An Adjustable Hand Book Holder.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 2nd May, 1889-Accepted, 15th June, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Adjustable Hand Book Holder.
Mr. LUCIEN FLAVIEN INGER, 18 St. Charles Square North Kensington Manager
to Messrs. Lezard & Son Holborn Circus Watch Importers do hereby declare the
ature of this invention to be as follows
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Can be adjusted to a book of any size thickness frame made of wood or metal
fiitings of brass. It has two arms which hold the cover of any size book perfectly
tight, the volume resting upon two ledges. The leaves are held down by a fork on
each side of page. The fork is attached to a spring which is enclosed in a pipe of
brass, whatever quantity of pages are at either side of the volume they are always
kept down by means of the fork. The special feature of this book rest is that it can
be held by means of a handle for any length of time, without the fingers getting
cramped as they are apt to do when holding a book of whatever weight it might be.
The handle is detachable & can be adjusted at the back of frame, which will allow of
its resting on a table as an easel.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Adjustable Hand Book-holder.
I LUCIEN FLAVIEN INGER of 18 Saint Charles Square North Kensington in the
County of Middlesex, Manager to Messrs. Lezard & Son, Holborn Circus, Watch
Importers 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 :-
My adjustable hand book holder is more easily described by reference to the
accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 shows the Book holder resting on a Table in
the shape of an Easel and ready to receive a book. Fig. 2 shows the same Book
holder with a book placed upon it and the handle removed to the centre of the lower
part of the frame for holding in the hand.
In Fig. 1 A and B comprise the frame of the holder. A being a flat shaped piece
of metal against which the back of the book rests and being soldered or otherwise
joined at its lower extremity to B which is a ledge upon which the lower part of the
book rests; near the top of Al make a flat shaped sleeve C through which I pass
two arms D made of metal and being flat and of such thickness as to allow them to
slide against each other and to move freely backwards and forwards in the sleeve-
the end of each arm is bent round at E so as to form a hook shaped receptacle for the
edge of the cover of the book-at the other end of each arm place a knob or
excresence F which is merely designed to prevent the arm being pulled through the
sleeve when the holder is fully extended-the knob or excresence as will be readily
understood is placed on the front of one arm and on the back of the other so as in the
former to catch against the edge of the sleeve C and in the latter to catch against the
back of the frame A. At the edge of the ledge B I place a pipe extending from J. to J
within which I construct a suitable spring of any well known description attached to
which pipe are two forks G which are by the spring pressed in a forward direction-
in the centre of the said pipe I attach a thumb piece H for the purpose of working
the said spring. Upon the back of the portion of the frame A-behind that part to
which the sleeve C is attached-I secure a screw for the purpose of receiving the
handle K which handle is provided at the top with a metal ferrule worned con-
sistently with the size of such screw. I affix at L on the lower part of the frame B

page_text: a similar screw upon which the handle can be affixed when the holder is required for.
use as in Fig. 2.
To bring my invention into use the arms D are pulled out to such length as required
so as to secure within the receptacles E the edges of the cover of the book in use-the
forks Gare lifted up by means of the thumb piece H to allow the book to rest open
on the ledge B-the thumbpiece H then being released the forks G fall onto the leaves.
of the book and keep them in position as shewn in Fig. 2., and on turning over the
leaves the forks G are temporarily removed from the book by means of the thumb
piece H as before described as the centre of the book is approached by the reader
the width of the cover of the book naturally becomes greater and provision is made
for this by the arins D working smoothly through the sleeve C so that as the cover of
the book extends the arms are pressed out with it and cause no injury to the book or
the cover.
I preferably construct my Book-holder wholly of metal with the exception of the
handle which is more suitably made of wood but it is obvious that the frame can be
made of wood or other similar material if desired.
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 :-
1. A Bookholder having adjustable arms for holding a book of any size substantially
as and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
2. A Book holder with a handle capable of adjustinent so as to form an Easel
shaped book rest and also a hand book "holder substantially as and for the purposes
herein before described.
Dated this 2nd day of May 1880
WHITE & DE BURIATTE.
Agents for the Applicant.