Year: 1888

page_text: I EDMUND RANDOLPH of 34 Upper Brook Street, Grosvenor Square in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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A badly hung toilet or swinging mirror is rather the rule than the exception, and
many attempts have been made to overcome the inconvenienco and annoyance caused
thereby.
The means hitherto employed for the purpose have almost uniformly been a,
fixture on the mirror, and are therefore suitable only for the mirror to which they have
been applied.
Now the object of the present invention is to provide a portable appliance which
may be carried in a dressing or hand bag, and capable of being readily fitted to any
swinging toilet glass or mirror, for the purpose of holding the same at the desired
inclination while in use.
.
The means which I employ for this purpose consist of a spring appliance. which-
is placed between the toilet glass and one of the standards or supports, such
appliance being provided with a hook 'by which it can be hung on to a pivot of
the mirror.
A simple and convenient plan of carrying out my invention is to take a strip of
metal of suitable length and width, and formed with a hooked stem at the centre of
its length. The strip is marked off lengthwise into three equal, or nearly equal parts,
and the two ends are bent or folded back in opposite directions onto the centre part,
so as to form a spring on either side of that part.
One or both of the spring portions may be corrugated if desired.
By another plan the hooked stem may be formed at one end of the strip, the
central portion of the strip being folded back onto the stem end and the
free end being brought round on the other side of the stem end, and parallel
therewith

page_text: Or the spring portions may be rivetted or otherwise secured to the hooked stem
portion.
The appliance may also be made of wire bent to the required shape...
I would remark that the exact form of the appliance may be considerably varied
without departing from my invention, the essential features of which are a spring
portion to fit between the glass and the standards or supports, and a hooked portion
to hook onto the pivot whereby the appliance is supported.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in. Means for Retaining Swinging Mirrors in any
Desired Position:
I EDMUND RANDOLPH of 34 Upper Brook Street, Grosvenor Square in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and int
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-.
. A badly hung toilet or swinging mirror is rather the rule than the exception, and
many attempts have been made to overcome the inconvenience and annoyance caused
thereby.
.
The means hitherto employed for the purpose have almost uniformly been a fixture
on the mirror, and are therefore suitable only for the mirror to which they have been
applied.
Now the object of the present invention is to provide a portable appliance which
may be carried in a dressing or hand bag, and capable of being readily fitted to any
ordinary swinging toilet glass or mirror, for the purpose of holding the same at the
desired inclination while in use.
. The means which I employ for this purpose consist of a spring appliance which
is placed between the toilet glass and one of the standards or supports, such
appliance being provided with a hook by which it can be hung on to a pivot of the
mirror..
:-
In the accompanying drawing :-
Fig. 1 is a perspective view.
Fig. 2 a side elevation, and

page_text: In carrying out my invention, I take a strip of metal A A¹ A³, and I secure to one
end thereof, and at right angles thereto, a second strip B, formed with a hooked
end B-The central part A of the strip is turned back on the part A, and the
part A, which may be corrugated, is bent round, and is brought on the other side of
the stem part A.
The length of the various parts will be such that the stem B will come in the
centre of the length of the parts A' and A' when the appliance is formed.
I prefer to cut the blank for making my appliance in one piece from a sheet
of metal, but it may also be made of wire bent to the desired form.
The appliance is hung by the hook onto the pivot C of the glass, between the
mirror frame D and the standards E, as shown in Fig. 4.
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 :-
A spring appliance for retaining swinging mirrors in position, the essential features
of which are a spring portion to fit between the mirror frame and the standards,
and a hooked portion or stem whereby the appliance is supported from the pivot of
the mirror, as herein shewn and described.
Dated this 28th day of January 1880