New or Improved Mirror.
Year: 1899

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Mirror.
I, WILHELM KONRAD FENCHEL, of 37, Kleine Bach-strasse, Griedel, Province
of Oberhessen, Germany, Agriculturist, 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 subject of the present application is a divided mirror or double mirror,
the several parts of which can be shifted relatively to each other on a frame which
is fixed to the wall of a room or other place, in such a manner that a person
stepping in between them is able to view himself on all sides.
In the accompanying drawings:-Figure 1 is a general elevation or view
partly in perspective and partly in plan. Figure 2 is a view in front elevation
in a wide apart position, Figure 3 is a view in plan thereof, and Figure 4 is a view
in front elevation in a folded position.
On a vertical guide bar a which is fixed by means of its lugs bat any suitable
place, there is mounted a carriage c which can be moved to and fro thereon and
can be fixed in any desired position by means of the set screw d. The slide or
carriage c carries two arms q to the ends of which are fastened the bent bars f
by means of the hinges e in such a manner that the said bars can be moved into
a vertical or horizontal position as indicated by the change shown in the positions
in Figures 2 and 4. On these bars f are arranged so as to be capable of move-
ment along them the slides which are held fast in any desired position by
means of the screws . Each of the two slides has an arm k to which there is
attached (by means of an adjustable joint that can be made fast by means of a
screw) a leg m which is screwed fast into the back o of the mirror p by means
of its screw threaded union end n. The ends of the bent bars f are either bent
round or otherwise formed, so that the slides h can never slide off at those ends.
By means of this arrangement it is possible to give any desired position to the
two halves p of the mirror so that a person stepping in between the same is
able to view himself in all directions according to the position of the mirrors.
The requisite or desired inclined position of the mirror-halves in relation to
each other is effected in a horizontal sense by suitably shifting the slides along
the bars f, whilst the requisite or desired inclination of the mirrors in relation
to the vertical is produced by means of the clamping joints . Any desired
greater elevation of the mirrors is produced simply by shifting the carriage &
along the vertical bar and then fixing the same by means of the screw d.
The two mirrors may either be completely framed mirrors or they may be
framed on three sides only, so that when they are pushed together up to the
arms (Figure 4) they will meet together at their unframed fourth sides and
thus produce the effect of a single mirror. When the mirrors are in this
position, the bars f can then be turned up and folded together behind the mirrors
so that there is no inconvenient obstruction in front of the mirror.

page_text: 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:
(1) An adjustable double mirror characterized by the fact that two mirrors p
are mounted so as to be capable of horizontal inclination on a folding bent
frame and be capable of vertical inclination relatively to each other by means
of the jointed arms k, m and are also capable of being adjusted to any desired
height together with the frame f by means of the carriage c along a vertical
bara, the arrangement being such that the bars f can be turned up and folded
in the joints e behind the mirrors when the latter are brought close up against
each other.
(2) A new or improved mirror constructed, arranged and operating substantially
as herein before described and shown.
Dated this lat day of Decembar 1800
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Chartered Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Associate Agent.