An Improved Reaching Rod for Closing Shutters, Gas Lighting, and other purposes, applicable also as a Clothes-post or the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 25th May, 1891-Accepted, 25th Aug., 1991
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Reaching Rod for Closing Shutters, Gas Lighting, and
other purposes, applicable also as a Clothes-post or the like.
I SAMUEL JOSEPH HODDER Row 22 Craven Street Brunswick Place City
Road London Carpenter and Bricklayer do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
Tubes of metal sliding as a telescope inside each other and on the end of which
is fixed or screwed a cross piece of metal for the purpose of pulling down or sliding
up of shutters or sashes &c. this cross piece of metal can be taken off and a fork
inserted in its place for the support of lines on which articles are hung for drying
or other purposes; these can be again replaced by other fittings suitable for the
turning on & lighting of gas & for the cleaning of walls &c.
Dated this 25th day of August 1890.
SAMUEL JOSEPH HODDER ROW.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Reaching Rod for Closing Shutters, Gas Lighting, and
other purposes, applicable also as a Clothes-post or the like.
I SAMUEL JOSEPH HODDER ROW of 22 Craven Street Brunswick Place City
Road in the County of Middlesex Carpenter 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 relates to an improved telescopic rod constructed of brass, zinc or
other suitable tubes, sliding inside each other and on the end of the smaller tube
is fixed by means of a bayonet joint, or screwed, a top piece for the purpose of
pulling down or sliding up of shutters or sashes the said top piece being removable
as herein described for the purpose of attaching others for various purposes, such
as a clothes prop, hook for turning on and lighting of gas, a broom or brush for
cleaning of walls or the like.
In carrying my invention into practice I construct a rod as herein above described
of metal tubes two, three, or more, as may be necessary for any required length, on
the one side of the tubes ribs or projections bare formed at given distances so that any
one tube may be partially pulled out and secured, for this purpose it is only
necessary to turn the tube round to the opposite side where a recess is formed on
the outer tube for the reception of any one of the projections above described.
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation with movable top piece in position.
Fig. 1 is a cross section at a a.
Fia is a side ploration of marchlata
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page_text: Having now particularly described & 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) In a telescopic rod constructed of tubes a sliding inside each other with
projections at given distances forming stops for the various purposes as herein
described and shewn in the drawings.
purpose it may
(2) The movable top pieces c made in any suitable form for the
be required substantially as herein described and shewn in the drawing.
Dated this 25th day of May 1891.
SAMUEL JOSEPH HODDER ROW.