Improvements in or connected with Supporting and Arranging Adjustable Mirrors for Dressing Tables, and other like Mirrors.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 11th July, 1895-Accepted, 17th Aug., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Supporting and Arranging
Adjustable Mirrors for Dressing Tables, and other like Mirrors.
We, ROWLAND HAND TAYLOR, and ERNEST WHITFIELD, trading together as
Taylor and Whitfield, of 119, Constitution Hill, in the City of Birmingham,
Furniture Manufacturers, and CHARLES PHILLIPS, of 96, Mott Street, in the
City of Birmingham, aforesaid, Iron Worker, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the hereindescribed improvements in or connected
with supporting and arranging adjustable mirrors for dressing tables, and other like
mirrors, such as shaving mirrors.
According to one arrangement of this invention as applied to a dressing table
provided with an ordinary swing mirror, we provide one or more side mirrors each
of which is carried by a swinging arm which is constructed and adapted to swing
round the top or other part of a pillar forming part of or fixed to the dressing
table. The side mirror, or each of the side mirrors, is so fixed to its corre-
sponding arm that the mirror can be turned thereon and adjusted and fixed at any
desired inclination to the horizontal. The fixing of the mirror to its arm is
preferably done by means of two or more clamping plates which clip the arm and
are fixed to the back of the mirror by screws or other means. By arranging the
side mirror, or side mirrors as above described, it or they can be adjusted either
horizontally or vertically or inclined at any angle to the centre mirror and thus
reflect the back or other parts of the object which is reflected by the larger
mirror.
In another arrangement of our invention we dispense with the usual central swing
mirror and instead thereof we employ one, two or more of the side mirrors arranged
as above described, each carried by a vertical pillar which pillars are arranged far
enough apart to allow the two mirrors being swung together between them to serve
as the central mirror; or one or more of the side mirrors can be swung round and
fixed at any desired angle as stated above. The arms which carry the side mirrors
as stated above can either be each made in one piece or each arm may consist of two
or more pieces jointed together so as to permit of a greater variety in the
adjustments of the mirror; the arm or one or more parts of the arm may also be
made in two or more parts to telescope together.
The pillars or supports which carry the arms of the side mirrors as stated above
may either also carry the central mirror or these pillars may be arranged some
little distance in front of the same at the sides of the dressing table.
The pillar to which is jointed the swinging arm carrying the mirror as stated
above may be made with a suitable base so as to stand alone and the mirror will
then be very useful as a shaving mirror or for other purposes.
Dated this 2nd day of November 1894.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Supporting and Arranging
Adjustable Mirrors for Dressing Tables, and other like Mirrors.
We, ROWLAND HAND TAYLOR, and ERNEST WHITFIELD, trading together as
Taylor and Whitfield, of No. 119 Constitution Hill in the City of Birmingham,
Furniture Manufacturers, and CHARLES PHILLIPS, of No. 96 Mott Street, in
the City of Birmingham, Iron Worker, do hereby declare the nature of our
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 consists of the herein described improvements in or connected
with supporting and arranging adjustable mirrors for dressing tables and other like
mirrors, such for example as shaving mirrors.
According to one arrangement of this invention as applied to a dressing table
provided with an ordinary swing mirror, we provide one or more side mirrors each
of which is carried by a swinging arm which is constructed and adapted to turn in
a horizontal plane on a pillar forming part of or fixed to the dressing table. The
side mirrors are so connected to their arms that they can be turned thereon and
adjusted and fixed at any desired inclination to the horizontal. The fixing of the
mirror to its arm is preferably done by means of two or more clamping plates
which clip the arm and are fixed to the back of the mirror by screws or other
means. By arranging the side mirrors as above described they can be turned
outwards from their normal position and the vertical planes in which the mirrors
are situated thereby changed and afterwards rotated on their horizontal supporting
and swinging arms so as to adjust their inclination. The side mirrors may thus be
made to reflect the back or other part of the person into the back or ordinary
mirror, or into the other side mirror when two side mirrors are used.
The pillars or supports which carry the side mirrors may also carry the back or
ordinary mirror but we prefer to employ separate pillars for the side mirrors the
said vertical pillars being arranged at the sides of the dressing table in a vertical
plane a little distance in front of the pillars carrying the back or ordinary mirror.
In another arrangement of our invention we dispense with the back or ordinary
mirror and instead thereof, we employ one, two or more side mirrors arranged as
above described, two of the said mirrors, when more than one is used, being carried
by vertical pillars arranged at such a distance apart that the outer edges of the two
mirrors may be brought together the said two mirrors then occupying the plane and
position usually filled by the back or ordinary mirror.
The pillars to which are jointed the swinging arms carrying the mirrors, may
be made with a suitable base so as to stand alone and thus serve the purpose of
shaving mirrors or mirrors for other purposes.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in front elevation the upper
part of a dressing table provided with mirrors arranged and supported according
to our invention; Figure 2 represents the same in plan;
Figures 3 and 4 represent respectively in front elevation and plan the said table
Figures 1 and 2 with the side mirrors opened out for use.
Figure 5 represents partly in elevation and partly in vertical section one of the
side mirrors drawn to a larger scale; Figure 6 represents the same in plan partly
in horizontal section.
Figure 7 represents in vertical section and Figure 8 in back elevation the clip
by which the mirror is piveted at one side to its horizontal supporting and swinging
arm and Figure 9 represents in vertical section the socket fixed to the other side
of the mirror in which the free end of the mirror supporting and swinging arm
takes;

page_text: Figure 11 represents in back elevation our method of supporting and pivotting
the back or ordinary mirror of a dressing table.
Figure 12 represents our invention applied to the supporting and pivotting of a
mirror suitable for use in shaving or for other purpose.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of
the drawings.
We will describe our invention in connection with the arranging and supporting
of the mirrors of a dressing table.
a is the table top having the vertical pillars or uprights b, b to which the back or
ordinary mirror c is pivotted. The said table a also has the outer vertical pillars d, d
to which the side mirrors e, e are pivotted and supported in the manner hereinafter
described which method of supporting and pivotting constitutes the essential part
of our invention.
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The pillars d, d are made hollow or tubular and in each of the said hollow pillars
an iron rod or axis f passes, the said rod f being secured in the pillar d by the
screw nut g at bottom and by the terminal knob or ornament at top. To the top
of the rod or axis d the horizontal mirror supporting and swinging arm i is pivotted
so as to be capable of turning in a horizontal plane. The horizontal arm i has an
inclined stay connected to it near its outer end the said inclined stay terminating
in an eye turning on the metal collar d² screwed to the pillar d as will be seen by
reference to Figures 5 and 10. The inclined stay 2 gives rigidity to the swinging
arm i and preserves it horizontal. The side mirror e is pirotted to the horizontal
swinging arm i by means of the clip L and socket k screwed to the back of the
mirror. The clip L is made up of the two clamping plates 1, 1 having semi-circular
depressions at their middle so that when presented one to the other with the arm i
between them, the said semi-circular depressions fit and embrace the arm i as will
be best seen by reference to Figures 7 and 8. The plate of the clip is screwed to
the back of the mirror e and the plate 12 is secured to the plate by the thumb
screws by tightening or relaxing which the bite on the swinging arm i may be
increased or diminished. By the method described of connecting the mirror e to
the swinging arm i the said mirror may be turned through a semi-rotation in a
vertical plane to either side of the swinging arm and inclined to suit the
convenience of the person seated at the dressing table. The friction of the clip L
on the swinging arm i retains the mirror in its adjusted position.
The back or ordinary mirror c is preferably pivotted by means of a pair of the
clips L L to a rod m (see Figure 11) the said rod m being fixed at its ends to the
pillars b, b and constituting a horizontal stay rod to the said pillars, but the back
or ordinary mirror may be pivotted and supported in the ordinary way.
In using mirrors arranged in the way represented in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 the
swinging arms i,i and mirrors e, e carried by them are turned outwards so as to
bring the said mirrors into their open position. The side mirrors e, e which are
now on the outer sides of the arms i, i that is, with their backs presented to one
another are turned through a semi-rotation so as to bring them on the inner sides
of the arms i, i with their reflecting surfaces opposite one another as represented
in Figures 3 and 4. The side mirrors e, e are brought into such a position and
inclined on their arms i, i as to reflect the image in the one into the other; or the
images in the side mirrors may be reflected into the back or ordinary mirror c. By
this arrangement a lady seated at the dressing table may obtain a back view of
herself without the use of a hand mirror or hand mirrors. The outer or side
mirrors after use are returned to their normal position by turning them through a
semi-rotation on the arms i, i and then swinging the arms i, i and mirrors e, e into
their back position against the vertical stop pillars d', d'. In the recess or angle
between each pair of side pillars d, d' shelves are preferably arranged on which
scent bottles and small articles may be placed.
Instead of pivotting the side mirrors e, e to the pillars d, d respectively they may
be pivotted to the pillars d', d' with the same or nearly the same effect.

page_text: Where desired only one side mirror e may be employed in combination with the
back or ordinary mirror c. And instead of employing a back or ordinary mirror
of the kind herein before described and illustrated the said ordinary mirror may be
replaced by two half mirrors supported on swinging arms i, i turning on axes in the
pillars b, b, the said half mirrors meeting when in their normal position midway
between the said pillars b, b.
Figure 12 represents in elevation partly in section our invention applied to the
supporting of a shaving or other mirror apart from a dressing table. The vertical
pillar p in this case is fixed to a base 1. In other respects the arrangement for
supporting and pivotting the shaving or other mirror does not differ from the
supporting and pivotting of the side mirrors hereinbefore described and like parts
are marked with the same letters of reference.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that we claim
as our invention of "Improvements in or connected with supporting and arranging
adjustable mirrors for dressing tables and other like mirrors :-
First. Supporting and pivotting the mirrors of dressing tables and other like
mirrors such for example as shaving mirrors on horizontal arms pivotted at one
end to a vertical pillar, rod or axis substantially as herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings whereby the said mirrors may be brought
or swung out into the positions desired and subsequently inclined or tilted to suit
the person using the mirror or mirrors substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated.
Secondly. The arrangement or combination with the back or ordinary mirror of
a dressing table of one or two side mirrors supported and pivotted in the way
claimed in Claim 1 the side mirror or mirrors being situated at one or on either
side of the back or ordinary mirror substantially as and for the purpose herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Thirdly. The arrangement of or combination with a dressing table or stand of
two half mirrors supported and pivotted in the way hereinbefore described and
claimed in Claim 1 in place of the back or ordinary mirror the said half mirrors
being used alone or in combination with one or two side mirrors substantially as
herein before described.
Dated the 26th day of June 1895.
ROWLAND HAND TAYLOR.
ERNEST WHITFIELD.
CHARLES PHILLIPS.