Improvements in Newspaper Holders.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left. 27th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 6th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Newspaper Holders.
1, JOSEF KORBULY of Klausenburg, in the Empire of Austria-Hungary,
Editor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :—
The object of this invention is a holder for daily papers, which serves at the
same time for advertising purposes and is so made as to be more convenient in use
than the holders hitherto known.
On the main frame, to one length side of which is attached parallelly a longi-
tudinal carrier or clamping device, is secured by means of pins a plate made from
wood, pasteboard, sheet metal or other suitable material. This plate serves to
receive advertisements which are stuck on its front and rear surface. When
advertisements are inhibited, new ones can be stuck on, and when the layer of
paper thus produced becomes too thick, the plate is taken off and cleaned with
water or otherwise to receive new advertisements; or in the case of pasteboard
plates they can be replaced by new plates owing to the cheapness of the material.
Dated this 6th day of September 1890.
HUELSER & Co.,
Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Newspaper Holders.
I, JOSEF KORBULY of Klausenburg, Empire of Austria-Hungary, Editor, 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 newspaper holders and has for its purpose to provide
a holder which serves not only for holding the papers, but at the same time for
displaying advertisements.
The improved newspaper holder forms a flat surface and has over the wood or
cane holders hitherto employed the advantage that the newspaper lies flat on the
holder and can be conveniently read, whereas with the holders heretofore used, the
paper can slip through, and though it bears on the frame, must be held by
the other hand to afford the necessary stableness for reading. Another advantage
of the improved holder consist in its application for advertising purposes, a plate
of wood, sheet metal, pasteboard or other convenient material being fixed on the
frame and serving for sticking-on advertisements, which thereby obtain great
publicity owing to the fact that daily papers are kept in almost every café and
restaurant and in other public places. Moreover the advertisements can be easily
changed and replaced by sticking on fresh ones.
The newspaper holders now in use can be converted into holders of the improved
character almost without expense by fixing the plates with advertisements on the
old frames.
Referring to the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 is a front view and
Fig. 2 a rear view of the improved newspaper holder.
On the frame a of wood or cane, one longitudinal side of which carries the
holder proper or clamping device for the newspaper, which device may be of any
suitable or known construction is secured by means of pins da plate c made from
wood, pasteboard or sheet metal. On the said plate the advertisements are so
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page_text: stuck as to cover the whole of the plate. Also the rear side of the frame is used
for advertisements as far as it is left free by the cross stays of the frame. When
an advertisement becomes superfluous that is to say is no more to appear, the
respective space is filled out by sticking on a new advertisement. When the layer
of paper that is thus gradually formed becomes too thick, the whole plate is
moistened and freed of the paper with a sharp tool or in the case of pasteboard
being used for the plates, they may be replaced by entirely new plates.
.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
A newspaper holder with advertisements consisting of a plate e of wood, sheet
metal, pasteboard or other suitable material fixed by pins d on frame a provided
with the paper holding or clamping device of any suitable construction, said
plate c serving for receiving advertisements, substantially as set forth.
Dated
JOSEF KORBULY.
By Huelser & Co.,
Temple Chambers, London, his Agents.