Improved Adjustable Mirror Supports.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 12th July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 7th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 9th May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Adjustable Mirror Supports.
I RICHARD PERRY ELLIOTT, of Nashua in the County of Hillsboro and State
of New Hampshire, United States of America Mechanical Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of two jointed arms, hinged at their inner ends to fixed
supports, and at their outer ends to ears attached to the mirror frame; said ears
are composed of two members connected by horizontal frictional pivots; arms are
attached so as to be capable of swinging horizontally, so that the mirror can either
stand vertically or be inclined at various angles from a vertical position. Said
jointed arms are horizontally moveable but vertically immoveable. The jointed
arms afford means whereby the mirror may be moved outwardly from the supports,
and caused to swing horizontally sidewise in either direction to any desired extent
or with either edge thrown forward. The members of the jointed arms are each
provided with stops at their meeting ends, whereby their horizontal movement is
limited as desired, in relation to each other, and to the fixed supports which sustain
them. Said supports may consist of two vertical standards, attached to the back
of the bureau, dressing case, or table and extending upward therefrom at back of
the mirror, or they may consist of the vertical sections of an outside frame
desired to attach the arms to supports
surrounding the mirror frame. Where it
at the back of the mirror, the arms are composed of three members each, consisting
of two principal members connected at their meeting ends by vertical pivots
provided with a spring friction so as to prevent their swinging too freely, the
inner end is connected by a vertical pivot to a hinged or bracket member attached
to the support, while the outer end is connected by a vertical pivot to ears attached
to the mirror frame. But where it is desired to attach arms to the vertical section
of the outside frame, surrounding the mirror frame, the arms consist of four
members each, comprising two principal sections connected at their meeting ends
by vertical pivots, and attached at their inner ends by vertical pivots to a short
supplementary section connected to a hinge or bracket member by a vertical pivot,
said hinged or bracket member being attached to the back inside corner of the
vertical section of outside or surrounding frame, the outer end of said arms being
connected by vertical pivots to ears attached to the mirror frame.
Hinged or bracket members are attached to vertical sections of the outside or
surrounding frame in such a manner that I find it necessary to employ the supple-
mentary section to overcome a cramping tendency, which I find in arms where the
supplementary member was not used.
Dated this 12th day of July 1890.
סמיד
F. W. BARKER,
T.
Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Adjustable Mirror Supports.
I, RICHARD PERRY ELLIOTT, of Nashua, in the County of Hillsboro and State
of New Hampshire, United States of America, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVED ADJUSTABLE MIRROR
SUPPORTS, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to toilet-mirrors which are supported either by articles of

page_text: urniture like bureaus or by independent supports; and it has for its object to
provide improved means whereby a mirror may be moved bodily from and toward
the support which sustains it, and can be inclined at various angles while standing
at any point to which it may be bodily moved.
The invention consists in two jointed arms hinged at their inner ends to fixed
supports, so as to be capable of swinging horizontally, and connected at their outer
ends to the mirror-frame by horizontal pivots, so that the mirror can either stand
vertically or at any desired angle from a vertical position, the jointed arms affording
a support whereby the mirror can be moved outwardly from the support to any
desired extent and caused to stand either parallel with the wall behind it or with
either edge thrown forward, all of which I will now proceed to describe.
Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this Specification,
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a dressing case having a mirror attached by
means of my improved support.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.
Fig. 3 is a detail of one of my supports.
The same letters and numerals of reference indicate the same parts in all the
figures.
In the drawings, a represents a mirror-frame, and 66 represent the two jointed
arms which connect the same to a support or supports, the mirror being here shown
as connected by the arms bb with two standards cc, affixed to the back of a bureau
and projecting upwardly therefrom. If desired, however, the standards ee may be
the vertical parts of a frame, formed to inclose the mirror when the latter is pushed
back. The arms are connected at their inner ends by vertical pivots 6 with
brackets or hinge members 2 2, affixed to the supports cc, the connection being
such that the arms can swing horizontally on centres or pivots 6 at their inner ends.
The outer ends of the arms are connected by vertical pivots 7 to ears 4, which are
connected by horizontal pivots 8 with the mirror-frame, the connection of the
frame to said ears being such that the said frame can swing as on a horizontal axis
on said cars, and can assume a vertical position or can be inclined at any desired
angle from a vertical position.
Each arm is composed of two members or parts which are connected by a central
vertical pivot 9, so that each of the said members can be turned horizontally inde-
pendently of the other, and can assume any angle with relation to the other and
with relation to the mirror-frame, the pivotal connection of the outer ends of the
arms with the ears 4 enabling the outer sections of the arms to stand at various
angles with the back of the mirror.
The arms bare located at the same height, one arm being connected by an
ear 4 with one of the vertical pieces of the mirror frame, while the other arm is
connected by the other ear 4 with the other vertical piece of the mirror-frame at
the opposite edge of the mirror, this arrangement of the arms, together with the
pivotal connection of the ears 4 with the outer ends of the arms, enabling the
mirror to assume all the different positions above indicated.
The cars 4 may be termed the "outer sections" of the arms, each arm being
composed of three sections or members, and having two joints-viz., the pivots 7
and 9-besides the pivots that connect their ends, respectively, to the supports c
and mirror a.
The described construction gives the mirror a wide range of adjustment and
enables it to stand in many different positions. When the mirror is moved back to
its farthest extent, the arms are folded behind the mirror, so that they occupy but
little room.
It will be seen that the supports c c may be placed so near each other that they
will be entirely concealed by the mirror when the latter is pushed back. By
making the supports in this way the expense of a frame surrounding the mirror is
avoided, the construction is simplified, and the weight reduced.
It is desirable to limit the outward swinging movement of the inner sections or
members of the arms b by stops s s, formed on the inner ends of said sections, so

page_text: that said sections in swinging outwardly cannot reach a position at right angles
with the back of the bureau, but will stand when swung outwardly at an angle
of about eighty degrees or less than ninety degrees with said back. The object of
this is, first, to prevent the arms from swinging so freely as to enable the mirror to
be moved bodily back against the wall outside of the supports cc, and, secondly, to
keep the sections of the arms in such position when the mirror is drawn outwardly
that when inward pressure is applied to the mirror the arms will fold behind the
mirror as the latter is moved inwardly.
It will be seen that the jointed arms are movable only in a horizontal plane and
are not movable vertically; hence the mirror supported thereby is movable only in
a horizontal plane by the action of said arms, and therefore does not rise and fall
in moving in and out and remains in any position to which it may be adjusted by
the movement of said arms, no springs or other contrivances being required to
retain it in position.
I am aware that a mirror has been supported by a single-jointed arm which is
movable horizontally but not vertically; but it will be observed that the use of two
arms connected at opposite sides of the mirror-frame confer the following advantages
over a single arm, viz.: first, they support the mirror equally at opposite sides,
preventing racking strain on any part of the frame, and, secondly, one arm checks
the swinging movement of the mirror in one direction and the other in the opposite
direction, so that the mirror cannot swing indefinitely.
The supports may be attached to the wall or to any article of furniture to which
it is desired to attach a mirror, therefore I do not wish to limit myself to attaching
the supports to a bureau.
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 :-
:-
1. A pair of jointed arms, each composed of two members connected at their
meeting ends by a vertical pivot, and an ear connected to the outer end by a vertical
pivot, combined with a mirror-frame, the sides of which are connected with said
ears by horizontal pivots and supports to which the inner ends of said arms are
connected by vertical pivots, said arms constituting independent horizontally-
movable but vertically-immovable connections between the said supports and the
vertical sides of the mirror-frame, whereby movement of the mirror in any direction
in a horizontal plane is permitted, each arm supporting one edge of the mirror, as
set forth.
2. The combination of a bureau having mirror-supports at its back, jointed arms
pivotally secured at their inner ends to said supports, and a mirror pivotally secured
to the outer ends of said arms, and adapted by the latter to be moved bodily in a
horizontal plane toward and from the supports, the distance between said supports
being less than the width of the mirror-frame, whereby the supports are concealed
by the mirror-frame when the same is moved back.
3. The combination of a mirror, two independent horizontally-movable but
vertically-immovable jointed arms pivotally connected at their outer ends to the
mirror-frame, supports to which the inner ends of said arms are pivotally connected,
and two stops, one at the inner end of each arm, whereby the outward swinging
movement of the inner sections or members of said arms is limited, one of said stops
limiting the horizontal movement of the mirror in one direction and the other in
the opposite direction.
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1001
F. W. BARKER,
Applicant's Agent.