An Improved Flower Stand and Electric-light Standard Combined.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Jan., 1840
Complete Specification Left, 30th Sept., 1890-Accepted, 1st N v.,
1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION..
An Improved Flower Stand and Electric-light Standard Combined.
WILLIAM EDGAR GRAHAM and FRANK HAYWARD BIDDLE, Graham House
463 Oxford Street London W. in the County of Middlesex, Upholsterers Decorators
and Cabinet Makers do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :—
We construct of glass and brass a Flower Stand and Electric-light Standard by
means of which the light can be obtained by placing the standard down on a table or
any other article of furniture, without the aid of a switch, and we construct it in the
following manner :-
We take a circular glass dish with an upright hollow stem shaped as A (Fig. 1)
altering the height width etc., as may be desired.
Upon this we cement a threaded brass cap B (Fig. 1) having
the centre, we then screw upon this another brass cap C, Fig. 1.
inch hole through
Into the base of C we screw a th inch brass tube D (Fig. 1) which passes down
through the centre of A, the bottom end of D being screwed into a circular wooden
block shaped as E (Fig. 1) this is hollowed out and 2 brass pins G G are screwed into
the block Einch apart and equi-distant from the centre.
The hollow in the block E is afterwards closed with a round piece of electrically
non-conducting substance such as vulcanite or slate.
We then take 3 pieces of inch brass tube and bend to the shape of H, H, H, these
we firmly fix into C, by means of brazing and also fix them at the top by a small flat
circular brass piece J.
Into J a screw inch by inch is inserted; resting on J we have a circular glass
shade L, L, L, L, which is kept in position by the boss of the cap M screwing on to
the pin K.
M being hollowed out and threaded to take the threaded brass cap N into which is
cemented the shaped glass vase O Fig. 1.
The cap C has a boss containing a female screw into which is screwed a piece of
vulcanite P 1 inches long the thread being continued the full length of P which is
bored with a hole corresponding with interior diameter of the brass tube D the cap C
being also bored with the same sized hole so that there is a continuous bore from the
top of the vulcanite to the bottom of the block E, we then pass through the tube D
an insulated 2 strand wire and connect each wire to one of the pins marked Gand
hold them in their places by 2 small nuts screwed down onto E.
The 2 other ends of the wire are carried up through the cap and the vulcanite P
and connected to 2 small screws, screwed into the vulcanite (which is a non-conductor)
and are in their turn connected to 2 small brass springs for holding the lamp R.
On the vulcanite P is a brass band S screwing up and down and having 3 uprights
to support the lamp this screws up and down for the easy connection or disconnection
of the lamp R.
Dated this 31st day of December 1889.[
WILLIAM EDGAR GRAHAM.
FRANK HAYWARD BIDDLE.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Flower Stand and Electric-light Standard Combined.
We, WILLIAM EDGAR GRAHAM, and FRANK HAYWARD BIDDLE, of Graham House
463 Oxford Street, London, in the County of Middlesex, Upholsterers, Decorators and
Cabinet Makers, 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
following statement:-
the
Our invention will be best understood by describing the same with aid of the
accompanying drawing, filed with the Provisional Specification in which A represents
a glass dish with an upright hollow stem upon this we cement a screw threaded brass
cap B having a hole through the centre. Upon the outside of this cap B we screw a
double cap Cinto the middle crown of which we screw one end of a metal tube D,
which passes down the stem A and has a wooden block E screwed on to its bottom,
this is hollowed out and two brass pins G screwed in, the bottom of the block E is
closed up by a piece of vulcanite (not lettered). To the cap C is attached one end of
a frame or support H preferably formed of tubing, the other end being attached to a
disc J it is preferred that this frame be made of three ribs held equal distance
apart.
This frame supports the shade L which is secured to a part M by a screw K. The
part M also supports or holds a glass or other vase O by its stem being cemented into
a metal thimble N externally screw threaded which screws into part M.
The top of double cap C supports a piece of vulcanite tube P externally screw
threaded on the top of this is attached the spring connections for an incandescent
lamp R this is supported by armis S₁ connected to a collar S internally screw threaded
to screw down or of vulcanite tube P. The wires for the current are connected to the
spring connections in the usual way on top of vulcanite P and pass down the tubes P
and D and are connected to the bottom of the pins G through which the current
passes to the lamp, contact with the pins G being made in any usual manner.
:
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
The arrangement of parts for constructing a flower stand and electric-lamp
standard, substantially as described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 30th day of September 1890.
FREDERIC PRINCE,
1, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for Applicants: