Year: 1885

page_text: 1 CHARLES WAYTE of 7 Gladstone Cottages, Epsom, in the county of Surrey,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the construction of an improved apparatus for turning
over the leaves of music and which can be used on an ordinary music-stand to
which it can be fastened if desired or be merely placed thereon or on a table or the
apparatus can be used without the said fastening.
In carrying out my invention I construct the apparatus of a suitable frame
provided at the bottom with a ledge or support to receive the piece of music; a
projection or bracket is provided at each end of the said frame below the said
ledge to which brackets is permanently attached a rod upon which slide easily a
series of eyes or sockets carrying vertical rods; above the horizontal rod is another
rod attached to the said brackets so as to be easily removable in order to facilitate
the adjustment of the vertical rods between the leaves of the piece of music, the
adjustable horizontal rod at the same time serving as a guard to prevent the
vertical rods from falling forwards. Above the removeable rod I fix a rod curved
outwards somewhat into the form of an are of a circle whereby when the vertical
rods are moved laterally they will be caused to move forwards and lift the leaves
of music previous to turning them over, the said rods being operated successively
for this purpose by the performer or other person pushing the lower ends of the
rods from right to left, or left to right as far as they will go, suitable knobs or
projections being provided for this purpose; the vertical sliding rods also serve to
hold down the leaves as they are turned.
A spring rod or other suitable means is employed in the centre of the frame to
hold the piece of music in position whilst the leaves are being turned.
Suitable means are provided to allow of the apparatus being placed at an angle
when used on a table or other flat surface.
My improved apparatus is very simple in construction and can be easily arranged
to turn over the leaves of a piece of music having a large number of pages.

page_text: By using two of the vertical sliding rods to each leaf to be turned one of the
said rods would serve to turn the leaf and hold down the same whilst the other
would serve to hold down the following leaf. It will be obvious that by my
improved apparatus the leaves of a piece of music_can be turned back as well as
forwards.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Turning Over the Leaves of Music
and the like.
I CHARLES WAYTE, of 7 Gladstone Cottages, Epsom, in the county of Surrey,
Engineer 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 the construction of an improved apparatus for turning
over the leaves of music and the like and which can be used on an ordinary music-
stand to which it can be fastened if desired or be merely placed thereon or on a
table or the apparatus can be used without the said fastening.
In carrying out my invention I construct the apparatus of a suitable frame
provided at the bottom with a ledge or support to receive the piece of music or the
like a projection or bracket is provided at each end of the said ledge to which
brackets is permanently attached a rod upon which slide easily a series of eyes
having sockets carrying vertical rods; above the horizontal rod is another rod
attached to the said brackets so as to be easily removeable in order to facilitate the
adjustment of the vertical rods between the leaves of the piece of music, the
removeable horizontal rod at the same time serving as a guard to prevent
the vertical rods from falling forwards. Above the removeable rod I fix a rod
curved outwards somewhat into the form of an arc of a circle.
A spring rod or other suitable means is employed in the centre of the frame to
hold the piece of music in position whilst the leaves are being turned.
Suitable means are provided to allow of the apparatus being placed at an angle
when used on a table or other flat surface.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1 represents a
front elevation and figure 2'a plan of an apparatus constructed according to my

page_text: nvention for turning over the leaves of music and the like the apparatus being
shewn in an upright position; figure is a transverse section on line A B of
figure 1; figure 4 is a similar view on line CD of figure 1 but shewing the apparatus
standing at an angle. Similar letters in all the figures represent similar parts.
a, is the frame or back of the apparatus and b, is the ledge or support at the
bottom thereof and serving to receive the piece of music or the like; the said ledge
or support is adjustably connected to the frame or back a, by means of screws c, c,
working in nuts d, d, fixed in the frame or back; by operating the screws c, by
means of a key the ledge or support b, can be moved away from or towards the
frame or back a, the apparatus being thereby adapted to receive a book or piece of
music of almost any thickness; a¹, a¹, are small brackets or lips which support the
book or piece of music when the ledge or support b, is moved forward as shewn in
figure 3; e, e, are the projections or brackets one at each end of the ledge or
support b; f, is the rod which is permanently attached to the projections or
brackets e; g, g, are the eyes sliding easily upon the rod f, and having pro-
jections a, a, and sockets h, h; i, i, are the vertical rods carried by the sockets h;
j, is the removeable rod above the fixed rod f, the rod j, being curved outwards at
its middle part as shewn in figure 2 and provided with flattened portions or necks
at its ends fitting into grooves or slots in the projections or brackets e, so that the
rod can be firmly held in position therein and serve as a guard to prevent the rods i,
from falling forwards whilst at the same time the rod j, is easily removeable in
order to facilitate the adjustment of the rods i, between the leaves of the piece of
music or the like; k, is the rod above the removeable rod j, the said rod k, being
fixed to the ledge or support b, and curved outwards as shewn in figure 2, some-
what into the form of a bow or an arc of a circle; 7, is the spring rod fixed at its
lower end at the centre of the frame or back a, whilst its upper end is free the said
rod serving to hold the piece of music or the like if the latter be not too thick
whilst the leaves are being turned; this rod is however not required to be used
with thick pieces of music or books as their own weight will serve to keep them in
position whilst the leaves are being turned; m, m, are legs or supports jointed to
the frame or back a, and serving to hold the apparatus at an angle as shown in
figure 4 when used on a table or other flat surface the said legs being folded flat
against the ends of the frame or back when not required for use.
To make use of an apparatus of this construction the vertical rods i, being at the
right hand side of the frame a, as shewn in figure 1 it is merely necessary to remove
the rod j, and then turn down the rods i; the piece of music or the like is then
opened out and if not too thick is placed behind the spring rod ; the rods i, are
then raised one by one and placed consecutively between the leaves of the
piece of music or the like and the rod j, is replaced. In order to turn over the
leaves the eye g, carrying the rod i, nearest the centre of the frame a, is first slid
along the rod f, towards the left hand side of the frame a and the said rod i, as it
is moved along will be caused by the curved rod k, to move forwards and lift the
leaf previous to turning it over, the rod i, then serving to hold down the leaf
which it has turned over; when it is required to turn over the next leaf the
following rod i, must be operated in a similar manner to that described for the
first rod and so on. If the piece of music or book be too thick to conveniently
stand on the ledge or support b, when in the position shewn in figure 4 it only
necessary to move the ledge away from the frame to a sufficient distance as
illustrated in figure by operating the screws c, in the manner herein before
described and the bottom edge of the piece of music or book will then rest on the
lips or brackets a¹.
My improved apparatus is very simple in construction and can be easily arranged
to turn over the leaves of a piece of music having a large number of pages.
By using two of the vertical sliding rods i, to each leaf to be turned one of the
said rods would serve to turn the leaf and hold down the same whilst the other
would serve to hold down the following leaf. It will be obvious that by my improved
apparatus the leaves of a piece of music can be turned back as well as forwards,

page_text: It will be obvious that my improved apparatus is suitable for the use of invalids
and persons who read whilst in bed as it can easily be placed on a suitable stand
and be adjusted at required intervals by an attendant or otherwise.
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 apparatus for turning over the leaves of music and the like the use of a
curved rod such as k, for giving the required movement to vertical rods in order
to raise the leaves as they are being turned over substantially as hereinbefore
described.
2. In apparatus for turning over the leaves of music and the like the combination
with a curved rod such as k, of a number of sockets carrying vertical rods and
adapted to be slid along a fixed rod and a removeable guard rod substantially as
and for the purposes hereinbefore described and represented in the accompanying
drawing.
3. The improved apparatus for turning over the leaves of music and the like
herein before described and represented in the accompanying drawing.
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