New or Improved Lifters for Photographic Plates, Papers, and Films.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 16th July, 1890-Accepted, 16th Aug.,
1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Lifters for Photographic Plates, Papers, and Films.
I, THOMAS STANWAY, of 24, Cauldon Road, Hanley, in the County of Stafford,
Decorator, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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My invention relates to the lifting of photographic plates, papers, and films during
developing, fixing, aluming or other similar munipulations; and my invention has for
its object the manufacturing of new or improved lifters by the use of which, handling
the said plates, papers and films, during the said manipulations is avoided.
My invention consists in making the said lifters in metal or other suitable material,
preferably flat or ribbon like, in the form of loops, having a suitable handle or finger
hole to lift thein by. In use the lifters are used in pairs, one being held in each hand
and slipped on two diagonally opposite corners of the plate, and held with a slight
pressure towards each other; the plate by their aid being then manipulated in
the ordinary way. Papers and films are first wetted and laid on a piece of glass, the
lifters being then used as for plates. To keep the paper or film from rising at the
corners where the lifters are not placed, I use an elastic loop passing over the paper
or film at the said corners, and then going under the plate.
THOMAS STANWAY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Lifters for Photographic Plates, Papers, and Films.
THOMAS STANWAY, 24, Cauldon Road, Hanley in the County of Stafford, Decorator,
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 lifters for photographic plates, papers, and films, and my
invention has for its object a new or improved method of constructing same, whereby
said plates, papers and filins may be manipulated without handling them. My inven-
tion consists in making the said lifters in metal, vulcanite, ebonite or other suitable
material, preferably flat or ribbon like in the form of loops shaped to fit the corner
of a rectangular photographic plate, and with a suitable handle or finger hole to lift
them by.
In order that my invention may be more readily understood, I have annexed a sheet
of explanatory drawings, and will now proceed to describe same having reference to
the letters and figures marked thereon.
Similar letters refer to the same parts in each figure.
Fig. 1 is a blank of the handle or finger hole.
Fig. 2 is a blank of the lifter.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the handle or finger hole.
Fig. 4 is a plan of the lifter.
Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a complete lifter, shewing the inside in perspective.
Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a complete lifter.
a, is the handle or finger hole shewn in plan in Fig. 3, front elevation in Fig. 5,
and side elevation in Fig. 6.
is the bottom of the lifter on which when in use the plate rests. d, d are the sides
which in shaping the blank Fig. 2, are bent over the bottom e untill the ends K, K,
meet. This bending taking place at an angle of 90° as shewn by the lines c, c. c, c.
The spaces ff, between the lines c, c. c, c, form the bottoms of grooves against which
when in use the edges of the corner of the plate fit.

page_text: These lifters I use in pairs, one being held in each hand and slipped on two diagonally
opposite corners of the plate and held with a slight pressure towards each other. The
plate by their aid can then be readily lifted or held up for examination during develop-
ment etc., or carried from bath to bath. When these lifters are used for papers and
films, said papers and films are first wetted and laid on a piece of glass the same
size as paper or film, the lifters being then slipped on the glass plate supporting the
paper or film.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
A lifter for photographic plates, papers, and films, constructed in the form of a loop
shaped to fit the corner of a rectangular photographic plate and having a suitable
-handle or finger hole to lift it by, substantially as herein set forth and shewn.
Dated this 15th day of July 1890.
THOMAS STANWAY.