Improvements in Tent Equipments.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tent Equipments.
We JAMES WILKINSON and AARON WILKINSON both of St. Oswald Street
Rochdale Road Manchester in the County of, Lancaster Shuttle Manufacturers
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 tent equipments and consists in forming appliances that
may be attached to the pole of a tent or other like place as a means for disposing
in an orderly manner arms, accoutrements and clothes of soldiers, volunteers, or
others using tents when in camp. The objects of this invention are to economise
space and to facilitate the readjustment of arms when resuming duty.
We attain these objects by the means hereinafter described and as illustrated in
the accompanying two sheets of drawings. In the several views therein shown
similar letters refer to similar parts.
Fig. 1 represents side view of our invention fitted to the pole of a tent ;
Fig. 2 is transverse section of the same drawn through line A. A.
Fig. 3 is plan of the lower portion and
Fig. 4 plan of the upper portion of the same invention.
In carrying out our invention, we form that part which we employ for the purpose
of stacking rifles, by constructing a rack consisting of two boards c and d with
recesses formed in the front side of the board d, each of said recesses being of a size
and shape suitable for receiving the muzzle end of a rifle when placed at right
angles thereto.
We
Ve place a swivel plate j across near the front of each opening, said plate being
pivotted at one end by means of a screw and the opposite end falling into a
groove k.
We attach pegs m to the front side of the board c on which to hang bayonets
and accoutrements.
We form a semicircular hole n in the back edges of the boards c, and d with the
object of fitting onto and encasing therein the tent pole a. We secure the boards c
and d to said pole in the position such as, or similar to that represented in the
drawings, by means of the bolts f,f, and the thumb screws g, g'.
We place these boards preferably at such a height from the ground that when
the muzzle end of a gun is resting in any one of the recesses h, it may be retained
therein by the swivel plate j, and the butt end may rest on the ground as represented
in Fig. 5.
We form that part of our invention which is employed for the purpose of
hanging wearing apparel and like articles by means of a ring p which we slide on
to the pole a, and fix in any suitable position by means of the pegs t which are
screwed into said ring with their points projecting on the inside and gripping the
pole a, so as to act as set screws, and retain the ring p at any preferred height from
the ground. The aforesaid screwed pegs t are for the purpose of hanging thereon
clothes and like articles. By these means arms accoutrements and wearing apparel
may be conveniently disposed of when not in use, and are easily obtainable when
required.
When it is necessary to remove the tent the aforesaid rack can be released
from the pole by slackening the thumb screws g, g¹, and the ring p can be slipped
off the pole by slightly unscrewing the pegs t.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
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1st. In equipments for tents that are occupied by soldiers, volunteers, and others,
the use of an appliance for receiving holding and storing, fire arms accoutrements,
wearing apparel, and like effects, in the manner and for the purpose substantially
as herein before described
2nd. In equipments for tents that are occupied by soldiers, volunteers, and other
persons, the combination of a rack for fire arms, with pegs for accoutrements and
wearing apparel, affixed to the tent pole in the manner substantially as herein
before described.
Darcu His own way of May 1992.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53, Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicants.