IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FITTINGS OR MOVEMENTS' OF SWING LOOKING GLASSES
Year: 1879

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LETTERS PATENT to John Parry, of Sale, in the County of Chester, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FITTINGS OR MOVEMENTS' OF SWING
LOOKING GLASSES."
Sealed the 26th August 1879, and dated the 14th May 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Parry at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th May 1879.
JOHN PARRY, of Sale, in the County of Chester.
FITTINGS OR 'MOVEMENTS' OF SWING LOOKING GLASSES."
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
"
This Invention relates to the construction of the fittings or movements" which
are applied to swing looking glasses for the purpose of retaining them in any
position or at any required angle, the object of the present Invention being to
render such fittings more efficient and to facilitate and cheapen the manufacture of
the same.
To about the centre of the frame of the looking glass on each side I affix by
screws or otherwise a metal plate or socket, the back of which is recessed.
In the recess fits the head of a short bush, the body of the said bush passing
through a hole in the centre of the plate or socket, so that the plate or socket
attached to the frame of the looking glass can revolve around the head of the
bush.
The part of the bush which projects outside the plate or socket may be squared
or flattened, or have projections or pins on its surface; or it may be roughened in
such a manner as to prevent it revolving or turning round when fitted into a
suitable recess in the inner side of the pillar or bracket.
The bush is drilled with a hole through the centre and screwed and a screw
passed inwards through the pillar or bracket which screws into the said bush.
This screw may be provided with a head having notches or splits therein, by
means of which it can be screwed up when required by a screw driver or other
similar instrument (or even by means of a coin); or it may have attached to it a

page_text: knob or rosette of wood or other material, part of the shank of the screw being
squared or flattened so that it cannot turn in the knob.
In cases where it is required or considered desirable to remove the looking
glass from the stand and replace it without removing the screws, I make a notch
through the underside of the recessed plate or socket large enough for the head of
the bush to pass through, so that the frame can be lifted out and replaced without
removing the screws or knobs.
It will be evident that the joint may be tightened or loosened by screwing up or
slackening the screws by means of their notched heads, or by the knobs or rosettes
on their ends.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Parry in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 14th November
1879.
JOHN PARRY, of Sale, in the County of Chester.
FITTINGS OR 'MOVEMENTS' OF SWING LOOKING GLASSES."
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
This Invention relates to the construction of the fittings or "movements" which
are applied to swing looking-glasses for the purpose of retaining them in any
position or at any required angle, the object of the present Invention being to
render such fittings more efficient and to facilitate and cheapen the manufacture of
the same.
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention, I will now proceed to
describe in detail the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed
or carried into practical effect, and in order that the same may be clearly under-
stood I have annexed hereunto a Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof, and have
marked the same with figures and letters of reference corresponding with those in
the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1 in the annexed Drawing shows in section part of the frame a, a, and
standard b, b, of a swing looking glass with my improved fittings or
"E movement "
applied thereto.
To about the centre of the frame of the looking glass a, a, on each side I affix by
screws or otherwise a metal plate or socket c, c, the back of which is recessed (sec
detached views, Fig. 2).
In the recess fits the head of a short bush d, d, (see detached view, Fig. 3), the
body of the said bush passing through the hole in the centre of the plate or
socket c, c, so that the said plate or socket attached to the frame a, a, of the looking
glass can revolve around the head of the bush d, d. The part of the bush d, d,
which projects outside the plate or socket c, c, may be fluted, as shown, or squared
or flattened; or it may have pins on its surface, as shown at Fig. 4; or it may have
other projections or be roughened in such a manner as to fix it and prevent it from
revolving or turning round when fitted into a suitable recess in the inner side of
the pillar or bracket b, b, as shown at Fig. 1.
The bush d, d, is drilled with a hole through the centre and screwed (see section,
Fig. 3), and a screw e, e, (see detached view, Fig. 5) is passed inwards through the
pillar or bracket b, b, and screwed into the central hole in the said bush d, d.
This screw e, e, may be provided with a head having notches or splits therein (as
shown at Fig. 5), by means of which it can be screwed up when required by means
of a turn screw or other similar instrument (or even by means of the edge of a
coin); or it may have attached to it a knob or rosette f, f, of wood or other material
(as shown at Fig. 1), part of the shank of the screw e, e, being roughened, squared,
or flattened, so that it shall be fixed tight and cannot turn in the knob.
In some cases where it is required or considered desirable to remove the looking glass
from the stand and replace it without removing the screws e, e, I make a notch g, g,
through the underside of the recessed plate or socket c, c, large enough for the head
of the bush d, d, to pass through (as shown at Fig. 6), so that the looking glass
frame a, a, can be lifted out and replaced without disturbing the screws or knobs.
In order that the bush d, d, may not turn round when the screw c, c, is first
introduced I make the back of it rough or provide it with short teeth, so that
when the screw e, e, is first introduced it pushes the back of the bush d, d, against
the side of the frame a, a, and the bush being thus prevented from turning the
thread of the screw enters and draws the bush forward so as to fix its outer or
projecting part into the recess of the pillar or bracket d, d.
It will be evident that the joint between the frame a, a, and the pillars or
brackets b, b, may be tightened or loosened by screwing up or slackening the

page_text: screws e, e, by means of their notched heads, or by the knobs or rosettes ƒ, ƒ, on
their ends, and thus the looking glass may be set and retained at any required
angle.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention, together with
the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into practical
effect, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my Invention, the construction of
fittings or "movements" for swing looking glasses, substantially as herein before
particularly described and illustrated by the Drawing annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Parry, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Tenth day of November, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy nine.
ΤΟΠΙΑ DADDY'
JOHN PARRI
(L.S.)