Improvements in Means for Hanging Looking-glasses; Pictures, or like Objects.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 12th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 13th Dec., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Hanging Looking-glasses; Pictures, or
like Objects.
I, WALTER SELLEY, of 297, Stockport Road, Manchester, in the County of Lan-
caster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements. in. means. for hanging looking-glasses,
pictures, or like objects and has for its object to provide means whereby the same can.
be readily raised or lowered and retained in any desired position suitable to the eye.
To this end my invention consists chiefly in the use of a plate or rod fixed to.or
hung on the wall or other convenient place, in combination with a catch or nut, link
slide or clip, fixed to the object to be hung and arranged to be slid up and down and
retained in any desired position on the said plate or rod.
This may be carried out in various ways. In order to facilitate the adjustment of
the said catch or nut, link slide or clip on the said plate or rod; I form the latter with
teeth or notches in one piece, by stamping or otherwise and the said catch or nut, link.
slide or clip so as to be capable of engaging the said teeth or notches and be prevented
from leaving the said plate or rod. In some cases the said teeth or notches may be
dispensed with and the said plate or ro and catch or nut, link slide or clip formed in
such a manner as to retain the latter in position on the said plate or rod by its own
frictional contact therewith or by the friction exerted thereon by the weight of the
object to be hung.
Suitable provisions are made on the said plate or rod to either screw, nail or hang
it to the wall as may be found most convenient.
Dated this 11th day of February 1890.
F. BOSSHARDT &-Co.,
Agents to Applicant.'
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Hanging Looking-glasses, Pictures, or
like Objects.
I, WALTER SELLEY, of 297, Stockport Road, Manchester, in the County of Lan-
caster, Engineer, 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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My invention relates to improvements in means for hanging looking glasses,
pictures or like objects and has for its object to provide means whereby the same can
be readily raised or lowered and retained in any desired position suitable to the eye.
To this end my invention consists chiefly in the use of a plate or rod fixed to or
hung on the wall or other convenient. place in combination with a catch or nut, link,
slide or clip, fixed to the object to be hung and arranged to be slid up and down and
retained in any desired position on the said plate or rod.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to be
appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference indicating
like parts in the various figures.
Figs. 1, 4, 8, 9, & 11 are front views, Figs. 3, 7 & 12 are side views and Figs. 2,
5, 6 & 10 plans of various constructions and applications of my improved means for
hanging looking glasses, pictures or like objects.
In carrying out my invention and referring to Figs. 1, 2 & 3, I form the catch or
nut, link, slide or clip a, to which is suitably fastened the object 6 to be suspended;
with a slot a' and a tongue a² by stamping it out or casting it in one piece.

page_text: The plate c which receives the catch, etc., a I form with teeth or notches c¹ also by
stamping it out or casting it in one piece or otherwise, the catch, etc., a being pre-
vented from leaving the plate c by passing the latter through the slot a¹ of the
catch, etc., a and is retained in position on the plate c by the tongue a² engaging the
teeth or notches c¹.
When it is desired to alter the position of the catch, etc., a i.e. the object to be
suspended the tongue a² of the same is drawn out of the respective tooth or notch c¹
as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, which permits of sliding the catch, etc., a on the
plate c and the tongue a² of engaging another of the teeth or notches c¹.
In lieu of employing a plate c the catch, etc., a may be employed in connection with
a rod c, see Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, & 11, which may be solid as shown in Fig. 5, or
hollow as shown in Fig. 6. The teeth or notches c' may be formed single as shown
in Fig. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 7 or double as shown in Fig. 8 & 9 and instead of being formed
on a hollow rod, they may be formed in a hollow plate c as shown in Fig. 10.
According to another form of my invention, the aforesaid catch, etc., may consist of
a collar a, see Figs. 7 & 11, arranged to slide on the rod e and furnished with a
stud a², adapted to engage the teeth or notches c¹ in the rod c. On the collar a I place
a loose bracket e arranged to swivel on the same and the rod c and serving to receive
a shelf for other object to be supported.
In lieu of employing a rod c, as shown in Figs. 7 & 11, the same may be substituted
by a hollow plate, as shown in Figs. 10 & 12, in this case however the bracket a is
not intended to swivel on the plate a.
For hanging or suspending very light objects the said, teeth or notches c¹ may be
dispensed with and the said plate or rod c and catch, etc., a formed in such a manner
as to. retain the latter in position on the said plate or rod c by its own frictional
contact therewith, or by the friction exerted thereon by the weight of the object to be
hung.
Suitable provisions are made on the said plate or rod c to either screw, nail or hang
it to the wall or other place as may be found most convenient.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of any inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim, is
"In means for hanging looking glasses, pictures, or like objects, such as hanging
shelves or brackets for suspending or holding articles exhibited for sale in windows."
1st. The general construction and combination of parts adapted and operated sub-
stantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2nd. The combination of a toothed or notched plate or rod c suitably fixed in com-
bination with a catch or nut, link, slide or clip a attached to the object to be suspended
or supported, adapted to slide on the plate or rod c and engage the said teeth or
notches c¹, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 11th day of November 1890.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.