Music Stools and other like Articles.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Aug.. 1887
Complete Left, 19th May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 22nd June, 1888
of Music Stools and other like Articles.
We GEORGE CLULOW, of 51 Belsize Avenue, in the County of Middlesex, Manu-
facturer, and JOHN LOADER, of 149 Kings Road, Camden Town, in the County
of Middlesex, Turner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide for the ready adjustment of the height of
the seats of music stools and other like articles and to enable a person to effect such
adjustment while seated.
For this purpose we mount the seat on a central vertical screw shaft which passes
into the seat support and we provide the seat with four or other convenient number
of vertical bars or tubes which enter corresponding deep sockets in the seat support.
Around the screw shaft is a wheel the centre of which serves as a nut to the screw
while the periphery extends far enough to be easily taken hold of by a person seated
on the stool.
By simply turning the wheel in the one direction the screw shaft is caused to rise
together with the seat and the bars or tubes, the latter serving to steady the seat. By
turning the wheel in the other direction the seat is again lowered.
T: 09-1887
J. C. MEWBURN,
169, Fleet Street, London,
Agent.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Means or Apparatus for Adjusting the Seats
of Music Stools and other like Articles.
We GEORGE CLULOW, of 51 Belsize Avenne, in the County of Middlesex, Manu-
facturer and JOHN LOADER of 149 King's Road, Camden Town, in the County of
Middlesex, Turner, 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:-
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The object of this invention is to provide for the ready adjustment of the height of
the seats of music stools and other like articles and to enable a person to effect such
adjustment while seated and without revolving the seat.
For this purpose we mount the seat on a central vertical screw shaft which passes
into the seat support and we provide the seat with four or other convenient number
of vertical bars or tubes which enter corresponding deep sockets in the seat support.
Around the screw shaft is a wheel the centre of which serves as a nut to the screw
while the periphery extends far enough to be easily taken hold of by a person seated
on the stool.
By simply turning the wheel in the one direction the screw shaft is caused to rise
without revolving, together with the seat and the bars or tubes, the latter serving to
steady the seat. By turning the wheel in the other direction the seat is again
lowered.
The accompanying drawings represent a music stool fitted with apparatus con-
structed according to our invention for adjusting the height of the seat. Figure 1 is
an elevation, partly in section, showing the seat partially raised from its lowest
position Figure 2 is a plan with the seat or top removed. a is the seat or top; it
is mounted on a central vertical screw shaft which passes into the seat support c.
The seat has also four vertical bars or tubes d, d which enter corresponding deep
sockets e, e in the seat support c. Around the screw shaft b is a wheel the centre of
which serves as a nut to the screw while the periphery extends as shown far enough
to be easily taken hold of by a person seated on the stool. The wheel has a collar
which has its bearing on the seat support at h. It will be readily seen that if the
wheel be turned in the one direction the screw shaft will be caused to rise without
revolving together with the seat a and with the bars or tubes d, d, these latter serving
to steady the seat; while if the wheel be turned in the reverse direction the seat will
be lowered. The wheel can be easily turned by a person seated on the stool.
There is a collar on the shaft b to act as a stop and thereby limit the height to
which the seat can be raised. The lower end of the shaft is concealed by an orna-
mental centre piece k which is screwed upon the central portion of the seat support.
The stool shown is rectangular but the invention equally applies to stools or seats of
other forms; the number of the bars or tubes d, d and the corresponding sockets will
be regulated by the form and size of the seat.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1. As means or apparatus for adjusting the seats of music stools and other like
articles, a central vertical screw shaft on which the seat is mounted in combination
with a wheel which serves as a nut to the screw shaft and can be easily taken hold of
by a person seated on the stool who by turning the wheel can cause the screw shaft
and the seat to rise or descend without revolving, substantially as hereinbefore
described.
2. The means or apparatus hereinbefore described and shown in the accompanying
drawings for adjusting the seats of music stools and other like articles.
J. C. MEWBURN,
169, Fleet Street, London,
Agent.