A NEW OR IMPROVED PHOTOGRAPH AND PICTURE STAND
Year: 1884

page_text: I LORENTZ ALBERT GROTH K.G.V. Civil Engineer and Managing Director of
the Universal Inventors and Patentees Financial Company Limited 30 Finsbury
Pavement London E.C. do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for "A NEW
OR IMPROVED PHOTOGRAPH AND PICTURE STAND" and in what manner the same
is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
The stand as shown by the accompanying Drawings is intended for the reception
of photographs lithographs prints drawings pictures or any other flat object and
differs from other similar apparatuses principally by enabling the objects to be seen
at the same time from different sides.
The photographs drawings &c. are placed one behind the other slantingly or
vertically.
In both cases the apparatus consists of a stand and a number of picture holders
or frames. The stand is made of brass tin or any other convenient metal and rests
on feet of any angular or any other shape that may be desired with crosspieces
answering to the shape. The picture holders or frames may also be made of brass
tin or any other metal or of hard wood and each frame may be divided into two
or more compartments each to contain a picture. On each side of the frame
nobs or screws are provided acting as horizontal axles on which the frames hang
and turn.
In Figs. 1 and 2 the moveable picture frame rests in a slanting position on the
horizontal nobs or screws S and S' which themselves rest on the stand R R placed
on the foot piece F. The frame may by a leaf in the middle be divided into two
parts so as to have a picture on both sides.
When the stand is closed up the frames t¹ to t will cover each other and only
the front of the lowest frame to and the back of the top frame l¹ are visible. By
swinging the frame to round its horizontal axle both the back of this frame and
the front of the next become visible from the same point of view.
According to the length given to the stand R R any number of picture frames
may be attached to one stand.

page_text: The frames may also be given a vertical position as in Figs. 3. 4 and 5 where to
simplify the Drawing only three frames are shown. A foot-piece consisting of the
two feet F and F and the crosspices S1 and S2 carries a horizontal rod or pin
which can either be made of brass horn papier mâche tortoise shell or any such
material. This is fastened in the middle to the foot piece by the pin a so that
'both ends of it project free over the sides of the foot piece. These rods being only
moderately thick are springy.
The frames are placed perpendicularly on this foot piece one behind the other.
The middle one T¹ is attached to the feet by the pin a and is not moveable. The
other frames T' and T can swing round the pins b and c but are kept in their
vertical position by the ends of the rods or pins and pressing them out into the
hollows and Z. In this construction only the views A and B can at the same
time be seen by two persons when the stand is closed.
When the stand is open not only can the two sides of the middle frame be seen
but also the inner sides C and D of both the outer frames T2 and T3 whereby at
the same time four views will be visible.
In order to place the picture in a more convenient position or to obtain a better
light the whole of the frames can be placed on a turning foot of any convenient
form,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1 The arrangement of any number of frames connected to one stand for the
purpose of carrying photographs and such like articles as above described and
illustrated in the Drawings.
2nd The frames placed easel wise one over the other either slantingly or vertically
each revolving separately round a horizontal axle with pictures on both sides which
can be seen by one or more persons at the same time from different positions.
3rd The side bearers and 12 fastened to the foot piece at the middle but the
other parts being free are springy or slightly flexible, and the hollow cuts Z' and Z²
in which the frames catch and are thereby held in a vertical position.
Dated this 7th day of July 1884.