IMPROVEMENTS IN SHOW STANDS
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Lorentz Albert Groth, K.G.V., Civil Engineer and
Proprietor of the Scandinavian Patent Office, under the Firm of L. A. Groth
& Co., 97, Finsbury Pavement, London, and 20, Forhaabningsholms Allée,
Copenhagen, for an Invention of “IMPROVEMENTS IN SHOW STANDS." A com-
munication from abroad by Adrien Dubois, Manufacturer, at Paris, in the
Republic of France.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Lorentz Albert Groth at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd March 1881.
LORENTZ ALBERT GROTH, K.G.V., Civil Engineer and Proprietor of the
Scandinavian Patent Office, under the Firm of L. A. Groth & Co., 97, Finsbury
Pavement, London, and 20, Forhaabningsholms Allée, Copenhagen. " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN SHOW STANDS." A communication from abroad by Adrien Dubois,
Manufacturer, at Paris, in the Republic of France.
The Invention consists of an improved combination stand intended to hold in
position various commercial articles displayed in the glass show cases or windows
of shops. This new arrangement of stand is more especially applicable to the
holding of light articles, such as pipes, walking sticks, pen holders, or other
analogous articles; it allows of the exhibition of these objects to public view in
various positions in order to shew them under their various aspects.
The stand forming the subject of my Invention consists of a pincer, the
mechanism of which is known, which is arranged in such manner as to fulfil
the object above indicated.
As above stated the mechanism of this pincer is not peculiar; it is composed of
two parts joined one to the other; these two parts are opened by the pressure of
the thumb, and are pressed together by a spring in order to grip the article
to be held by it.
According to my Invention the pincer is metallic and furnished with a socket
cut or stamped out of the metal forming part of the pincer. This socket
serves to fix the pincer in any convenient position, according to the form of

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the article displayed. For this purpose it is split longitudinally to enable it to
slide on stems of slightly different diameters, these stems being fixed or moveable
according to circumstances.
The stem upon which the pincer is placed is attached to a leaden foot to give it
stability; this stem may be attached to a plate, which may be hung on a nail in
the wall. The pincer may even be slid directly on to a straight nail or a hook
screwed or otherwise fixed into the walls or partition of the show case or window.
The stem may form part of a closed or open ring, which may be fixed on a rod
placed in the show case or window.
Besides the horizontal, vertical, or inclined position that may be given to the
pincer the socket allows this pincer and the article itself to be turned round on
itself in order to bring it into the most favorable position.
This pincer may thus be applied to a variety of uses, and may be adapted to
various stands; for example, the socket may be replaced by a flat piece inserted
into a slit in the stem, which flat piece may be made to take any convenient
position by turning it on a centre, and may be fixed by a tightening screw.
A piece may be added to the pincer forming a clip spring, which takes over the
thickness of the glass or other shelves of the show case or window, and when thus
put in place it is in a sufficiently stable position to support the pincer and the
object held by it.
The pincer may be adapted to the clip spring in various ways; for example,
the spring may be furnished with one or more cylindrical fixed pins projecting
horizontally or vertically to a greater or less distance; in this case the pincer is
made with a socket to slip on to these pins. Or the said spring may be rivetted
directly on to the back of the pincer in a position perpendicular or parallel to the
said pincer; in that case the latter has no socket, and can be varied in position by
the spring.
The shape of the pincer jaws may also be varied. In some cases they are
terminated at their upper ends by cylindrical or globular solid or hollow enlarge-
ments, which allow of the introduction into the pincer of an object, such as a pen-
holder, a walking stick, a pipe, &c., by simply pushing the said object between the
two enlargements.
When an object of suitable form is pushed against the ends of the jaws thus
arranged it causes them to open and enters beyond the enlargements or balls, which
then close on and hold it.
It may be observed that the pincer is connected to its socket by a part of the
metal of no great strength and tolerably flexible, so as to bend in order to give a
suitable inclination to the pincer according to requirements.
The pincer may be suspended by its socket at the end of a cord, which constitutes
another mode of applying my Invention..

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Lorentz Albert Groth in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
22nd September 1881.
LORENTZ ALBERT GROTH, K.G.V., Civil Engineer and Proprietor of the
Scandinavian Patent Office, under the Firm of L. A. Groth & Co., 97, Finsbury.
Pavement, London, and 20, Forhaabningsholms Allee, Copenhagen. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN SHOW "STANDS." A communication from abroad by Adrien Dubois,
Manufacturer, at Paris, in the Republic of France.
The Invention consists of an improved combination stand intended to hold in
position various commercial articles displayed in the show cases or windows of
shops. This new arrangement of stand is more especially applicable to the holding
of light articles, such as pipes, walking sticks, pen holders, or other analogous
articles; it allows of the exhibition of these objects to public view in various
positions in order to show them under their various aspects.
The Drawing hereto annexed represents the improved stand and the manner of
adapting it in the glass cases and other places.
:
The stand forming the subject of this Invention consists of a pincer, the
mechanism of which is known, but which is arranged in such manner as to fulfill
the object above indicated. Figs. 1 and 2 represent in cross section and front
elevation the pincer which holds the object to be shewn, and to which my improve-
ments apply.
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As above stated the mechanism of this pincer is not peculiar; it is composed of
two parts A and B joined one to the other at a. These two parts are opened by
the pressure of the thumb, and are pressed together by a spring 6 in order to grip
the article to be held by it. According to my Invention the pincer is metallic and
furnished with a socket B' cut or stamped out of the metal forming part B. This
socket serves to fix the pincer in any convenient position, according to the form of
the article displayed. For this purpose it is split longitudinally to. enable it to
slide on stems of slightly different diameters, these stems being fixed or moveable
according to circumstances. Figures 1 to 9 show various examples of the
application of my improved pincer.
In Figure 3 the stem C upon which the pincer is placed is attached to a leaden
foot C to give it stability; in Fig. 4 this stem C is attached to a plate P, which
may be hung on a nail in the wall. The pincer may even be slid directly on to a
straight nail or a hook screwed or otherwise fixed into the walls or partitions of
the show case or window, as seen in Figures 6 and 7.
The stems C may form part of a closed or open ring D, Figure 1, which may be
fixed on a rod placed in the show case or window. Besides the horizontal, vertical,
or inclined position that may be given to the pincer the socket B' allows this
pincer and the article itself to be turned round on itself in order to bring it into the
most favorable position.
This pincer may thus be applied to a variety of uses. For example, Fig. 3
shews its application to the display of a pipe, and Fig. 4 its application to the
display of a walking stick. The pincer may be adapted to various stands; for
example, the socket B¹ may be replaced by a flat piece B³, Figure 5, inserted into a
slit in the stem C, which flat piece may be made to take any convenient position
by turning it on the centre e, and may be fixed by a tightening screw.
A piece O³, Figures 2 and 9, may be added to the pincers, forming a clip spring,
which takes over the thickness of the glass or other shelves of the show case or
window, and when thus put in place it is in a sufficiently stable position to support
the pincer and the object held by it.

page_text: The pincer may be adapted to the clip spring Cs in various ways; for example,
the spring may be furnished with one or more cylindrical fixed pins C pro-
jecting horizontally or vertically to a greater or less distance, as shewn in Fig. 2.
In this case the pincer is made with a socket B¹ to slip on to these pins. Or the
said spring C may be rivetted directly on to the back B of the pincer in a position
perpendicular or parallel (see Figure 9) to the said pincer; in that case the latter
has no socket B¹, and can only be varied in position by the spring.
The shape of the pincer jaws may also be varied. Figs. 3 and 7 shew a
pincer the jaws of which are terminated at the upper ends by cylindrical or
globular solid or hollow enlargements a¹, 61, which allow of the introduction into
the pincer of an object, such as a penholder, a walking stick, a pipe, &c., by simply
pushing the said object between the two enlargements.
Figure 6 shews a pincer the jaws of which are terminated by spherical balls a³, 63,
fulfilling the same object as the cylindrical enlargements a¹, b; Figure 8 shews
another shape of the ends of the jaws, which also allows of the introduction of
objects by pushing them in.
When an object of suitable form is pushed against the ends of the jaws thus
arranged it causes them to open and enters beyond the enlargements or balls,
which then close on and hold it as firmly as the concave form shewn in Figure 1.
It may be observed that the pincer is connected to its socket B¹ by a part of the
metal of no great strength, and tolerably flexible so as to bend (as seen in
Figure 7), in order to give a suitable inclination to the pincer, according] to
requirements.
Figure 8 shews the pincer suspended by its socket B¹ at the end of a cord E,
which constitutes another mode of applying the Invention.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to or may be carried into effect, I would have it understood.
that what I claim as the Invention is,―
The show stand, consisting of a spring pincer with jaws of various forms,
arranged, constructed, adjusted, and combined, as herein before described and
illustrated in the Drawings, and for the purpose set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Lorentz Albert Groth, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty first day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
LORENTZ ALBERT GROTH (1.α)