Improved Means or Devices for use in Exhibiting Patterns and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1899-Accepted, 8th Apr., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.-
Improved Means or Devices for use in Exhibiting Patterns
and the like.
I, THOMAS JOHN PALMER, of The Friars, Whalley, near Blackburn, in the County
of Lancaster, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
My invention has for its object to provide means whereby patterns and the like
can be exhibited with facility, the apparatus according to my invention being
simple, and economical in construction, and convenient in use, and allowing of any
of the patterns, or the like, being removed and replaced by others with great
facility.
According to my invention the patterns, or the like, are held, at their upper
parts, by a slotted tube, the patterns, or the like, being provided at their upper
parts with thickenings which will prevent the patterns, or the like, being detached
from the tube through the slot therein transversely of the tube; but the said pat-
terns, or the like, can be removed by sliding the thickening out from the end of
the tube.
The thickenings may be conveniently made by rolling up a part of the edge of
the fabric itself to form a bead and securing it by, say, cement or by placing a
cord, lath, or rod, in a loop formed on, or attached to, the upper edge of each of
the patterns, or the like, or in any other manner; such that, when a number of
these thickenings are in the tube the patterns, or the like, depending from them
hang downwards therefrom, the ends of the tubes being supported on, or in, a
stand at a convenient distance from the ground. Any pattern, or the like, can be
removed by taking the tube from the stand and sliding the thickened edge out
from the end of the tube, and patterns, or the like, can be put in place by sliding
the thickened edge into the tube from the end.
In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated an apparatus made in accord-
ance with my invention. Figure 1 is a front elevation and Figure 2 is a vertical
section, with the patterns or the like in place. Figure 3 represents a transverse
section of the slotted tube drawn to a larger scale with the patterns, or the like
in place. Figures 4 and 5 shew in transverse section and face view part of one
of the patterns, or the like, with a fabric attached to its upper edge (which may
be done by eyelets or otherwise) in which fabric is a loop, in which is run a cord to
form the thickening. A are two side frames provided with feet and connected by
stay rods a³, and having recessed parts a, at top in which is supported a tube B,
slotted lengthwise at b, the slot extending throughout the length of the tube, or
nearly throughout its length, so that the slot opens out from the tube at both, or
one, of its ends, the said slot being of a length to accommodate the width of the
patterns, or the like to be exhibited. The patterns, or the like, to
be exhibited, are indicated at C; they each have a loop formed
a piece of fabric attached to its upper edge, and into this loop is
passed a cord d. The thickened parts thus formed are passed into the tube B as
shewn, and, when in place, they prevent the patterns, or the like, being separated
on
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page_text: from the tube B, by withdrawal through the slot 6 transversely of the tube but
they can be readily removed and replaced by slipping them out, or in, from the
end of the tube.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is -
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1. For exhibiting patterns, or the like, a slotted tube, and thickenings on the
edges of the patterns, or the like, or on fabric attached thereto, such as to prevent
the patterns being removed from the slot transversely of the tube, but such that
they can be removed from the end of the said tube.
2. A stand, or device, for exhibiting patterns, or the like, constructed, or arranged
substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying draw-
ings.
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Maal 1900
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.