Year: 1886

page_text: I WILLIAM AUGUSTUS ALLEN 106, Bramley Road, Notting Hill in the County of,
Middlesex Ladies Dress Basket Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
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Two upright supports made of any kind of wood, and of any length, with or
without junctions. These uprights are grooved on their internal surfaces, & carry
crossbars, or rungs made of solid iron or steel and cylindrical in shape, by means of
gun metal, steel, or iron brackets let into the grooves of the two upright supports.
These brackets carry a spindle, on which the cross bars or rungs work, thus allowing
free movement to either upright support through 180 degrees.
Amil 1OLL 7000
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS ALLEN.
I WILLIAM AUGUSTUS ALLEN of 106 Bramley Road, Notting Hill, Middlesex,
Ladies Dress Basket Maker 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 two upright supports A, 1 to 7 may be made of any kind of wood, & of any
Jength, & with or without junctions B, 2 & 6. These uprights are grooved on their

page_text: internal surfaces, & carry crossbars C, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, or rungs made of solid iron or
steel, & cylindrical in shape, by means of gun metal, steel, or iron brackets D, 1, 4,
5, 7, let into the grooves of the two upright supports. These brackets carry a
spindle E 1, 4, 5, 7, on which the cross bars or rungs work, thus allowing free
movement to either upright support, through 180 degrees.
Having now particularly described the nature of my said invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
1st. Portability, compactness & lightness, combined with stability, durability
& cheapness.
2nd. That the stability will not affected (through warping) by climate or
exposure.
3rd. That "the ladder" can be used for every domestic purpose, & will save
damage to walls, paint, structure, etc, that occupiers of houses should be furnished
with "the ladder" to enable them to escape in cases of sudden emergency,
fires etc.
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4th. That fire brigades wd find "the ladder" most useful at "fires," enabling
them to enter easily parlours, first floor windows, backs or fronts of houses, when
the ordinary apparatuses would be clumsy or unavailable.
5th. That vestries shd place "the ladder" in the hands of their men, who have
to clean the street lamps, the ladder which they now carry being in many cases
dangerous to foot passengers.
Men have not the power over an ordinary ladder that they would, have over a
pole, which this apparatus becomes, when closed.
6th. That the ladder can be used for, military, purposes.as a scaling, ladder, for
loading or unloading baggage waggons etc. for, out post duty for ascending trees,
or for bridging purposes.
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7th. That the ladder can be used at all times and places and for all purposes of
ascending or decending,
Hence it will be a great, boon to all, more especially, to wholesale firms,
drapers etc, to those whose business compels them to use steps continually
so as to supply customers, the said ladder when closed, and placed in perpen-
dicular position occupying the space of 4 square inches only, a great
considerate in cases of firms such as those mentioned above.
L T1000