IMPROVEMENTS IN FLOWER STANDS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, ROBERT HEINRICH FERDINAND BEHRENS, of Hamburg, Germany, do hereby
declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN FLOWER STANDS to
be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in Flower Stands, wherein flower pots are
to be placed for decorative purposes, and the object of my improvements is to
provide such flower stands with a moveable bottom, the position of which may be
altered according to the size of the flower pots, and the height of the flowers.
To effect this I support such moveable bottom within a casing, either by a system
of link levers affixed at both ends of a rotary drum or reel, the rotation of which
causes the movable bottom to be lowered or raised, and which is kept in the
position required by a ratchet or similar device. Or I lift each end of the movable
bottom independently from another by levers fixed by pairs to shafts beyond the
said bottom, the shafts being provided with arms fastened thereon, the inclination
of which regulates the raising or lowering of the end of the movable bottom
connected therewith. These arms may be kept in their proper position by a
ratchet or by spring stops engaging into recesses or holes; or the arms may be
coupled by means of connecting rods to a two armed lever, and by varying the
distance of the coupling points from the fulcrum of such two armed lever by means
of radial slits, the degree of inclination required for the moveable bottom may be
conveniently regulated.
تقم
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PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
22, Southampton Buildings, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

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I, ROBERT HEINRICH FERDINAND BEHRENS, of Hamburg, Germany do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FLOWER STANDS
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My Invention relates to improvements in flower stands wherein flower-pots are
placed for decorating purposes; and the object of my improvements is to provide
such flower stands with a moveable bottom, the position of which may be altered
according to the size of the flower pots and the height of the flowers.
I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying Drawings
in which,―
Figures 1, 2 and 3 show a flower stand the bottom of which can be raised or
lowered, Figure 1 being a front view, Figure 2 a top view, and Figure 3 a side
elevation, all partly in section, Figures 4, 5, and 6 are back-view, plan, and side-
elevation, all partly in section of a flower stand with moveable bottom, which may
be brought into any inclined position; Figure 7 is a modification thereof, and
Figure 8 a detailed view of the arresting pin for keeping the moveable bottom in
any position required.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
In the flower stand illustrated by Figures 1, 2 and 3 the box b, wherein the
flower pots are to be placed, is supported by a plate a sliding up and down inside
the chest-like flower stand.
A reel d composed of two discs held apart by means of concentrically arranged
rods d¹. the shaft c of which is provided with levers e, is pivoted beyond the plate a.
To the extremity of each lever e, is attached a rod f which is connected with the
plate a directly or with the guides a¹ of such plate. The combination of levers at
both sides of the reel d causes the plate a to be raised or lowered by every rotary
motion of the reel. The lever g, the fingers of which engage into the rods d¹ of the
reel, serves to keep the latter in any position required. When no flowers are in
the box b the flower stand may be covered by a plate of marble, wood or other
suitable material.
When flower pots of different height have to be placed into the flower stand, in
such a manner, that the brims of the pots are at the same level, the flower stand
may be provided with a moveable bottom, which can be inclined at any degree
required as illustrated by Figures 4 to 7. The highest pots are then placed at the
lowest point of the plate a and the lowest pots at the highest point of the plate.
In this construction the plate a is supported by four levers & arranged by pairs on
the same shaft. The inclination of the levers & depend upon the position of the
levers fastened to the shafts v which bear the supports y of levers, with refer-
ence more especially to Figures 4 and 7. The levers x, may be connected with a
double-armed lever w by the rods u in such a manner, that the distance of the
points of application of the rods u from the fulcrum of the lever w, vary according
to the inclination of the plate a. To effect this one arm or both of lever w, are
provided with radial slits q, into which the connecting bolts 8, of the rods u, are
fixed.
The holes r, into which engage the spring stop t shewn in Figure 8 serve to
arrest the lever win any position.

page_text: The rods u and lever w may also be omitted and the levers x, arrested directly
by spring pins t as shewn in Figure 7.
Having thus fully described my Invention what I desire to claim and secure by
Letters Patent is :-Constructing flower stands in which flower pots are placed for
decorating purposes with movable bottoms the positions of which are altered or
adjusted by parallel motions as described.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
22, Southampton Buildings,
Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.