtm'mngle at the juncture of its eenverg in'g arms, whereby said sheet may be meixr mined in aneccurate, s'moothmvoundalp condition. t

2. Thelcomloinetion with e-music-sheet, of a fastening device therefor consisting of a tri angle, an attaching device having pair of arms whleh inclese or embrace one mm of the trmngle and are secured to the ends of the sheet, the other arms of the triangle cenvea'ging' to an abproxiniete closed point at the free extremiey of the triangle, a button secured to the Sheet in rear of said triangle ande flexi ble connecting means secured to the triangle at the juncture of'itsrconverging. arms, substantially as described.. l

In testlmon'y whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two s ubecnbmg' wltmesses.

' FRANK TAFT.

Witnesses:

C; Tween);- W. C. MANSFIELD.

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