A NEW OR IMPROVED PORTABLE MUSIC STAND APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1886

page_text: I, ALFRED CHARLES BURDETT of Mill Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Accountant Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for
"A NEW OR IMPROVED PORTABLE MUSIC STAND APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES,"
a communication to him from abroad by Henry Durand of Great South Road,
Timaru, New Zealand, and in what manner the same is to be performed; to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following, statement :-
This invention relates to portable stands to be used by musicians and others,
where extreme portability is an object; and the essential features of this invention
is the enclosing of the stand and the rest within a casing or sheath formed by the
turning up and bringing together of the legs of the stand which are made preferably
trough like, and of the third part of a circle, so that when brought together, they
form a cylindrical casing, wherein the stand proper is enclosed.
In carrying out this invention, I proceed as follows.
I take an ordinary rod having jointed at its summit a desk or frame composed
of a series of jointed bars capable of folding up. This rod carrying the desk or
frame slides telescopically within a hollow stem having at its lower part, an
excentric circular bracket to which the legs and the stay bars of the legs are
connected and jointed.
When the music stand is in use, the legs are arranged in a tripod form, with the
stay rod hooked ends, taking into holes in the legs, in order to give the necessary
rigidity to the stand. The rod carrying the frame or desk is adjusted to the proper
height, by a cross pin or clamping screw.
When the stand is not in use, it is made extremely portable, by turning the desk
back upon its joint into the plane of the supporting rod, then slide the said rod
into the hollow stem with the stay bars removed from the legs, which are turned
into the same plane as the stem itself; the whole is then afterwards enclosed by
folding up the legs so as to gather in the stand, which said legs when brought
together, form a cylindrical or tubular like object having enclosed within it the
stand.

page_text: I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings, the
manner in which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 is a part longitudinal vertical section of a portable music stand con-
structed according to this invention; the said stand is shown in its expanded or
open position ready for use. The dotted lines represent the respective positions
which the legs and desk assume on being folded back, or brought into the same
plane as the telescopic stem and tube, ready for closing. Figure 2 is a full sized
section of the cap end of the stand, when folded up. Figure 3 is a vertical section
of the leg and stay carrying bracket, situated at the lower part of the hollow stem,
wherein the rod carrying the desk slides. Figure 4 is a horizontal section of the
bracket on the dotted lines A B figure 3. Figure 5 is a horizontal section of the
same upon the dotted lines CD figure 3-Figure 6 is a complete longitudinal
section of the stand, folded within its segmental legs. Figure 7 is a horizontal
section upon the dotted lines E F figure 6. Figure 8 is a plan, partly open and
partly closed, showing the manner of folding. Figure 9 is a section of the same
folded against the rod; the said view also shows the joint on which the desk turns,
and also the shoulder on the joint, to hold the desk in its proper. position..
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the Drawings.
a is a rod carrying at its upper end a desk or frame which forms a rest upon
which a book or sheet of music is placed; the said desk consists essentially of a
series of folding bars 6' as best seen in figure 8. The back of the desk is connected
at the upper end of the, rod a. by the joint c, and upon this joint, the, desk, is
capable of turning back into the position required for closing, as represented in
dotted lines.
The joint of the frame or desk b is provided with shoulder b' which forms a stop
for the desk.
The other or lower end. of the rod a slides telescopically within the pipe or
'tube d, the position of: the rod being determined by a clamping screw, or by other
means, when the height of the desk is, required to be fixed to any regulated height.
The lower part of this tube or hollow stem d. carries a bracket e, to which, three
legs and three stay rods g are. joined and hinged. The, legs which respectively
form a third part of a circle in cross section, are hinged to the lower part of the
said bracket, while the stays g are hinged to the. upper part. The legs have
shoulders near their joint ends which form stops or abutments for the legs.
Thus the legs which are hinged on the lower part of the bracket e are made
respectively of one third of a circle, so that when folded together, or gathered up
parallel to the hollow stem, they constitute a tube or cylindrical sheath, wherein
the stand itself is enclosed, the sides of the sheath, formed by the segmental legs
are kept together by a cap h, best seen in figure 2. f' are small clips fixed on the
edges of the legs, to hold them in position with respect to each other when folded.
The joint ends of the legs f take into or work within knuckle or gapped parts e
of the bracket e; the said bracket is circular in cross section, and is disposed
excentric to the hollow stem d.
The stays have their free ends hooked, and marked g², which take into holes f³
in the troughs or sides of the legs f
The stand when in use, is represented'in figure 1; the parts being opened out or
extended.
When it is required to fold up the stand, the desk or frame b is made to lie
parallel to the rod a. as represented in dotted lines when the said rod a is moved
down the hollow stem d, so as to diminish the distance between the bracket end of
the stem, and the top of the stand, to an extent equal to the length of the troughed
semi-circular legs; so that on the legs f and stay bars 9 being folded parallel to
the stem, they, embrace a circle, and constitute a cylindrical sheath, as represented
in figure 6, the legs being kept in position to form the casing by, the cap h.
Although the legs are described as being made of segmental troughed lengths of
tubing of the third of a circle, and when put together with their edges in juxta

page_text: position, they form a cylinder or sheath, wherein the stand is enclosed, yet the said
legs may be made flat, or angular in cross section; so that when brought together,
they form square prismatic cases or hexazonal or other shaped cases in cross
section.
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-
First. Forming or making the legs of music stands of a form and section, that
when they are folded or gathered together with their meeting edges in juxta
position, they constitute or form a casing, wherein the parts of a music or other
like stand is enclosed. The sides of the outer casing being kept together by a cap,
substantially as described and illustrated.
Secondly.-Connecting the desk or frame of a music stand to the top end of an
adjustable sliding rod, by a hinged jointh and which said frame is kept at the
proper angle by the shoulder or stop h³, substantially as described and set forth.
Thirdly. Connecting and hinging the legs and leg stays of music and other like
stands to a bracket, situated at the lower end of the hollow stem of a telescopic
stand, substantially as described and set forth.
Fourthly. The construction and general arrangement of music and other like
stands with folding legs, stay bars, desk, and adjustable sliding stem, substantially
as described and set forth.