Improvements in Adjustable Bowl Holders.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Adjustable Bowl Holders.
We, ISABEL WHITNEY BLAKE, Inventor residing at Campbell Avenue, Corner
Centre Street, and MATTIE VIRGINIA HULL, Inventor residing at Campbell
Avenue, Corner Centre Street, both of West Haven, in the County of New
Haven, and State of Connecticut, United States of America, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows;-
This invention relates to bowl holders, and the object thereof, is to provide an
improved device of this class for holding a bowl or other vessel on a table or
support; a further object being to provide an improved device for holding mortar
bowls such as are employed by druggists, wash bowls, bread bowls and other and
similar vessels on a table or other support while said vessels are in use.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, and in the
practice thereof, we provide a bowl holder which consists of an oblong clamp
which is adapted to be connected with the edge of a table or other support by
means of set screws or in any desired manner; and said clamp is provided with a
vertical standard in which is mounted a vertically movable bar which is adapted
to be adjusted in said standard by means of set screws or similar devices.
The vertically movable bar is provided at its upper end with a cross head which
is provided with a plurality of hooks or clamps which are adapted to overlap,
or engage with the upper edge or perimeter of the bowl of other vessel, and by
means of this device, the said bowl may be securely held on a table or other support,
and we also provide set screws which pass through said clamps or hooks, or one side
thereof, and which operate in connection with the sides of the bowl or vessel.
The cross head and hooks or clamps which engage with the perimeter of the
bowl or vessel may be composed of wire, and any desired number of said hooks
or clamps may be employed, and it will thus be seen that we accomplish the object
of our invention by means of a device which is simple in construction and operation,
and which is well adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended.
Dated this 30th day of April 1897.
Improvements in Adjustable Bowl Holders.
We, ISABEL WHITNEY BLAKE, and MATTIE VIRGINIA HULL, both residing at
Campbell Avenue, Corner Centre Street, West Haven, in the County of New
5 Haven, and State of Connecticut, United States of America, Inventors, do hereby
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page_text: declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
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This invention relates to bowl holders, and the object thereof, is to provide an
improved device of this class for holding a bowl or other vessel on a table or other
support; a further object being to provide an improved device for holding mortar
bowls, such as are employed by druggists, wash bowls, bread bowls and other and
similar vessels on a table or other support while said vessels are in use.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which:-
Fig. 1, is a perspective view of our improved bowl holder, and showing the
method of its operation and,
Fig. 2 and 3, similar views, showing modified forms of construction.
In the drawing forming part of this specification, the separate parts of our
improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the
views and in said drawing, reference being made to Fig. 1, we have shown at 5,
a table or other support which may be of any desired form and construction and
at 6, an ordinary bowl.
In the practice of our invention, we provide a holder for the bowl 6, which
reference being made to Fig. 1, consists of an oblong clamp 7, which is adapted
to be connected with the edge of a table by means of set screws 8, or in any desired
manner, and said clamp is provided with a vertical standard 9 in which is mounted
a vertically movable bar 10, which is adapted to be adjusted in the standard 9,
by means of a set screw 11.
The bar 10, is provided at its upper end with a cross head 12, which is provided
with a plurality of hooks 13, three of which are shown, and which are adapted to
overlap or engage with the perimeter or upper edge of the bowl 6, and by means
of this device the said bowl may be securely held on the table or support as will
be readily understood.
Our invention is not limited to the form of the cross head 12, which is connected
with the vertically adjustable bar 10, and any suitable device for this purpose may
be employed, and in Fig. 2, we have shown a modified form of construction,
in which the cross head is composed of spring wire bent to form the hooks 13,
and also the cross head 12, and in Fig. 3, we have shown another modification,
in which the cross head 12, and the hooks 13, connected therewith, are also com-
posed of wire, and any suitable attachment for the upper end of the adjustable
bar 10, which is designed to grasp and securely hold the upper edge of the bowl
will answer the purpose, and come within the scope of our invention.
We also prefer to provide the hooks 13, or the outsides thereof with set screws 14,
which are intended to more securely clamp and hold the side of the bowl, this
construction being shown in Fig. 1, and we also form in the top of the oblong
clamp 7, screw holes 15, through which set screws may be inserted similar to
those shown at 8, but these features of construction are not absolutely essential,
and may or may not be employed.
It will be noted that the cross head 12 is longitudinally extended with respect
to the edge of the bowl and is segmentally curved in the plane of said longitudinal
extension, so that it effectively operates with relation to an extended portion of
the periphery of the bowl and parallels the same. The hooks, or the extensions
of the cross head which are formed into hooks or arms, are at different points
throughout the length of said extended cross head and therefore engage the peri-
pheral portion of the bowl at several different points of contact; these hooks or
extensions may be provided, as shown in the drawings, centrally and at each end of
the cross head. The clamp piece 7, extends transversely with respect to the
upright plane of projection of the standard 9 so that said piece projects at each
side said standard, and the relative construction and arrangement is such that the

page_text: extended cross head also projects transversely with respect to the plane of pro-
jection of the standard 9.
The vertically adjustable connection between the cross head and the standard
adapts the device for an adjustment in height with respect to bowls of varying
sizes, and the segmental contour of said cross head as well as its extension into a
longitudinal plane sufficient to parallel a substantial portion of the periphery of
a bowl, together with the arrangement of the hooks or extensions at intermediate
points, provides for a positive and effective connection between the holder and
the bowl. The set screws secured upon the outside of each of the hooks, in the
construction illustrated in Fig. 1, operate so that the frictional engagement of
said hook with the upper edge of the bowl is caused to accommodate itself to the
varying segments of the peripheries of the different sized bowls, according to the
width thereof. Advantages in respect to the strength against lateral strain are
ensured, by reason of the construction as involved in the extended or elongated
clamp ranging transversely with respect to the plane of projection of the standard
and adapted to engage a support at both sides of said standard, and the corre-
sponding ranging of the extended or elongated cross head transversely with respect
to the plane of projection of the standard and at either side of the latter a sufficient
distance to engage the rim of the bowl at different points. The cross head and
extensions are furthermore formed and adapted to accommodate the frictional en-
gagement of the hooks to the varying segments of the periphery of the different
sized bowls.
This device is simple in construction and operation, and is perfectly adapted
to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and it will be apparent that
changes in and modifications of the construction of the clamp 7, by which the
holder is connected with the table or other support, may be made without depart-
ing from the spirit of our invention or sacrificing its advantages.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is: -
1. In a bowl holder, an adjustable head provided with arms adapted to grasp
the upper edge of the bowl at two or more points, for the purpose set forth.
2. An improved bowl holder, comprising cross head longitudinally extended
with respect to the edge of the bowl and segmentally curved in its longitudinal
plane and provided with a series of fingers or hooks at different points throughout
its length, whereby the extended cross head operates with relation to an extended
portion of the periphery of a bowl, and the hooks engage said portion of the
periphery at different points, a standard carrying said extended cross
head and provided with a clamping base extended transversely with respect to
the plane of projection of the standard so that it projects at each side of the
standard, said base being adapted to be secured to the edge of a table or support
and the relative arrangement being such that the extended cross head projects
transversely with respect to the plane of projection of the standard, and some
distance at each side the latter, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. The herein described bowl holder comprising a clamp 7 having set screws 8,
a standard 9, having a set screw 11, a movable bar 10, mounted in said standard
and provided with segmental cross head 12, having a plurality of hooks 13, and
set screws 14 secured in each of said hooks 13, and adapted to engage the rim of
the bowl substantially as and for the purpose described.
4. A bowl holder comprising a clamp or body adapted to engage a support, a seg-
mental cross head vertically adjustable with respect to the clamping body, said
segmental cross-head being of a length sufficient to parallel a substantial portion
of the periphery of a bowl and provided centrally and at each end with extensions
which are formed into hooks or arms adapted to engage the bowl at the several
points of contact, substantially as described.

page_text: 5. A bowl holder comprising a clamp adapted to be secured to a support, a
segmental cross-head connected therewith and vertically adjustable thereto, where-
by it is adaptable in height to bowls of varying sizes, said segmental cross head
being of a length sufficient to parallel a substantial portion of the periphery
of a bowl, extensions or hooks at intermediate points upon said segmental cross-
head adapted to engage the edge of the bowl at such points, and set screws secured
upon the outside of each of the hooks whereby the frictional engagement of said
hooks with the upper edge of the bowl is caused to accommodate itself to the varying
segments of the peripheries of the different sized bowls, according to the width
thereof, substantially as shown and described.
6. In a bowl holder, the combination with a standard provided with an elongated
transversely ranging clamp, provided with means to engage a support at both sides
of said standard of an adjustable bar mounted on said standard and provided with
a segmental cross-head upon the top thereof, which ranges transversely to either
side of the standard a sufficient distance to engage a substantial portion of the
surface of the bowl and means upon said cross head to engage at different points
the rim of the bowl, substantially as described.
7. A bowl holder comprising a clamp adapted to be secured to a support, a
segmental cross-head connected therewith and vertically adjustable thereto, where-
by it is adaptable in height to bowls of varying sizes said segmental cross-head
being of a length sufficient to parallel a substantial portion of the periphery of
a bowl, extensions or hooks at intermediate points upon said segmental cross-head
adapted to engage the edge of the bowl at such points, and the said cross head
and extensions being formed and adapted to accommodate the frictional engagement
of the hooks to the varying segments of the periphery of the different size bowls
according to the width thereof, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 21st day of January 1898.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.