An Improved Attachment or Support for Mirrors.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd July, 1896-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Attachment or Support for Mirrors.
I, TOWNSEND WALKER NOxon. Gentleman, residing at 2653 Geyer Avenue,
in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, U.S.A., 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 invention relates to an improved attachment or support for mirrors, and
consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter
described and claimed.
In the drawings:
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my complete mirror attachment.
Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the preferred forin of mirror I make use of.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken approximately on the
indicated line 3-3 of Fig 2.
Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of one of the ends of the hanger of the mirror.
Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of one of the straps used in attaching my
improved device to the dresser, stand or wall.
Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of a standard of which I make
use, and the means employed to adjust the mirror-carrying arm.
Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view taken approximately on the indicated
line 7-7 of Fig. 6.
Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 1 indicates a standard that
may be of any length and diameter desired, and said standard is preferably
provided with ornamented ends 2 of any suitable design. This standard 1 may
be either a solid rod of wood or metal, or it may be in the form of a tube, as
shown in Figs. 6 and 7.
3, 3 indirate metallic straps, in one end of which are formed a series of
apertures 4 by means of which screws or analogous fastening devices are brought
into use in securing said straps to a dresser, stand or to the wall. The opposite
end of these straps 3 are bent at right angles to the portions in which the
apertures 4 are located, and the ends of said beut portions are formed into loops
or clasps 5. Screw-bolts 6 pass through said outwardly bent portions and
through the ends of the loops 5, and upon said bolts are located ordinary winged-
nuts 7. By loosening these winged-nuts 7, the standard 1 may be moved to any
desired height within its limit of travel, and by tightening said winged-nuts,
the clamps 5 will tightly engage the standard and hold the same at the desired
height.
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8,8 indicate loops, the rear ends of which are of such a size as to enclose and
freely slide upon the standard 1. The rear ends of said loops 8 are connected
by a vertical plate 9. Pivoted upon a pin 10 extending through the sides of
the upper loop is a plate or tongue 11, the same extending downwardly and
through the lower loop.
12 indicates a pin that is journaled in the sides of the lower loop, and upon
said pin within said lower loop is fixed an eccentric 13. Wings 14 are fixed
upon the pin 12 outside the loop and serve as means for operating said pin and
eccentric. When said pin is partially rotated, the end of the eccentric 13 will
engage against the lower end of the tongue 11, and the same will engage against
the side of the standard 1. Thus the loops 8 are made vertically adjustable
upon the standard 1, and said loops may be moved to any point along said

page_text: standard by partially rotating the pin 12 which moves the eccentric 13 away
from the tongue 11.
15 indicates a segmental or semi-circular arm that passes through the forward
ends of the loops 8. A U-shaped spring 16 is fixed at one end between the
sides of the upper loop 8 and the free poition of said spring 16 bears directly
upon the rear side of the arm 15, and causes the same to engage with the front
inner edges of the loops 8. A loop 17 is removably located upon the upper end
of the arm 15 by means of a ferrule 18.
19 indicates a mirror that may be of any form and size desired, and said
mirror is enclosed in a suitable metallic frame 20. Extending horizontally across
the rear side of said mirror-frame 20 and at the center thereof is a tube 21 that
is reinforced by a heavier tube 22.
23 indicates a rectangularly bent hanger from the center of which extends
upwardly a hook 24 that engages in the loop 17. The inwardly bent ends of
this frame 23 are split, as indicated by 25, and said split ends are located in
the loop 21. As said ends are each slightly expanded before they are passed into
said loop 21, they will engage the inner surface of said loop and thus by friction
the mirror 19 is held at any angle desired relative to the hanger 23.
The arm 15 may at any time desired be swung to any angle relative the
standard 1. It is the intention that my improved attachment be located upon
dressers, though it is obvious how the same may be applied to stands or other
articles of furniture or direct to the wall.
When the attachment is used in railway cars, vessels, etc., flexible stays, such as
chains or cords, are extended from the hanger 23 to some stationary object in
order to hold the mirror in a fixed position.
Thus it will be seen how I have constructed a mirror attachment for dressers
that is adjustable, a number of ways, is easily and expeditiously operated, is neat
and finished in appearance, and possesses superior advantages in point of simplicity,
durability and general efficiency.
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. In a device of the class described, a pair of straps adapted to be rigidly fixed
to a stationary object, a standard held by and vertically adjustable in said straps,
a pair of loops fixed for vertical adjustment upon said standard, a semi-circular
arm adjustably carried by said loops, a banger carried by the outer end of said
arm, and a mirror adjustably connected to said hanger.
2. In a mirror attachment for dressers, the combination of a vertically adjustable
standard, a pair of loops arranged to slide upon said standard, a tongue pivoted in
the upper loop, an eccentric arranged in the lower loop for causing said tongue to
engage the vertical standard, and a mirror-carrying arm adjustably held in the
forward ends of said loops.
3. The combination of a vertically adjustable standard, a pair of loops adjustable
vertically upon said standard; a semi-circular arm adjustably carried by the
forward ends of said loops, a hanger carried by the outer upper end of said arm,
the inwardly bent ends of said hanger being split, a mirror-frame, a loop extending
horizontally across the rear side of said frame in which the split ends of the
banger engage, and a mirror carried by said frame.
Dated this 12th day of August 1896
TOWNSEND WALKER NOXON.