Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 10th. Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 17th Sept.. 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 19th Oct., 183$
I, ALBERT CHARLES THORNEWELL of 44 & 46 Grosvenor Street West Ladywood
Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature
of my said invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object the improvements in leaf holders for Music or Books
whereby greater facility is obtained in turning the pages over than in those now
in use.
I carry this out in the following manner :-I construct the bar upon which the music
or book rests in much the same way as now with the exception of two slots which
are cut in either end or more frequent according to taste &c. and up through these
slots the upright projections which act as fingers to keep the leaves in their place
from turning over come and are connected through from the slot onto a lever by
pin going through to form a pivot between the lever and a small angle piece
secured to the underside of the bar-the lever extending from one finger to the other
and actuates them both together at one end however I joint the lever with a rack and
mount upon the bottom of the finger a segment of toothed wheel and this rack
finishes with a thumb piece and at the reverse end of the lever a strip of metal would
be fastened upon the lever to manipulate the backward movement. In some cases
I could make the lever through the whole length instead of having the rack &
segment.
The action is this:-Supposing the holder to be for Music and upon a piano and a
leaf to be turned over. First the thumb or hand is placed upon the thumb piece at
the right-hand side and pressed down this has the effect of pulling the fingers down
and the page could be turned over when this is done I have a small knob or other
projection working in a slot and by simply pulling this to the left hand the fingers
are in place again and thus very simply keeping the music or book in proper
position.
Of course I can vary the mode of fixing this lever &c. and in some cases I could
place a small spring to bring back the fingers into position again.
Dated this 9th day of January 1887
GEORGE WATHEN,
107, Newtown Road, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: I, ALBERT CHARLES THORNEWELL of 44 & 46 Grosvenor Street West Ladywood
Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manufacturer 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 has for its object improvements in leaf holders for Music or Books
Holders whereby greater facility is obtained for turning over the pages of Music &
Books than in the present ones in use; and without the danger of tearing the same
which very often happens now.
I carry out
my improvements in the following manner; I construct the bar or rest
upon which the music or book is placed in much the same outward appearance as the
present ones and is attached to the piano or stand in a similar manner but instead of
having the fingers which keep the leaves in their place outside I make them inside
and they rise through two slots as hereinafter described.
In order that this explanation will be more easily understood I have appended
hereunto a sheet of drawings the same letters of reference referring to the saine parts
on all figures.
Figure 1 illustrates by a general view one of my music holders A attached to a
piano lid B which for convenience is shown broken off.
Figure 2 is a front elevation of my music holder complete and Figure 3 is similar
view of the same but having the front moveable bar taken away to show the connection
of the fingers.
Figure is a front elevation of another kind of music holder.
Figure 5 is a similar view but with the front strip removed to show the internal of
the holder. Figure 6 is a view of the front strip.
I make the music holder A as seen in Figures 1. 2. and 3. in two parts viz.
A and A² the part A' being loosely fixed onto the part A by means of small pins
a³ a¹ a³ and as is enabled to move backwards and forwards by means of the
slots a as a and a on each end of the loose strip A¹ will be seen two little
projections and 2 these are for the purpose of fastening cord (Figure 3) which
is made of any suitable material this cord is threaded through and twisted at the
bottom of the pulley shaped extremities of the fingers d' and d² so that when in use
the action of sliding the loose piece towards the left hand by means of suitable
projections the cord pulls the fingers d' and d and thus causing them to rise and a
corresponding action to the right places them down into their respective slots d³ & d
and enables the user to turn over the leaf the cord is when attached to the
projections and & pulled tight and is out of sight and these projections may be
screws so that should the cord ever become loose it could be tightened up at either
end, the inner parts of the holder is lined with cloth to prevent any noise.
Referring to Figure 5 it will be seen that instead of a cord I use rods E and E'
and which act as levers by--the-use of-the-thumb-pieces F and F as follows: the

page_text: fingers d & dare down in Figure 4 and to raise the fingers the thumb piece F can
either be raised or the thumb piece slid to the left a little either action being
sufficient to raise the fingers to the position shown in Figure 5. To enable the thumb
piece F which is fixed to the rod E to slide I have to cut a slot F² sufficiently large
in the front strip and of the shape shown in Figure 6, and to hide the slot and to
prevent any noise I cover it with a small strip of cloth, this front strip is fixture and
is secured to the main piece by any suitable means, to prevent the rods making
any noise I place little pieces of cork at different places and line the internal with
cloth. Of course it will be seen that these rods may be actuated by means of a
rack formed upon the end of rod El and a segment of toothed wheel formed on the
thumb piece F to gear into it and several suitable methods may be adopted to
accomplish the same end.
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 1
claim is.
First The improved music or book holder constructed and actuated by means of
a cord or cords substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.
Second-The improved music or book holder constructed and actuated by means of
rods or levers substantially as & for the purpose as herein set forth.
GEORGE WATHEN,
60, Alexandra Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.