US993975A - Telephone-support. - Google Patents

Description

G. E. FLYNN.

TELEPHONE SUPPORT.

APPLIOATION FILED 1113.25, 1911.

Patented May 30, 1911.

zazfesz G. E. FLYNN.

TELEPHONE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED 1-33.25. 1911.

993,9?5 Patented May 30,1911.

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CHARLES E. FLYNN, 0F VALE, OREGON.

TELEPHONE-SUPP ORT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLns E. FLYNN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vale, in the county of Malheur and State of Oregon, have invented new and useful Improvements in Telephone- Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to telephones and more particularly to an attachment for an ordinary desk telephone, whereby the receiver is supported mechanically in such relation to the transmitter that when a person is using the phone, the receiver will be in proper relation to the ear.

The invention has for one of its objects to improve and simplify the construction and operation of apparatus of this character so as to be comparatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture, reliable and efiicient in use, and so designed that it can be applied to telephones now in use without requiring any alteration.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a grip which is applied to the handle or standard of the desk telephone and is operatively connected with the usual receiver fork or hook so that upon lifting the telephone by the grip, the switch of the tele phone will be operated by allowing the re ceiver hook to move to render the telephone serviceable for talking, the grip being automatically actuated upon being released so as to depress the receiver hook, as it will be understood that the receiver is permanently supported on the arm that holds it where it will be in proper position to the ear.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an attachment in the form of a unitary device or article of manufacture that can be clamped to an ordinary telephone.

With these objects in view and others, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invent-ion comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a front view of the telephone and attachment in use. Fig. 2 is a side view of the telephone and attachment drawn on an Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 25, 1911.

Patented May 30, 1911.

Serial No. 610,719.

enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a side view of the attachment removed. Fig. 4c is a perspective view of the attaching sleeve open. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the receiver hook actuating grip shown open. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail view of one end of the receiver supporting arm.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the views.

Referring to the drawings, A designates an ordinary desk telephone which includes a base 1, a handle or standard 2, a transmitter 3, receiver 4:, and receiver hook 5. Applied to this telephone is an attachment B which serves to hold the receiver 4 raised and to one side of the telephone so that the receiver will be in proper relation to the ear of the person using the telephone. The receiver is supported on an arm 6 which has at its upper end a suitably shaped receiver hook 7 and the lower end of this arm is attached to a sleeve or attaching device 8 that clamps around the handle or standard 2 of the telephone. This sleeve, as shown in Fig. 4, is made in two approximately semi-cylindrical sections connected together by a hinge 9 and at the free edges of the sections of the sleeve are apertured lugs 10 through which a clamping bolt 11 passes when the sleeve is applied around the handle of the telephone. The lower end of the receiver supporting arm 6 is constructed with an eye 12, as shown in Fig. 6, and this eye is disposed between the lugs 10 so that the bolt 11 will pass through it and attach the arm to the sleeve. The arm will thus be detachably and hingedly connected with the sleeve, and by reason of the latter feature, the receiver can be raised or lowered, as desired, to suit the user of the telephone. Surrounding this sleeve and vertically slidable thereon is a grip 13 which, as shown in Fig. 5, is composed of approximately semi-cylindrical sections connected together by a hinge joint 14:, and on one section of this grip is an upwardly-extending hook or other device 15 that engages the receiver fork 5 so as to raise and lower the latter. On the sleeve 8 is a flange 16 adjacent its upper end so as to provide a stop to limit the upward movement of the grip, the downward movement of the grip being limited by the base 1 of the telephone. The grip will normally rest on the base 1 of the telephone and suflicient clearance will be provided between the upper end of the grip and flange 16 to permit the grip to be moved upwardly a distance necessary to allow the receiver fork to raise to its limit when the talking circuit of the telephone is to be established. A spring 17 may be arranged on the member 15 to cooperate with the weight of the grip to hold the latter down in its normal position. The grip 13 may be provided with a latch 18 which is adapted to engage a catch or projection 19 on the sleeve 8 when the grip is raised, so that the user will not have to maintain his hold on the grip while using the telephone but may use both hands for writing or other purposes.

In using a telephone equipped with the improved attachment herein described, the telephone can be allowed to rest on the table, desk or other support, and it is merely necessary for the user to grasp the grip 18 and exert an upward force thereon so as to raise the receiver hook to adapt the telephone for talking, and as long as the telephone is in use, the grip will have to be held raised. If the telephone is lifted bodily by grasping the grip, the weight of the telephone will serve to hold the grip in its relatively raised position for maintaining the receiver fork lifted. hen the grip is released, the same will slide downwardly on the standard or handle of the telephone and cause the receiver fork to be depressed and thereby open the talking circuit and restore the ringing circuit to operative condition.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, is

1. The combination of a desk telephone set, a slidable grip mounted on the handle of the telephone, and means on the grip for connection with the receiver fork of the telephone to raise and lower the latter.

2. The combination of 'a desk telephone set, a grip surrounding and movable longi tudinally on the handle, and a connection between the grip and receiver fork of the telephone for actuating the fork.

3. The combination of a desk telephone set including a handle, a grip slidable longitudinally of the handle, and a fixed member on the handle for connection with the receiver fork to move the latter by the grip.

t. The combination of a desk telephone set, a sleeve-shaped grip encircling and movable longitudinally of the handle of the telephone, and an upwardly-extending member rising from the top of the sleeve and having means connecting with the receiver fork to actuate the same by the relative movement between the grip and telephone.

5. The combination of a desk telephone set, a sleeve mounted on the handle thereof, a grip slidable on the sleeve, means on the sleeve for limiting the movement of the grip, and a device on the grip for connec tion with the receiver fork of the telephone.

6. The combination of a desk telephone set, a sleeve mounted on the handle thereof, a grip slidable on the sleeve, means on the sleeve for limiting the movement of the grip, a device on the grip for connection with the receiver fork of the telephone, said sleeve being composed of a plurality of parts, and means for clamping the said parts to the telephone.

7 The combination of a desk telephone set, a sleeve mounted on the handle thereof, a grip slidable on the sleeve, means on the sleeve for limiting the movement of the grip, and a device on the grip for connection with the receiver fork of the telephone, said sleeve and grip each consisting of approximately semi-cylindrical hingedly con nected parts for detachable connection with the telephone.

8. The combination of a desk telephone set, a sleeve mounted thereon, a receiver supporting arm mounted on the sleeve, a grip slidable on the sleeve, and a member on the grip for connection with the receiver fork of the telephone.

9. The combination of a desk telephone set, a sleeve clamped thereon, a receiver supporting arm attached to the upper end of the sleeve, a grip slidable on the sleeve at a point below the arm, and a member extending upwardly from the grip for connection with the receiver hook of the telephone.

10. The combination of a desk telephone set, a sleeve clamped thereon, a receiver supporting arm attached to the upper end of the sleeve, a grip slidable on the sleeve at a point below the arm, a member extending upwardly from the grip for connection with the receiver hook of the telephone, and means on the sleeve with which the upper end of the sleeve is adapted to engage for limiting the upward movement of the sleeve.

11. The combination of a desk telephone set a two-part sleeve surrounding the telephone, lugs on the sleeve, a clamping bolt passing through the lugs, an arm hingedly secured to the sleeve by the bolt, a grip slidable on the sleeve, and a device rigid on the sleeve for connecting the same with the ceiver hook of the telephone, and a stop on 10 receiver hook of the telephone. the sleeve for limiting the upward move- 12. The combination of a desk telephone ment of the grip.

set, a two-part sleeve surrounding the tele- In testimony whereof I aflix my signaphone, lugs on the sleeve, a clamping bolt ture in presence of two Witnesses.

passing through the lugs, an arm hingedly CHARLES E. FLYNN.

secured to the sleeve by the bolt, a grip slidl Vitnesses:

able on the sleeve, a device rigid on the THOMAS WV. CLAGETT,

sleeve for connecting the same With the re- HARRY FLYNN.

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