Improvements in Folding Musio Stands.
Year: 1894

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Folding Musio Stands.
I, JULIAN BERG of 16 Mazowiecka Stred. Warsaw, Poland, Engineer, 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:—
My invention relates to portable folding music stands; and it has more particular
reference to the construction and arrangement thereof.
The principal object of my invention is to provide a simple, light, inexpensive,
durable, readily folding and extensible stand for supporting sheet music and the
like; and to which end my invention consists of a music stand constructed,
arranged, and adapted for use, in substantially the manner hereinafter described
and claimed.
The nature and scope of my invention will be more fully understood from the
following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming
part hereof; and in which,
Figure 1 is an elevation of the vertical supporting rod of a music holder in
sliding engagement with a tube or cylinder having by means of knuckle-joint
connections standards or legs connected therewith and the latter pivotally connected
with links engaging and forming the knuckle joint connections of a tubular bearing
which is secured to the lower end of the said rod the arrangement just described
embodying the characteristic features of my invention.
Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the detachable music holder and a broken section of
its vertical supporting rod.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the vertical rod and the collapsible and extensible
supporting legs of said rod in an operative position; and
Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the supporting rod and collapsible and extensible
legs of the portable music stand of my invention in a folded or inoperative
position.
Referring to the drawings aº, is the vertical supporting rod of the music
holder a, a, a (Fig 2), and this holder is secured to the supporting tube b by
merely inserting the telescopic rod a° therein and then pinching up the screw aº.
The tube or cylinder b also surrounds the short vertical sliding rod a and is in
sliding engagement therewith.
The tube or cylinder 6 is provided with a bearing & having bifurcated pro-
jections 3, 6 and 6, to which the legs c', c³ and c³, are secured by means of pivots 6.
To the lower end of said vertical rod a, is secured a bearing d provided with
bifurcated projections d'and d³ to which the links e, e¹ and are secured by means
of pivots d', which form knuckle joint connections with said links. The links are
also pivotally connected with the legs c', c² and c³. The bearing b' of the tube in
sliding engagement with the vertical rod a is provided with a set screw 67, whereby
the respective legs of the stand may be caused to assume the required position
on the rod a, and secured in such position through the intervention of the set
screw 6. The link connection between the rigid bearing d of the vertical rod a,
and the series of legs c', c³ and c³, affords, in the extended position of said legs, a
solid structure which prevents tilting or overturning of the stand. It will be
observed that, when it is required to fold the stand, by loosening the set screw 67
which extends through the tube b and engages with the vertical rod a, the legs
may be caused to assume the position illustrated in Fig. 4, as well as the parts
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page_text: connected therewith and in this manner there is provided a music stand susceptible
of assuming when not in use a compact and portable form. At the same time the
construction and arrangement of the parts of the appliance are such as to permit of
the same being readily opened to an operative position.
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
consider novel and desire to claim is :
A folding music stand comprising a vertical rod, a tube or cylinder sliding
thereon and provided with a bearing to which legs are attached by means of
knuckle joints said legs being secured by means of pivotted links and knuckle
joints, to the vertical rod and adapted to assume both operative and inoperative
positions substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 24th day of October 1894
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.