Improvements; in Sliding Brackets or Arms for Supporting.or
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left; 11th June; 1895 Accepted, 24th Aug: 1895
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements; in Sliding Brackets or Arms for Supporting.or
☐ Suspending "Artioles in Shop Windows; and for other like
purposes.
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I, ROBERT DANIEL MOODY of Daisydale, Salisbury Road, Southsea, Hants,
Diamond Digger,, do; hereby declare, the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
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This invention relates to an improved means' for suspending various articles,.
and is especially intended for use in shops for suspending articles for exhibition,
and has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive means by which such
articles can be suspended from rods and like articles.
In carrying out my invention employ a wire and bend it at one end for about a
complete circle, at the same time bending it downwards so as to forın'a hook in side
view and an eve in plan.. This form permits the wire to be fixed to a vertical rod
by placing the hook round it sideways, laud then turning it into proper position!
When in this position the lower portion of the hook will bear against the side of
the rod, permitting the wire to project! out! horizontally or at an angle, and any
weight which may be placed upon the end of the wire will cause the look to bite
more tightly on the rod, thus ensuring it remaining in the required position. The
hook can be moved up or down by hand as required, and will remain in any position
immediately it is released. For suspending the articles the end of the wire can be
bént round into any desired shape, or the wire may project straight out from the rod:
According to one arrangement especially applicable for suspending dolls in shop
windows, 1. bend the outer end of the wire into two loops at some distance from each
other, and attach a second piece of wire bent roundito form a large loop which can
encircle the doll at the waist. This large loopiis adjustable, and in order to permit
it being opened. or closed easily, I form it at the end for some distance of waved
form, so that on it being passed through one of the small loops above mentioned, it
will remain in any position giving the required diameter for the loop.
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In order that the suspending hooks can be attached to the rods more easily, l
may cover the hooked end with a thin sleeve of rubber. This will also prevent any
injury to the polished surface of the rod.
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Another arrangement It propose to employ for the purpose of suspending, cousists
of a wireidoubled and provided with a clip at about its middle. This clip is formed
in two parts, one on each of the arms, and each of semicircular form, so that when
the two are brought together, they will grip the rod between them. The inner
surface of these clips is covered with rubber to give a better grip to the device!
It is placed on the rod by pulling out the arms and slipping the clip over the rod.
The clip is then adjusted by passing a small loop or hook of wire which slides on
the two arms as close to the clip as possible, making it bite tightly on the rod.
Dated this 9th day of October 1894.
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GEO. H. RAYNER,,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Sliding Brackets or Arms for Supporting or
Suspending Artioles in Shop Windows, and for other like
purposes.
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I ROBERT DANIEL MOODY, of Daisydale, Salisbury Road, Southsea, Hants.
Diamond Digger, do bereby declare the nature of the said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to sliding brackets or arms for suspending or supporting
various articles, and is especially intended for use in shops for suspending articles
for exhibition, and has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive means by
which such articles can be suspended from rods and like articles.
In carrying out my invention I employ a wire to form the ibracket or arm and
bend it at one end for about a complete circle at the same time bending it.
downwards so jas to form a hook in side view and anneyet in plan. This form
permits the bracket or arm to be fixed to a vertical, rod by placing the hook
round it sideways, and then turning it into g proper position. When in this position
the lower portion of the book will bear against the side of thei rod, permitting the
bracket or arm to project out horizontally or at an angle, and any weight which
may be placed upon the end of the bracket or arm will cause the book to bite
more tightly on the rod, thus ensuring it remaining in the required position. The
book can be moved up or down the rod by hand as required, and will remain in any
position immediately it is released. For suspending the articles the end of the
bracket or arm can be bent,round into any desired shape, or the bracket or arm may.
project straight out from the rod.
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According to one arrangement especially applicable for suspending dolls in shop
windows, I bend the outer end of the wire of which the bracket or arm is made
into two loops at some distance from each other, and attach a second: piece of wire
bent, round,to form a large loop. which can encircle the doll at the waist. This
large loop is adjustable, and in order to perniit of it being opened or closed
easily, I form it at the end for some distance of waved: form; so that on it being
passed through one of the small loops above mentioned it will remain in any position,
giving the required diameter for the loop.1.
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I may cover, the booked, or engaging end of the bracket or arm with a thin
sleeve of india rubber or other soft material for preventing injury to the polished
surface of the rod
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Another arrangement I propose to employ for the purpose of suspending, consists
of wire doubled and provided, with a clip at about its middle. This clip is formed
in two parts one on each of the arms, and each of semicircular form, so that when
the two are, brought together, they will grip the, rod between then.. The inner
surface of these clips is covered. with india rubber to give a better grip to the device.
It is placed on the rod by pulling out the armsi and slipping the clip over the rod.
The clip is, then adjusted by passing a small loop or hook of wire which slidesion
the two arms as close to the clip as possible, making it bite tightly on the rod.
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Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in side elevation and Figure 2.
in plan a sliding bracket or arm constructed, according to my invention for
suspending or supporting articles of clothing and the like in shop windows and other
places applied to a vertical rod or pillar; Figure 3 represents in side elevation
partly in section a portion of the said bracket or arm detached from the vertical rod
or pillar.
Figures 4 and 5 represent in side elevation and plan respectively the bracket or
arm in the act of being applied to the vertical rod or pillar.

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Figures 6 and 7 represent in side elevation and plan respectively the same bracket
or arm the outor end having a different shaped supporting loop from that represented
in Figures 1, 2, 4 and 5; the supporting loop Figures 6 and 7 being for the purpose
of supporting hats; the outer end of the bracket or arm may however have any
desired shape given to it.
Figures 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 represent views of modifications in shape
of the rod or pillar gripping end of the brackets or arms..
Figures 17 and 18' represent a modified sliding bracket or arm as hereinafter
described.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of the
drawings.
a is the vertical rod, tube or pillar constituting a part of the ordinary fittings of
shop windows, show cases or the like to which vertical rod tube or pillar the sliding
brackets or arms on which the articles of clothing or other articles to be displayel
are suspended or placed, are fixed.
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6 is the outer or projecting part of the bracket or arm terminating in the
supporting loop 6 and is the engaging or bent inner end embracing and gripping
the rod or pillar a. The supporting loop.6 may be of any desired shape; or the
arm b may be without a supporting loop or other "shaped outer end. It will be
seen from an examination of the drawings that in Figures 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 and 13 the rod or pillar gripping end of the bracket or arm has a hook shape in
side elevation and an eye form in plan. In Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 the bent
or shaped rod gripping end 6' is formed into one convolution of a belix, the pitch
of the helix being such as to permit of the said helix being passed onto the rod a
in the manner hereinafter described and the internal diameter being a little greater
than that of the said rod a.
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In attaching the bracket or arm, to the rod or pillar a the said bracket or arm is
applied to the said rod in the manner represented in side elevation in Figure 4 and
plan in Figure 5, that is, the bracket or arm b, 6, 6 is turned so that the supporting
loop is in a nearly vertical plane. The engaging end of the bracket or arm is
now applied to the rod a the end b' of the helix being on one side of the rod a änd
the projecting arm b on the other side. By now inclining the bracket or arm as
indicated in dotted lines in Figure 4 and turning its engaging end through nearly
a quadrant the end passes to the same side of the rod a as the part'b. By now
bringing the bracket or arm into a horizontal plane the parts assure the positions
represented in Figures 1 and 2, that is, the upper part of the holix of the engaging
end bears against the back of the rod a and the lower part of the helix bears
against the front of the rod a. Any weight or pressure on the supporting loop 62
of the bracket or arm tends, to press more firmly the upper part of the helix
against the back of the rod or pillar a and the lower part more firmly against the
front of the rod or pillar a. When it is wished to adjust the position of the sliding
bracket or arm on the rod a it is slightly inclined upwards when it can be raised or
lowered to the required position and becomes immediately fixed in that position by
allowing it to resume its horizontal position.
In Figures 1 to 12 both inclusive I bave represented the bont or curved gripping
ends of the brackets or arms with an india rubber sleeve c (see the sectional part
of Figure 3) for preventing injury to the polished surface of the rod a when
adjusting the position of the said brackets or arms and for increasing the bite of
the bent gripping ends on the rod, but the use of the said india rubber sleeve c is
optional.
In Figures 8 and 9 the bent end of the engaging part of the bracket or arm
is not in the form of a helix the side or non-acting part of the bent end being
more 'inclined tlian 'the acting parts of the said bent, end for the purpose of
increasing the distance between the two points of support.
In Figures 10, 11 and 12 I have represented in side elevation, front elevation
and plan the curved parts of the engaging end horizontal, the said curved parts
passing into one another or being joined by the vertical straight part b¹.“

page_text: Although I have found these shapes of the engaging or gripping end of the
brackets or arms to answer, well in practice yet I do not limit myself to any
particular, configuration of the part intermediate between the upper and lower
curved parts of the gripping end; neither do I limit myself to making the said
ends curved as they may be made angular with the same or nearly the saine effect
as illustrated in the perspective drawing. Figure 13.
And although I have described and represented the engaging or gripping end of
the brackets or arms as made from wire and in one piece with the horizontal part
or bracket proper yet I wish it to be understood that the engaging or gripping end
may be made by casting, or stamping and may be made separate from the horizontal
bracket or arm, the end of the horizontal bracket or arm being attached to the
supporting device by soldering or otherwise. The outer supporting arm or bracket
may be inclined' instead of horizontal.
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Figure 14 represents in side elevation and Figure 15. in plan, partly in section,
a cast shelf supporting bracket or arm with a modified rod engaging or gripping
helix; Figure 16 represents a portion of the same in plan of underside.
In this arrangement the bracket or arm is radial to the supporting rod a and
the engaging or gripping helix commences at the front of the rod a at the point 66
and terminates after making one convolution at the front at ', the middle part of
the belix which is presented to the back of the rod being provided with a thumb
screw. The engaging helix which is applied to the rod a in the way herein before
described fits the said rod loosely and is supported by the back and lower front
end of the helix as in the previously described arrangements. In order however
to fix the bracket or arm securely in position the thumb screw is driven home
against the rod a as best seen in Figures 15 and 16, the top of the engaging
helix 6, 6 being thus made to bear against the rod a as well as the lower front
end of the engaging helix. The shelf bracket or arm is thus supported at
three points, two at front and one at back, namely by the fixing screw at back,
and it is consequently incapable of movement on the rod a until the said fixing
screw is released.
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Figures 17 and 18' represent in side elevation and plan a modified sliding bracket
or arm constructed according to my invention.
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In this arrangement the wire is doubled or formed into two arms
branches, the armheing of much shorter length than the arm b. 'The
part of the bracket where the two arms pass into one another is preferably formed
into a fint coiled spring for opening the two arms when at liberty to move. The
end of the arm and the part of the arm b are curved 'the radius of the curve
being slightly greater than that of the rod or pillar with which the said suspending
book is to be used. The curved parts of the wire are provided with gripping
lates d, d the inner sides of which are preferably coated with india rubber or
other soft yielding material. The two spring arms b, are closed and held in
their gripping position by a double looped or eight shaped wire e.
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In order to place the bracket or arin Figures 17 and 18 on the rod a, the wire
loop e is pressed back into the dotted position indicated in Figure 18 when the
spring armi opevs to a sufficient extent to be passed on the said rod. By now
drawing the loop e close up to the clip, the plates d, d are forcibly pressed on
opposite sides of the rod and the bracket is firmly fixed in position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that I claim as my
invention ;-
First. The improvements in sliding brackets or arms for, supporting or suspending
articles in shop windows, and show cases and other like purposes herein before
described and illustrated in Figures 1 to 13 both inclusive of the accompanying
drawings, the said improvements.consisting in so forming or constructing the end
by which the said brackets or arms are attached to the vertical rod, tube or pillar
with which they are to be used, that when applied in the manner hereiubefore
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page_text: described to the said rod, tube or pillar the bracket or arm is supported at opposite
sides of the rod, the point or points of support at the back being in a.
higher plane than the point or points of support at the front substantially as
herein before described and illustrated; also the modification hereinbefore described
and illustrated in Figures 14, 15 and 16 in which a fixing screw is used in
combination with the rod attaching part of the bracket or arm.
Secondly. The improvements in sliding brackets or arms hereinbefore described
and illustrated in Figures 17 and 18; that is to say, doubling the end of the wire
of the bracket or arm so as to form in conjunction with curved gripping plates two
arms of a spring clip between which the vertical rod or pillar with which the
bracket or arm is to be used may be gripped, the two spring arms being held in
their gripping position by a wire loop substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated.
Detodiska Floath downt Tum 1905
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.