Improvements in Artists' Easels for Outdoor Use.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 12th July, 1894
A
1005
44th Mov 4005
Date of App ication, 12th July, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 11th Apr.. 1895 Accepted, 14th May, 1805
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Artists' Easels for Outdoor Use.
ALFRED SLOCOMBE Cumberland House Iverson Road West Hampstead
Artist do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The easel consists of a vertical standard marked A. in drawings, having a sliding
outer casing B on three sides, this standard is in section dovetail, widest side in
front, and has a long slot C cut through it from front to back for two thirds of its
length commencing from near the lower end. A short bolt D with a large head
passes through the slot from the back, and also through a hole in the front of the
outer casing near the lower end; this allows the casing B to be moved up or
down on the standard: by means of a fly nut on bolt D, the standard & casing
can be screwed tightly together at any required height. A piece of wood E is
firmly fixed at right angles to the lower part of the outer casing in front, &
just above the bolt D, holes F. F are bored through this piece of wood, to receive
short bolts, the heads of bolts being in front and the nuts behind; the bottom of
the canvass rests on the bolts, and is firmly held by the boltheads when the nuts
are screwed up. Another short length of wood G with similar bolts slides on the
outer casing, the projecting boltheads clip the top of the canvass tightly when the
outs behind are screwed
up.
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The back of the standard projects beyond the casing and has near the top a
short cross piece H firmly attached at right-angles, which has at either end holes
for the passage of cords, to the lower end of which are attached strong metal
pegs for driving into the ground, in order to tie down the easel in the manner of
a tent. Two other cords run through holes in the ends of the fixed cross-piece E
in front of easel, these cords also have metal pegs at one end.
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An alpenstock I with a spike at the end rests against the fixed cross piece H,
making a back leg for the easel, which is firm and rigid when tied to the ground
by the four cords, and the canvass can be raised or lowered by turning the fly-nut
on bolt D.
Pieces of wood J with wedge shaped ends are screwed to pieces E and H for
jamming and fastening the cords without tying, for very wide canvasses similar
pieces are screwed to the sides of the canvass to fasten cords to give additional
steadiness.
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CT11001
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Artists' Easels for Outdoor Use.
I, ALFRED SLOCOMBE of Cumberland House Iverson Road, West Hampstead
in the County of Middlesex Artist 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide an improved easel for outdoor use and
the nature of the invention consists principally in the construction by which the

page_text: easel or the front part thereof has a single standard only, thus rendering it
unnecessary to have level ground on which to set up the easel; also in the method
for permitting the raising or lowering of the work consisting in the connection of
the work carrying frame with the said standard by means of a casing embracing
three sides of the latter adapted to slide thereon and to be fixed at a convenient
height by means of a bolt traversing a slot; also in the method of securing the
canvas, that is to say the frame on which the canvas is stretched, or the panel,
board, or equivalent of said canvas, to the easel consisting in providing bolts passing
through holes in the cross bars or equivalent parts of the easel so as to stand
perpendicularly to the faces thereof in order that the edge of the canvas frame or
the like may rest against the body of such bolt and between the head thereof and
the bar in or through which the bolt passes, said bolts having nuts on their ends
projecting from the rear faces of said bars for tightening said bolts to firmly
clamp the edges of the canvas frame or the like between the heads of the bolts
and the bars aforesaid; also in providing for the rear support or strut of said
standard a removable staff terminating at its lower end in a pointed metal shoe,
and in all respects resembling and capable for use as an alpenstock, the easel
having cords attached to convenient parts thereof by means of jam cleats said
cords being connected to pegs to be inserted in the ground for the guying and
staying of said standard and other parts of the easel whereby it may be set up
with sufficient rigidity at any suitable inclination.
Reference being made to the drawings filed with my Provisional Specification
which show in the three upper figures a front, a side, and a rear elevation
respectively of the standard casing and cross bars and in the two lower figures
perspective views illustrating the method of setting up the improved easel;
A designates the standard which terminates below in a point for insertion in the
ground and of which the cross sectional shape is preferably that known as a
dovetail the wider side being in front. The slot C extends longitudinally from
near the lower end of the standard A to a point about two thirds of its length
from the lower end, through the standard from front to back and is of sufficient
width for passage of the bolt for fixing the position of the casing. B is the casing
which is of approximately the same length as the standard and embraces its two
sides and the frout so as to slide along the standard. D is the bolt which is passed
through the slot C from the back and through a hole in the front of the casing B
where the end of the bolt projects sufficiently to receive a fly nut. The head of
the bolt D rests against the rear surface of the standard and part of the bolt may
be squared to prevent it from turning in the slot C. E and G are cross bara
connected to casing B; of these the lower bar E is adapted to be firmly fixed at
right angles to the casing in front thereof and just above the bolt D, while the
upper cross bar G is adapted to slide along the casing B and is provided with a
recess in its rear surface for reception of the casing for that purpose. Holes are
bored in the cross bars E. G. as shown at F F for reception of the bolts by which
the canvas frame or the like is to be secured in the manner aforesaid.
The back of the standard projects beyond the rear edges of the casing and
carries fixed thereto at or near the top a short cross piece H and near cach end
of this cross piece is a hole for reception of a cord. These two cords carry at
their outer ends strong metal pegs to be driven into the ground. Another similar
cord or other similar cords may be attached for staying the easel from the back,
and other cords may be connected to the ends of the cross bar E and be similarly
provided with pegs, there being holes made near the ends of bar E for passage
of said cords and rocking or jam cleats J as indicated in the drawing for fixing
the cords without knotting them. Similar cleats J may be fixed on the side edges
of the canvas frame if needed as shown in the drawing for attachment of other
cords intended to be pegged to the ground. I designates the alpenstock, or
supporting strut suitable for use as an alpenstock, which is caused to abut with
its upper end under and against the cross bar H, its lower end having been thrust
into the ground.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is ;-
In an easel suitable for outdoor use ;-
1. The construction based upon the employment of a single standard with means
for supporting it in the ground in combination with a frame adapted to receive and
hold a 66
canvas or the like supported by said standard. <.
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canvas
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2. The combination with standard A having slot C of a frame adapted to hold
canvas or the like said frame having as a part thereof the casing B with
bolt and nut D for adjustment upon said standard in the manner described.
3. The combination with a frame for affording rearward support to a
or the like, of bolts inserted in holes in said frame and nuts for tightening said
bolts which are arranged to support the edges of the canvas or the like and to
clamp the same by pressure of the heads of said bolts on the front surface thereof
substantially as described.
4. The combination with a single standard of a removable back strut in the
form of a staff having a pointed end and suitable for separate use as an
alpenstock.
5. The combination of the single pointed standard, the removable back strut and
the guy ropes with pegs therein substantially as described.
6. The combination of the standard, renovable back strut and guy ropes, with
cleats for attachment of said guy ropes said cleats being attached to the standard
and movable frame of the casel substantially as set forth.
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7. The construction embodying the standard A casing B, cross bars E. G. H.
strut I cleats J and guy ropes with pegs thereto, and bolts for connecting the
canvas or the like to bars E and G, the whole substantially as illustrated and
described herein.
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Dated this 11th day of April 1895.
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HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.,
Agents to Applicant.