Glasses or other similarly Supported Articles.
Year: 1885

page_text: Glasses or other similarly Supported Articles.
We, HENRY BESSELL and CHARLES WILLIAM BESSELL, of No 2 Meadow Street
Bristol Cabinet Makers do hereby declare the nature of our invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN BEARINGS OR ATTACHMENTS FOR SWING LOOKING GLASSES
OR OTHER SIMILARLY SUPPORTED ARTICLES to be as follows:-
The object of the Invention is to produce a bearing which shall allow of the
Glass being easily moved into any angle required and to ensure its remaining at
that angle and to admit of the glass being fixed to or detached from its supports
with great facility.
These advantages are secured by fixing to the support a bevelled bearing having
its largest diameter nearest the support and to the glass a pivot similarly bevelled
to fit the bearing. The weight of the Glass will produce a grip on these inversely
bevelled surfaces also on the end of the pivot in contact with the support. This
grip will offer sufficient resistance to prevent the glass swinging freely by its own
weight but not enough to prevent its being moved with the greatest ease to any
angle required. To allow the pivot to be dropped into its place, the bearing is left
open at the top but it is secured there by the following arrangement. In the
centre of the bearing is placed a small pin which corresponds to a slit in the pivot
extending from its upper edge to its centre By turning the glass upside down it
may be dropped into its bearings as the slit in the pivot allows it to pass the pin.
Then by turning the glass into its proper position, right side up it becomes locked
to its supports. To unlock and remove it, all that is required is to turn it upside
down and lift it out.
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page_text: Improvements in Bearings or Attachments for Swing Looking
Glasses or other similarly Supported Articles.
101.10
We HENRY BESSELL and CHARLES WILLIAM BESSELL, of N° 2 Meadow Street,
Bristol, in the county of Gloucester, Cabinet Makers 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:
The object of this invention is to provide a bearing or attachment for swing
looking glasses or other similarly supported articles which will allow of the glass
being easily moved into any required angle and of ensuring its remaining at that
angle, at the same time allowing of the glass being attached to or detached from its
standards or supports with great facility.
This object is effected by fixing to one or both of the standards or supports a
bevilled bearing having its largest diameter nearest the standard or support and by
fixing to the frame of the glass a pivot similarly bevilled to fit the bearing.
In order to enable our invention to be fully understood we will proceed to
describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1
represents a front elevation partly in section shewing part of one of the standards
or supports and part of the frame of a swing looking glass provided with a bearing
or attachment constructed according to our invention; figure 2, is a side or edge
view of figure 1; figures 3, 4 and 5, are a face view, a plan, and an edge view
respectively of our improved bevilled bearing and figures 6, 7, and 8 are similar
views of our improved bevilled pivot. Similar letters in all the figures represent
similar parts.
a, represents the bearing which is fixed to the standard or support b, of the
looking glass by suitable means such as screws c, c, passing through lugs d, d, on
the bearing and into the standard b; e, is the bevilled surface of the bearing a, the
largest diameter of the same being nearest the standard b, as shewn in figure 1; f, is
the pivot formed on a plate g, which is attached to the frame h, of the looking glass
by screws i, i, passing through lugs j, j, in a similar manner to that in which the
bearing a is fixed to the standard b; k, represents the bevilled surface of the
pivot f, which corresponds with that of the bearing a; the pivot f, is of a length or
thickness somewhat greater than that of the bearing a, so as to allow the face of
the pivot f, to bear against the face of the bearing when in its proper position as
shewn in figure 1 and to allow for wear. of the parts; the beyilled pivot f, is slotted
at l, as shewn in figures 6 and 7, and the bearing a, is open at the top as shewn in
figure 3 to allow of the pivot being passed into the bearing over a pin m so as to
lock the two parts of the attachment together; for this purpose the parts a and f,
being fixed to the standard and frame respectively of the looking glass in the
position shewn in figures 3 and 6, the looking glass turned upside down so as to
allow of passing the slot 7, over the pin m, and the looking glass being then rotated
into its proper position the parts will be locked as shewn in figures 1 and 2.
By this construction it will be obvious that the looking glass having been placed
in position as just described, the weight of the glass will produce friction between
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page_text: the inversely bevilled surfaces e, and h, and also on the end or face of the pivot f,
which is in contact with the face of the bearing a.
The friction or grip thus produced will offer sufficient resistance to prevent the
glass from swinging freely by its own weight but not enough to prevent its being
moved with facility to any required angle.
To remove the glass from its bearings it is only necessary to turn it upside down
when it can be lifted out therefrom.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. A bearing or attachment for swing looking glasses and similarly supported
articles formed of two parts each having a bevilled surface so that when placed in
position the weight of the article supported will produce sufficient friction or grip
between the said surfaces to keep the looking glass or other article at any angle at
which it may be placed substantially as hereinbefore described and represented in
the accompanying drawing.
2. In a bearing or attachment such as is herein described for swing looking
glasses and similarly supported articles the combination of the slot l, and pin m, for
the purpose of locking together the parts of the bearing substantially as herein-
before described and represented in the accompanying drawing.
3. The manufacture and use of the improved bearing or attachment for swing
looking glasses and similarly supported articles substantially as herein before
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.