Improvements in or in connection with Music Reading Desks or the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Jan., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 9th Oct., 1893—Accepted, 9th Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or in connection with Music Reading Desks or
the like.
I, JAMES HIRD of 20 Berkeley Road, Bishopston, Bristol, Lithographic Printer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvenients in--or in connection with-music leaf
turners or the like appliances for turning over the leaves of music etc. and my
present improvements are designed for use in connection with an invention for
which I have received the grant of Letters Patent dated 21st August, 1891,
No. 14163, although my present improvements may be applied and used with
any other music stand or leaf turning apparatus for which same may be applicable.
My present invention is as follows:-
In order to keep the music etc. to be turned in correct position on the desk or
rest supporting same I use a rod of metal or other suitable substance which at its
upper end is suitably pivotted or hinged to the upper part of the desk or frame of
the rest and such rod may be secured by having the end bent over and a pin passed
therethrough to pivot same to the frame or same may be pivotally connected by
means of a short link or in any other suitable manner.
This said rod at its other or free end has a knob or other suitable means
thereon to grasp same and is held in the bottom part of the desk or rest by means
of any suitable catch bolt or other suitable device so that such end can be readily
held or released as desired.
To effect this I have found the following means to be very advantageous
-
A slot is cut out or formed in the ledge or plate forming the music support at
the bottom of the rest so that this hinged rod can be passed down said slot until
such rod lies close against the centrally vertical rib or part of the frame lying
behind said rod and when said rod has been pushed into the desired position it is
there caught and held by any suitable spring or other catch and advantageously
such as will allow the said rod to be sprung in and out as desired.
Behind said rod a square or other suitably shaped gully groove or depression is
cut out of or formed in the frame where same lies behind said rod so that when
this hinged rod is pushed home and caught by the catch it then lies within or partly
within this said groove or gully.
The operation is as follows:-
The free end of the rod is released from the catch and turned up upon its
pivotted end the music or other leaves are then placed centrally upon the desk
or rest and opened at the centre so that half the pages lie one side and half the
other.
The hinged rod is now moved down and pushed home behind the catch and
thereby securely binds the music etc. down the centre of the same.
Dated this 9th day of January 1893.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or in connection with Music Reading Desks or
the like.
;
I, JAMES HIRD of 20 Berkeley Road, Bishopston, Bristol, Lithographic Printer,
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:-
This invention relates to music leaf fasteners or the like appliances for holding
while turning over the leaves of music etc. and my present invention is designed
for use in connection with another invention for which I have received the grant
of Letters Patent dated 21st August, 1891, No. 14163, although my present
invention may be applied and used with any other music desk music stand or leaf
turning apparatus for which same may be applicable or by itself may be fastened
upon an ordinary desk or stand.
My present invention is as follows:-
In order to keep the music etc. to be turned in correct position on the desk or
rest supporting same I use a rod of metal or other suitable substance which at its
upper end is suitably pivotted or hinged to the upper part of the desk or frame of
the rest and such rod may be secured by having the end bent over and a pin
passed therethrough to pivot same to the frame or same may be pivotally
connected by means of a short link or in any other suitable manner-or if
desired this rod may be thus fastened to the music desk stand etc. at its other or
lower end.
This said rod at its free end has a knob or other suitable means thereon to grasp
same and is held in the bottom part of the desk or rest by means of any suitable
catch bolt or other suitable device so that such end can be readily held or released
as desired.
To effect this I have found the following means to be very advantageous in
specially constructing music desks with my present invention applied thereto.
A slot is cut or formed in the ledge or plate forming the music support at the
bottom of the rest so that this hinged rod can be passed down said slot until such
rod lies close against the centrally vertical rib or part of the frame lying behind said
rod and when said rod has been pushed into the desired position it is there caught
and held by any suitable spring or other catch (or catches) and advantageously such
as will allow the said rod to be sprung in and out as desired.
Behind said rod a square or other suitably shaped vertical gully groove or
depression is cut out of or formed in the frame where same lies behind said rod so
that when this hinged rod is pushed home and caught by the said catch it then lies
within or partly within this said groove or gully.
The operation is as follows:-
The free end of the rod is released from the catch and turned up upon its
pivotted end the music or other leaves are then placed centrally upon the desk or
rest and opened at the centre so that half the pages lie one side and half the
other.
The hinged rod is now pushed home behind the catch and thereby securely binds
the music etc. down the centre of the same.
In carrying out my present invention so as to form an appliance for separate
attachment to any suitable music desk rest or stand reading desk or the like I may
mount and attach my appliance in any suitable manner for instance in the manner
illustrated by way of example in the drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.

page_text: Fig. 2 shows view of same holder folded or turned down upon its pivot out
of use.
Fig. 3 shows the pivot rod released from its catch and moved outwards upon the
pivot at its lower end and ready for piece of music etc. to be inserted.
Fig. 4 shows my leaf fastener with a piece of music inserted therein.
a is a rod or bar which in the case illustrated is pivotally connected at its lower
end to c and having a knob b at its upper or free end.
c is a grooved board or "back" having a deep groove gully or channel & therein.
see Fig. 3.
C
The "back"
is pivotally connected to a support such as e as shown in the
drawings (or c may be mounted directly upon or built in with any music or reading
desk or the like and either made capable of turning down as shown in Fig. 2 or
fixed rigidly in the upright position). In the case illustrated the foot e has a spring
clip affixed thereto or formed integrally therewith and this spring clip & is simply
forced onto the ordinary horizontal ledge forming the support for the bottom edge
of the music etc. and the grip of this spring clip upon said ledge is sufficient to
keep the appliance in position.
ff are the spring holding devices which have sufficient spring to allow a to
pass behind same as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and to allow a to be sprung out as in
Fig. 3.
When the music etc. has been placed behind the rod a the latter is forced back
behind and the central part of the music etc. is thereby wedged in between a and c
and is thereby securely held down the middle see Fig. 4 so that each leaf can be
easily turned over without the chance of its getting out of place.
Fig. 5 represents a music desk or rest specially constructed or adapted according
to my present invention.
a is the hinged rod or bar which in this case is hinged at the top b.
c is the grooved board or back having a deep gully or channel à therein.
ffare spring holding devices which have sufficient spring to allow the lower end!
of a to be sprung in and passed behind same.
These holding devices f are advantageously arranged as shown in Fig. 5 below
the horizontal support 9 for the bottom edge of the music and in order to enable
the lower end a' of the rod a to be thus secured this board g is slotted opposite ƒ so
as to permit the rod a to be passed down this slot in g and force the music into the
groove d and is then caught and held by the catch for other suitable or equivalent
catch.
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 :-
In a music stand reading desk or the like-a rod or bar such as a pivotted to a
"back" or part such as c in combination and acting in conjunction with a groove
in said part c which groove is adapted to receive the centre part of the musio
sheet etc. on being forced therein behind the rod a and means to carry or support
said part c substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore
described.
Dated this 9th der of October 1892
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.