Improvements in or connected with Book Supports or Slides.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Dec., 1893-Accepted, 6th Jan., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Book Supports or Slides.
I, EDWARD GUNN of 162, New Bond Street, London, Stationer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with book supports or
slides and consists of a pair of hinged end pieces, independent the one from the
other, between which the books to be supported are placed.
Each of the said hinged end-pieces may consist of an upright piece, constituting
the lateral support for the books, and having at its lower end a hinged leaf of metal
or other suitable material upon which the end books rest. The leaf is so hinged
that when the appliance is in use said leaf occupies a position at right angles to
the upright piece and thus retains this latter in a vertical position, and when the
appliance is out of use enables the leaf to be turned up and lie compactly against
said upright piece.
Dated the 14th day of October 1892
WM. MELLERSH-JACKSON,
75, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Book Supports or Slides.
I, EDWARD GUNN of 162, New Bond Street, London, Stationer, 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:—
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with book supports or
slides and consists of a pair of hinged end pieces, independent the one from the
other, between which the books to be supported are placed.
Each of these hinged end pieces consists of an upright portion constituting the
lateral support for the books and of a hinged portion or leaf upon which the end
books rest. When the book support is in use, the hinged leaf occupies a position
at right angles to the upright, thereby retaining this latter in a vertical position ;
but when the support out of use said hinged leaf can be turned up so as to lie
compactly against the upright and thus occupy less space.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a perspective view shewing one of the hinged end nieces in its onen

page_text: material. b is the hinged portion or leaf which may be advantageously formed of
metal, so that, when in its horizontal position it will add (by reason of its weight)
to the stability of the end piece, when no books are resting upon the leaf. c is the
hinge by means of which said leaf is connected to the upright, the hinge being
such that it prevents the leaf from being turned down beyond a position at right
angles to the upright and thus diminishes the liability of the latter becoming
strained or displaced from its vertical position under the lateral pressure of the
books.
In some cases, when desirable, the hinge c of the leaf may be provided with a
spring so contrived as to cause the leaf to automatically assume its closed position
when the supports are not in use.
It will be seen that by my invention I am able to produce a neat and convenient
book support or slide, which when in use is not limited as to the number of books
it can receive and support; and when out of use, occupies but little space, thereby
greatly adding to its portability.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A book support or slide consisting of a pair of independent end pieces, each
composed of an upright portion and a hinged portion or leaf, which latter is
capable of being turned down into a horizontal position when the support is in
use, or turned up, when the support is out of use, so as to lie compactly against the
upright portion, substantially as herein before described.
2. My improvements in or connected with book supports or slides substantially
as bereinbefore described and shewn by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of December 1893
WM. MELLERSH-JACKSON,
75, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.