IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERAS AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1884

page_text: I JAMES ASHFORD of 179 Aston Road Birmingham in the county of Warwick
Photographic apparatus Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERAS AND OTHER
SIMILAR PURPOSES to be as follows:-
:-
And that the object of my invention is to so arrange the parts of the stand
(which I will describe hereafter & for convenience call the camera stand) that the
legs or supports may be made moveable & easily attached to, or detached from the
part on which the camera rests & which I will call the stand head, so that the
camera stand when not in use may be arranged compactly & is in consequence
exceedingly portable. I propose effecting my purpose in two ways as described
below Firstly I form the stand head of suitable material in angular or other
shape suitable to my purpose and leave projecting parts from same, each projecting
part to engage with one of the legs or supports of the camera stand, across the top
of which legs or supports I place a metal pin having a greater diameter one way
than the other and in the projecting parts of stand head I cut a corresponding
open slot or notch with the end towards the centre of stand head enlarged. I so
arrange the metal pin in the legs or supports that it can only pass into the slot or
notch in the projecting parts of stand head when the said legs or supports are in a
horizontal position then being forced to inner end of slot or notch and turned
towards the perpindicular it is securely held until placed again horizontaly and
withdrawn. Secondly I form the stand head with projecting parts as previously
described but do not enlarge slot or notch at inner end nor do I use the flattened
pin in legs or supports but furnish a proper round pin of equal diameter throughout
in place thereof. On the under side of stand head I affix short plates or other
springs having their loose ends so arranged that they will cross the slot or notch in
projecting parts of stand head. The loose end of spring I form as an inclined
plane at a convenient angle and immediately behind this and towards the centre
of stand head I form an abrupt shoulder. The inclined plane at end of spring is
placed in such a position that the cross pin in top of legs or supports shall when
forced into & along the slot or notch in projecting parts of stand head compress the
spring until it shall have passed over the inclined plane of same when the action of

page_text: spring will bring the abrupt shoulder against the cross pin in legs or supports & so
hold the cross pin between the abrupt shoulder of spring & inner end of slot or
notch where it remains secure & safe until released by pressure of the hand directly
on the spring or other arrangement for this purpose By preference I use the
sliding legs or supports to my camera stand but not necessarily. I claim as new
Firstly the enlargement of the inner end of slot or notch in stand head and corre-
sponding pin in legs or supports & Secondly the spring attachments when the slot
or notch in stand head is not so enlarged.
simuar rurposes.
JAMES ASHFORD Photographic Apparatus Maker 179 Aston Road Birmingham
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS FOR
PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERAS & OTHER PURPOSES and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
:
I declare the nature of my invention to be as follows, & that the object of my
invention is to so arrange the parts of the stand (which I will describe hereafter
and for convenience call the camera stand) that the legs or supports may be made
moveable & easily attached to, or detached from, the part on which the camera
rests and which I will call the stand head, so that the camera stand when not in
use may be arranged compactly and is in consequence exceedingly portable,
I propose effecting my purpose in two ways as described below. Firstly I form
the stand head of proper material in angular or other shape suitable to my purpose
& leave projecting ends from same, each projecting end to engage with one of the
legs or supports of the camera stand. Across the top of each leg or support I place
a metal pin having a greater diameter one way than the other & in the projecting
ends of stand head I cut corresponding slots or notches with the ends towards the
centre of stand head enlarged. I so arrange the metal pins in the legs or supports
that they can only pass into the slots or notches in the projecting ends of stand
head when the said legs or supports are in a horizontal position then being forced
to inner ends of slots or notches & turned towards the perpindicular the are
securely held until again placed in a horizontal position & withdrawn. Secondly
I form the stand head with projecting ends as previously described but do not
enlarge the slots or notches at inner ends nor do I use the flattened pins in lega or
supports but furnish proper round pins of equal diameter throughout in place

page_text: thereof. On the under side of the stand head I affix short plates or other springs
having their loose ends so arranged that they will cross the slots or notches in
projecting ends of stand head. The loose ends of springs I form as inclined planes
at convenient angles & immediately behind these and towards the centre of stand
head I form abrupt shoulders. The inclined planes at ends of springs are placed in
such positions that the cross pins in top of legs or supports shall when forced into
& along the slots or notches in projecting ends of stand head compress the springs
until they have passed over the inclined planes of same when the action of springs
will bring the abrupt shoulders against the cross pins in legs or supports & so hold
the cross pins between the abrupt shoulders of springs & inner ends of slots or
notches where they remain secure & safe until released by pressure of the hand
directly on the spring or other arrangement for this purpose. By preference I use
sliding legs or supports to my camera stand but not necessarily.
I claim as new
Firstly the enlargement of the inner ends of slots or notches in stand head &
corresponding pins in legs or supports and
Secondly the spring attachments when the slots or notches in stand head are
not so enlarged.