An Adjustable Stand for Supporting Embroidery Frames and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 28th July, 1896-Accepted, 12th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Adjustable Stand for Supporting Embroidery Frames and
the like.
1. SARAH JANE MOBERLY, of Cottesmore, Tuddenham Road, Ipswich, in the
County of Suffolk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The adjustable stand is adapted to receive embroidery frames of various
dimensions and to hold them at any desired height and at the inclination which may
be most convenient to the worker. The construction of the stand is such also that
the embroidery frame is easily removed from the stand and replaced by another so
that however numerous the pieces of work the embroiderer may have in hand, only
one stand is required.
The stand consists of two standards connected together at the lower part by a
telescopic bar and blocks pivotted to the standards and clamps which grip the sides
of the embroidery frame against the blocks.
The standards have feet, on which the apparatus stands steadily and immediately
above the foot of each standard a slide is firmly fixed and projects from the standard
horizontally. For one standard the slide is trough like in form and for the other
standard the slide consists of a broad rail; the latter part fits within the former,
the two together being the telescopic connecting bar. The rail has a longitudinal
slot or opening in it, a thumb screw passes through the slot and screws into a nut
let into the trough like slide; on tightening the screw when the standards have
been set to the desired distance apart they become rigidly connected. On the
trough like slide at its further end there is an auxiliary or intermediate foot so
that the telescopic connecting bar may be used as a stool without being unduly
strained. The tops of the standards are forked and receive thumb screws which
pass horizontally through them and screw into nuts let into the standards. The
thumb screw serves as a pivot for a piece entering the fork and having the clamping
block firmly fixed to it.
The clamping blocks can be set to any desired inclination by turning them about
these pivots and they can be held fast in position by tightening the thumb
screws.
The work is as usual stretched in a rectangular wooden frame somewhat resembling
a slate frame; when this embroidery frame is to be mounted upon the stand its
sides are placed to lie against the pivotted blocks. Two iron screw clamps are
then applied, each clamp to embrace between its jaws one of the pivotted blocks
and the side of the embroidery frame which lies against it. Then when the clamp
screws are tightened the frame becomes firmly held.
Dated this 20th dox of Databox 100%

page_text: An Adjustable Stand for Supporting Embroidery Frames and
the like.
I, SARAH JANE MOBERLY, of Cottesmore, Tuddenham Road, Ipswich, in the
County of Suffolk, 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:-
The adjustable stand is adapted to receive embroidery frames of various
dimensions and to hold them at any desired height and at the inclination which may
be most convenient to the worker. The construction of the stand is such also that
the embroidery frame is easily removed from the stand and replaced by another so
that however numerous the pieces of work the embroiderer may have in hand, only
one stand is required.
The stand consists of two standards connected together at the lower part by a
telescopic bar and blocks pivotted to the standards and clamps which grip the sides
of the embroidery frame against the blocks.
The standards have feet, on which the apparatus stands steadily and immediately
above the foot of each standard a slide is firmly fixed and projects from the standard
horizontally. For one standard the slide is trough like in form and for the other
standard the slide consists of a broad rail, the latter part fits within the former, the
two together being the telescopic connecting bar. The rail has a longitudinal slot
or opening in it, a thumb screw passes through the slot and screws into a nut let
into the trough like slide; on tightening the screw when the standards have been
set to the desired distance apart they become rigidly connected. On the trough
like slide at its further end there is an auxiliary or intermediate foot so that
the telescopic connecting bar may be used as a stool without being unduly strained.
The tops of the standards are forked and receive thumb screws which pass
horizontally through them and screw into nuts let into the standards. The thumb
screw serves as a pivot for a piece entering the fork and having the clamping block
firmly fixed to it.
The clamping blocks can be set to any desired inclination by turning them about
these pivots and they can be held fast in position by tightening the thumb
screws.
The work is as usual stretched in a rectangular wooden frame somewhat resembling
a slate frame; when this embroidery frame is to be mounted upon the stand its
sides are placed to lie against the pivotted blocks. Two iron screw clamps are
then applied, each clamp to embrace between its jaws one of the pivotted blocks
and the side of the embroidery frame which lies against it. Then when the clamp
screws are tightened the frame becomes firmly held.
The standards are preferably made in two parts one sliding in a bevelled groove
in the other, and are held in the required position by a pin which passes through
holes made in the parts.
The accompanying drawings shew a stand made in accordance with this
invention.
Figure 1 is a front elevation.
Figure 2 is a side elevation.
Figure 3 is a section on the line 1, 1.
Two standards a a are connected together by a telescopic bar consisting of a
slide of trough like section and a slide c fitting into it.
The slide c has a
longitudinal slot d, a screw e secured to the slide 6 passes through the slot and has
on it a nut f; on tightening the nut f when the standards a a have been set out to
the required distance apart they become rigidly connected.

page_text: The standards a a have feet h h and on the slide there is an auxiliary foot g.
In the standards a a are bevelled grooves k k with slides fitting into them. The
slides I have holes m through which pins n n pass and secure them at the required
height.
The tops oo of the slides are forked and receive screws p p which pass
horizontally through them and have upon them nuts q q.
The screws pp serve as pivots for pieces rr entering the forks and having
clamping blocks ss fixed to them. The work is stretched in a rectangular wooden
frame not shewn in the drawings; when this frame is to be mounted upon the stand
its sides are placed to lie against the pivotted blocks s s. Screw clamps t t which
are fixed to the blocks s s are then applied, each clamp to embrace between its jaws
one of the blocks s and the side of the frame which lies against it.
Having now particularly described, and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. An adjustable stand consisting of two standards connected together by a
telescopic bar and having at their tops pivotted blocks with clamps for securing
an embroidery frame or the like, substantially as described.
2. An adjustable stand for supporting embroidery frames and the like substan-
tially as described and shewn in the drawings.
Dated this Sixteenth dev of July 1806