An Improvement applicable to Swing Dressing Glass Frames and other similarly Suspended or Hinged Articles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 14th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 17th Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement applicable to Swing Dressing Glass Frames
and other similarly Suspended or Hinged Articles.
I, THOMAS HARGREAVES BRIGG, of Bradford, Yorkshire, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improvement applicable to swing dressing-glass
frames and other similarly suspended or hinged articles, the invention being a
development of the invention described in the Specification accompanying my
application for Letters Patent No. 15255 dated the 26th day of September, 1890,
and having, for its special object, the rendering of the device or attachment
described in the aforesaid Specification more generally useful by so constructing it
as that it may be elongated, shortened or adjusted as may be most suitable to the
dressing-glass frame, ventilating sash or other similarly suspended article or door
or other hinged article to which it is being applied, such facility of adjustment
being quite apart from its automatic lengthening, shortening or adjustment in its
normal actuation when applied to the said article and in its intended use, and which
improvement permits of the improved device being made of a fewer number of
different sizes while giving it at the same time a wider scope of application to
articles of different sizes.
To the aforesaid end, I construct a suitable part of one of the frictionally
engaging parts of which the device is composed so that it may be lengthened,
shortened or adjusted as may be desired without, as aforesaid, in any way inter-
fering with the normal frictional engagement of such part with the other of the
said frictionally engaging parts, so that the distance between the pivotal attachments
of both such parts to the swing frame or the like and to its supporting frame
respectively may be set as most suitable to the article to which the device is being
applied.
According to one modification of carrying such improvement into effect, I solder
or otherwise secure an internally tapped ferule within and at the projecting end of
(say) the inner tube (forming one of the said frictionally engaging parts) and
attach the pivotal connection of such part to a rod, the free end of which is
screwed, entered into and adapted to engage with the said ferule, so that the length
of such frictionally engaging part may be adjusted as required by turning the
screwed rod the one way or the other within the ferule, and, if required, I fit the
said screwed rod with a nut which may be screwed down against the adjacent end
of the said tube so as to act as a set nut in fixing the parts of such frictionally
engaging part, and, if required, such nut may also act as a stop against which the
other of the said frictionally engaging parts may abut when at the end of the
collapsing movement of the device, and a stop may be also applied to limit
the opening movement of such frictionally engaging parts so that they will not in
normal use become disengaged.
L1000
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement applicable to Swing Dressing Glass Frames
and other similarly Suspended or Hinged Articles.
I, THOMAS HARgreaves Brigg, of Bradford, Yorkshire, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and y the following
statement :-
This invention relates to an improvement applicable to swing dressing-glass
frames and other similarly suspended or hinged articles, the invention being a
development of the invention for which Letters Patent No. 15255 dated the
26th day of September, 1890, have been granted to me.
The improvement has for its special object the rendering of the device or
attachment described in the Specification of such Patent more generally useful by
so constructing it as that it may be elongated, shortened or adjusted as may be
most suitable to the dressing-glass frame, ventilating sash or other similarly
suspended article or door or other hinged article to which it is to be or is being
applied, such facility of adjustment being in addition to its automatic lengthening,
shortening or adjustment in its normal actuation when applied to the said article
and in its intended method of use. The improvement thus admits of the device
being made of a fewer number of different sizes, while at the same time giving it
a wider scope of application to articles of different sizes.
On the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1, represents a sectional elevation of the device adapted with the present
improvement.
Figure 2, is a like view of another modification.
To the aforesaid end, I construct a suitable part of either of the frictionally
engaging parts 5, 6, with which the device is constructed (as described in my
aforesaid Specification) so that it may be lengthened, shortened or adjusted as may
be desired without, as aforesaid, in any way interfering with the normal frictional
engagement of such part with the other of such frictionally engaging parts, so that
the distance between the pivotal attachments 12, 14, of both such parts to the swing
frame 11, or the like, and to its supporting frame 13, respectively, may be set as
most suitable to the article to which the device is to be or is being applied.
According to one modification of carrying such improvement into effect, vide
Figure 1, I solder or otherwise secure an internally tapped ferule 16, within and
at the projecting end of (say) the inner tube 5, (forming one of the said frictionally
engaging parts) and attach the pivotal connection 12, of such part to a rod 5*, the
free end of which is screwed, entered into and adapted to engage with the ferule 16,
so that the length of such part 5, 5*, may be adjusted, as required, by turning the
screwed rod and its pivotal attachment 12, the one way or the other within the
ferule 16. If required, the rod 5×, may be fitted with a nut 17, which may be
screwed down against the adjacent end of the tube 5, so as to act as a set-nut in
relatively fixing the parts 5, 5×; and, if required, such nut may also act as a stop
against which the other 6, of the said frictionally engaging parts may abut when
the device is at the end of its collapsing movement. A stop such as a removable
pin in the one of such frictionally engaging parts, engaging with a longitudinal
slot in the other of such parts may also, if required, be applied to limit the opening
out or lengthening movement of the device, so that the aforesaid frictionally
engaging parts thereof will not in normal use become disengaged.
In the modification represented in Figure 2, the screwed rod 5*, engages directly
with the tubular part 5.
Or the adjustable rod 5*, may slide endwise within the tubular part 5, having
any necessary frictional contact therewith in like manner as the said parts 5, 6, 6
have such contact, so as to allow of the desired adjustment of the parts 5, 5* being
obtained without the necessity of turning either of such parts.

page_text: In the modification illustrated in Figure 1, the frictionally engaging part 5,
where it engages with the frictionally engaging part 6, is made as a split tube fitted
with an inner expanding split ring 18; and in the modification illustrated in Fig. 2,
the frictional engagement between the parts 5, 6, is ensured by springs 19, rivetted
to the part 5, the part 6, being in both such modifications represented as a tube
not split.
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. An automatically operating arresting device applicable to or for pivotally
suspended frames of dressing-glasses and other similarly suspended or hinged
articles consisting of frictionally engaging parts respectively pivotally connected to
the frame on the one part and to the supporting stand on the other and adapted to
slide in or on each other on motion being given to the frame, one of such parts
being so constructed or adapted as that it may be lengthened or shortened indepen-
dently of the other of such part substantially as and for the purpose herein before
described.
2. The application to automatically operating arresting devices of the nature
hereinbefore referred to of the improvement herein before described.
Dated this 14th day of September 1891.
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.