Year: 1885

page_text: I, EDWIN THEODORE HORSLEY of 7, Copeley Hill, near Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
My Invention relates first to improved means of concealing the nails driven into
walls for the support of pictures and other objects Heretofore, the ornamental
rosettes which are sometimes screwed on to nails are liable to be screwed on too
far, thereby forcing the china disc ornament out of its setting. To obviate this,
I provide a screw collar, or lock nut, on the screw threaded stem of the nail,.
whereby the screwing on of the rosette is limited, so as to prevent this accident.
This screw collar may be provided with teeth, or studs, or other means of
suspending ornaments from the nail, in addition to the pictures or other objects
to be suspended. My Invention relates secondly to means for suspending pictures,
and other objects, without the use of cords, wires, or chains. One means consists
of a screw stud attached to a plate fastened to the rear of the picture, or other
object, and of a headless nail driven into the wall, and. having a screw threaded
stem, the threaded stud and nail being connected when the picture is hung up, by
means of a female screw ferrule, or coupling, screwing half upon each.
Another means of suspending pictures, and other objects, without the use of
cords, etc, consists of a plate fixed to the picture frame, formed with a loop or eye,
and bent, or cranked, so as to stand out from the back of the frame, this eye, or
loop, being intended to be hung on an ordinary nail, the bending or cranking of
the plate, permitting of the nail being driven into the wall nearly up to the head,
it being only necessary to leave sufficient room between the wall and the head for
the reception of the eye. Instead of hanging the eye upon a nail, I may use a
plate provided with a hook on which to hang the loop above described, the plate
being secured to the wall by at least two nails, or screws. This plate may, in the
case of large, or heavy pictures, be made of such dimensions as to extend across
two or more joints of brickwork, to enable a greater number of nails to be driven
into the wall, and a firmer hold to be obtained.
In the last two arrangements described, the plate affixed to the wall may be
furnished with an eye, instead of the hook, the latter being fixed upon the picture
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page_text: frame, In the case of large pictures which are intended to be hung at a forward
inclination from the wall, the plate fixed to the picture frame would be attached
to it at a point below the centre of its height, and the plate would, in this case,
be of sufficient length, and bent at a suitable angle to admit of a picture being
inclined forward from the wall without tending to draw out the nails which secure
the other part of the attachment to the wall. Instead of a cranked or bent plate,
a chain might be used in some cases,
When desirable, a second plate in the form of a bracket is affixed to the wall
for the lower edge of the picture frame to rest upon, in order to bear the bulk of
the weight of the picture.

page_text: improved means of Hanging Pictures and mer
I EDWIN THEODORE HORSLEY of 7 Copely Hill near Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 has for its object improved means of hanging pictures and other
objects with greater security and less complication than heretofore and in order
that the attachments may be entirely hidden from the eye.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice, I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which is shown
several practical applications thereof.
Figure 1 illustrates the back of a picture showing a pair of my improved
fastenings thereon.
Figure 2 is a sectional elevation, through a wall so as to show the hanging of
the picture.
Figures 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 illustrates slight variations or modifications in the mode
of using the invention in order that it may be easily adapted to the various
requirements met with in practice.
We see in Figure 1 the back of a picture A having two fastenings B. B. screwed
thereon but there might only be one or more than two, so that when the picture is
hung as shown, the head c¹ of the nail C enters the hole b' and has space to
lie behind a part of the fastening B on account of the recess formed between the
plate B and the back of the picture A by the crank bend or sit in the plate.
When still greater security is desired a narrow neck 6' may be formed in the
hole 6' as shown at Figures 4 and 5 or the neck may be as shown by 6³ Figures 6
and 7 in which case the bearing of the head of a common brass headed or other
nail would have a layer bearing surface Figures 6 and 7 also show the fastening B
reversed and any of the plates may be so used. Varieties of inclinations in
hanging pictures and other objects may be effected by altering the position of the
fastening B as shown at Figures 3 and 7 and also by the inclination of the sit or
crank which it will be seen is more in Figure 3 than in Figure 2, and this may be
considerably increased when desired as well as the position of the fastening still
further lowered. In cases also of great inclination I may fix to the wall a
supplemented bracket or brackets upon which the lower edge A¹ of the picture
rests which assists in maintaining such inclination and also of supporting some
weight

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1st The improved means of hanging pictures and other objects of the plate or
plates B fastened on the back thereof so as to give varieties of inclinations
substantially as herein set forth.
2nd The improved means of hanging pictures and other objects of the plate or
plates B fastened on the backs thereof in combination with bracket plates fixed
under the lower edge A¹.