An Improved Napkin-holder.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Sept., 1890-Accepted, 7th Feb., 1891
An Improved Napkin-holder.
I, AUGUST KARL SCHUBERT, 15 Karpfenstrasse, Lübeck, Germany, Assistant
in the Railway Control Office, 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 a napkin holder which, owing to its peculiar
construction can also be used as a substitute for a napkin ring without necessitating
the napkin to be separated from the holder after use."
Reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which like letters denote
like or corresponding parts throughout the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a front view
Fig. 2 a longitudinal section of part A B when closed
Fig. 3 a longitudinal section of said part A B when opened
Fig. 4 is a side view, and
Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively a front view and rear view of the improved holder
shown as applied to a folded up napkin.
The improved napkin holder consists of two stationary lower cheeks a connected
by bar S, and two upper cheeks 6 which are not connected with each other. The
elongations of the latter towards the middle are formed into relatively over-lapping
levers y which are movable on bar S by means of pivots and blocks k. A spring
rivetted on bar S tends to press against said levers, thereby clamping fast the
napkin placed between cheeks a and b which are provided on their insides partly
with teeth partly with indiarubber plates or tips.
The hooks e serve for suspending the napkin from the collar of the user and also
jointly with the presser e, pivoted at i, for clamping fast the napkin when folded up
after use.
When a napkin D with holder is to be taken into use, the upper of the
levers g is depressed and the napkin placed with the middle portion of one of its
sides between the opened cheeks and on both sides; the levers are then
released and the holder hung by the hooks into the collar. After use the
napkin is folded up from right to left inwardly then rolled up towards the holder
and shifted as far as possible under the hooks e. Subsequently the presser c is
placed on, which is caused to hold fast by the action of spring d. The latter lies
under plate VFig. 1, and on the turning-in of presser as indicated by dotted lines
in Fig. 4, the latter strikes against, and overcomes the resistance of, the spring,
whereby the presser is caused to clamp fast the napkin. To use the napkin again,
the presser e is loosened, the folded napkin allowed to roll out, spread and suspended
from the collar.
Owing to the said arrangement the napkin need not be separated from the holder
till it is required to be washed.
The plate V serves to cover the spring d and may also be provided with a name
or number.
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 napkin holder adapted to serve as such by the combination of clamping
cheeks a and with levers g and h, and to be used for keeping the napkin in its
rolled-up state without the necessity of loosening it from the clamping cheeks a

page_text: and 7, by the co-operation of hooks e with the elastic presser e d, substantially as
illustrated and described.
Delhi cal
1000
AUGUST KARL SCHUBERT.
Per Huelser & Co.,
Temple Chambers, London, his Agent.
AUGUST KARL SCHUBERT.
Per Huelser & Co.,
Temple Chambers, London, his Agent.