IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STANDS OR SUPPORTS FOR HOLDING PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS, LADIES' COM- PANIONS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Arthur Hasler, in the employment of Adolph
Frankau and Company, of Queen Victoria Street, in the City of London,
Morchants, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
STANDS OR SUPPORTS FOR HOLDING PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS, LADIES' COM-
PANIONS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES" Partly the result of a communication
from abroad by Hermann Lehmann, of Offenbach-on-the-Main, in Germany,
and partly of Invention and discovery made by himself.
Sealed the 29th June 1877, and dated the 8th February 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Arthur Hasler at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th February 1877
GEORGE ARTHUR HASLER, in the employment of Adolph Fiankau and Company,
of Queen Victoria Street, in the City of London, Merchants "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF STANDS OR SUPPORTS FOR HOLDING PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS,
LADIES' COMPANIONS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES" Partly the result of a com-
munication from abroad by Heimann Lehmann, of Offenbach-on-the-Main, in
Germany, and partly of Invention and discovery made by myself
For the purposes of this Invention, I construct a stand, support, or holder in two
portions, an upper one and a lower one; the upper one holds the album in an
oblique direction or position, so that its contents may be easily viewed, and it drops
or fits on to a spindle or pivot secured to the lower portion, on which it is free to
revolve with the album attached thereto in a dnection parallel with the plane of
the table or surface on which it is placed
For securely attaching the album to the stand, support, or holder, a plate carrying
studs, hooks, or other similar contrivances is fastened to the upper or evolving
portion of the stand, support, or holder, and the studs or hooks engage in slots
provided in a corresponding plate contrived in the under side or cover of the album
to receive them, but the album may be readily detached when to be placed on a
table
To prevent undue stiain or injury to the back of the album when it is opened,
angle pieces forming stays or brackets are secured to the under side or cover, and
they extend under the back of the album and keep it supported.

page_text: in another plate a* contrived in the under side or under cover of the album, and
hold the album and revolving portion securely together, and at the same time
permitting them to be evolved
Figure 5 shows the album Z detached from its stand in order that the plate d*
and slots f may be clearly seen The album may however, if desired, be used
detached fiom its stand like an ordinary album
In order to prevent undue strain or injury to the back of the album when opened,
I employ angle pieces g, which I 11vet, sciew, or other wise attach to the under
side or under cover of the album, and they extend under the back thereof, as seen in
Figures 1 and 5, so that when the album is opened, they form rests or brackets for
the back, and keep it well supported
The spindle or pivot may of course be fixed to the upper and revolving portion A
and the longitudinal orifice formed in the lower and stationary portion A*
Although I have described the Invention as applied to an album, it may be
applied in oviously similar manner to ladies' companions, portfolios, and the like
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same may be performed, I declare that I claim,-
First Constructing stands, supports, or standards for photographic albums,
ladies' companions, and other like articles, in two portions, the upper portion
carrying the article, and being capable of revolving on the lower and stationary
poition as described
Second Fixing on attaching the album or other like article to the stand, support,
o standard by means of hooks, studs, or other equivalent contrivances disposed on
a plate, secured to the upper and moveablo portion of the stand, such hooks or studs
engaging in a slotted plate fixed in the album or other article, as described
Thud The employment of angle pieces fitted to the album or other like article,
and forming stays, supports, or brackets for preventing undue strain or injury to the
back when such article is opened, as herein-before described.
Fourth The general anangement and combination of parts constituting the im-
provements in the construction of stands or supports for holding photographic
albums, ladies' companions, and other like articles, as herein-before described and
illustrated in the annexed Drawings
In witness whereof, I, the said George Arthur Hasler have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fifth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven
Witness,
W H DANBY
GEO A. HASLER (LS)