AN IMPROVED PORTABLE. BOOK HOLDER
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Max Heymann, of Penge, in the County of
Surrey, for the Invention of " AN IMPROVED PORTABLE. BOOK
HOLDER."
Sealed the 30th October 1874, and dated the 1st May 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Max Heymann at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st May 1874.
I, MAX HEYMANN, of Penge, in the County of Surrey, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention for "AN IMPROVED PORTABLE
BOOK HOLDER," to be as follows:-
The Invention is designed for the purpose of holding books, manu-
scripts, or other similar articles intended for conveyance by hand, or
otherwise in a manner that will enable such books, manuscripts, or
articles, whether there be one or more to be firmly and securely retained

page_text: with the greatest ease and facility, and when so secured, presenting a
parcel that can be conveniently carried.
The Invention relates to the novel employment or two or more blades
or strips of metal, or other suitable material, and a spindle supporting a
revolving handle, the whole being connected together by means of a
cord and secured by a thumb set screw.
The arrangement and disposition of the above mentioned several parts
to effect the object of this Invention may be thus described. The bottom
blade or strip of metal which is designed as as the bottom rest or holder
in which the books to be carried are placed is provided at either end
with an eyelet hole through which the two ends of a cord are passed,
their distance apart being sufficient to embrace the books.
The ends of this cord, after being passed through two side cyclet holes
formed in the turned up ends of a second or upper blade of metal
designed to press or bear upon the books are secured to a handle that
revolves on a spindle supported in bearings formed in the turned up ends
of the upper second blade of metal before mentioned. This spindle
forms a kind of bolt, which is provided with a head outside one of the
turned up ends of the upper strip or blade of metal, and with a thumb
screw on the outside of the other end thereof.
The method of applying and using the improved portable book holder
will by the following description by readily understood. The parcel of
books intended for conveyance is placed within any portion of the space
between the top adjustable strip of metal and the supporting bottom
strip, the extent of such space alone being limited by the length of
string employed. When the books are so placed the handle is turned so
as to wind up any surplus length of string until the top blade of metal
is brought to bear upon the books and bind them well together, at which
time the thumb screw is tightened up, and the whole becomes a firm
and compact body, the form of which offers the greatest convenience for
being carried by hand.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Max Heymann in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 31st October 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MAX
HEYMANN, of Penge, in the County of Surrey, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the First day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Max Heymann, Her special licence that I,
the said Max Heymann, my executors, administrators; and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Max Heymann, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of
Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED PORTABLE BOOK HOLDER," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Max Heymann, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Max Heymann, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, and accompanying Drawing, that is to say:
The Invention is designed for the purpose of holding books, manu-
scripts, or other similar articles intended for conveyance by hand, or
otherwise in a manner which will enable such books, manuscripts, or
other articles, whether in small or large bulks to be firmly and securely
retained with ease, and when so secured presenting a parcel which can
be conveniently carried.
The Invention relates to the novel employment of two or more blades
or strips of metal or other suitable material, and a spindle.supporting a

page_text: revolving handle, the whole being connected together by means of a
cord and secured by a thumb set screw:
In order that the arrangement and disposition of the above mentioned
several parts when combined together for the purpose of this Invention
may be well understood and explained in detail, I have hereunto annexed
a Drawing of the improved book holder, upon which letters of reference
are marked
several parts when combined together for the purpose of this invention
may be well understood and explained in detail, I have hereunto annexed
a Drawing of the improved book holder, upon which letters of reference
are marked.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Fig. 1 represents in elevation the improved book holder as it would
appear when being used for the purpose of its design; and Fig. 2, when
folded up for carrying in the pocket. In these Figs. a is the blade or
strip of metal designed as the bottom rest or holder on which the books
to be carried are placed. This strip of metal is provided at its extremities
with eyelet holes b, b, through which the two ends of the cord c are
passed; their distance apart being sufficient to embrace the books placed
between them. These two ends of the cord c extend upwards, and are
passed through two side eyelets d, d, made in the turned up ends e¹, e¹;
of the second or top blade of metal e, after which they are secured to
the handle f, which revolves on the spindle g supported in bearings
formed in the aforesaid turned up ends e¹, e¹.
The spindle g forms a kind of bolt provided with a head outside one of
the turned up ends e¹, and with a screw thread at the opposite end
thereof, on which the thumb screw h is screwed.
The method of applying and using the portable book holder will, by
the following description, be readily understood. The parcel of books
intended for conveyance is placed within the space between the two
blades of metal a and e, the extent of such space being limited only by
the length of the cord c. When the books are so placed the handle f
is turned so as to wind up any surplus length of cord c upon it until the
top blade e is brought to bear upon the books and bind them well
together, at which time the thumbscrew h is tightened up, and the
whole becomes a firm and compact body, the form of which offers the
greatest convenience for being carried by hand.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, together with
the method of carrying the same into practical effect, I wish it to be
distinctly understood in conclusion that I claim, the novel construction,

page_text: arrangement, and adaptation of the blades or strips of metal a and c for
the purpose of carrying books, manuscripts, or similar articles when
employed in the manner as herein-before substantially described, set
forth, and fully illustrated in the Drawing annexed:
In witness whereof, I, the said Max Heymann, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four
Witness,
ALEX. PRINCE,
Office for Patents,
.
4, Trafalgar Square,
Charing Cross,
London.
M. HEYMANN. (L.S.)