New or Improved Adjustable Stages for Holding Flower Pots or Plants.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 16th July, 1891-Accepted, 12th Sept., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Adjustable Stages for Holding Flower Pots or
Plants.
I HERBERT LLEWELYN POCOCK of Kimbolton Road Bedford Schoolmaster
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My present invention relates to stages for holding or supporting flower pots or
plants and which stages are adaptable for greenhouses garden beds or other
similar places and the object thereof is to so construct said stages that they
become easily adjusted to various heights in order to suit the varying growth of
the plants or flowers or the differences in the sizes of the flower pots resting
thereon to attain which I construct my improved stage with double or single
tapered ends that is to say the end frames of my improved stage extend from
the floor upwards in an oblique manner and the staging or shelves may be
arranged at one or both sides. Each said end frame has formed on the face
thereof a suitable groove wherein rest a number of adjustable supports or
brackets corresponding in number to the amount of shelves required. The upper
part or top of each support or bracket is arranged with suitable dovetail recesses
in order to receive corresponding dovetail ends of the staging or shelves.
The said adjustable brackets may either be held or fixed in required positions by.
means of pins or screws passed through holes formed at the under side of the end
frames or each said support or bracket may have secured to its outer or inner side
a flat plate which extends downwards to the inner or outer side of said end
frame and a screw or pin is arranged to pass through the said flat plate and
enter a portion of the end frame thus holding the adjustable bracket in required
position.
In a further modification of my present invention I secure upon the face of each
end frame a channel preferably composed of sheet iron and I arrange the shelf
supports or brackets to rest therein and secure them in required position by
passing a pin or pins laterally through suitable holes formed through the sides
of said channel and through corresponding holes formed in the bracket or
supports.
The end frames aforesaid are held at a suitable distance apart by means of
suitable longitudinal stays and the shelving is preferably composed of strips of
wood of a dovetail form at each end corresponding as aforesaid to the dovetail
recesses formed in the upper parts of the brackets or supports.
Dated the 16th day of October 1890.
H. F. BOUGHTON, M.I. Mech. E.,
Barnsley and Sheffield, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Adjustable Stages for Holding Flower Pots or
Plants.
I HERBERT LLEWELYN POCOCк of Kimbolton Road Bedford Schoolmaster
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 present invention relates to stages for holding or supporting flower pots or
plants and which stages are adaptable for greenhouses garden beds or other similar
places and the object thereof is to so construct said stages that they become easily

page_text: adjusted to various heights in order to suit the varying growth of the plants or
flowers or the differences in the sizes of the flower pots resting thereon to attain
which I construct my improved stage as set forth in the accompanying sheet of
drawings in which
Fig. 1 is an end view of a double frame.
Fig. 2 an end view of a single frame and Fig. 3 a front elevation of either. Fig. 1
or Fig. 2.
Figs. 4 and 5 are detailed views in perspective of modifications of my said
invention.
Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in each view.
My improved stage may either be arranged with double tapered ends as shown
at Fig. 1 or with single tapered ends as shown at Fig. 2 that is to say the end
frames a¹ of stage A extend from the floor upwards in an oblique manner and the
staging or shelving may be arranged at one or both sides.
b
Each end frame a' has formed on the face thereof a suitable groove a² wherein
rest a number of adjustable supports or brackets corresponding in number to the
amount of shelves b. The upper part or top of each bracket is arranged with
one or more dovetail recesses (2 in order to receive the correspondingly dovetailed
ends of the staging or shelves b.
The adjustable brackets may either be held or fixed in required positions by
means of the pins or screws c which pass through holes & formed at the underside
of the end frame a' as shown at Fig. 4 or each bracket b¹ may have secured to its
side a flat plate which extends downwards either into the groove a³ or the inner
or outer side of said end frame a' and a screw or pin p' is arranged to pass both
through the said plate p and enter the end frame a¹ thus holding the adjustable
brackets in required position.
In a further modification of my said invention I secure upon the face of each end
frame a channel a² (see Fig. 5) preferably composed of sheet iron and I arrange
the brackets to rest therein and secure them in required position by passing a
pin or pins p² laterally through suitable holes formed through the sides of said
channel and through corresponding holes formed in the brackets.
The end frames a¹ are held at a suitable distance apart by means of suitable
longitudinal stays a' and the shelving is preferably composed of strips of wood b
of a dovetail form at each end corresponding as aforesaid to the dovetail
recesses formed in the brackets b'.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
1. In adjustable stages for holding flower pots or plants the combination with end
frames such as a¹ of sliding brackets such as supporting shelving b substantially
as described and illustrated in the drawings annexed.
For H. F. BOUGHTON, M.I. Mech. E.,
W. Greenwood,
London, Sheffield, and Barnsley, Agent.
For H. F. BOUGHTON, M.I. Mech. E.,
W. Greenwood,
London, Sheffield, and Barnsley, Agent.