A New or Improved Adjustable Table Device or Apparatus for Holding Velvet, Silk, and the like whilst being Renovated.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1896-Accepted, 22nd Aug., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Adjustable Table Device or Apparatus for
Holding Velvet, Silk, and the like whilst being Renovated.
1, ALFRED CHARLES HIMUS of 1 Warkworth Terrace, Cambridge, Draper
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 relates to a new or improved device or apparatus, capable of
adjustable fixation to the edge of a table or other flat surface, for the use of
milliners, dress and mantle makers, tailors, and others for holding velvet, plush,
silk, cloth, or other material, while being renovated by the application of a hot
iron.
It has hitherto been customary when a person has to iron or apply a hot iron to
a piece of velvet, plush, or the like for the purpose of reviving or renovating the
pile or wearing surface of the same, to engage the services of a second person to
hold one end of the said, or like material, while the person useing the iron with the
right hand holds the opposite end of the material with the left hand this being
especially essential, in the renovation of velvets, plushes, and the like the soft pile
of which would be crushed and spoiled if laid upon a table or other flat surface,
whilst being so treated and the object of my said invention is to provide a device
or apparatus that will dispense with the need, and take the place of, the said second
person.
In order that my invention and the manner of its operation may be fully
understood, reference is hereinafter made to the accompaning drawings, of
which
Figs. 1 and 2 are side and front elevation respectively of the upright or standard
of the device or apparatus constituting my invention.
Fig. 3 is a rod or tube which engages with Fig. 1' as herein-after explained.
Figs. 4 and 5 are views, in two positions, of one of the clips, for holding the
fabric or material, and which are mounted upon the said rod or tube.
Figs. 6 is a perspective view of the entire apparatus, illustrating the manner of
its use as herein-after explained.
My invention consists of a rod or plate A, of suitable length, made of metal
or other material, and which may be either solid, or telescopic so as to be adjustable
in height if desired. Upon the upper end of A and at right angles thereto is
soldered, brazed, or otherwise suitably connected, a short length of tube B, while
at the lower end of A and at right angles thereto and the tube B, is fixed in like
or other conveinient manner, a shoulder or projection C, and at a suitable distance
above this, and parallel therewith, a similar projection D, both of which may be of
the same material as A or otherwise, the distance between C and D being such as
to conveniently receive the thickness of the edge of the of top of a table, work-
board or other flat surface such as E, these being caused to engage therewith by
the means of a thumb-screw F, in the projection C, which, when screwed upwardly
abuts against the under surface of E and holds the standard A firmly and rigidly
as at Fig. 6.
Within the tubular crown B of the standard A. I place a metal or other tube
or rod G of any desired length, which may be of such diameter as to fit the
passage in B, or be fixed therein by a set screw or its equivalent.

page_text: Upon the rod or tube G at either side of B, and at any desired distance there-
from, I mount a spring clip, which consists of a steel, brass, or other metallic
spring, bent centrally of its length to form two plates a and a¹ the eye b formed by
such bend, being capable of sliding freely upon G when a and a' are parted as at
Fig. 4, and to firmly grasp the same when these are closed together as at Fig. 5,
or a thumb screw or its equivalent may, if desired, be provided in each eye b,
capable of abutting against the rod G, so as to hold the said clips at the desired
angle.
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The inner surfaces of the free ends of a and a¹ are each provided with a
resilent pad d, of rubber, rubber-composition, felt, cork, or other Hexible material,
rivetted or otherwise fitted thereto.
Upon and encompassing the two said plates a and a', I provide a collar or sleeve c,
which, when slid there along towards the pads d, cause these to close as at Fig. 5,
or by their springy nature to part, when the said collar or sleeve is pushed in the
opposite direction, as at Fig. 4.
The apparatus having been fixed in the desired position upon the table or board E
as stated, (which would be preferably facing the operator) the operator would
place the edge of the velvet, plush, silk, or other material H, to be renovated,
between the open padded jaws d of each clip, which would be there retained when
the jaws were closed as stated, by the sliding collars or sleeves cas at Fig. 6, in
which the said velvet or other material is indicated by dotted outline, and this,
while so held, may be brushed, ironed, and otherwise treated for the purpose of
renovation in the usual way, the said apparatus holding and retaining the material
in every way, equal to, and in the same manner as, the second person usually
requisitioned for the purposes as previously explained.
It is obvious that two or any number of the standards A and their accessories C, D, F
may, if required, be fixed, side by side, at a suitable distance apart, upon such a
table or board E, with one rod or tube G engaging with the crowns B of all of
them, which may carry any number of the said clips (Figs. 4 and 5) so as to grasp
and hold material of almost any width.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1st. In an improved means for holding velvet, plush, silk, and other material,
while being ironed or renovated, the construction, use, and application of the
herein described apparatus, connected, combined and operating substantially as
herein set forth and shewn by the accompaning drawings.
2nd. In an improved device or apparatus for holding fabric or material whilst
being ironed or otherwise renovated, the combination of a standard A; with
tubular crown B, and projections C and D, the latter carrying a thumbscrew F,
for fixing C. D. A, upon a table or box such as E, the rod or tube G engaging
with B, and carrying spring clips such as a a', each provided with resilent parts d,
and sliding collar or sleeve c, connected and operating substantially as and for the
purposes herein described and shewn by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 4th day of July 1896.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1.Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.