IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHMENTS FOR BRACKETS, ARMS OR SHELVES TO THEIR STANDARDS, ALSO for APPLICABLE FOR SUPPORTING PICTURE AND OTHER RODS OR RAILS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Henry Norrington of Harlesden in the County
of Middlesex, Iran monger
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
ATTACHMENTS FOR BRACKETS, ARMS OR SHELVES TO THEIR STANDARDS, ALSO
for an
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Henry Norrington
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 30th January 1883.
JAMES HENRY NORRINGTON of Harlesden in the County of Middlesex, Iron
Monger "IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHMENTS FOR BRACKETS ARMS OR SHELVES TO
THEIR STANDARDS ALSO APPLICABLE FOR SUPPORTING PICTURE AND OTHER RODS
OR RAILS"
These attachments consist of bands or clips formed so as to surround the greater
portion of the circumference of the upright or standard; the ends of the bands or
clips are prolonged and formed into grooves to receive a flat wedge piece formed
upon the back of the bracket shelf arm or other arrangement required to be
attached to the standard, so that when the band or clip is placed round the upright
or standard and the wedge piece slid into the grooves, the two parts clip the
standard and hold the bracket shelf or arm in position. To further secure the hold
of the clip, a pin or projection may be formed on its inner face fitting into a hole in
the standard. By this arrangement the position of the brackets can be varied at
will and with the least possible trouble. The uprights or standards may also be
made removeable by being made to fit in sockets formed as above described with
loose wedge pieces to complete the clip, which sockets may be attached to floor,
ceiling or wall. By extending the band of this description of clip, it may be used
to brace together two or more standards to increase their strength.
For picture rods or other rails requiring a lateral support, the same form of clip
will be used placed so as to allow the rod to lie within it, the wedge piece being
slid into the grooves over the upper face of the rod.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said James Henry Norrington in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
30th July 1883.
monger
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JAMES HENRY NORRINGTON of Harlesden in the County of Middlesex Iron-
IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHMENTS FOR BRACKETS ARMS OR SHELVES TO
THEIR STANDARDS ALSO APPLICABLE FOR SUPPORTING PICTURE AND OTHER RODS
OR RAILS
"
This invention has for its object improved means and apparatus for the
attachment of brackets, arms, or shelves, to their tubular standards or vertical
supports.
Heretofore great difficulty has been experienced more especially in the require-
ments of hosiers, outfitters, ironmongers and others in the dressing of their shop
windows or stands, as according to the existing system the brackets are threaded
After the
on to their tubular standards and secured in position by a set screw.
shelves have been placed on the brackets they have to be adjusted on the one or
both sides so that they shall be perfectly level which can only be properly effected
by measurement which has to be repeated for each shelf erected. Another difficulty
is that after a stand has been dressed and it is required to insert another shelf
without disturbing the others it cannot be done without removing some or
all of the other shelves or brackets and thereby disarranging the articles that may
be thereon.
Now according to my invention these difficulties are overcome and my improve-
ments are effected in the following manner. These attachments consist of a clip a
Figure 1 of a U shape so as to partially surround the upright or standard. The
protruding ends of the clips are provided with vertical slots or grooves b which
receive the locking pieces c of the bracket socket of such shapes as shown in Figures
2 and 3 or the said locking device may form part of the bracket d. In Figure 4
this shelf bracket d is shown with its locking piece c secured by the clip a to the
vertical rode but it is obvious that instead of a bracket it may be a socket or
sockets f. f. as shown in Figures 2 and 3 to receive the leg or legs of an adjustable
or other bracket or brackets. In Figure 1 I have shown it as applicable for being
secured to a wall or other support by screw, k being the stem, the disc and m the
screw holes.
To further secure the hold of the clip a a pin or projection g is formed on the
concavity of the clip a which projection is received in a corresponding hole in the
standard e as shown at Figure 5. Or instead of holes being drilled in the upright
it may be provided with annular grooves as shown at Figure 6 which latter
modification is more especially adapted to solid rods.
The object of forming the bracket into the locking device and providing the clip
with the stud is that the holes are at the back of the rod and out of view, but I
would have it understood that in some cases the clip may be formed out of the
bracket or bracket socket, in which case the holes would be visible with the
exception of those that were covered by the aforesaid attachments. By these
means the position of the brackets can be varied or fresh brackets attached at will
with the least amount of trouble.
The uprights or standards may also be made removeable by being made to fit in
sockets formed in a similar manner to thcse herein before described and with loose
wedge pieces to complete the clip, which sockets or clips may be attached to any
desired place such as floor, ceiling or wall.
By extending the clip or otherwise connecting two together the clips may embrace
two vertical rods or standards not only to increase their strength but for conveniently

page_text: erecting stands. For picture or other rods or rails requiring lateral support the
same form of clip as before described may be used placed so as to allow the rod to
be within it the wedge piece being slid into the grooves over the upper face of
the rod.
Having thus described the nature of my invention and in what manner the same
may be performed I would have it understood that I claim :-
First The means and apparatus for attaching brackets, bracket sockets, shelves,
or arms, to their standards by means of a wedge or locking device as herein set
forth and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings,
Second Providing the U shaped clip with a stud or projection engaging with
holes drilled in the uprights or it may be annular grooves substantially as and for
the purposes herein before described and illustrated.
In witness whereof I the said James Henry Norrington have hereunto set my
hand and seal this Twenty seventh day of July in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
JAMES HENRY NOKKINGTON (L.S.)