US869368A - Adjustable support for telephone-receivers. - Google Patents

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PATENTED OOT. 29. 1907.

R: HIGGINS. ADJUSTABLE SUPPORTFOR TELEPHONE RECEIVERS.

APPLIOAIION FILED imam, 1907.

Ell wanker- I 237i tn use:

ROSS HIGGINS, OF OANFIELD, OHIO.

ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT FOR TELEPHONE-RECEIVERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 29, 1907.

Application filed February 27. 1907- Serirtl No. 359.623.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ross I'IIGGINS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Oanticld, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented new and D useful improvements for Adjustable Supports [or 'lelephone-Receivers, of which the following is a speciticaadjustably attached the horizontal bar 12, which bar is tion.

The object of my invention is to provide means [or supporting a telephone receiver in such a manner that 1 it can be moved to a position near the ear of the person using the transmitter, and when so moved the circuit will be closed and when returned to its original position will break the circuit which shall be adapted for application to teleplnme apparatus such as now is used and holding the receiver by hand, thereby leaving both threaded at its top or upper end and is so formed for the purpose of connecting tin guide cap 10, which guide cap when brought into proper position as illustrated in Fig. 2 forms a proper guide for the longitudinal movemcnt and rotary movement of the lower receiver supporting bar II. To the top or upper cndot' the bar 11 is held in lixod adjustment by means of the thumb-nut 13. The horizontal bar 12 is provided at its outer end with an aperture, through which the upper receiver support ing rod l-l passes and is held in tixed vertical adjnstment by means of the thnmb-nut )5 or its equivawhich will do away with the annoyance and trouble of lent. To the top or upper end of the bar 14 is adjust- 1 ably attached the bar in which bar is held in lined adjustment by the thumb nut 17. The bar 16 is provided with the curved receiver holder portion 18, and for the hands of the person using the phone free to make any l provided, which arms are attached to the rod 16 in any memorandum, or do any other act during the time he is talking into the transmitter, and while the receiver is at 20 his ear.-

purpose of clamping the receiver the spring arms 19 are convenient and well known manner. The rod 16 is The accompanying drawings illustrate a type of the 1 away from the receiver holder 18 or in other words to inconvenienee is had when the device is brought into purpose of preventing the spring arms ll) from moving provide a means for properly clamping the receiver 21,

1 provide for the pn)pcrclampingotdifferent shaped telel A phone receivers. it will be understood that some respective view showing my improved holder attached to i a wall telephone and ready l'or use.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing my improvcnnmt attached to a desk telcphone. o ltig. 3 is a detached view of the base socket and illustrating a portion of the lowcr receiver supporting rod, and the guide cap. Fig. 4 is a detached view of the holding clip designed to hold the receiver.

Similar numerals oi reference indicate corresponding parts in all the ligurcs of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 represents an ordinary and common desk transmitter base and support, which is constructed in the usual manner and within tion. tion and is connected to the support in the. usual manner. The transmitter base is preferably located upon the plate 3, the bottom or under side of which is provided with the non-nn-tallic strip or lining 4, which is for the purpose of preventing the marring oi the l'urniturc upon which the transmitter base together with the (lll l tthljllt parts belonging thereto is placcd. To the plate ii is attached the socket or short tube 5, by means of the integral or attached llango (i and the screws 7. The plate t is ptovldcd with any dcsircd number of retaining clips 8 and l), which clips arc lot thc purpose of connecting the base I togclhcr with the dil'l'crcut parts connected thereto to the plate 3, so that. all of the parts itself has no particular rel'crcnce to the present inven- 1 The transmitter 2 is also of the usual construcl l l l l l l l l l l l l ccirers are straight, a portion of their length, and others are tapered, but. by providing the two arms or spring lingers I am enabled to properly hold the receiver regardless of its shape.

When it is desired to bring the receiver into position lot use. it is elevated until the pin 2:. strikes the bottom of the cap it), at which time the pin is in position to t'lll l' the slot 33, thereby permitting a particular rotary movement of the supporting rod ll. and when the pin 2. comes directly opposite the slot or recess Bl the rod it together with the l't'(ci\'cl' is permitted to move dowmvard and the pin 22 engage the slotnr recess 21 and hold the rod it against. rotary movement, and when brought into this position the receiver is ready for use. \\hen it is desired to ri-turn the receiver to the position illustrated in dotted lines Fig. .l the rod ll togcllu-r with the dil't't-rcnt parts carried thereby is elevated until the pin 22 strikes the bottom of therap al which time the rod ii is again free to rotate until it strikes the wall of the vertical slot 125 at which time the rod It is [rmto llltlVl downward. the pin 2'. moving in the slot For the purpose of bl'catkillg the circuit when the l'cccivcr is brought out of use the supporting rod [4 is provided with the collar 30 to which collar is attached the pin 27. and for the purpose of holding the. collar 26 and the pin 27 in lixcd adjustment the pin should be screw thrtadcd so that its inner end can be seated against the rod 1-1.

it will be understood that the pin :57 must be 80 adceiver be in proper position for its use. In Fig. l I have- I justed that when the receiver is thrown out of use and as the. receiver is dropped togeth r with the dif parts connected thereto the pin 27 will engage the (i1- Cuit breaking and closing lever 23. which in this instance is the ordinary receiver holder ll-\'t'l. thereby enabling me to attach my improved holder to the telcphones in common user and without any change of construction whatever. lly providing the horizontal bar 12 and also providing means for adjusting said bar longitudinally, the supporting rod llcan be adjusted or moved to or from the transmitter, thereby providing a means for changing the distance between the receiver and the transmitter:

It will be understood that the bar 12 should be so adjusted that the receiver will not he in the way of the transmitter, but at the same time be in such a position that a person can tall; into the transmitter and the reillustrated myimproved receiver holder adapted for use for a wall phone and in this construction the bar 29 is clamped to the transmitter arm 30 hy means of the clips 31.

slot extends the pin 34, which pin engages the ends oi the Slot 33 when the receiver is brought into p sition to close the circuit. It Will be understood that all that is necessary to be done to bring the receiver into position for use is to lift the receiver and its carrying arm 35 vertically and move the receiver forward until y the ver- 1 one end 01 the slot 33 engages the pin Iii tical movement of the rod 35, the circuit closing and breaking lever 36 is released and when it is desired to return the receiver to its normal position or out of use the rod 35 is brought into a vertical position and peri mitted to move downward together w ith the receiver, until the pin 37 engages the closing and break lever 36 It will be understood that the pin 37 should be ad- Upon the bar 29 is rotatablvmounted the tube 32, which tube is provided with the slot 33 through which 5 justed to the rod 35 so that the pin 37 will engage the l ver 36 wh n the receiver is brought into the posion illustrated in dotted lines or substantially so.

It will be understood that when the transmitter arm 30 is moved [or the purpose ol' adjusting the transmitter all of the parts will he carried with said transmitter arm 30.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1 A support for telephone receivers, comprising the combination oif a vertical tube provided with a horizontal slot: and it vertical slot, said horizontal ,slot leading from p the "ticztl vslot and its opposite end communicating with 1 :t rece located below the horizontal slot, a bar partially locztlcd within the tube and provided with a pin, said pin adapted to engage the various slots in the tube, a horizontal rod, supported by the rod provided with the pin and support a telephone receiver and adjnstahly attached to i the horizontal rod, said second rod provided with a pin adapted to engage the circuit closing lever, and means for holding a receiver, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

. in a telephone receiver holder: the combination of a so t held in fixed position, said socket: provided with two \erl. all slots and a horizontal slot, said slots communicatin with each other, telephone receiver supporting bars :itljustubly connected together one of the bars provided with :1 pin adapted to engage the slots in the socket, a cap secured to the socket and adapted to limit the upward movement of the telephone receiver supporting bars, means connected to one oi the telephone receiver bars adapted to lltllt'l the receiver-,a pin adjust-ably attached to the bar (.'Ill'i,\'lllj the receiver said pin adapted to engage the circuit clo'sim. lever, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

7 In testimony that I claii' the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

ROSS HIGGINS.

Witness s:

l. M. I-Lissnnr, Mv V. I3. Krxo.

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