Improvements in Show-stands.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 25th Nov.. 1895-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in
Show-stands.
I, MAX RAHN, of 4142 Friedrichstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a folding show-stand the frame of which is formed of
wires hinged together and opening and closing like a screen or umbrella.
These wires may be covered with thin material which lays between and over the
wires when folded together, so that a stand or frame is produced which takes up
little room, and is easily moved from place to place.
When the stand or frame is opened out, various samples such as jackets, mantles,
coats, and such like can be placed upon it for display to the customer or merchant
in such manner the he can see at a glance the value of the sample as regards
material, shape, tastefulness and so forth.
Connected with the above mentioned frame is a tube in which is fitted a rod
capable of being moved upwards and downwards therein. This rod is provided
with pins which move in slots in the tube and open and close the above described
frame whereby the latter can be adjusted to take the form or shape of the sample
which it is desired to exhibit to the customer or merchant.
According to a modification of the above described arrangement a frame is fixed
to the above mentioned tube having guide pieces at certain distances apart through
the middle of which pass freely pins which are connected to the ends of thin elastic
metallic strips.
The inner ends of the pins are connected to bolts which pass through the rod
in the tube.
By moving the rod the elastic metallic strips can be made to take the form of
the sample to be exhibited or when required the frame can be easily folded and
packed up.
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improvements in Stans.
1, MAX RAHN, of 41/42 Friedrichstrasse, Berlin, in the Kingdom of Prussia,
German Empire, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
This invention relates to a folding sbow-stand, the frame of which is formed of
wires binged together and opening and closing like a screen or umbrella.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 shows the show-stand open,
Fig 2 shows the show-stand closed and

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ig. 5 is a section on the line y-y of Fig. 4,
Fig. 6 is a section on the line of Fig. 4.
The above mentioned wires may be covered with thin material which lays
between and over the wires when folded together, so that a stand or frame is
produced which takes up little room and is easily moved from place to place.
When the stand or frame is opened out various samples such as jackets, mantles,
coats and such like can be placed upon it for display to the customer or merchant
in such manner that he can see at a glance the value of the sample as regards
material, shape, tastefulness, and so forth.
Connected with the above mentioned frame is a tube b, adapted to slide upwards
and downwards on a rod a. This rod a is provided with pins & which pass through
slots in the tube , the downward movement of which latter opens, and the
upward movement of which closes, the above described frame, whereby the latter
can be adjusted to take the form or shape of the sample which it is desired to
exhibit to the customer or merchant.
The ribs are hinged at their inner ends to the tube b, and the stretchers & are
hinged at one end to the ribs and at the other end to the rings or collars k², 13,
both of which are secured to the rod a by the pins k and I respectively.
The stand is supported by the rod a being inserted at its lower end into a suitable
foot, not shown in the drawings, provided with a socket to receive the said lower
end of the rod a which may be secured in the said socket by a set screw, or it may
be adapted to screw into the said socket.
The stand may be secured in the opened position in the same way as an umbrella,
namely, by means of a spring a 2, which, in the closed position of the stand
(Figure 2), is pressed into a slot in the rod a, but in the opened position of the
stand (Figure 1) springs out over the top edge of the tube and prevents the
latter from rising until the spring a 2 is pressed again into the slot in the rod a.
Or instead of the spring a 2 a hole a 3 may be made through the rod a, and a pin
be inserted therein to prevent the tube from rising.
According to a modification of the above described arrangement a frame g¹ is
connected at its upper and lower end with a tube and provided at certain
distances apart with guide-pieces through the middle of which pins k¹ pass,
which are connected at their outer ends with thin elastic strips /.
The inner ends of the pins k' are connected by a joint h¹ to bolts
through the rod a' in the tube.
which pass
By moving the tube the elastic metallic strips can be made to bulge out
as shewn in dotted lines in Figures 5 and 6 so as to take more or less the form
of the sample to be exhibited, or when required the frame can be flattened down
for convenience of packing or storage.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a show-stand the combination of a wire frame, consisting of an upper and
a lower part, capable of being opened and closed more or less like a screen or
umbrella, as and for the purpose set forth.
2. In a show-stand the combination of a rod (a) a tube (¹), and a frame (9')
with guide pieces (¹), provided with pins (4) which are connected at their outer
ends with elastic strips (') and at the inner ends to bolts (b) of the rod (a¹), as and
for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 21st der of Nozomhan 1008