Improvements in Apparatus for Supporting Music, Books, and other Articles.
Year: 1885

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Supporting Music, Books, and
other Articles.
I HENRY TOWNLEY SUGDEN of 2 King Street Cheapside in the City of London
Architect do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
FOR SUPPORTING MUSIC, BOOKS
APPARATUS
follows:-
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AND
OTHER ARTICLES
to be
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This invention has for its object to facilitate the supporting during reading or
otherwise of music, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings and other articles with
capability of readily packing the apparatus employed into a small compass for the
pocket or other place and the easy readjustment thereof for use as required, whilst
at the same time affording facility for the display of ornament, decoration or
advertisement.
The apparatus consists of a flexible sheet of textile, felt, composition or other
suitable material strengthened and stiffened at its extremities by battens, fillets,
strips, laths or other pieces of wood, metal, rubber or light stiff or stiffened material
with intermediate stiffeners if desired for larger sizes or special uses.
To the front
of the lower end stay is hinged a fillet or piece capable of turning up to support
the article during use and of folding down for packing. To the back of the lower
stay is also attached an adjustable hinged double piece, adapted to form a distender
and leg controllable in some cases by a string or stay connected thereto and to the
lower stay of the sheet.
This double piece for packing is slid on its adjustable connection and turned
parallel with the bottom stay and the whole rolled up for carriage or packing
whilst for erection for use the sheet is unrolled, the front slip turned outwards,
the double piece is adjusted by drawing the one part of it at right angles to the
bottom stay to the full extent of its traverse on its connection thereto, the upper
end or opposite end is engaged with the top or opposite stay and the other part of
the leg drawn out to take its bearing on the table or surface so as to support the
holder and the music or other article carried by it.
Clips or holding appliances may be attached to the flexible sheet adapted to keep
in place the article in use.

page_text: A convenient form of connection for the double piece or stretcher is a screw stem
on the middle of the bottom lath, engaging in a slot in the one arm of the stretcher
and leg, and capable of being fixed or set by means of a screw nut on that stem.
The connection where desired by means of a string or stay may be a knotted string
engaging in diminishing slots in the parts or a link or pieces with catches or these
and other of the parts may be duplicated but these details of connection may be
considerably varied whilst the main features are still retained,
The sheet forming the surface of the support may be ornamented by painting,
working in wool or other needlework or other design and thus per se be ornamental
as well as useful.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Supporting Music, Books, and
other Articles.
I HENRY TOWNLEY SUGDEN of 2 King Street, Cheapside in the City of London,
Architect, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MUSIC, BOOKS AND OTHER ARTICLES and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object to facilitate the supporting during reading or
otherwise of Music, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings and other articles with
capability of readily packing up into a portable form the supporting apparatus
employed and in as small a compass for the pocket or other place as possible and
yet to admit of easy readjustment thereof for use as required, whilst at the same
time affording facility for the display of ornament, decoration or advertisement
upon the fabric of the supporting apparatus in order to render it attractive and
ornamental combined with its usefulness.
The accompanying drawings shew one form of the apparatus and Figure 1
indicates by a perspective drawing shewing the general appearance of the apparatus
erected as a support and Figure 2 a like view of it partly packed with music in it
ready to be rolled up for transport (as shewn by Figure 3 but to a larger scale)
A pocket C formed on the lower back of the sheet a aiding to retain articles such
as music or these retainers may be otherwise provided.
Figure 3 shows the appliance rolled up, it may be with music or otherwise
inside.
Figure 4 shews a back view of a portion of such a support (as shown by Figure 1
to a larger scale).
Figure 5 is a section vertically thereof on the line C. D of Figure 4.
Figure 6 is a front view of a like portion of a support being the reverse side of
Figure 4 and
Figure 7 is an end view of the apparatus rolled up as in Figure 3.
Figure 8 is a section of the upper rail a¹ on the line A. B. Figure 4.
To
The apparatus consists of a flexible sheet of textile, felt, composition or other
suitable material a strengthened and stiffened at its extremities by battens, fillets,
strips, laths, or other pieces a¹ a³ of wood, metal, rubber or light stiff or stiffened
material with intermediate stiffeners if desired for larger sizes or special uses.
the front of the lower end stay a³ is hinged a fillet or piece a³ capable of turning
out or up to support the article during use and of folding down against a² as
indicated by dotted lines Figure 5 for packing-To the back of the lower stay a²
is also attached an adjustable hinged double piece at a to form a distender of a¹
and a² and to support the leg as and this leg a³ may be made controllable in some
cases by a string or in others by a link or stay a connected thereto and to the
lower stay a² of the sheet a This double piece a a³ for purposes of close packing
is slid on its adjustable connection a' the screw button a of which turns on a
screw a and the piece a a* is turned parallel with the bottom stay a² and the

page_text: whole sheet with any music sheets &c and top stay a¹ are rolled up for carriage or
packing and are secured by the loops of elastic b or other material attached at 6¹ to
a being passed around the ends whilst for erection for use the sheet is unrolled
flatly the front slip a³ turned outwards, the double piece a a³ is adjusted by
drawing the one part of it at at right angles to the bottom stay a³ to the full extent
of its traverse on. its connection a' thereto, the upper or opposite end at a® is
engaged with the top or opposite stay a¹ and the other part of the leg a³ is drawn
out to take its bearing on the table or surface so as to hold up the support a and
the music or other article carried by it.
Clips or holding appliances all may be applied to the rail a³ or be attached to
the flexible sheet a adapted to keep in place the supported article in use or tapes
or such may be used.
Although the device shewn constitutes a convenient form of connection for the
double piece or stretcher a¹ a5 by a screw stem as on the middle of the bottom
lath a engaging in a slot a¹º in the one arm at of the stretcher and leg, and
capable on being fixed or set by means of the screw nut a on that stem to the
proper tension-the connection of the leg at and a where desired may be by
means of a string knotted engaging in diminishing slots in the parts or a link
or stay a or pieces with catches or these and other of the parts may be duplicated
but these details of connection can be considerably varied whilst the main features
are still retained.
The sheet a forming the surface of the support may be ornamented by painting,
working in wool or other needlework or other design and thus per se bc ornamental
as well as useful.
The cheapness with which the apparatus can be manufactured in numbers will
also afford great facility for distribution as a means of advertising by notifications
conveniently applicable to the sheet a or otherwise.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
.
The construction or arrangement and use of parts forming apparatus for the
support of music, books or other articles capable of being erected and rolled or
packed into a greatly reduced compass for stowage carriage or otherwise substan-
fially as set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of October 1885.
WM BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the said Henry Townley Sugden.