Year: 1888

page_text: 1 ALICE MARY HUGHES of 6 Victoria Terrace, Hove, in the County of Sussex,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed to he particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The object of this invention is to provide a toilet mirror suitable for small
apartments where space is an object which can be readily and nicely adjusted and
will take up little or no room, a dressing table or stand for the same being
dispensed with, the mirror being mounted as hereinafter explained upon a jointed
bracket, (similar to a gas bracket,) which bracket is attached to the wall or window
frame of the apartment, the bracket when the glass is not in use, being, together
with the glass, folded back against the wall out of the way.
I will now proceed to describe my invention more particularly, having reference to
the accompanying drawings in which similar letters refer to corresponding parts in all
the figures.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved adjustable toilet mirror and bracket as
intended for use in ordinary apartments.
Figure 2 is a face view of the same.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of a slightly modified arrangement more especially
intended for use in ship's cabins.
Figure 4 is an elevation looking from the rear.
In figures 1 and 2 A is the bracket for attachment to the wall or window frame,
which may be similar to an ordinary gas-bracket. B is the toilet mirror secured by
screws or otherwise to the support . The lower extremity of this support C is
provided with a disc D, which pivots on a centre E within the forked portion F
formed on the end of the bracket A. The object of this pivotted disc D is to permit
of the angle or inclination of the glass B being altered as desired. A set screw G
passes through the fork F and engages in holes or recesses H formed around the
disc D thus maintaining the glass fixed at the required angle. D₁ is a stop formed
on the disc D which engages with the underside of the bracket A and is intended

page_text: to prevent the glass from falling too far forwards should the set screw G become
loosened. I I are short arms attached to the bracket A and carrying sockets K
for the reception of candle scones L. If preferred where gas is laid on, the
bracket (which is tubular) may be connected to the gas pipe like an ordinary gas-
bracket and the arms I and sconces L may be replaced by small gas pipes provided
with burners.
In figures 3 and 4 is illustrated a slightly modified arrangement for use in ship's
cabins, the object being to provide an arrangement, more adapted to withstand the
motion of the vessel, and with fewer detachable parts, which might drop out or
become mislaid.
In view of the small size of a ship's cabin as compared with a room a single
jointed bracket is employed. A¹ is a thumb screw by which the joint may be
tightened and the bracket prevented from swaying by the motion of the vessel. C² is
an upright rod or support its extremity passing through a socket on the end of the
bracket and secured in place by a thumb screw M. The rod C slides within the
tube C which is suitably secured to the toilet mirror. The height of the mirror is
regulated by the following arrangement.
The tube C is provided with a longitudinal slot N, at intervals along this slot N
are situate the right angled slots O such slots each branching off horizontally from
the slots N and then extending upwards vertically as shewn in figure 4. P is a pin
or screw attached to the rod Cand sliding within the slot N. By turning the
mirror the pin P will be caused to enter and slide along the horizontal portion of one
of the slots O until it reaches the vertical part thereof when the weight of the
mirror will cause the tube C¹¹ to descend thus bringing the pin P into the vertical
portion of the slot and securely fixing the mirror in the required position as shewn in
figure 3.
When the mirror is not in use the bracket may be folded back, first loosening
the thumb screw M. so as to loosen the support C₁and permit the mirror B to be
swivelled round and lie flat against the wall."
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. As a new article of manufacture the improved adjustable toilet mirror and
bracket arranged and constructed substantially as described and illustrated in figures 1
and 2 of my drawings.
2. As a new article of manufacture the modified arrangement described and
illustrated in figures 3 and 4 of my drawings.
Dated the 9th day of October 1888.