IMPROVEMENTS IN PHOTOGRAPHERS HEAD AND BODY RESTS, PART OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS BEING ALSO APPLICABLE FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Eli Ellis Emmerson, of Leeds, in the County of York,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PHOTOGRAPHERS HEAD AND BODY
RESTS, PART OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS BEING ALSO APPLICABLE FOR OTHER
PURPOSES."
Sealed the 10th December 1878, and dated the 25th June 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Eli Ellis Emmerson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th June 1878.
ELI ELLIS EMMERSON, of Leeds, in the County of York. IMPROVEMENTS IN
PHOTOGRAPHERS' HEAD AND BODY RESTS. PART OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS BEING ALSO
APPLICABLE FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
My improvements are not only applicable for photographers' head and body resis
but also for music or other stands or desks. enabling the rest or stand to be
adjusted to any desired position or height; also the rest or stand can he easily
removed about instead of having to be lifted, as the rest or stands of ordinary
construction.
The first part of my improvements has reference to the standard or upright for
carrying the rest or stand, and is as hereafter described.
The standard or upright may be made of metal or other suitable material, within
which, in suitable bearings, I mount a shaft, by preference in a vertical direction.
At the lower end of the shaft and within the foundation plate of the standard
(which is hollowed out to receive it) I fix another plate, on which are provided
castors. pulleys, or rollers.
By the action of a lever on the standard or framework. I can raise or lower the
vertical shaft.
By lowering the shaft, the castors, pulleys, or rollers are caused to project below
the bottom of the foundation plate, raising it thereby clear of the ground. In this
state the standard can be moved about on the castors, pulleys, or rollers easily.
After being placed in position for its work, the shaft may be allowed to rise, which
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page_text: brings the castor, pulley, or roller plate, carrying with it the castors, pulleys, or
rollers within the hollow part of the foundation plate, and the lower part of the
foundation plate in contact with the floor, the result being that the rest standard is
retained in position by the friction of the underneath surface of foundation plate,
this being in direct contact with the floor.
In order to retain the vertical shaft in position with the casiors, pulleys, or
rollers projecting below the bottom of the foundation plate, I provide a number of
notches thereon, into which I arrange a pawl, which pawl arrests the motion of the
vertical shaft at any desired point; the catch can be released at pleasure by the
attendant, which allows (assisted by a spring or its equivalent) the shaft to rise.
and the castors, pulleys, or rollers to pass within the foundation plate and clear of
the floor.
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My Invention further consists in providing a means of adjustment for the rest or
stand, and for this purpose employ a fixed cup on the upper part of the standard:
into this is passed another circular adjustable cup: to this is attached a clamp, and
between it and the adjustable cup the rod is retained in any required position, and
held there by means of a bolt which is attached to the clamp, and passes through
the adjustable cup and fixed cup on the standard, whereby not only is the adjust-
able cup fixed in position at any required angle, but also by the same process of
tightening the bolt the rod also is retained.
The rests for the body and head are placed in bearings of a similar description to
that described for the vertical rod, having the same means of adjustment applied
thereto.
When required, the head or body rest may be made to expand or to close to suit
the varieties of form or size of heads or bodies; this is effected by having one of
the legs hinged on the rod. which in this case is made hollow, and by having a bolt
attached to the hinged side and supported within the hollow rod. and a nut fitted
on a screw at the outer end, the forked rest may be opened or closed at pleasure.

page_text: Figure 1 is a side elevation and section of rest; Figure 2 a front elevation:
Figure 3, a plan, looking at the top: Figures 4 and 5 are respectively an enlarged
sectional elevation and part sectional plan of details: Figure 6, a part side elevation
of rest.
First. My improvements have reference to the standard or upright for carrying
the rest or stand, and is as.hereafter described.
a is the standard or upright, and foundation plate for the same. Within the
upright and in bearings c. d. and e, I mount the shaft in a vertical direction.
At the lower end of the shaft.. and within the foundation plate of the
standard a, which is hollowed out to receive it, as shewn at g, I fix another plate h,
on which are provided the castors. pulleys, or rollers i
In order to raise or lower the vertical shaft f. and with it the plate h containing
the castors, pulleys, or rollers i, engage a lever (which is coupled to the frame-
work a at k) with the vertical shaft f
By lowering the shaft f. the plaic with its castors, pulleys, or rollers i are
caused to project below foundation plate b. as shewn at Figure 6. In this state the
standard and parts connected therewith can be easily moved about to any
position on the castors, pulleys, or rollers i: and after the rest has been moved and
placed in position for its work the shaft may be allowed to risc. which movement
brings the plate h carrying the pulleys, castors. or rollers i within the hollow g of
the foundation plate b. bringing at the same time the lower part of such foundation
plate in contact with the floor, the result of which being that the standard a is
retained in any desired position by the friction of the underneath surface of the
foundation plate b, being in direct contact with the floor.
In order to retain the vertical shaft f in position with its pulleys, castors, or
rollers i, projecting below the bottom of the foundation plate b. I provide a number
of notches into which I arrange a pawl m to pass. which pawl m arrests the
vertical shaft at any desired position; and at any desired point the pawi m can
be released at pleasure by the attendant, which allows the vertical shaft f. assisted
by the spiral spring n or its equivalent, to rise, and the castors, pulleys, or rollers i
to pass within the foundation plate b clear of the floor, as shewn at Figure 1.
Second. My Invention further consists in providing a means of adjustment for
the rests. For this purpose I provide an arrangement of carriage at the upper part
of the standard a for the purpose of holding the rest rod o. and of such a construc-
tion that it admits of it being adjusted in any desired direction. On the upper
part of the standard a I employ a fixed cup p, which may be either bolted or other-
wise securely fastened thereto; into this is passed another circular adjustable cup q;
into this is passed a clamp r, and between the clamp r the rod o is retained in any
desired position and held there by means of the bolt s, which is attached to
the clamp r and passes through the adjustable cup q and fixed cup p on the
standard a, whereby not only is the adjustable cup q fixed in position by tighten-

page_text: ing up the winged nut or its equivalent on the bolts, but also, by the same
process of tightening the bolt s. the rod o is also retained.
The rest for the body and head may be placed in bearings of a similar description.
but instead of having the arrangement as shewn at p. Figure 1. I provide a cup or
receiver for the clamp 1, capable of being moved up and down on the rod o.
The clamp c is of a similar construction to the clamp r. Figure 1. and performs its
functions in combination with the cup or receiver . also in a similar manner.
The clamp is retained in position by the screw and the nuts y. and is
tightened along with the cup or receiver on the rod o by means of the hand
screw actuated through the handle 2. This screw 1 at the same time operating
for the purpose of retaining in position or releasing the "dog" or clamp 3 from the
horizontal body rest 4. the screw being employed as the fulcrum.
The head rest is a further necessary modification of the herein-before described
arrangements, in which the clamp is shewn at 5 and the cup or receiver for the
same at 6.
The clamp 5. in combination with the cup or receiver 6. retains the horizontal
head rest by means of the screw 8 and hand nut 9: such screw 8, by preference.
forming part of the clamp 5. and simultaneously the "dog" or clamp 10 is secured
to or released from the rod o The pin being employed as the fulcrum.
The form 12 to receive the head may be of ordinary construction, but, by
preference. one of its legs 13 is hinged on the internal rod 14. which rod 14 is
arranged as a bolt and is supported within the hollow rod 15: on the screwed
end 16 of the internal rod 14 is provided a nut 17 which is employed for fixing or
retaining the leg 13 of the rest 12 in any desired position. at the same time
admitting of it being opened or closed at pleasure.
The arrangement of apparatus for rendering the standard a capable of being
readily moved about and also of being fixed in any desired position may be applied
for other purposes.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and described with the
aid of Drawings how the same may be carried into practice. I would have it under-
stood that I do not limit myself to the precise details or configuration of the paris
I have described and shewn, as the same may be varied or modified without
departing from the nature of my said Invention, but what I claim and desire to be
secured to me by Letters Patent is.-
First. The arrangement. construction, and combination of the various parts
whereby the standard a may be raised from the ground for the purpose of more
readily traversing it or moving it in any direction, and afterwards bringing the
standard into a fixed or stationary position, substantially as and for the purposes
herein set forth.
Second. The arrangement. construction. and application of apparatus for retaining
and adjusting the rod in any desired position, substantially as and for the
purposes herein set forth.
Third. The arrangement and application of the parts for retaining and adjusting
the body rest in any desired position, substantially as and for the purposes herein
set forth.
Fourth. The arrangement and application of parts for retaining and adjusting
the head rest in any desired position. substantially as and for the purposes herein
set forth.
In witness whereof. I. the said Eli Ellis Emmerson, have hereunto set my
hand and scal. this Twenty-first day of December. in the year of our