Improvements in Dress-holders.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Nov, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 12th Mar., 1892-Accepted. 16th Apr., 1892;
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dress-holders.
I, HENRY MANNING KNIGHT, of Hampton on Thames, in the County of
Middlesex Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention refers to improvements in dress-holders of the so called "tong
pattern which have heretofore been usually closed by means of a slide above the
joints of the tongs, now by my invention as hereafter described I cause the action
of the said dress holders to become more automatic and the gripping more certain
than heretofore.
According to my invention the device is composed of two gripping levers which
cross each other, and are there jointed together, the longer arms of the levers
being provided at the ends with gripping pads. Above the said gripping ends and
below the joint piu, I provide a sliding cross bar which embraces, or through which
the longer arms pass, and above the cross bar there is fitted upon each arm a spiral
spring, the upper ends of the springs abutting against a shoulder on the arms or
fixed thereto by suitable means, while the lower ends act on the said cross bar. To
the upper ends or arms of the levers above the joint, the cord is attached by which
the dress holder is suspended.
By this construction, the wearer may, by raising the cross bar, canse the gripping
ends to open or separate, and on releasing same, the article inserted between the
said ends will be automatically grasped thereby, through the force of the springs,
while at the same time the suspending cord will still further tend to close the said
gripping ends.
In the foregoing construction of dress holder the sliding cross bar
and springs are described as being situated below the joint of the levers, but it may
be the reverse, especially where a greater free space is required between the
gripping arms. I place the sliding cross bar upon the upper arms of the levers,
above the joint, and arrange the springs, one upon each arm below the cross bar and
above the joint, while the dress holder suspender would be secured to the sliding
cross bar. By pressing down the cross bar the grippers would be separated and the
springs would act to close, same as before.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dress-holders.
1, HENRY MANNING KNIGHT, of Hampton on Thames in the County of
Middlesex, Manufacturer, 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:-
My invention refers to improvements in dress-holders of "tong pattern," which
have heretofore been usually closed by means of a slide above the joints of the
tongs; now by my invention as hereafter described I cause the action of the said
dress holders to become more automatic and the gripping more certain than
heretofore.

page_text: My invention will be readily understood by the following description having
reference to the accompanying drawings on which
Figure 1 shews in elevation a dress holder constructed according to my invention
in the closed position,
Figure 2 being a similar view of a somewhat modified form of same.
Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of a dress holder somewhat similar to that shewn
at Figure 2, but differing slightly in constructional arrangement.
Fig. 4 is an elevation of the dress holder shewn at Fig. 3, Figure
dress holder open, while Figure 4 shews the same closed.
shewing the
Figure 5 is a perspective view of the dress holder opened by the fingers for
inserting the dress.
According to my invention the device is composed of two gripping levers A A
which cross each other, and are jointed together at B, the lower arms A'A' of the
levers being provided at the ends with gripping pads C, C. Above the said
gripping or lower ends A', and below the joint pin B, I provide a sliding cross
bar D which embraces, or through which the arms A¹ A¹ pass, and above the cross
bar D there is fitted upon each arm a helical or spiral spring E, the upper ends of
the springs E E abutting against a shoulder on the arms or fixed thereto by
suitable means, while the lower ends act on the said cross bar D. To the upper
ends or arms of the levers above the joint, the cord F is attached, by which the
dress holder is suspended.
By this construction, the wearer may by raising the cross bar D cause the
gripping ends CC to open or separate, and on releasing the cross bar D, the
article inserted between the said ends CC will be automatically grasped thereby,
through the force of the springs E E, while at the same time, the suspending
cord will still further tend to close the said gripping ends.
In the foregoing construction of dress holder, the sliding cross bar D and
springs E E are described as being situated below the joint B of the levers, but it
may be the reverse, as is shewn at Figures 2, 3, and 4, especially where a greater
free space is required between the gripping arms. At Fig. 2 I place the sliding
cross bar D as shewn upon the upper arms A A of the levers above the joint B,
and arrange the springs E E one upon each arm below the cross bar D and above
the joint B while the dress holder suspender F would be secured to the sliding
cross bar. Figures 3 and 4 shew a similar construction to that shewn at Figure 2
excepting that the sliding cross bar D is formed with side and end pieces D' which
extend downwards while the springs are covered by tubes E¹ which pass within the
sides of the cross bar D.
In the suspenders shewn at Figures 2, 3, and 4, by pressing down the cross-bar
the grippers C C would be separated, and the springs would act to close same as
before.
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:
:-
1. In dress holders, the combination with two crossed levers jointed together
formed with lower gripping ends and a sliding cross bar, of helical or spiral springs
encircling said levers and acting on cross bar as and for the purposes set forth.
2. In dress holders, the combination with crossed levers, of cross bar having
depending sides and ends and helical or spiral springs encircling such levers and
encased in tubes, all arranged and acting substantially as herein before described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
BREWER & SON,
33, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for Applicant.