Improvements in Leaf Holders for Music Stands, Reading Desks, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Mar., 1898-Accepted, 28th May, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Leaf Holders for Music Stands, Reading Desks,
and the like.
WC, JOHN LUTHER HAWORTH, of 11, Abbey Street, Accrington, in the County
of Lancaster, Pianoforte Dealer, and CHARLES STANLEY, of 36, South Street,
Accrington aforesaid, Railway Signalınan, 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: —
This invention relates to an improved leaf holder or finger for music stands,
reading desks, and the like, and is designed to prevent the finger from constant
use becoming too glad or loose, whereby it has a tendency to slip, when placed
in position to hold the leaf or leaves. To obviate this defect is the object of the
present invention.
We fix the finger by means of a screw thread or the like to the head of a small
stud tapped to receive the same, and whose body part is pushed through the usual
plate, by which the finger is secured to the supporting Hange of the music stand-
or reading desk. On the body part of the stud is slipped a small spiral spring,
and a small pin pushed through a hole at the extremity of the stud, so as to keep
the parts together.
By this means, the finger is held firmly to the fixing plate, and however much
it may be moved or worked, it cannot become loose or slack owing to the action
of the spiral spring. A small hole is bored in the supporting flange of the music
or similar stand to receive the spiral spring and the projecting portion of the stud,
so that they are hid from view. The fixing plate secured to the supporting flange
of the stand by screws or nails.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a side, and Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a leaf holder or finger con-
structed in accordance with our invention.
A is the finger; B the head of the stud, into which it is screwed or otherwise
attached thereto. C is the fixing plate, through a hole in which, the body part of
the stud is passed, and on it is slipped spiral spring D, and a pin passed through
the extremity of the stud to keep the parts together. The supporting flange F
of the music stand or the like is shewn in section, cut through the hole, into which
the projecting extremity of the stud B is inserted. The fixing plate C is secured
by screws E to the supporting flange F of the music stand.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
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1. The improved leaf holder or finger for music stands, reading desks, and the
like, substantially as described and illustrated.
2. In leaf holders or fingers for music stands, reading desks and the like, the
employment and use of spiral spring D mounted on stud B, and provided with

page_text: a stop pin (the said stud being inserted in a hole in the supporting flange of the
music stand), substantially as and for the purpose, described, and set forth.
Dated this 14th day of March 1898.
RICHMOND & Co.,
Agents for the Applicants, 12, Standish Street, Burnley.