Improvements relating to Picture Suspenders.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 20th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 24th Dec., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Picture Suspenders.
I, HENRY MUNSLOW, of 9, Priory Road, Edgbaston in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention consists of improvements relating to picture suspenders, my
object being to so construct such articles as to enable a china or other non-
metallic or ornamental rose or centre to be readily and neatly attached thereto.
In the application of my invention I form my improved suspender by stamping
out a circular or other shaped disc or blank from sheet brass or other suitable
metal. The central portion of the disc is pressed up to form a hollow projecting
boss, and the front end of the boss has a hole punched through it, leaving only
an inwardly projecting flange or circular strip of metal to form the front seating
of the china or other non-metallic or ornamental rose or centre.
The ornamental rose or centre is then placed within the hollow boss, its front
face then showing through the front aperture, and it is secured in position by
depressing the periphery of the boss by suitable spinning or pressing tools thus
producing an internal projection of the metal at the back of the centre. The
exterior surface or periphery of the boss is at the same time grooved or rounded
to form a suitable seating for the picture cord.
I sometimes serrate the edge or periphery of the flange or back plate portion
of the suspender and I form the face of the same to any required ornamental
configuration by stamping or other processes.
The suspender is secured to the wall or other support preferably by means of
small pins or tacks which are inserted in holes formed through the flange or
back plate in the ordinary manner.
1000
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements relating to Picture Suspenders.
I, HENRY MUNSLOW, of 9 Priory Road, Edgbaston, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer, 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 improvements relating to picture suspenders, my
object being to so construct such articles as to enable a china or other non-metallic
or ornamental rose or centre to be readily and neatly attached thereto.

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In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter referred
Figure 1 is a front elevation and Figure 2 a sectional side elevation representing
one form of my improved picture suspenders.
Figure 3 is a front elevation and Figure 4 a side elevation of another form of
my picture suspenders.
Figure 5 is a front elevation representing my improved suspender fitted with a
central mirror.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate similar parts.
In the application of my invention I form my improved suspender by stamping
out a circular or other shaped disc or blank, from sheet brass or other suitable
metal. The central portion of the disc is pressed up to form a hollow projecting
boss A, and the front end of the boss has a hole punched through it, leaving only
an inwardly projecting flange or circular strip of metal to form the front seating of
the china or other non-metallic or ornamental rose or centre B.
The ornamental rose or centre B is then placed within the hollow boss, its front
face showing through the front aperture, and it is secured in position by depressing
the periphery of the boss by suitable spinning or pressing tools, thus producing an
internal projection of the metal at the back of the centre. The exterior surface or
periphery of the boss is at the same time grooved or rounded to form a suitable
seating for the picture cord.
I sometimes serrate the edge or periphery of the flange or back plate portion of
the suspender and I form the face of the same to any required ornamental
configuration such as shown at Figure 3 by stamping or other processes.
The centre secured within the hollow boss may take the form of a small circular
or other shaped mirror and in such cases I preferably split the inwardly projecting
flange of the boss A and form it of a configuration such as illustrated at Figure 5.
To protect the cord or wire by which the picture is suspended I sometimes place
a rubber or other ring or covering over the grooved seating formed in the
projecting boss.
The suspender is secured to the wall or other support preferably by means of
small pins or tacks which are inserted in holes formed through the flange or back
plate in the ordinary manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
1. The construction and combination of picture suspenders with ornamental
centres substantially in the manner described and as illustrated.
2. The improved picture suspenders having a china or other rose such as B or a
mirror or other ornamental centre substantially as described and as illustrated.
Dated this 19th day of November 1896.
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.