Improvements in Suspending Sets or Series of Leaflets or Sheets.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 23th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 28th Jan., 1893
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Suspending Sets or Series of Leaflets or Sheets.
I, ADOLPH TUCK, of the firm of Raphael Tuck & Sons, 72 and 73 Coleman
Street, in the City of London, Fine Art Publishers, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
Sets and series or assortments of leaflets are often suspended from the walls of
rooms, passages and the like of such kind and in such manner that the front one
of the series is alone exposed to view and so that this may be turned over at
pleasure so as to then become the back oue of the series and to leave a fresh
one exposed to view, such books or assortments of leaflets are generally arranged
to be turned over, at regular intervals, such for instance as daily, weekly, or
monthly, according to the nature of the matter thereon.
As hitherto arranged and suspended such leaflets have generally been more or
less difficult, or troublesome, to turn over or have, when one, or more, has been
turned over, not lain flatly and smoothly as before.
Now my invention is intended to afford great facility for turning over such
sheets, or leaflets, in such wise that when one, or more, is turned over it may lie at
the back as flatly and evenly as it did in front before it was turned, or
vice versa.
According to my invention the sheets, or leaflets, are pierced with, preferably
two holes, near the top, through the entire series or set, such holes being preferably
symetrically placed and through these holes are passed rings preferably of metal,
but a softer, or flexible substance, or cord or ribbon may be used instead of meta!
rings, and through such rings is passed a horizontal rod on which they hang and
by which they are supported.
The rod is suspended horizontally by means of one or more rings or loops, or
preferably a string, wire, ribbon, or the like attached to it in two places, and
passing over some fixed point of suspension, as for example a nail or hook.
Now when it is desired to turn over one such sheet, say the front one, so as
to expose the next following; the operator will slide the rod along the rings to the
right or left and thus disengage one ring from one end of the rod and will then
draw the other end of the rod off the remaining ring.
Having thus disengaged the leaflets from the rod, one or more leaflet can be
turned over from the front to the back or vice versa, on the rings, so as to lie evenly
and smoothly against the next sheet, and the rings may then be replaced on the
rod without the rod having been taken down, and this may be done in a very
few seconds and with a degree of perfection and facility not attainable with the
means of suspension hitherto commonly in use.
By fixing the small rings of the rod outside the rings or suspenders of the
leaflets, I am also able to turn over the leaflets without disengaging the rod from
such leaflet rings or suspenders.
I prefer to strengthen the sheets at the part where they are perforated for
insertion of the rings, by facing them with a slip, or pieces of some material
suitable for strengthening them such for instance as linen, or other textile fabric,
parchment or the like, and with or without eyelets, so as to render the leaflets less
liable to be torn more particularly when being turned over.
Dated the 30th day of March 1892.
NEWNHAM BROWNE,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Suspending Sets or Series of Leaflets or Sheets.
I ADOLPH TUCK, of the firm of Raphael Tuck & Sons, 72 and 73 Coleman
Street in the City of London, Fine Art Publishers 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 :-
.
Sets and series or assortments of leaflets are often suspended from the walls
of rooms, passages and the like, of such kind and in such manner that the front
one of the series is alone exposed to view and so that this may be turned over
at pleasure so as to then become the back one of the series and to leave a fresh
one exposed to view, such books or assortments of leaflets are generally arranged
to be turned over, at regular intervals, such for instance as daily, weekly, or
monthly according to the nature of the matter thereon.
As hitherto arranged and suspended such leaflets have generally been more or
less difficult, or troublesome, to turn over or have, when one, or more has been
turned over, not lain flatly and smoothly as before..
Now my invention is intended to afford great facility for turning over such
sheets, or leaflets, in such wise that when one, or more, is turned over it may
lie at the back as flatly and evenly as it did in front before it was turned, or
vice versa.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings I have represented a set of sheets or
leaflets suspended according to my invention. The nature of the device and surface
decoration and having no reference to the invention, and the number of sheets
varying as may be required.
Fig. 1 is a front view and Fig. 2 a side view; A, A, are the sheets or leaflets
pierced with, preferably two holes b near the top, through the entire series or set,
such holes being preferably symetrically placed and through these holes are passed
rings preferably, of metal, but a softer, or flexible substance, or cord or ribbon
may be used instead of metal rings, and through such rings is passed a horizontal
rod D on which they hang and by which they are supported.
The rod is suspended horizontally by means of one or more rings, eyes or loops g
or preferably a cord, wire or ribbon e or the like attached to the eyes g or to the
rod itself in two places, and passing over some fixed point or points of suspension,
as for example a nail or hook f.
Now when it is desired to turn over one such sheet, say the front one, so as to
expose the next following, the operator may either take the cord e off the hook f
and pass the front sheet over, on the rings, to the back, either passing it over the
eyes or other points of attachment of the cord to the rod and drawing the
remainder of the cord through between the sheet and the rod; or the rod D may
be rotated so that the eyes 9 are carried backwards and under the rod and between
it and the other suspended sheets and the cord thus brought, to the front again.
Another way of performing the same operation is as follows, but to admit of this
the holes and rings c. must be placed rather farther apart and nearer the edges of
the leaflets, or the rod must be slightly shorter than is shown on the drawings.
The operator may slide the rod along the rings to the right or left and thus dis-
engage one ring from one end of the rod and will then draw the other end of
the rod off the remaining ring and having thus disengaged the leaflets from the
rod, one or more leaflet can be turned over from the front to the back or
nice versa, on the rings, so as to lie evenly and smoothly against the next sheet,
and the rings may then be replaced on the rod without the rod having been taken
down, and this may be done in a very few seconds and with a degree of perfection
and facility not attainable with the means of suspension hitherto commonly in use.
By fixing the eyes g outside the rings or suspenders c. of the leaflets, I am also

page_text: able to turn over the leaflets without disengaging the rod from such leaflet rings
or suspenders.
I prefer to strengthen the sheets at the part where they are perforated for
insertion of the rings, by facing them with a slip, or pieces of some material suitable
for strengthening them, such for instance as finen, or other textile fabric, parch-
ment or the like, and with or without eyelets, so as to render the leaflets less liable
to be torn more particularly when being turned over.
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
1. The improvements in suspending sets or series of leaflets or sheets by means
of a rod and rings substantially in the manner and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and as shown in the drawings.
2. Suspending sheets A by means of holes or eyelets b, rings c, rod D, and rings
or eyes g, with or without cord e, substantially as shown and described.
Dated the 28th day of December 1892.
NEWNHAM BROWNE,
Agent for the Applicant.