A Movable Stand for Holding Office Books, Maps, and the like of all kinds.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug., 1894--Accepted, 6th Oct., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Movable Stand for Holding Office Books, Maps, and the like
of all kinds.
I, SIEGFRIED SACHS of Haus Rauser Leontjewsky Pereulok, Moscow,
Merchant, 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 object of the present invention is a rotating stand on writing tables or desks,
the arrangement of which makes it possible to place registration maps and all
business books used, in such a manner that they can be removed from a table or
desk without the clerks at the desk leaving their places, or even to stand up from
their seats.
Furthermore such maps or books can be used by the whole of the office staff
without those who are seated at the desk provided with this addition being in the
least disturbed.
By means of a hole, corresponding with the size of the maps or books, made in
the wall against which the rotatable arrangement may be placed it is possible for
persons working in a neighbouring room to remove maps or books from the
rotatable stand without leaving their room, so that the persons in the adjacent room
are not disturbed by the entrance of persons from another room.
I will now describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
in which Fig. 1 shows a top view, partly in section, of my movable stand, and
Fig. 2 shows a front view of the same.
In a square frame a, a fairly strong spindle b, is fixed perpendicular so that it
can rotate. Slightly above the lower socket, and firmly attached to the spindle b,
is a shelf c. Partitions d, are arranged to radiate from the spindle b, standing upon
the shelf c, leaving spaces f, between them. The spaces are designed to receive
the maps or books. The number of divisions is of course regulated according
to the number of spaces required, and the whole arrangement can be placed on a
desk or table.
Two or more of these spindles may be set in the same frame, and two or more
shelves may be fitted to each spindle, so that in one and the same frame one or more
rotating stands with several shelves may be arranged.
On the desk of a business place a number of such rotating stands may be set up,
in which the books of the business may be arranged. Any necessary notes may.
be written on the documents without their being taken from the books. Time and
labour is thus saved, also the annoyance of enquiring and searching for a particular
book, and after using any book, the clerk can put it back in its proper place on the
rotating stand without moving from his seat, and without the necessity of going
to fixed shelves, and stands, which may probably be placed at some distance
from him.
The adoption of this invention, it will be readily seen would place all books and
other documents within easy reach of a clerk, or other official and do away with
the fixed shelves at present in use.
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:
In a rotating stand consisting of a square frame a, the top and bottom of which
serve to support one or more perpendicular spindles b, which carry at their lower

page_text: ends one or more shelves e, the shaft or spindle b, with partitions d, radiating there-
from forming a number of receptacles to receive office books and other documents,
as and for the purpose herein described and set forth.
Dated this 20th day of August 1894.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Patent Agent.