and Show Cases, and for other like Purposes.
Year: 1885

page_text: and Show Cases, and for other like Purposes.
I SYDNEY HARRIS of the firm of Harris and Sheldon of N° 26 Newton Street
Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manufacturers do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACKETS AND STANDS FOR
SUPPORTING AND DISPLAYING BOOTS AND SHOES AND OTHER ARTICLES IN SHOP
WINDOWS AND SHOW CASES AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES to be as follows:-
"
My invention consists in constructing the joints of the boot or shoe supporting
plates of the said brackets and stands and parts connected with the said joints in
the manner herein after described whereby the position of the said plates can be
readily adjusted and automatically fixed.
To the underside of the boot or shoe supporting plate a thick circular disc is
fixed. This disc constitutes the middle knuckle of the joint and has in its
periphery a series of holes or depressions at a short distance apart. The side
knuckles of the joint which side knuckles embrace the sides of the middle knuckle
and are jointed thereto by a cross pin have at bottom a small chamber or case in
which a bolt having a rounded head works the said bolt being projected outwards
by a coiled spring within the said chamber or case and the rounded head of the
spring bolt snaps into any one of the series of holes in the middle knuckle or disc
of the joint and holds the said disc and supporting plate to which it is fixed in any
position in which it may be placed. By pressing on one or other end of the
supporting plate its position may be adjusted the partial rotation of the disc of
the joint causing the spring bolt to be automatically lifted out of the hole in which
it was engaged and on the disc coming to rest the said bolt snaps into the hole
brought opposite it and thereby refixes the plate in its adjusted position. The
small chamber or case in which the spring bolt works is furnished with a shoulder
over which the edge of a screw cap is turned by spinning so that the said cap can
swivel upon the said small chamber or case. In this screw cap the end of the arm
of the bracket or the rod of the stand is screwed.
I do not limit myself to the position described of the spring bolt as its position
may be varied.

page_text: playing Boots and shoes and other Articles in shop windows
and Show Cases, and for other like Purposes.
I SYDNEY HARRIS of the firm of Harris and Sheldon of N° 26 Newton Street,
Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manufacturers do hereby declare the
nature of the said 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 consists in constructing the joints of the boot or shoe supporting
plates (or plates for supporting other articles) of the said brackets and stands and
parts connected with the said joints in the manner hereinafter described whereby
the position of the said plates can be readily adjusted and automatically fixed.
To the underside of the boot or shoe supporting plate a thick circular disc is
fixed. This disc constitutes the middle knuckle of the joint and has in its
periphery a series of holes or depressions at a short distance apart. The side
knuckles of the joint, which side knuckles embrace the sides of the middle knuckle
and are jointed thereto by a cross pin, have at bottom a small chamber or case in
which a bolt having a rounded or conical head works the said bolt being projected
outwards by a coiled spring within the said chamber or case and, the rounded head
of the spring bolt snaps into any one of the series of holes in the middle knuckle
or disc of the joint and holds the said disc and supporting plate to which it is fixed
in any position in which it may be placed. By pressing on one or other end of the
supporting plate its position may be adjusted the partial rotation of the disc of the
joint causing the spring bolt to be automatically lifted out of the hole in which it
was engaged and on the disc coming to rest the said bolt snaps into the hole
brought opposite it and thereby refixes the plate in its adjusted position.
The small chamber or case in which the spring bolt works is furnished with a
shoulder over which the edge of a screw cap is turned by spinning so that the
said small chamber or case can swivel upon the said. cap. In this screw cap the
end of the arm of the bracket or the rod of the stand is screwed.
I do not limit myself to the position described of the spring bolt as its position
may be varied.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in side elevation; Figure, 2 in
plan and Figure 3 in end elevation, a bracket for supporting and displaying boots
and shoes and other articles constructed according to my invention; Figures 4
· and 5 represent sections taken at right angles to one another of a portion of the
bracket drawn to a larger scale than Figures 1. 2 and 3: Figures 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
represent detached parts of Figures 4 and 5; Figure 11 represents a portion of a
stand provided with my invention.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of
the Drawing: a is the supporting plate for the boot or shoe or other article, the
said plate having on its underside the disc or middle knuckle b of the joint (shown
separately in Figure 9) and c, c are the side knuckles of the joint (shown separately
in Figures 6, 7 and 8) attached to the bracket arm d or upright & of the stand.
In a portion of the periphery of the said middle knuckle b is a series of conical
holes or depressions e the said holes or depressions resembling in section a series of

page_text: pinion teeth. The said middle and side knuckles b, c, c are jointed together by the
cross pin f. At the base of the side knuckles c, c is a small case or chamber g in
which the bolt h works, the said bolt h being projected outwards by the coiled
spring (see Figures 4 and 5). The end of the bolt h is conical (or rounded) and
of a shape nearly the counterpart of the conical holes or pinion teeth e in the
middle knuckle b. The bolt his represented separately together with its spring in
Figure 10. The case or small chamber g is fitted in the screw cap or socket k in
which socket it is capable of turning or swivelling so that the supporting plate a
may be moved about the arm & carrying it in addition to the adjusting motion
effected by the holes or pinion teeth 6 and spring bolt h. The bottom of the screw
cap or socket k is screwed and into the bottom, the arm d of the bracket (or stand)
is screwed as represented in Figures 4 and 5. The rounded or conical end of the
spring bolt & snaps into any one of the series of holes e in the knuckle b brought
opposite it and thereby holds the supporting plate a carried by the said knuckle in
any position in which it may have been placed. In Figure 1 the supporting
plate a is represented in continuous lines in a horizontal position. By pressing on
one or other end of the supporting plate a it may be made to take either the
position a³, as or a* indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1, that is, it may be moved
through a quadrant from the position represented in Figure 1 to the dotted
position at at right angles thereto, or moved into either the position a³ or a³. As
the plate a is pressed upon for giving a partial rotation to the disc b in one or other
direction, the spring bolt his automatically pressed out of the hole e in which it is
engaged by its conical head bearing against the conical side of the said hole and
the position of the plate a is adjusted by the successive snapping of the bolt into
and out of the several holes e until the proper adjustment has been reached when
the said plate is fixed in that position by the spring bolt. By means of the stop
on the disc b bearing against the case or socket g the plate a is prevented from
passing beyond a horizontal position in one direction.
The dotted lines a³ Figure 1 indicate the plate a in the position a* turned
through a quadrant upon the swivelling joint of the bracket arm and the dotted
lines a Figure 3 indicate the plate in the horizontal position a turned through an
angle of about forty five degrees upon the swivelling joint.
.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that I claim
as my invention of "Improvements in brackets and stands for supporting and
displaying boots and shoes and other articles in shop windows and show cases and
for other like purposes."
The construction and combination of the parts herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawing of the joints of the supporting plates of
the said brackets and stands for automatically fixing the position of the said plates;
that is to say, the combination of the conical or round headed spring bolt h, i,
situated preferably in a small chamber or case at the end of the bracket arm or at
the top of the upright of the stand, with a series of conical holes or pinion teeth e
made in the periphery of the middle knuckle of the joint the said spring bolt
snapping into the holes to fix the position of the supporting plate and being
automatically pressed out of the said holes for adjusting the said plate substantially
as described and illustrated.