Year: 1886

page_text: I JOHN LAKEMAN of 24 Hampton Road, Forest Gate in the County of Essex
Commission Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to furnish a cheap and efficient means for holding
or suspending articles for various purposes, but for example I will describe my
invention as applied to a pipe rack.
For this purpose I form a wall bracket of any suitable material and with a shelf
provided with one or more perforations or openings therein.
Under or upon this shelf I place a sheet of india rubber and I protect this sheet
of india rubber and hold it in place by means of a covering plate provided with a
perforation or perforations corresponding with that or those in the shelf.
That portion of the india rubber which is exposed by the apertures or perforations
is furnished with slits or openings therein.
In using a pipe rack of the above construction the stem of the pipe is introduced
from below into the opening or slit in the india rubber, when by the simple
elasticity or spring of that material it will be securely held with the bowl
downwards.
It will be evident that pieces of india rubber may be arranged side by side or in
other form and held by other suitable means than those above described in order to
effect the above object and that the invention may be employed for holding or
suspending articles other than smoking pipes, for various purposes.
JOHN
LAKEMAN.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Means for Holding or Suspending Various
Articles in Order to Display them in Shop Windows or
otherwise.
: A
I JOHN LAKEMAN of 24 Hampton Road, Forest Gate, in the County of Essex,
Commission Agent 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:-
The object of my invention is to furnish a cheap and efficient means for holding
or suspending articles for various purposes but for example I will describe my
invention as applied to a pipe rack.
For this purpose I form a wall bracket of any suitable material, and with a shelf
provided with one or more perforations or openings therein. Under, or upon this
shelf I place a sheet of india rubber and I protect this sheet of india rubber and
hold it in place by means of a covering plate provided with a perforation or
perforations corresponding with that or those in the shelf.
That portion of the india rubber which is exposed by the apertures or perforations,
is furnished with slits or openings therein.
And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully
to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS,
Figure 1 is a front view partly in section Figure 2 is a plan and Figure 3 is a
* vertical cross section of a holder or suspender for various articles, showing one
method of carrying my invention into effect, a is a wall bracket which may be of
any desired design and material b is a shelf projecting therefrom and which is
provided with a number of perforations or openings 6¹ therein.
Under or upon
this shelf b¹ I place a sheet c of india rubber which is held in its place by means of
a covering plate b³ provided with perforations or openings 61* corresponding with
those marked b' in the shelf b. Those portions of the india rubber sheet c which
are exposed by the apertures or perforations 61 61* are furnished with slits or
openings c¹ therein.
The holder or suspender represented in the drawing has the bracket a, shelf b
and covering plate all formed of one piece of sheet metal stamped to the desired
pattern and shape and bent and folded so that the shelf b and covering plate b³
shall stand out at right angles from the two portions of the bracket a the upper
part of which extends upwards from the back part of the shelf b and the lower
downwards from the back: part of the covering plate 6; extensions bª at the ends
of the shelf bare turned under the ends of the covering plate 6 in order to bind
the shelf b, india rubber sheet c and covering plate 6' firmly together at such parts
whilst a binder d is used to bind such parts together at the back part of the centre
of the shelf b.

page_text: In using a pipe rack or holder or suspender, of the above construction the
bracket a may be nailed to a wall or be otherwise secured in position, the stem of
a pipe is introduced into the opening or slit in the india rubber, when by the
simple elasticity or spring of that material, it will be securely held with the bowl
downwards.
It will be evident that the holder or suspender may be constructed in other form
than that herein shown and described and that pieces of india rubber may be
arranged side by side, or in other form and held by other suitable means in order
to effect the above object and that the invention may be employed for holding or
suspending various other articles than smoking pipes.
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
The improved means for holding or suspending various articles, substantially as
herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
Dated October 18th, 1886.
JOHN LAKEMAN.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.