IMPROVEMENTS IN DRYING-RACKS FOR PRINTERS' USE
Year: 1884

page_text: I, ROBERT ARTHUR BAXTER, of the firm of Lawrence Brothers, of Farringdon
Street, in the City of London, Merchants, do hereby declare the nature of said
invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN DRYING-RACKS FOR PRINTERS' USE, Communicated
to me from abroad by the firm of Lawrence & Baxter of Dey Street, New York, in
the United States of America, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in printers' drying-racks, and it has for
its object to construct the racks in such a manner that, the leaves or shelves carrying
the sheets to be dried, may be removed from the horizontal, as soon as the sheets
have been collected therefrom, and thus allow more space and freedom for collecting
the rest of the sheets on the remaining shelves or leaves.
For the purpose of the Invention, the opposite standards of the rack are formed
or provided, on their inner sides, with corresponding notches or supports shaped to
form bearings, and so arranged as to allow the rear ends of the leaves or shelves to
enter therein, and the remaining or front portions to project therefrom, either
horizontally, or obliquely upwards, as required.
The said shelves or leaves are free to be detached from the rack, at will.
The rear ends of the shelves or leaves may, in some cases, be formed with a slot
and travel over a pin or stud in the notches on the standards.

page_text: I, ROBERT ARTHUR BAXTER, of the firm of Lawrence Brothers, of Farringdon
Street, in the City of London, Merchants, do hereby declare the nature of said
Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN DRYING RACKS FOR PRINTERS' USE. Communicated
to me from abroad by the firm of Lawrence & Baxter, of Dey Street, New York, in
the United States of America, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement,
reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures
marked thereon, that is to say :-
This invention relates to improvements in printers' drying racks, and it has for
its object to construct the racks in such a manner that the leaves, frames or shelves
carrying the sheets to be dried, may be removed from the horizontal to the oblique
•position as soon as the sheets have been collected therefrom, and thus allow more
space and freedom for collecting the rest of the sheets on the remaining leaves,
frames or shelves.
.
For the purpose of the invention the opposite standards of the rack are formed,
or are provided, on their inner sides, with corresponding notches or supports, shaped
to form bearings, and so arranged as to allow the rear ends of the leaves, frames or
shelves to enter therein, and the remaining or front portion to project therefrom,
either horizontally, or obliquely upwards, as required.
The said leaves, frames or shelves are free to be detached from the rack at will.
The rear ends of the leaves, frames or shelves may, in some cases, be formed with
a slot and travel over a piu or stud in the notches on the standards.
And in order that the Invention may be readily understood, I proceed to describe
the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1, is a perspective view of a printers' drying rack constructed according
to the invention, and Figure 2, a detailed view of a portion of the inner side of one
of the standards shewing the special and peculiar shape of the notches or supports
therein, and the position of the leaves, frames or shelves relatively to the standards
and to one another, and whether such leaves, frames or shelves be in their horizontal
or in their oblique position.
A, A, are the standards of the rack, a, a, the notches or supports, and B, B, the
leaves, frames or shelves. In figure 1, the uppermost three of these leaves, frames
or shelves are shewn as placed in the oblique notches, out of the way, the sheets
they contained having been dried and collected therefrom, whilst the remaining
leaves, frames or shelves are shewn in horizontal position ready.for the collection of
their contents.
In the construction of rack shewn in the drawings the notches or supports.are
cut out in lengths or strips of wood which are afterwards secured to the inner sides
of the standards by means of screws.

page_text: The standards are each provided with an extended foot A*, in order to give
stability to the rack and to prevent the weight of the matter placed on the leaves,
frames or shelves from overbalancing the rack.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention I claim
The construction of printers drying racks, substantially as herein described and
shewn in the drawings, and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 10th day of April 1885.
ERNEST DE PASS,
68, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the Petitioner.