IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED FOR HOLDING OR RETAINING NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: TAUTINIUNAL SPECIFICATION.
I ROBERT STRICKLAND CUMING of Mount Preston, Leeds in the County of York
Agent do hereby declare the nature of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED FOR HOLDING OR RETAINING NEWSPAPERS AND
OTHER LIKE ARTICLES" to be as follows:—
The object of my improvements is to construct a holder for newspapers, maps
and other like articles, such holder being applicable to desks, tables and other
similar places for the purpose of permitting such newspapers, maps and other like
articles being conveniently read, perused and examined.
Its construction is as follows:
Over a bed of wood or metal is mounted eccentrically in suitable bearings a rod
of metal or wood. In this rod is inserted longitudinally a projecting bar of
vulcanized india-rubber. The paper or other article is passed between the rod and
bed after which the rod is turned in an eccentric manner on the axis carrying
round with it the bar of vulcanized india rubber, which presses the paper into a
longitudinal recess provided for it in the bed. When in this position the paper is
firmly held.
The paper or map is relieved when required by turning the rod which withdraws
the india rubber bar from the recess in the bed.
The apparatus may be attached to desks tables, stands or other convenient
surfaces.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, ROBERT STRICKLAND CUMING, of Mount Preston, Leeds, in the county of
York, Agent do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED FOR HOLDING OR RETAINING NEWSPAPERS,
AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES" 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 the attaching of newspapers, maps and similar
articles to desks, tables, easels, walls and other like or convenient places in a firm,
secure and yet temporary manner for reading or examination, and it may be thus
described,―
I first construct a bed of metal, wood or other suitable material of a length to
exceed or extend beyond the edges or limits of the paper or other article to be
fixed or used and I prefer generally to slightly groove or recess this bed longi-
tudinally to receive the rod, as herein-after explained.
I next construct a rod or tube of metal, wood or other convenient material or
combination of materials, of a similar length to the before-described bed and in
some cases having a projecting rib of India-rubber or other suitable material inserted
lengthways, and I mount or fix this rod or tube over and parallel with the bed by
attaching it at either or both ends to standards or brackets of metal or other
material in such a-manner as to cause an eccentric motion when the rod is turned.
This motion I obtain by passing the rod or tube through vertical slots or holes
in the standards or brackets and affixing to each end of it, eccentrically a circular
boss which is fitted to work in an elliptical longitudinal recess in the outside of
the before-named standards or brackets. One half turn or circle of the boss,-
which I provide with a milled head or. other suitable means for actuating it,―will,
through the eccentric action before described, cause the rod or tube to rise in the
vertical slots and from the bed, and thus allow of the paper or other article being
passed under it, and a further similar half turn or circle will lower the said rod or
tube again, causing it to grip and hold the paper or other article between itself and
the bed.
In some cases I prefer to employ a simple pin or axis placed eccentrically in the
ends of the before-described rod or tube. and working in ordinary bearings or
standards thus attaining the same lifting or raising motion of the rod or tube in a
somewhat simpler manner..
In the accompanying illustrations, Figure 1, is a side elevation of my invention,
showing the rod lifted or raised to allow of the paper or other article being
inserted; Figure 2 is a cross section of the same; Figure 3 is an outside end
elevation of the standard or bracket; Figure 4, is a sectional view of the boss
with rod inserted eccentrically. Figure 5 is a side elevation of my modified
arrangement showing the simple pin or axis and ordinary standard, and also the
tube with projecting rib of india rubber or other material, and Figure 6 is a
section of the said tube, and in all these, a. is the bed; b is the rod or tube; c. is the
bracket or standard; d. is the boss and e. the india-rubber projecting rib.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The holding or securing of papers, maps or other similar articles between two
parallel surfaces one or both of these surfaces being moved raised or lowered for
the insertion gripping and holding and removal of the papers or other articles by
an eccentric action at either or both ends of the afore said parallel surfaces,
virtually as or after the manner herein described and set forth.
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