Improvements in Screens.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 1st July, 1892-Accepted, 6th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Screens.
I, ANNIE ST. JOHN PARTRIDGE, of Farchynys, Dolgelly, in the County of
Merioneth, Art Student, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention is designed to provide a screen that can be easily carried from
place to place to suit the requirements of artists and others. To this end I form
the screen with a number of upright pieces connected together by cross pieces
some or all of which are provided with means for carrying curtains of suitable
material such as silk or the like. In one construction there are three uprights to
each of which at its upper part is hinged a cross piece which is at its free end
provided with a catch adapted when in use to catch into a hook on the next
upright. Other cross pieces similarly provided with catches are hinged at lower
parts of the uprights and are alternately arranged to the upper ones that is to say
hinged at opposite sides thereto. The upper cross pieces are provided with rings
to which curtains of any desired length can be attached or if preferred curtains
can be hung on each set of cross pieces. The arrangement is such that when
desired the cross pieces can be readily unhooked and laid parallel with the uprights
the curtains being removed and rolled around the uprights and cross-pieces in such
a manner that the whole can be easily carried. The uprights and cross pieces can
conveniently be of bamboo cane but may be of other suitable material.
In some cases the cross pieces may be in the form of lazytongs.
Dated this 1st day of September 1891
A. ST. JOHN
PARTRIDGE,
By L. W., per F. B.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Screens.
I, ANNIE ST. JOHN PARTRIDGE of Farchynys, Dolgelly, in the County of
Merioneth, Art Student, 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 :-
My invention is designed to provide a screen that can be easily carried from
place to place to suit the requirements of artists and others. To this end I form
the screen with a number of upright pieces connected together by cross pieces
some or all of which are provided with means for carrying curtains of suitable
material such as silk or the like.
The cross pieces are each hinged or jointed at one end to one of the uprights
and at its other end is adapted to be readily connected with and disconnected from
the opposite upright, the arrangement being such that when desired the cross
pieces can be each readily disconnected from one of the uprights and folded
parallel with the upright to which it is hinged or jointed, and the curtains can be
rolled around the uprights and cross pieces so that the whole can be easily carried
from place to place. The uprights and cross pieces may be of bamboo cane or
other suitable material.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figs. 1 and 2 show respectively in side elevation and plan, a screen constructed
according to this invention.
It comprises uprights 1, the number of which will depend upon the number of

page_text: folding panels or parts required, and upper and lower cross pieces 2 2ª respectively,
for connecting the uprights together. These cross pieces are each connected at
one end to one of the uprights by a hinge 3 so that the cross piece can be readily
folded against the corresponding upright as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The
other end of each cross piece is provided with a tongue 4 by which it can be
easily connected by a pin 5 to a bracket 6 fixed to the opposite upright. In order
that the screen may be readily opened and closed the tongues 4 excepting those
marked 4 for connection with one of the two outer uprights, are permanently
pivoted to the corresponding cross pieces so that they act as links and enable
each part of the screen to be readily folded or moved relatively to the part to
which it is connected as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. By this construction it
will be seen that the uprights can be readily disconnected when desired and the
cross pieces folded parallel with the uprights for which they are hinged so that
the whole can be made to occupy very little space. 77 are rings by means of
which curtains of suitable material can be suspended from the cross bars when
the screen is in use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A screen comprising a number of uprights connected by cross bars that
serve to carry curtains and each of which is hinged or jointed at one end to one
of the said uprights and at its other end is adapted to be readily connected with
and disconnected from the opposite upright, the arrangement being such that
when the cross bars are thus disconnected at one end they can be laid parallel to
the upright to which they are hinged or jointed substantially as hereinbefore
described for the purpose specified.
2. My improved portable screen constructed as described and shown.
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