Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1887
Complete Left, 31st Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 4th May, 1888
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We JOSEPH HAYNES of 323 Soho Road Handsworth in the County of Stafford
Builder and WILLIAM BAGGALY OSBORNE of 10 Buckingham Street Birmingham in
the County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of our said
invention to be as follows:-
Our invention has for its object improvements in school desks and seats and has
special reference to the stands or supports upon which the tops rest and they are
specially noticeable for their light and elegant appearance coupled with their great
strength and unbreakableness.
Our desks are constructed of wrought iron stands or supports with the usual wood
tops screwed thereupon and the stands are constructed from forged wrought iron so
as not to be liable to breakage which is constantly taking place at present where the
stands or parts thereof are made from cast iron and this is the case notwithstanding
their massiveness and great weight which of course is attended with consequent
inconvenience in lifting them about. We construct our stands from rolled wrought
bars say...X-- or other convenient rolled section and we form each stand that is the
desk stand and the seat stand in its main or principal member from one piece of
metal though more may be used and in the case of the desk stand this principal
member is made from a long bar bent at the two ends into ears which are rivetted
upon a wrought base plate which extends under the base of both stands the middle
portion of the bar being turned round at the top end a sufficient distance apart to
form two sides to take the book rest. These sides are shouldered inwards at the right
height to receive the book rest which is carried by the said shoulders, the rest fits
between the two sides having notches to receive the sides which adds considerable
stability thereto.
The upper portion is provided with two slots or notches one in each end and one
higher than the other and which I fit a circular or curved piece of iron edgwise
having two ears bent square to the bar and holes therein through which the desk is
fastened by screws. The underside of this curved piece is provided with notches

page_text: which fall upon the lower notched side of the stand thus fixing the desk to any
elevation namely as a flat table or a slanting desk or to form the back of a seat
i.e. with three notches to meet these three requirements though more notches
may be provided to meet other circumstances or conditions. This curved piece may
have double sides to act upon projections on the sides thus avoiding the necessity of
the holes as when the holes are used and the second end has to be bent after it is
passed into position but this may be avoided either by the double sided one or by
plain notches in the stand sides the stand for the seat is similar except that the top is
formed flat and there are no shoulders or circular piece but otherwise the bottom ears
are provided to rivet to the base plate or to form feet and it will be obvious that
instead of standing both upon base plate they may be quite separate from each other
i.e. the desk stand or the seat stand.
Dated thin 92nd day of Donnmhan 1007

page_text: We, JOSEPH HAYNES of 323, Soho Road, Handsworth, in the County of Stafford,
Builder and WILLIAM BAGGALY OSBORNE of 10, Buckingham Street, Birmingham
in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention has for its object, improvements in school desks and scats and has
special reference to the stands or supports upon which the tops rest and they are
specially noticeable for their light and elegant appearance complete with their great
strength and unbreakableness.
Our desks are constructed of wrought iron stands or supports with the usual wood
tops screwed thereupon and the stands are constructed from forged wrought iron so
as not to be liable to breakage which is constantly taking place at present, where the
stands or parts thereof are made from cast iron and this is the case notwithstanding
their massiveness and great weight which of course is attended with consequent
inconvenience in lifting them about. We construct our stands from rolled wrought
bars of convenient rolled section and we form each stand that is the desk stand and
the seat stand in its main or principal member from one piece of metal though more
may be used and in the case of the desk stand this principal member is made from a
long bar or bars bent at the two ends into ears which is rivetted upon a wrought
base plate which extends under the base of both stands the middle portion of the bar
being turned round at the top end. These sides are shouldered inwards at the right
height to receive the book rest which is carried by the said shoulders, the rest fits
between the two sides having notches to receive the sides which adds considerable
stability thereto.
The upper portion is provided with two slots or notches one in each end and in
which I fit a circular or curved piece of iron edgewise having two ears bent square
to the bar and holes therein through which the desk is fastened by screws.
This curved piece is provided with notches and rovolves upon the lower notched
side of the stand thus fixing the desk to any elevation namely as a flat table or a
slanting desk or to form the back of a seat i.c. with three notches to meet these three
requirements though more notches may be provided to meet other circumstances or
conditions. This; curved piece may have double sides to act upon projections on the
sides thus avoiding the necessity of the holes as when the holes are used and the
second end has to be bent after it is passed into position but this may be avoided
either by the double sided one or by plain notches in the stand sides the stand for the
seat is similar except that the top is formed flat and there are no shoulders or circular
picce, but otherwise the hottom ears are provided to rivet to the base plate or to
form feet and it will be obvious that instead of standing both upon base plate they
may be quite separate from each other i.e. the desk stand or the seat stand.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood and easily carried into
practice we have appended hereunto a large sized sheet of drawings upon which are
illustrated several examples of our desk stands.

page_text: Figure 1 is a general perspective view of a wrought iron standard complete
showing a portion of the desk seat and book rest broken off.
Figure 2 is an elevation of part of the standard shewing the desk set for a table.
Figure 3 is a sectional elevation through same.
Figure 4 is a similar elevation to Figure 2 only shewing the desk set to form a
back to the seat.
Figure 5 is,a similar elevation shewing it arranged to form a desk.
Figure 6 is also a similar elevation only in this case showing the slots in the
underside of the curved piece..
Figure 7 shows a modification in which the slots on the underside of the curved
piece engage in one side of the standard.
We construct our stands of rolled wrought bars of convenient rolled section the
principal member A being made from a long bar or bars and curved at the top a³
and bent at the two ends into the ears a³ and a which are rivetted upon the wrought
base plate A which extends under the base of both the desk stand A and stand A²
for seat H. The sides of the desk stand A are shouldered inwards at a and a' to
receive the book rest. D which is carried by the said shoulders; the rest fits between
the two sides and is notched at a¹ and a² to receive them. The upper portion of the
desk stand A is provided with the slots e¹ and e² one in each side in which is fitted
the revolving circular or curved piece of iron E having one end bent over square
with holes in to form an car e³ for fixing to the underside of the desk F while the
other end is finished with a screw pin upon which the small plate e is fixed which
may be revolved and thereby allow of any unequality in the underside of the desk to
which it is secured and at the same time saves bending that end of the curved piece E
after it has been placed on the standard A.
The curved piece E is provided with the notches e, e, e7 and e³ and revolves in the
slots e¹ and e² in the sides of the stand A being kept in the position required by the
nose of the lever K entering either of the notches namely for a flat table as
Figure 2, e for a desk as Figure 5, e' for a back to the seat as Figure 4, es being to
allow of the back being reversed if necessary.
In order to prevent the lever being accidentally withdrawn a spring may be
provided as shown by the dotted lines m Figure 3, or it may be locked in a variety
of ways.
The notches es, es, e7 and e8 may be on the underside of the curved piece E as
shown by Figure 6 and they may engage in one side a of the stand A as shewn by
Figure 7.
The stand A2 for the seat H is similar to A except that the top is formed flat and
there are no shoulders or circular piece but otherwise the bottom cars d³ and d are
provided.to rivet to the base plate A¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
The improvements in School Desks and seats having wrought iron stands or seats
and stands with adjustable desks capable of being set to various angles for various
purposes by the slots es, e, e7 and e substantially as herein set forth and illustrated
upon the accompanying drawings.