IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF ALTERING AND ADJUSTING THE ANGLE OF TOILET LOOKING GLASSES, AND OF LOOKING GLASSES ATTACHED TO TOILET TABLES."
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edmund Wallace Elmslie, of 45, Kenilworth Road,
St. Leonard's on Sea, in the County of Sussex, Architect, for an Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF ALTERING AND ADJUSTING THE
ANGLE OF TOILET LOOKING GLASSES, AND OF LOOKING GLASSES ATTACHED
TO TOILET TABLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edmund Wallace Elmslie at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th September 1881.
EDMUND WALLACE ELMSLIE, of 45, Kenilworth Road, St. Leonard's on Sea, in
the County of Sussex, Architect. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF ALTERING
AND ADJUSTING THE ANGLE OF TOILET LOOKING GLASSES, AND OF LOOKING
GLASSES ATTACHED TO TOILET TABLES."
My Invention refers to improvements in toilet looking glasses, and in looking
glasses attached to toilet tables, and especially as to the method of altering and
adjusting the angle of the glass by means of a sliding slab and of one or more
standards or uprights, the glass being attached to both sliding slab and standard
or standards.
The glass and its surrounding frame may be made of any required form, subject
however to its being such that the bottom of it may be connected with the sliding
slab, and the back of it attached to the standard, as hereinafter described.
I make the stand in two principal parts, namely, an under and stationary frame
(to which stationary frame is attached the standard or standards for supporting
the glass), and a moveable or sliding slab (which moves upon and is secured to the
stationary frame).
The bottom of the glass being attached to the top or upper side of the sliding
slab by means of a hinge, and the back of the glass being connected with the houd
of the standard by means of a connecting lug, which is fixed to the glass, and
which moves in a slot or slit in the head of the standard, to which it is attached
by a nin

page_text: The angle of the glass is altered and adjusted at will by moving the sliding slab
backwards or forwards.
I sometimes use two standards. ·
In the case of a looking glass attached to or forming part of a toilet table or
bracket the arrangement is the same as that already described, the moveable slab
being sometimes on a level with the table top, and at other times above or below
that level.
One advantage gained by this novel combination is that articles which are
placed on the slab of the glass or toilet table, as the case may be, are in no way
disturbed or displaced as the angle of the glass is altered.
In my final Specification I shall proceed to fully ascertain and describe how-the
above Invention is to be carried into effect; and in order that it may be the more
easily understood I shall cause the same to be further explained by means of
Drawings, which Drawings I shall fully describe by means of letters and figures.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Edmund Wallace (Elmslie in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
23rd March 1882.
"
EDMUND WALLACE ELMSLIE, of No. 45, Kenilworth Road, St. Leonard's on Sea, in
the County of Sussex, Architect. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF ALTERING
AND ADJUSTING THE ANGLE OF TOILET LOOKING GLASSES, AND OF LOOKING
GLASSES ATTACHED TO TOILET TABLES."
My Invention refers to the manufacture of toilet looking glasses, and of looking
glasses attached to toilet tables, being an improved method of altering and
adjusting the angle of the glass by means of a sliding slab; and I do hereby
proceed to describe and ascertain the manner in which my said Invention is
carried into effect.
I make the stand of two principal parts, first, the under and stationary frame;
and, secondly, the upper and moveable slab (to which moveable slab the glass is
attached), and which slides or travels upon and is secured to the under or stationary
part of the stand.
The under or stationary frame, upon which the moveable slab travels, is a frame
of wood or metal, and to the back or other part of this frame I fix or attach the
standard for supporting the glass. In the sides of the frame I make a groove or
rabbet, in or on which groove or rabbet the slides attached to the underside of the
moveable slab travel, thus allowing the slab to be moved freely from front to back,
but preventing its moving to either side, and the slides being of such section as at
the same time to securely attach the slab to the stand, so that it cannot be lifted
off it.

page_text: The moveable slab is formed of wood or metal, having attached to its under
side the slides for working in or on the grooves described in frame, and which
attach it thereto. In the upper side of the slab I make a sunk recess of such form
as to allow the back edge of the bottom of the frame surrounding the glass to sink
into the slab as the angle of the glass is altered.
I attach the glass to the moveable slab by a hinge or hinges, the same being
placed in the sunk recess in such a position that the centre of the pin of the hinge
or hinges shall be level with the upper surface of the sliding slab, and flush with
the face of the frame surrounding the glass.
I make the standard of wood or metal, or of other suitable material, the upper
end being carried forward towards the back of the glass (to allow of the glass
being set forward). In the front of the upper part of the standard I cut a slit
or slot to receive the lug, by which the glass is connected with the standard.
I fix across the back of the glass a bar, to which I attach a connecting piece or
lug, which fits into and moves in the slot described in the standard. The lug has
a slot or elongated hole cut through its substance, a pin passed through the lug
and through the upper end or head of the standard completing the connection,
allowing however the lug to work freely in the slot of the standard and on the
pin itself.
I do not confine myself to the use of one standard only, as two may under some
circumstances be more convenient, when the standards may either be placed
behind or at the sides of the glass. The various parts being constructed and put
together as described, it will be found that as the slab is drawn forward or pushed
backward the angle of the glass is altered to whatever degree may be desired,
without any disturbance to articles placed upon the slab.
In the case of a looking glass attached to or forming part of a toilet table the
arrangement is similar to that described hereinbefore, the moveable slab forming
part of the table top, and being either on a level with, or sunk below, or raised
above the other part, as may be required.
And in order to further illustrate the principle of my said Invention, I have
prepared general explanatory Drawings, to which and the parts whereof I will
now more particularly refer.
Fig. 1 is a part front elevation of glass shewing in section the moveable slab,
attached slides, and stationary frame. A is the surrounding frame of glass; B is
hinge attaching the bottom of surrounding frame of glass to the moveable slab;
C is the moveable slab; D, the recess, into which the back edge of the bottom of
the glass sinks as the slab is moved forward (in order to set the glass back); E, the
slide attached to the moveable slab; G is the rabbet or groove in the side of the
stationary frame F, in which the slide E works.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation with part of side of the moveable slab and under frame
removed to show section of sunk recess in the upper side of slab, in which recess
is placed the hinge, as shewn, and as already described in my Specification. A is
the surrounding frame of the glass; B, the hinge attaching the surrounding frame
of glass to the upper side of the moveable slab; C is the moveable slab; D is the
Bunk recess, into which the back edge of the bottom of surrounding frame of glass
sinks as the slab is moved forward; F, F, side of stationary frame with groove G;
H is the fixed standard at the back of the glass, the foot of which is attached to
the back of the stationary frame; L is the bar, which is fixed across the back of
the glass, on which bar is the lug or link K, which moves in the slot or slit which
is cut in the head of the standard; and I is the pin passing through the head of
the standard and the slit or slot in the lug K, and marked M, thus attaching the
back of the glass to the head of the fixed or stationary standard, but allowing the
glass to move freely as the angle is altered by the moveable slab being drawn
forward or pushed back, as before described.
Fig. 3 is a part back elevation of the glass and fixed standard, the parts being
indicated by the same letters as in Fig. 1 and 2.
Fig. 4 is a plan of the sliding slab. D is the sunk recess; H, the fixed standard.

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The shaded portion marked I is a recess made in a piece cut out of the moveable
slab to allow it to pass the standard when pushed back.
Fig. 5 is a plan of the under or stationary frame with sections of the various
portions of such frame, viz., A, section of front; B, section of side with groove G
for slide of moveable slab to work in; C is section at back; and D is section of
extra strength at back, and to which foot of fixed standard is attached.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be carried into effect,
I may observe in conclusion that I do not restrict or confine myself to the precise
modifications in which my Invention is applied as herein described, as many
variations may be made therefrom to suit various circumstances without deviating
from the principle or main features of my Invention, but what I consider to be
novel and original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the
hereinbefore in part recited Letters Patent is, the sliding slab and attached
looking glass in combination with the stationary stand and standard or standards,
in the manner herein set forth and described, and more particularly illustrated in
,the Drawings hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edmund Wallace Elmslie, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty second day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
Signed, sealed, and delivered
by the above named
Edmund Wallace Elmslie,
in the presence of
JOHN E. ELMSLIE,
68, Anerley Park,
Anerley, S.E.
EDMUND WALLACE ELMSLIE. (L.S.)