Improvements in Frames for Photographs, Pictures, and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Jan., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 25th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 11th June. 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Frames for Photographs, Pictures, and the like.
We, JOHN PERCY KING and HENRY WILLIAM KING, trading as King &
Sons, of 222 and 224 Goswell Road, in the County of London, Manufacturers and
Silversmiths, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to frames for pictures, photographs and the like and has
for its object to provide improved means for introducing and removing photographs
and the like into and from such frames.
According to our invention the frame is provided with a bezel to which is
hinged a lid forming the back of the frame, which lid is grooved or recessed to fit
over the edges of the bezel to exclude dust. The hinge consists of a spring pin or
bar attached to the lid and having its two ends passed through holes in the bezel
and bent to form rings or eyes by means of which the frame can be suspended.
These holes through which the ends of the pin are passed are slightly out of the
axial line of the pin so that the normal tendency of the spring will be to retain the
lid closed, the flexibility of the pin allowing the opening of the lid. The said
spring pin also serves to draw the said lid so that a catch thereon engages with a
notch or the like in the bezel.
At the back of the lid is a leg or strut for supporting the frame at an angle
upon a table or the like. A spring is also placed inside the lid in such a manner
that when the lid is closed the picture or the like will be held against the glass of
the frame.
Dated the 5th day of December 1891
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Frames for Photographs, Pictures, and the like.
We, JOHN PERCY KING and HENRY WILLIAM KING, trading as King &
Sons, of 222 and 224, Goswell Road, in the County of London, Manufacturers and
Silversmiths, 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 :-―
This invention relates to frames for pictures, photographs and the like and has
for its object to provide improved means for introducing and removing photographs
and the like into and from such frames.
In the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a frame constructed according to our invention.
Figure 2 is a rear view of the same.
Figures 3 and 4 are respectively sections on the lines x x and y y of Figure 1.
Figure 5 is a side view of the frame when supported by its leg or strut.
According to our invention the frame proper which is indicated by the letter a is
provided with a bezel b, the upper edge of which projects slightly above the other
edges and is turned inwards or undercut to form a kind of flange as indicated at b¹
Figures 2, 4 and 5.
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upper
A lid c forming the back of the frame is hinged to the bezel so that its
end is beneath the flange b' whereby the back of the frame is retained in position
when being opened and closed, and the lid is grooved or recessed at the two sides
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page_text: and the bottom as at d to fit over the edges of the bezel to exclude dust. The
hinge consists of a spring pin or bare attached to the lid and having its two ends
passed through holes in the bezel and bent to form eyes by means of which the
frame can be suspended or to which rings can be connected.
The holes in the bezel through which the ends of the pin are passed are slightly
out of the axial line of the pin as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 2 and in
Figure 4 so that the normal tendency of the spring pin will be to retain the lid
closed, the flexibility of the pin allowing the opening of the lid. The said spring
pin also serves to draw the said lid so that a catch g thereon engages with a notch h
or the like in the bezel as indicated in Figures 3 and 4.
At the back of the lid is a leg or strut i for supporting the frame at an angle
upon a table or the like. A spring is also placed inside the lid in such a manner
that when the lid is closed the picture or the like will be held against the glass of
the frame.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In a frame for photographs, pictures and the like the combination with the
frame proper of a bezel, a lid grooved or recessed to fit over the said bezel, a
spring pin by means of which the lid is hinged to the bezel and a catch, all
substantially as, and for the purpose described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved frame for photographs, pictures
and the like, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accom-
penying drawings.
Dated the 22nd day of April 1800
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.