Improvements in Devices for Holding the Receivers of Telephone Instruments or the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 18th July, 1891-Accepted, 22nd Aug., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Devices for Holding the Receivers of Telephone
Instruments or the like.
A communication from abroad by JEHIEL TUTTLE MOORE, of 24, Washington
Avenue South, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, State of Minnesota, United
States of America, Physician.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool & 6, Bank Street, Manchester,
both in the County of Lancaster & 323 High Holborn in the County of
Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in devices for holding the receivers of
telephone instruments or the like.
In carrying out the invention a plate or suitable support is provided which is
secured upon the telephone box preferably by a clamp that passes around the box
and through the plate and has nuts upon its ends, thereby securely holding the
plate upon the telephone box. An arm is pivoted upon this plate so as to swing in
a vertical plane and the edge of the plate is preferably of quadrant shape and is
provided with a series of notches or teeth. A spring bolt is arranged upon the
swinging arms and is adapted to engage any one of the notches and hold the arm in
any desired position. The outer end of the arm is provided with a spring clasp that
holds the receiver. By this means the receiver may be raised and held in any
desired position, thereby avoiding the necessity of holding the receiver in the hand.
A flexible connection may be arranged between the swinging arm and the telephone
switch so that when the arm is swung down it will operate the switch.
Where it is desired to use the receiver for either ear, the plate may be arranged
horizontally so that the swinging arm may be moved in a horizontal plane either to
the right or to the left, and in this instance the swinging arm bears at its upper end
a rod that is adapted to move vertically, and that can be turned upon its vertical
axis so as to bring the receiver into any desired position.
Dated this 17th day of October 1890.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Devices for Holding the Receivers of Telephone
Instruments or the like.
A communication from abroad by JEHIEL TUTTLE MOORE, of 24, Washington.
Avenue South, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, State of Minnesota, United
States of America, Physician.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, Lord Street Liverpool and 6 Bank Street,
Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster, and 323 High Holborn in the
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, 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 consists of an arrangement and construction of a device for holding
the sound receiving phone of a telephone or any other sound transmitting instru-
ment in any required position, and permitting the free use of the hands for making

page_text: memoranda, and taking or writing orders or messages as they may be received over
the wire. The invention can be attached to any telephone or sound transmitting
device without altering or in any way, changing, the ordinary construction thereof.
Reference is made to the accompanying drawings in which,
Figure 1, is a side elevation of a telephone with a phone holder embodying this 5
invention.
Figure 2. is a partial front elevation of a telephone, with the attachment in
position.
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Figure 3 is a sectional plan view of the switching arm and its locking pawl.
Figure 4 is a front view of a telephone provided with a modified form of
holder.
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Figure 5 is a side view showing the swinging arm, the segmental plate and an
eccentric clamp on the swinging arm for locking it to the segmental plate.
Figures 6 and 7 are details of the swinging arm with the sliding rod at its forward
end, the arm in this instance being arranged to swing laterally over the segmental 1
plate as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 8, is a detail of the clamp for securing the segmental plate to the
telephone box.
In the drawings 2 is a metallic plate provided with holes 3 for receiving a clamp 4
which encircles a box holding the plate 2 securely in position. The plate 2 is pro-
vided with a segmental ratchet 5 secured to the plate 2 and is also provided with an
adjusting arm 6 pivotally secured to the plate by the pivot 7 and carrying. at its
outer end a spring clasp adapted to hold the phone receiver 10. The arm 6
is provided with a sliding pawl 11 held in engagement with the segmental ratchet 5
by means of the spring 13. The sliding pawl is held in position on the arm 6 by
means of a set screw 15 passing through the slot 17 in said pawl and into the arm 6.
To the arm 20 of the telephone, which is the switch arm for throwing it in and out
of connection, a flexible cord 21 is connected, it also being connected to the arm 6
by means of the hook or staple 23.
When it is desired that the arm 6 be laterally adjustable, the plate 2 may be
placed under the upper box A, of the telephone and the arm be arranged to swing
longitudinally as indicated in Figures 4, 6 and 7. In this case vertical adjustment
may be made by using the adjustable rod 27 secured in the end of the arm 6 by
means of a set-screw 28, this arm being provided with the spring clasp 8 at one end
for holding the phone-receiver 10. The arm 6 may be in this instance secured at
any point on the plate 2 by a set-screw 33.
The operation of the device is as follows:-
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The clamp rods 4 are placed around the box and inserted through the holes 3 in
the plate 2 and secured in place by suitable nuts on the clamps 4. The cord 21
being secured to the arm 20 and to the arm 6 when at its lower limit as shown in
the dotted lines in Figure 1, the arm 20 is held thereby at its lowest limit, and the
telephone is cut out of the circuit and can only be released by raising the arm 6.
By means of the pawl 11 secured to the arm 6, the arm will be held in any position
that it is raised to, but cannot be lowered without releasing the pawl from engage-
ment with the segmental ratchet 5. As soon as the arm, 6 is raised, the arm 20 is
released from the tension thereon by means of the cord 21 and the instrument
is connected with the circuit. By loosening the clamp 28 in the holder, shown
in Figures 6 and 7, the vertical adjustment of the rod 27 may be readily made
to any height and, the arm 6 adjusted laterally on the segmental plate 5 by
operating the screw. 33. Thus the receiver is both vertically and laterally
adjustable to accommodate the party desiring to use the telephone. When not
using the telephone it is readily cut out of circuit by merely releasing the pawl 11
from engagement with the ratchet 5 and allowing the arm 6 to be lowered when it
draws the switch arm 20 to its lowest limit by means of the cord or connection 21.
Thus it will be seen that the dropping of the arm closes the switch to complete the
circuit of the telephone through the magnetic bell and cutting out the receiving
phone.

page_text: When the Figure 4 device is employed, this double action of the arm 6 cannot
very conveniently be secured. Hence the arm and switch 20 are disconnected and
the cord 30 and weight 31 substituted. When the telephone is not in use, the
weight is allowed to hang from the switch as shown in full, while, when in use, the
switch is released by placing the weight on the top of the battery box 32.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a telephone or other
sound transmitting instrument, and a receiving phone, of an adjustable arm pivotally
supported at one end and carrying at its other end a clasp adapted to hold a
receiving phone, for the purpose specified.
2. The combination in a device of the class described, of the telephone or other
sound transmitting instrument and the receiving phone, of an adjustable arm
pivotally supported at one end and carrying at its other end a clasp adapted to hold
the receiving phone, and means for operating the telephone switch as required,
substantially as described.
3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a telephone or other
sound transmitting instrument, and a receiving phone, of an adjustable arm
pivotally supported at one end and carrying at its other end a clasp adapted to hold
a receiving phone, and a flexible connection between said arm and the telephone
switch, for the purpose specified.
4. The combination with a sound transmitting instrument and receiver, of the
plate 2, the adjustable arm 6 carrying at its outer end a receiver holder and means
for securing said arm in any desired position, and a connection between said arm
and the telephone switch, substantially as described.
5. The combination with a sound transmitting instrument and receiver, of the
plate 2, clamp rods 4 adapted to secure said plate to the instrument, the arm 6
pivotally connected to the plate 2 and adapted to be adjusted in different
positions upon the segmental portion of said plate and carrying at its outer end
a clasp receiver holder and a connection between said arm and the telephone switch,
substantially as described.
6. The combination with a sound transmitting instrument and receiver, of a
suitable plate as 2 provided with a segmental ratchet, the adjustable arm 6 pivoted
to said plate and carrying at its outer end a receiver holder and provided with a
sliding pawl 11 adapted to engage said segmental ratchet, and hold the said arm in
any desired position, and a connection between said arm and the telephone switch,
substantially as described.
Dated this 17th day of July 1801
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.