Detachable Bracket for Mirrors, Lamps, Candles, or the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left. 1st May, 1895-Accepted 1st June 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Detachable Bracket for Mirrors, Lamps, Candles, or the like.
I, REGINALD ADAMS MARRIOTT, of 22 Westbourne Gardens, Folkestone,
Major late Royal Marine Artillery, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
Mirror, lamp, candle and other brackets have heretofore usually been so constructed
as to necessitate the use of screws or nails for securing them in position,
consequently such brackets, or those parts of them so secured in position, are
generally considered fixtures, and a number are often required where one would be
sufficient if this could be easily secured in position and detached without
disfigurement to any appreciable extent the part to which it was connected.
Now the object of my invention is a bracket so constructed that its own weight
causes it to grip a projecting ledge, horizontal or vertical bar or the like, when
placed in the proper position to allow it to do so, so obviating the use of screws,
nails or the like and the consequent disfigurement of the part to which it is desired
to connect it.
This bracket I form of an arm of desirable dimensions formed in one or more
parts, preferably in a similar manner to the ordinary gas bracket, and provided at
one end with a suitable attachment for receiving the mirror, lamp, candle holder or
the like which the bracket is intended to carry.
To the opposite end of this arm an S shaped plate is so secured that its surface
lies parallel to the axis of said arm and in combination with this plate two other
plates or rods are provided each of which has a hole formed in one end thereof
through which one end of the S plate may be passed.
To secure a bracket so formed to a projecting ledge or other part, the two plates
or rods, which are of any suitable shape and may have their surfaces roughened or
covered with rubber or the like, are placed on each side of such ledge or other part
and the S plate, on the ends of which they are arranged, then allowed to revolve
as far as the weight of the arm will carry it, thus forcing said plates or rods
together and causing them to grip the ledge or other part between them.
To detach the bracket, the arm is sufficiently raised, to slightly revolve the
S plate and allow the two plates or rods to release the part between them.
The above arrangement may, as will be well understood, be considerably modified
as regards the shape of the part without departing from the essential features
thereof.
Dated this 7th day of Januar 1905
CASTLE SMITH,
Invention Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, REGINALD ADAMS MARRIOTT, Major late Royal Marine Artillery, of
22 Westbourne Gardens, Folkestone, in the County of Kent, 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 :-
Mirror, lamp, candle, and other brackets have heretofore usually been so constructed
as to necessitate the use of screws or nails for securing them in position, consequently
such brackets, or those parts of them so secured in position, are generally considered
fixtures, and a number are often required where one would be sufficient if this could
be easily secured in position and detached without disfiguring to any appreciable
extent the part to which it was connected.
Now the object of my invention is a bracket so constructed that its own weight
causes it to grip a projecting ledge, horizontal or vertical bar, or the like, when
placed in the proper position to allow it to do so, so obviating the use of screws,
nails, or the like, and the consequent disfigurement of the part to which it is desired
to connect it.
This bracket I form of an arm of desirable dimensions formed in one, or two, or
inore, parts hinged together in a similar manner to the ordinary gas bracket,
arranged telescopically or otherwise, and provided at one end with a suitable
attachment for receiving the mirror, lamp, candle holder, or the like, which the
bracket is intended to carry.
To the opposite end of this arm an S- or other shaped plate is so secured that
its surface lies parallel to the axis of said arm and in combination with this plate
two other plates or rods are provided, each of which, in the case of an S-shaped
plate, has a hole formed in one end thereof, through which one end of the S-plate
may be passed, or they may be otherwise arranged to admit of the distance between
them being adjusted.
And in order that my invention may be more readily understood and carried into
practice I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying
drawings of which Fig. 1 is a perspective view, and Figs. 2, 3, and 4, enlarged
details of a bracket embodying the principal features of my invention.
This bracket consists of an arm A formed in two parts hinged together in a similar
manner as in ordinary gas brackets, and provided with a suitable attachment B on
one end for receiving a mirror C, lamp, candle holder, or the like. To the opposite
end of this arm a plate D is so attached that its surface lies parallel to, or
approximately parallel to, the axis thereof as shown more clearly in Figs. 2, 3, and 4.
This plate has two slots a¹ formed on it and in these slide the reduced ends of
two rods E, which may be fixed in any desired position by means of washers e and
thumb nuts e¹.
To secure a bracket so formed to a rod F, (Fig. 1), a projecting ledge, or other
part, the two rods e, which are of any suitable shape and may have their surfaces
roughened or covered with rubber e, or the like, are placed on each side of such
ledge or other part and the plate D then allowed to revolve as far as the weight of
the arm will carry it, thus causing them to grip the ledge or other part between
them.
To detach the bracket, the arm is sufficiently raised to slightly revolve the plate
and allow the two rods to release the part between them.
The above arrangement may, as will be well understood, be considerably modified
as regards the shape and construction of the parts without departing from the
essential features of my invention, and I consequently do not confine myself to the
particular construction described.

page_text: 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.) A detachable bracket for mirrors, lamps, candles, or the like consisting of a
rod or arm, formed in one or more parts, and provided at one end with an
attachment for the reception of the mirror, lamp, candle holder, or the like, and at
its opposite end with a plate or frame from which project two adjustable plates and
rods arranged constructed and operating substantially as described.
(2.) In a bracket for mirrors, lamps, candles, or the like, the means for connecting
said bracket to a projecting ledge or the like consisting of a plate or frame carrying
two adjustable plates or rods substantially as described.
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CASTLE SMITH,
Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention " Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.