An Improved Suspender or Frame for Mirrors, Advertising Tablets, Pictures, Cards, and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 9th July, 1890-Accepted, 9th Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Suspender or Frame for Mirrors, Advertising Tablets,
Pictures, Cards, and the like.
I ARTHUR MARTYN of 209 The Grove, Hammersmith in the County of Middlesex
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In forming the improved suspender or frame I take pieces of thin metal or other
suitable material, upon two sides of which I form a tube, ring, channel band, or stud,
the tubes, rings or channels when formed being placed at an angle to each other.
If a square article is to be suspended or framed the tubes or rings will be at right
angles, if an octagon or other angular figure the tubes will correspond. To suspend
the article or form the frame I fit or fix one of these angle pieces having the tubes or
rings formed upon it, at each corner or angle of the glass or other article & through
or by means of the tubes, rings, or channels thus placed I pass a cord, ribbon, wire or
other sufficiently pliant material.
The metal tubes or rings thus placed at the corners or angles form when connected
by the cord a frame for the article by which it can also be suspended.
The method described of forming the tubes or rings on the sides of the piece of
metal or other material is the method prefer, but the object being to secure the
tubes or rings at the angles of the glass or other article other means of fixing them
in such position may be employed.
If desired the angle pieces with the tubes, rings, or channels may all be connected
together by a sheet of metal, cardboard, or other material.
The frame may also be formed by inserting into the tubes, rings, or channels or by
means of studs, metal or other rods or tubes or suitably shaped wood or other strips
instead of the cord, ribbon, or other pliant material.
9th October 1889
ARTHUR MARTYN.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Suspender or Frame for Mirrors, Advertising Tablets,
Pictures, Cards, and the like.
I, ARTHUR MARTYN, of 209 The Grove, Hammersmith, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of the said invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
In forming the improved suspender or frame I take pieces of thin metal or other
suitable material and form them into angle or corner pieces, on each of two sides of
which I form a tube, ring, channel or stud. These tubes, rings, or channels standing
when formed, at an angle to each other depending on the shape the suspender or
frame is intended to have. If a square or other rectangular article is to be suspended
or framed, the tubes, rings or channels will be formed at right angles to one another,
if the article be octagonal the tubes, rings, or channels will be formed at an angle
of 135° to one another, and so on, according to circumstances.
To form the frame round the article, I fit or fix at each angle or corner thereof one
of the said angle or corner pieces, and I then pass a cord, ribbon, wire or other
pliant material through the said tubes, rings, or channels. The angle or corner pieces
thus placed at the angles or corners of the article form when connected and held
together by the cord, ribbon, wire or other pliant material, a frame by which the
said article can be suspended.
The method above described of forming the angle or corner pieces with tubes,

page_text: rings, channels, or studs on their sides is the one I prefer, but the object being to
secure the tubes or rings at the angles of the mirror, or other article, other means
of fixing them in such position may be employed.
If desired, the angle pieces may be connected together by a sheet of metal, card-
board, or other suitable material, secured to them at the back of the article to be
framed.
The sides of the frame may also be formed by inserting into the tubes, rings, or
_channels, formed on the angle or corner pieces or by securing to such angle or
"corner pieces by means of studs or otherwise, metal or other rods or tubes, or suitably
shaped strips of wood or other material, instead of the cord, ribbon, wire or other
pliant material above mentioned.
And in order that the said invention may be fully understood, I will now proceed to
describe the same by reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings.
In Figure 1, A represents the rectangular outline of a mirror, tablet, or other rigid
article framed in accordance with my invention, B are the angle or corner pieces
made preferably of sheet metal, cut out and folded as shown in Figure 2, (which is
a cross section taken at line 1-1 in Figure 1 of one of the said angle or corner
pieces) so as to form internally a channel C to receive the corner of the article A
and externally tubes or rings D, through which is passed the cord E which, besides
forming an ornamental margin round the article A may be formed into a loop F at
one or more corners, by which the frame and article may be suspended.
Figure 3 shows an angle or corner piece made with the channel C to receive the
corner of the article to be framed; but without the tubes or rings D, as shown in
Figure 4 which is a cross section taken at 2-2 in Figure 3, and instead of such tubes
or rings for holding the cord E, the same is held in place on the edge of the angle or
corner piece by pointed studs G, punched out of the sheet metal forming the sides
thereof and turned up at right angles, or the studs may be soldered, rivetted, or
otherwise secured to the sides of the angle or corner pieces.
Figure 5 is a back view of angle or corner pieces which enclose both the corners of the
article A and the cord E in the channel C, the said angle or corner pieces being secured
in place by wires H extending from one to the other and passing through holes formed
in the back parts thereof. It is obvious that the cord E may be omitted if preferred,
the angle or corner pieces in that case bearing directly on the corners of the article A,
and being secured in place by the wires H.
Figure 6 shows an angle cr corner piece, enclosing a cord E surrounding the
article A, the section of this angle or corner piece at 3-3 being shown in Figure 7.
Figure 8 shows a similar angle or corner piece, but in this case instead of the angle
or corner pieces being connected together by the cord E, they are connected by
metallic tubes I as shown clearly in Figure 9, which is a section on line 4-4 of
Figure 8. Or, instead of tubes I the angle or corner pieces may be connected by
strips of wood J as shown in section in Figure 10. The tubes I or strips of
wood J, as the case may be, are inserted into the angle or corner pieces, as shown
in dotted lines in Figure 8.
.
Figure 11 shows the lower portion of a completed frame with angle or corner
pieces of the kind shown in Figure 6, the connection of the said angle or corner
pieces being effected by the cord E, and Figure 12 shows the lower portion of a
completed frame with similar angle or corner pieces connected together by tubes I
as shown in Figures 8 and 9, or by strips of wood as shown in Figure 10. In
these Figures the fronts of the angle or corner pieces are shown with ornamental
work secured thereto, which serves, not only the purpose of ornamenting, but also
to cover the mitre joint seen in Figures 6 and 8. Eyes K may be formed with,
or secured to the angle or corner pieces for the attachment of the suspending cords
as shown in Figure 6, for example.
When tubes are employed for connecting the angle or corner pieces as shown in
Figures 8, 9 and 12 they are generally open at one side throughout their entire.
length as shown in the section Figure 9, so that the mirror, tablet, or other article
may fit into them. The section of the tube may vary, according to the effect to be

page_text: obtained. The tubes may be secured in the angle or corner pieces by the means
shown in Figure 13 in which L L are two holes or slots formed in the back of
the angle or corner piece. The back of each tube I is split down at M, and after
the end of the tube is inserted into the angle or corner piece the part N of the
tube is turned out through the hole L and then turned down on the back of the
angle or corner piece, forming a hook which prevents the tube from being
drawn out.
When wood strips are employed instead of tubes, they are secured in the angle or
corner pieces by small nails or screws driven through the back of the latter into the
said wood strips.
Figure 14 shows how a sheet of metal may be folded to form an angle or corner
piece, so that the mitre joint shall occur at the back instead of the front. The part B
which may be embossed or otherwise ornamented, forms the front of the angle or
corner piece, while the parts B₁ are folded behind to form the back of the said
piece.
I have found sheet metal to be the best and most convenient material to employ for
the angle or corner pieces and connecting tubes, but other material, such as cardboard,
papier maché, celluloid, and so forth may be employed.
I am aware that frames made in the ordinary way, have been ornamented by the
addition of decorated metal or other pieces fixed at the corners over the mitres, and I
make no claim generally to the use of such ornamental pieces at the corners of frames;
and I am also aware that it is not novel to employ angle or corner pieces cast on the
corners of tablets and such like, and I make no claim to any such device. The object
of my invention is to form a frame by means of separate angle or corner pieces and
connecting cords, wires, tubes, or strips in such manner that the cords, wires, tubes, or
strips can be readily inserted into, or withdrawn from the angle or corner pieces at
will, whereby suspenders or frames can be easily put together, or taken to pieces as
may be required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
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The construction and use of suspenders or frames for mirrors, advertising tablets,
pictures, cards and the like, from angle or corner pieces having tubes, rings, channels,
or studs formed on two of their sides, the said angle or corner pieces being connected
together by cords or other pliant material, or by tubes, or strips of wood or other
substance substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the drawings.
Dated this 9th day of July 1890
DAVAL
Per W. H. Beck,
115, Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.