Improvements in Stands for Displaying Goods.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Loft th Aud 180A Accented 3rd Oct
180k
Date of Application, 15th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Loft, &th Aug 1808 Accepted, 3rd Oct 180k
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stands for Displaying Goods.
I, THOMAS GRIFFITHS, trading as Thomas Griffiths and Company, of 17, Dale
End, in the City of Birmingham, Shop Fitter, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has reference to an improved adjustable stand to be used for the
displayal of goods in shop windows and other positions.
The object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive adjustable
stand having parts which are not liable to get ont of order.
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In carrying my invention into effect attach to the top plate or displaying
plate a bracket piece or horn piece which I pivot to an eye bracket or head of
the stand, and I allow the tail of this bracket or horn piece to project below the
pivot upon which the horn turns. I form the tail or end preferably with an opening
in the centre in the nature of a jaw, into which the eye end of a screwed wire or
stem may pass, and I attach the end of the wire to this jaw by means of a pivot
upon which the eye may work freely. I pass the screwed stein through the pro-
jecting boss end upon the hend of the stand, the bole within this being large
enough to allow the screwed rod to work freely when the plate is at different
angles. Upon the outside of this boss I place a nut or screwed manipulating
knob, which engages with the thread upon the stem so that when the nut or knob
is turned the screw is drawn in or out, and the displaying plate raised or lowered
from a horizontal to the inclined position.
To secure the nut or knob from falling off, I prefer to spin or force the end
over upon the projecting boss in such a manner as to allow it to turn freely upon
it. By this arrangement I am enabled to readily adjust the position of the stand
without having to remove anything upon the action part or upon the head of the
fitting of the stand.
I attach my improved action to any ordinary telescopic or sliding stand, and
modify the form of the bracket for carrying my action to suit the particular show
stand or bracket to which it is to be attached, and I vary the shape of the plate
to suit the nature of the article or goods to be displayed.
Dated this 14th day of November 1895.
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Stands for Displaying Goods.
I, THOMAS GRIFFITHS, trading as Thomas Griffiths and Company, of 17, Dale
End, in the City of Birmingham, Shop Fitter, 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 has reference to an improved adjustable stand to be used for the
displayal of goods in shop windows and other positions.
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page_text: The object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive adjustable
stand having parts which are not liable to get out of order.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter reforred to:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Figure 2 an end elevation of the upper portion
of one form of adjustable stand.constructed in accordance with my invention.
Figures 3 and 4 are sectional side elevations illustrating the adjusting mechanism,
and with the top or displaying plate in different positions:
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
In carrying my invention into effect I attach to the top plate or displaying
plate A of the stand a bracket piece or horn piece such as B which I pivot to an
eye bracket or to the head C of the stand, and I allow the tail of this bracket or
horn piece to project below the pivot as illustrated at Figures 2, 3 and 4. 1 form
the tail or end preferably with an opening in the centre in the nature of a jaw,
into which the eye end of a screwed wire or a stem such as D may pass, and I
attach the end of the wire, rod, or stem to this jaw by means of a pivot upon
which the eye may work freely. I pass the screwed stem D through the projecting
boss of the head C, the hole within this boss being large enough to allow the
screwed rod to work freely when the plate is at different angles. Upon the outside
of this boss I place a nut or screwed manipulating knob such as E, which engages
with the thread upon the stem so that when the nut or knob is turned, the screw is
drawn in or out, and the displaying plate A is raised or lowered from a horizontal
position as shown at Figures 1, 2 and 3, to an inclined position such as shown at
Figure 4.
To secure the nut or knob from falling off, I prefer to spin or force the end
over upon the projecting boss as illustrated at Figures 3 and 4 in such a manner as
to allow the knob to be turned freely and to have sufficient lateral play to permit
it to adjust itself to the inclination of the screwed stem. By this arrangement I am
enabled to readily adjust the position of the stand without having to remove any-
thing upon the action part or upon the head of the fitting of the stand. I attach
my improved action to any ordinary tolescopic sliding, or other stand, and modify.
the forin of the bracket for carrying my action to suit the particular show stand
or bracket to which it is to be attached, and I vary the shape of the top plate to
suit the nature of the article or goods to be displayed.
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 improved method of adjusting the top plate or the displaying 'part of. a
show stand substantially as described.
2. In adjustable show stands the combination of a pivotted bracket, horn piece,
or like support, with the screwed stem or an adjusting rod, substantially as and for
the purposes described.
3. The improved general construction and arrangement of parts forming the
adjusting mechanism of a show stand substantially as described and as illustrated.
Dated this 7th day of Angst 1806
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.