Improvements in Frames for Photos, Opalines, and other Pictures.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 29th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 18th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 19th May, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Frames for Photos, Opalines, and other Pictures.
I, PAUL CAMPBELL, of 63, 65 and 67 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, in the County
of Lanark, North Britain, Photo Frame Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention, to be as follows:-
This invention relates to Improvements in Frames for Photos, Opalines and
other Pictures, and has for its object to so construct the frames that photos and
the like having back struts with or without connecting tapes can be easily with-
drawn therefrom or placed therein so as to permit of one frame being used for
various photos provided the photos are of a similar size and shape.
In carrying out my invention as applied to a plush or other frame for an opaline
view having a triangular shaped back strut and connecting tape, I form or provide
the inside of the frame with a horizontal slit or opening into which the strut is
passed and retained, there being a vertical slit or opening extending downwards
from said horizontal slit or opening for the connecting tape to go into, this being
assisted by rounding off the corners at the junction of the horizontal and vertical
slits, thus forming a frame into which the photo may he quickly and easily placed
and held in position, without hiding any of the front of the photo, such as the
bevelling of the glass or other portion, also a frame from which the photo may be
instantly withdrawn when desired.
When the back strut of the photo extends right across the photo and has no
connecting tape, I simply provide the frame with one horizontal slit or opening of
a size large enough to permit of the strut passing within same.
Or if the strut
extends right across the photo and has one or more connecting tapes, I form one
or more vertical slits or openings for said tapes and round off the corners at the
junction or junctions of the horizontal and vertical slits.
In any case the slits
both horizontal and vertical would be made of a sufficient size and shape as to
correspond with the strut or struts and tapes of the kind of photos for which they
are intended to be used with. Also the frames may be made of various shapes and
sizes so as to fit any specific size or shape of photo, opaline or the like, and if
desired they may or may not be provided with back struts.
Dated this 28th day of July 1893.
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Petitioner's Agents.
Improvements in Frames for Photos, Opalines, and other Pictures.
I, PAUL CAMPBELL, of 63, 65 and 67 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, in the County
of Lanark, North Britain, Photo Frame Manufacturer 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 :-
This invention relates to Improvements in Frames for Photos, Opalines and
other Pictures and has for its object to so construct the frames that photos and
the like having back struts with or without connecting tapes can be easily with-
drawn therefrom or placed therein, so as to permit of one frame being used for
various photos provided the photos are of a similar shape and size.

page_text: In carrying out my invention I form the inside cardboard portion of the frame
and which constitutes the front of the frame with a horizontal slit or opening into
which the back strut of the photo is placed and retained, and when the back strut
has a connecting tape or tapes I form corresponding vertical slits or openings
for such.
But in order that my said invention may be more readily understood and easily
carried into effect. I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a front view of a frame for receiving a photo or the like having a
back strut with no connecting tapes.
Figure 2 is a section showing a photo about to be placed in the said frame.
Figure 3 is a section showing a photo in position in the frame.
Figure 4 is a front view of a frame for a photo or the like having a back strut
with a connecting tape.
Figure 5 is a similar view of a frame for photo having a triangular back strut
and connecting tape. And
Figure 6 is a similar view of a frame for a photo having a back strut with two
connecting tapes.
Referring to Figures 1. 2 and 3 I form or provide the back portion A of the
frame with a horizontal slit or opening B, which may or may not extend from side
to side of the frame as shown. Into this slit or opening B is placed the back strut C
of the photo D and retained there as shown in Figure 3.
When the back struts of the photos are provided with a connecting tape I form or
provide the back portion A of the frame with a vertical slit E Figures 4 and 5
into which the connecting tape passes, this being assisted by means of rounding off
the corners e at the junction of the vertical and horizontal slits or openings B
and E.
Figure 4 shows a horizontal slit B and two vertical slits E with rounded corners e
for a strut having two connecting tapes.
The arrangement is such, that frames constructed according to my invention may
be used for various photos and the like, provided they are the same size and shape,
and the photos can be quickly and easily placed therein and held in position without
hiding any of the front of the photo, such as the bevelling of the glass or other
portion, and when desired the photos may be instantly withdrawn from the said
frames.
The horizontal or horizontal and vertical slits or openings are made of a sufficient
size and shape as to correspond with the strut or struts and tape or tapes of the
kind of photos or the like for which they are intended to be used for. Also the
frames may be made of various sizes and shapes so as to fit any specific size or
shape of photo, opaline or the like, and if desired the frames may or may not be
provided with back struts.
Having now particularly described and 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;-
In frames for photos, opalines and the like, the means whereby the photo, opaline
and the like is retained in the frame, substantially as and for the purposes herein-
before described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Doted this 17th day of Al 1801
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.