Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Holding or Fastening Razor Strops, Gymnastic Appliances, and other Articles to Walls, Furniture, Windows, or other Objects.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 24th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 25th Jan., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Holding or
Fastening Razor Strops, Gymnastic Appliances, and other
Articles to Walls, Furniture, Windows, or other Objects.
We, JOSEPH STAINTON TAYLOR of Carlton House, St. James' Road,
Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, Flag and Banner Maker, and CHARLES
EDWARD DAVIES of 100 Alwyn Street, South Liverpool, aforesaid, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object a method of and apparatus for holding or
fastening razor strops, gymnastic appliances, and other articles to walls, furniture,
windows or other fixed objects. This is effected without the trouble of driving a
nail or hook into the object, as has been the case hitherto.
In carrying our invention into effect, the plan we prefer is to provide a
pneumatic joint or connection, which is arranged in such a way that the article
can be almost instantly fixed in place. It consists of a piece of rubber, by
preference slightly cup-shaped and provided with a hook, eye or its equivalent to
which the razor strop, or other article is coupled.
By firmly pressing this slightly cup-shaped piece of rubber onto a flat surface,
the air is expelled and the grip thus obtained will resist any reasonable pull. To
remove the article from the surface all that is necessary is to lift the edge at one
point of the rubber slightly so as to admit air underneath and the device will then
immediately drop off.
Dated this 24th day of January 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Holding or
Fastening Razor Strops, Gymnastic Appliances, and other
Articles to Walls, Furniture, Windows, or other Objects.
We JOSEPH STAINTON TAYLOR Flag and Banner Maker of Carlton House,
St. James Road, Liverpool and CHARLES EDWARD DAVIES Manufacturer of
100 Alwyn Street, Liverpool, 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:-
The object of this invention is to provide a method of and apparatus for holding
or fastening razor strops, gymnastic appliances, and or other articles to walls,
windows, furniture or other fixed objects. This is effected without the trouble of
driving a nail or hook into the object, as has been the case hitherto.
In carrying our invention into effect, we provide a pueumatic joint or connection,
which is arranged in such a manner that the article can be almost instantly fixed in
place. It consists of a piece of rubber, by preference slightly cup-shaped and

page_text: provided with a hook, eye or its equivalent to which the razor strop, or other article
is coupled.
In the accompanying drawings-
Figure 1 is a general view showing our invention applied to a razor strop ready
for use;
Figure 2 a perspective view of the pneumatic joint and
Figure 3 a cross section thereof.
In these figures, A is the strop, B the pneumatic joint or connection, formed of a
slightly cup-shaped piece of rubber, to which the strop is coupled by means of the
link C, pivot D and metal washer E.
In Figures 2 and 3 a slight modification is shown in which the pneumatic joint
is provided with a hook to which a link on the end of the strop inay be coupled, so
that the strop can easily be attached or detached from the pneumatic joint B at
pleasure.
It will be seen that the hook or eye E is secured to the rubber B in an air tight
manner, the shank d being by preference passed through a central hole in
the rubber and rivetted at back over the washers a¹d thus making in con-
junction with the washer E an air tight fastening between the rubber B and
the hook or eye.
By firmly pressing this slightly cup-shaped piece of rubber onto a flat surface,
the air is expelled and the grip thus obtained will resist any reasonable pull. To
remove the article from the surface all that is necessary is to lift the edge at one
point of the rubber slightly so as to admit air underneath and the device will
immediately drop off.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A pneumatic joint or connection which is arranged in such a manner that a
razor strop or other small article can be almost instantly fixed in place substantially
as described.
2. As a new or improved article of manufacture a cup-shaped or concave piece
of rubber provided with a central hook, eye or its equivalent to which a
razor strop or other article may be attached, the said cup-shaped piece being so
arranged that when pressed onto a flat surface, the adhesion between the two
surfaces due to atmospheric pressure will hold the cup in place and resist any
reasonable pull to remove it.
3. The arrangement and construction of parts forming our improved suction
device, applicable for attaching razor strops or other small articles to flat or
smooth surfaces substantially as described and shown on the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 15th day of January 1896.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicants.