Adjustable Bust for Displaying Clothes.
Year: 1895

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Adjustable Bust for Displaying Clothes.
I, Dr. HEINRICH LOWENTHAL, General Practitioner, 2B Chaussee Strasse,
Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, 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 clothes-bust, according to this invention, mainly consists of a supporting
bar in two parts, which can be screwed up and down in a pedestal and a base
attached to it, upon which the lower half of the bust, and the upper half of the
bust rest. For the purpose of adjustment of the separate busts in the horizontal
direction, each of them is divided into 4 parts or quadrants, which are attached to
each other by means of spiral springs fastened at each end. These quadrants each
have a piece of the shape of the fourth part of a circle cut out at the centre, so
that the four of them together form a round hole.
Upon the supporting bar, which can be screwed up and down by means of a
special crank handle and cogged wheel mechanism, there are fixed in the corre-
sponding places, i.e. immediately above the circular boles above mentioned, conical
shaped blocks, which, upon entering the holes, when the supporting bar is
screwed downwards, drive the quadrants of the busts asunder in a uniform
manner.
For the purpose of adjustment in the vertical direction, the upper portion of the
supporting bar turns with its lower end like a screw in a tapped tube at the upper
end of the lower part of the supporting bar, so that the upper bust may be freely
separated from the lower one, or screwed upwards. This screwing up is done by
means of an ordinary crank handle, which is attached to a square bolt in the top
end of the supporting bar, and is turned. In order to see the correct width in
the waist, in horizontally adjusting the two busts, a scale is fixed on the upper
bust, upon which a hand moves downwards as the whole supporting bar is screwed
down.
This clothes-bust is represented in the annexed drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a vertical section through the combined bust, with the bust support;
it shews, in dotted lines, the position of the upper and lower quadrants respectively,
of the busts, after the cones (represented in full lines) on the supporting bar have
entered into the quadrant openings of the central quadrants; or in their position,
represented in dotted lines.
Figure 2 is a like section after the widening or extending of the busts have
taken place, and after the upper portion of the supporting bar has been screwed
out of the tube of the lower portion.
Figure 3 is a cross section at x of Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a cross section at x x in Figure 1, as it would appear after extension
(dotted position Figure 1).
Figure 5 is a variation in the arrangement for widening the clothes-bust.
a is a pedestal of any kind extending upwards into a solid top a', which receives
the lower portion of the supporting spindle b. With this pedestal is connected, in
some suitable manner, the base plate c, directly supporting the lower bust d. Each
of the hollow busts d and e, which are provided with bottoms below, and covers on
top, is divided by crosscuts into four quadrants. Out of these four covers d', d³,
d³, a, and bottom quadrants d', d², d, d, a fourth part of a circle has been cut
out, so that the supporting bars may pass through. Besides these there are

page_text: intermediate parts fand y respectively, of the same shape, at a certain distance
from the covers and bottoms of each bust, which intermediate parts are connected
with the upper and lower bottoms and covers, by means of props or connecting
bars x and y.
Into the circular openings formed by the parts cut out of the quadrants of t
and g, and also the bottom quadrants, enter the lower parts of cones ii and k,
which are closed at top and bottom, and surround the supporting spin lle. Now if
the arrangement of wheels h, h', h³, attached to, or fitted on, the extension of
the lower pedestal is put in motion by means of the crank handle ³, the supporting
spindle turns and goes downwards into the pedestal. The cones i, ¹, and k,
together with the supporting spindle portions and b', move downwards, and
uniformly drive the quadrants apart. These quadrants are kept in their respective
positions by means of the springs k, k', k³, and attached at their outer edges
(Figures 3 and 4). The latter expand upon the extension, and are held through
the cones being driven in. Upon the cones receding upwards, the springs in
tension act and automatically draw the quadrants together again.
For the purpose of raising the upper bust, whether it is extended or not, there
is provided a square bolt attached to the upper end of the supporting spindle,
and upon the same being turned by means of an ordinary crank-handle, the upper
screwed portion of the supporting spindle is raised out of the tapped tube 63 at the
upper part of the lower portion of the supporting spindle.
For the purpose of fixing the width at the waist upon the two busts being
extended, a spike with a hand m is inserted in a hole in the square bolt mentioned;
and there is arranged in any suitable manner, a scale n, on the upper bust. The
two busts are fixed; the upper, e, resting on the lower, d, and the lower, d, resting
upon the base-plate c. Now, if, by screwing down the supporting spindle, the two
busts are expanded, and the waist therefore becomes wider, then the hand m goes
downwards along the scale, and shews the width of the waist at any given
moment.
By the variation represented in Figure 5, it is rendered possible to fix the bust
on table without the aid of a pedestal, and dispense with the cog-wheel
mechanism; the supporting spindle 6, which is to be screwed into a solid block of
wood m', which is fastened on to the base c of the bust, being screwed downward
by means of the crank attached to square bolt !, at the same time driving the four
quadrants of the bust asunder; when manipulating the bust in this manner the
piu must be removed from the position shown in Figure 5 in order to allow the
turning of the whole supporting spindle with all the cones i, i, k, while the pin n
must remain in the position shown if the upper bust is raised, and only the upper
part of the spindle with the cone & is turned. If it is desired to put such n bust
on the floor in order to try on clothes, & prop p (Figure 5) is screwed into block m¹
from below.
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 :-
1. An adjustable clothes bust supported upon a suitable base, and having a
central spindle with cones thereon, working in connection with parts on the bust,
and adapted to extend or alter the diameter thereof when raised or lowered, by
the rotation of said spindle, the diminution of diameter being effected by springs
when the shaft is operated in the reverse direction; substantially as herein set
forth.
2. In a clothes-bust of the type herein referred to, a divided supporting spindle
adapted through a square bolt on the upper end thereof, and a crank handle, to
cause the upper part of the bust to rise from the lower one; substantially as set
forth.
3. In a clothes-bust of the kind herein referred to, the employment in
connection with the supporting spin lle thereof of a scale and movable finger or

page_text: pointer adapted to be operated as the spindle rises or falls; substantially as and
for the purposes set forth.
4. A clothes-bust arranged and adapted to operate as set forth with reference to
and shewn in the drawings hereto annexed.
Dated this 3rd day of October 1895.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15 Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.