Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Feb., 1888
Complete Left, 1st Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 6th Apr., 1888
and the like.
I, GEORGE THOMAS WOOLDRIDGE, of Ivy Bank, Albany Street, Bedford, in the
County of Bedford, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improved apparatus to be applied to swing looking glasses
and other articles which require angular adjustment.
In carrying out my invention I employ a ratchet toothed rack which is pivotted to
the back part of the looking glass at one side thereof two or more of the teeth nearest
the looking glass not being ratchet teeth.
To the pillar or standard at the same side of the glass I fix a projecting catch or
tooth.
By this arrangement in order to adjust the glass at an angle in one direction it is
merely necessary to pull the bottom part of the glass forward and to adjust the glass
in the other direction the outer end of the rack must be raised and when it is required to
move the glass into a position which will allow the lower part of the body of a person to
be seen the lower part of the glass can be moved past the standards and can be adjusted
in that position by the plain teeth of the rack.
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1000
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Adjusting Swing Looking Glasses
and the like.
I, GEORGE THOMAS WOULDRIDGE, of Ivy Bank, Albany Street, Bedford, in the
County of Bedford, Birmingham Factor, 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 improved apparatus to be applied to swing looking glasses
and other articles which require angular adjustment.
In carrying out my invention I employ a ratchet toothed rack which is pivotted to
the back part of the looking glass at one side thereof, two or more of the teeth nearest
the looking glass not being ratchet teeth.
To the pillar or standard at the same side of the glass I fix a projecting catch or
tooth.
By this, arrangement in order to adjust the glass at an angle, in one direction it is
merely necessary to pull the bottom part of the glass.forward; and to adjust the glass
in the other direction the outer end of the rack must be raised, and when it is required
to move, the glass into a position which will allow the lower part. of the, body of a
person to be seen, the lower part of the glass can be moved past the standards and can
be adjusted in that position by the plain teeth of the rack.
To enable my invention to be clearly understood I will describe how it may be carried
into practice by reference to the accompanying drawing in which
Figure 1 is a side elevation of so much of a looking glass frame as is necessary to
show the application of my improvements thereto, and
Figure is a view similar to figure 1 but showing the swinging frame in a different
position.
Figure 3 is a section on the line, a figure 1.
u is one of the standards of a looking glass frame and is the swinging frame which
is supported on pivots such as e between the said: standards..
d is the toothed rack which is pivotted to the bracket e secured to the back of the
swinging frame at one side, the said rack having a series of ratchet teeth and two
or more plain teeth g. By attaching the rack to the bracket e the said rack is enabled
to automatically assume any position and to lie against the back of the glass when
required.
is the projecting catch which is fixed to the pillar a and which is adapted to engage
with one or other of the teeth f, g
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When the swinging frame is inclined backwardly, say to the position shown in
figure 1, one of the teeth is in engagement with the catch h, thus holding the said
swinging frame in position; when, however, the glass is to be turned so that the lower
part of the person is reflected therein, say to the position shown in figure 2 one of the

page_text: teeth g is in engagement with the catch h, which teeth g are of such shape as to prevent
the swinging from being moved in either direction until the rack is raised to disengage
it from the catch.
It is obvious that my improvements are not only applicable to the swinging frame of
a looking glass but to any other frame operating in a similar manner.
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. The combination with the frame of a looking glass or the like, of a rack having
some of its teeth inclined or of ratchet shape and the others plain, so that the swinging
frame can be placed and held in an inclined position in either direction, substantially
as described.
2. The improved adjusting apparatus for looking glasses or the like, constructed
and arranged substantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.