An Improved Coat and Hat Bracket or Rail.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 17th Aug., 1892-Accepted, 17th Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Coat and Hat Bracket or Rail.
We, HENRY JOHN BERG, of 129 Compton Buildings, Goswell Road, in the
County of London Waiter, and FREDERICK JOHN CALLOW of 10 Clifton
Crescent, Asylum Road, Peckham, in the County of Surrey, Restaurant Manager
do hereby declare the nature of our invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to an improved coat and hat bracket or rail and it is
designed to afford a means for supporting in combination with a hat rail or hat
brackets any number of coats on the one bracket so that any one coat can be
removed without removing the others and that an audible signal shall be given if
desired when such removal takes place.
To carry our invention into effect we construct a bracket which may either be
rigid with its wall support or swivelled thereon and of which the lower rail on
which the coats are suspended has a hinged section or sections.
The said section is formed with an oblique end so that although it may be raised
it cannot fall when in rest below the remainder of the rail and thus when closed
forms a part of the continuous rail supporting several coats.
When it is desired to remove one coat the others may be pushed along the rail
clear of the hinged section so that the hinged section may be raised and the desired
coat removed.
The hinged section or sections may be mechanically connected as a trip gear
to the striking hammer of a bell or gong to give an audible signal to others
that a coat is being removed. Or equivalently the hinged section might be
adapted to operate a pneumatic or electric bell at some little distance.
To combine the said coat rail or bracket with a rail or pegs for hats, it is obvious
that the above described coat rail bracket may have hat pegs attached or we may
use two or more coat-rails rigidly attached to the wall and connect them by two
hat rails on which hats may rest.
Dated this 9th day of March 1892
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved. Coat and Hat Bracket or Rail.
We, HENRY JOHN BERG of 129 Compton Buildings, Goswell Road, in the
City of London E.C. Waiter, and FREDERICK JOHN CALLOW, of 10 Clifton
Crescent, Asylum Road, Peckham, in the County of Surrey, Restaurant Manager,
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:-
Our invention relates to an improved coat and hat bracket, or coat brackets and
hat rail combined, and so designed and constructed as to afford a means for
supporting any number of coats or similar garments upon the one bracket or rail,
and by which any one garment may be removed therefrom without the need of
removing the others, and that an audible signal shall be given if desired when such
removal takes place, which may be fixed upon the said bracket or placed at a
distance therefrom, and in some cases when the said bracket is arranged so as to
provide a means of suspension for one hat, the same or other signal may be
agitated when the said hat is removed. Or two or more brackets may support a
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page_text: rail or rails for the reception of coats, cloaks or other garments, and similarly
arranged to afford the same facilities for removing any one garment without
removing the others, and giving audible notice thereof, notwithstanding that the
one required to be removed may be the first or any other that was placed upon
the rail.
The said bracket or brackets may be either rigid with their wall supports or
swivelled thereon, the former being preferable when the said brackets are used in
combination with a hat rail or rails.
The lower rail of each bracket, and in some cases the rail or rails extending
from bracket to bracket when such is used, is or are provided with a hinged section
or sections, each formed with an oblique shaped end, so that, although either
section may be raised when a garment is to be suspended upon the rail or removed
therefrom, it or they cannot when at rest fall below the level of the remainder of
the rail, of which it or they form a continuous part, capable of supporting several
garments.
In order that our invention and the manner of its operation may be clearly
understood, we have appended hereunto two sheets of drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a view of a bracket hinged or swivelled upon its wall support, and
arranged to hold garments upon its bottom rail, and a hat upon the peg thereof,
either or both of which may be mechanically, electrically. or pneumatically
connected with the audible signal.
Fig. 2 is a view of two brackets, rigidly fixed to their wall supports, and con-
nected to each other by a hat rail, either or both of which may be similarly connected
with the audible signal.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged and part sectional view of part of such a bracket as Fig. 1,
illustrating the manner of operating by mechanical means an audible signal fixed
upon the bracket.
Fig. 4 is a similar view to that of Fig. 3, shewing the manner in which we
prefer to arrange the contacts and circuits when a distant signal is to be operated.
thereby electrically.
Fig. 5 is a still further enlarged view of the form of trip gear we prefer to
employ for operating the signal mechanically as at Fig. 3.
Fig. 6 is a view shewing the manner in which the length of the hat and garment
rails may be extended indefinitely.
Figs. 7 and 8 are details of parts similar to Figs. 3 and 4, but illustrating a
system by which the audible signal may be operated upon pneumatically.
Similar letters of reference are used throughout the drawings when indicating
the same or like parts.
In carrying our invention into effect we construct of any suitable metal or
material or combination of metals and other materials, of any desired shape,
size or configuration, a bracket A, having a hollow standard B, which may be
either fixed rigidly to and upon its back plate or wall support C, or swivelled
thereon as at Fig. 1, so that A. may be turned to the left or right as desired.
A hollow horizontal rod D is formed upon the lower extremities of A, com-
municating with the hollow standard B, and within the length of D we provide
a hinged section a, capable of being raised upon its hinge b, above the level
of D but incapable of being depressed below it, by reason of the tapered
division b, whereby the said section a when in a position of rest forms a continua-
tion of D, the raising of which as at Fig. 1, permits the hanging tab of a coat or
similar garment to be slid upon D to the left of a, when a may be permitted to
resume its original position, and the coat or other garment, if desired, can then be
slid over and past a to the opposite end of D. By this means any number of such
garments may be suspended upon D and any one removed therefrom without
removing the others, this being attained by pushing along D such garments as are
not to be removed, until the one to be taken away is in such a position as to be
easily removed by the raising of a. In addition to the convenience thus afforded
our invention has for its object a means for preventing the fraudulent removal of a

page_text: garment or garments by a person or person not authorized to remove the same, and
we attain this by causing the raising of a to operate by mechanical, electrical or
pneumatic means an audible signal, either fixed in a concealed position upon the
said bracket, or at a distance therefrom, or both as may be desired.
In addition to the garment rail D we may provide upon the same bracket, a hat
peg D¹, as shewn at Fig. 1. The said peg is pivotted at D", within an opening
formed in the scroll of A, and to this is pivotted a rod D, extending therefrom
through a guide to the interior of B, and carries a spiral or other spring i, the
tension of which operates in keeping the peg Di in an elevated position, the whole
of the movement being concealed between the plates of a rosette or the like E",
one plate of which has been removed from the figure for the purpose of shewing
the movement.
When the signal employed is fixed upon the bracket and operated mechanically,
we prefer to use a domed bell E, concealed within a similar rosette E' as at Fig. 1,
or a rectangular or other shaped easing as at E" Fig. 2 or any suitable equivalent
therefor, and we may employ any convenient form of trip gear for operating the
same, such for instance as that shewn by Fig. 3. and particularized by Fig. 5. In
this method an extension tube F connects E or E" with the standard B, and in this
(concealed within E' or E") we mount an armature G, pivotted at c, and carrying
à hammer d. Also within the horizontal tube F we provide two parallel rods ef,
carried within guides g. h, and furnished with spiral or other springs i, j, the tension
of which tends to push e f towards the bell E. Upon the rod e is a pivotted
tappit or cam el which engages with a trip catch upon the armature G when e is
pulled from the bell, and a similar cam is pivotted upon which engages in a
like manner with a similar catch upon G when fis pulled from the bell. A cord,
chain or the like m is connected to the section a, and extends therefrom over
suitable pulleys or the like through D. B and F, and is then connected to the
rod f, while a similar cord or its equivalent m' connects in a like manner the rod e
and the rod D¹¹.
By this means the raising of a sufficiently to remove a garment would exert a
pull upon m, and consequently upon the rod f, causing f¹ to engage with k¹,
thereby tilting the armature G and lifting the hammer d away from the bell E,
until slips from 1, when the armature G rapidly returns by the pull of a
spring G, and d is brought into violent contact with the bell E and the signal is
given. In order to ensure that the section a must be raised a sufficient distance to
operate the signal in the manner described before a garment can be released, we
provide inside of the tapered end an extension piece 6" for this purpose.
The
section a when released, is caused to return to its normal position by the tension of
the spring j, which also places the tappit flat the bell side of the catch k' ready
for performing the same operation when a is again raised.
The weight of a hat when placed upon D' would depress the same, which would
push the rod D towards B, and compress the spring, thereby slackening the
cord or the like m' which would permit the spring i to push the rod e towards the
bell E, until the tappit el is at the bell side of the catch k. Upon the removal of
the hat the spring would replace D' in its original position, and at the same time
pull the cord or the like m' and the rod e, thereby causing the tappit e' to engage
with the catch, and operate G and d as before described, and so give the signal
that the hat had been removed.
In Fig. 2 we show the manner in which we may arrange two brackets A in rigid
connection with their wall plates C, and connected together by an ordinary hat
rail H, either or both of which may be provided with a home signal as shewn by
the left hand bracket of the figure, and operated in the manner before described,
or either or both may be constructed as shewn by the right hand bracket, and
arranged to operate a distant signal in the manner to be hereinafter explained.
Or we may construct a hat and garment rail of an indefinite length as shown at
Fig. 6, and cause each of the sections a thereon to operate a distant signal or
signals by either of the following methods.

page_text: In Fig. 4 we illustrate a system in which the removal of a garment from the
rail D, or a hat from the peg D' in so far as regards Fig. 1, or the removal of a
garment from the rail D in so far as regards Figs. 2. 4 and 6, may operate a home
or distant signal electrically.
Referring to the hat peg D¹ we mount this as shewn at Fig. 4 so as to be
perfectly insulated from the bracket A. We attain this by fixing upon A a block J
of any suitable non conducting material, to which the peg D¹ is pivotted, and
arrange the connecting rod D to pass through insulating guides K K¹. Upon
the rod Dwe form a metallic projection M which passes by, and makes contact
for the nonce with a metal spring L in electrical contact with A. One pole of a
battery N is electrically connected to the standard B or the plate C, and the
opposite pole to a distant bell O, the circuit being completed by a lead wire O¹
connected to the bell and the peg D', thereby utilizing B or C and A as
conductors, the circuit being closed by the junction of M and L when the peg DI
is depressed and also as D is elevated by the spring when the hat is removed,
thereby giving an audible signal both when the hat is placed upon, and removed
from the peg.
Referring to the rail D as shewn at Fig. 4. we attach to the inside of the
section a an insulating block P to which is connected a metallic spring Pl
electrically connected to one terminal of the bell O. A similar metallic spring P
is fixed upon the inside of D and in electrical contact therewith, the circuit being
completed as before through B to the battery N. The raising of the section a a
sufficient distance to remove a garment causes contact to be made between P¹
and P and closes the circuit, hence the ringing of the bell O. We may in this
case use a continuous ringing bell in order that the signal once given may continue
until stopped in the usual way.
In Figs. 7 and 8 we illustrate a manner of operating a home or distant signal
pneumatically. In this method the rod D¹ is pivotally connected at its free end
within B to a vertical plate R, pivotted at its upper end to a bracket or the like S
within B. Between the plate R and the tube B we fix an elastic air chamber T,
from which extends a pneumatic tube V, which may lead to a pneumatic bell,
syren, horn or other signal W, situated at a distance or placed concealed within
the rosette or the like E as at Fig. 8. The depression of D₁ by the weight of a
hat causes the rod D to be pushed farther within B, thereby compressing the
spring and removing the pressure of R from the air chamber T, which permits T
to fully expand and become filled with air through a small hole hitherto covered
by R. Upon the removal of the hat, D₁ resumes its normal position by the tension
of, while R again covering the hole in T presses thereupon and forces the air
in T through V to the signal W in E¹, or to a like or other signal placed at a
distance therefrom, and an audible alarm is thereby sounded.
P
Referring again to the garment rail D. we fix upon the inner surface of the
section a, below the hinge, a projection extending therefrom slightly within D
towards B, in which we place a similar elastic air chamber 1, from which
extends a tube V' leading to the signal W in E', or to a like or other signal
placed at a distance therefrom. The raising of a to remove a garment causes the
projection to depress the chamber T and force the air through V₁ to Was
before described.
We are thus enabled by the methods and means herein described and shewn, or
any desired combination thereof, to provide a bracket or brackets with a rail or
rails for the reception and holding of any number of coats or similar garments,
with or without the attachment for the reception of a hat, any one of which
garments may be removed at will without removing the others, and arrange in
connection therewith an unseen means of signalling to any distance when the said
hat or any one of the said garments are removed, and which will be found
invaluable to the proprietors of hotels, restaurants, concert and other rooms where
a large number of coats and other garments are deposited, as a guard against the
fraudulent removal of same.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
1st. The construction and use of a bracket or brackets for holding any number
of coats or similar garments, in combination with a method and means by which
any one of said garments may be removed therefrom at will without the need of
removing more than the one required, with or without an unseen attachment for
operating an audible signal or signals either mechanically, electrically or pneu-
with
matically, when such removal takes place, in combination with a hat rail or peg
or without a similar signaling arrangement being connected therewith, substan-
tially as and for the purposes herein described and shewn by the accompanying
drawings.
2nd. In combination with a bracket A. having a hollow standard B, the con-
struction and use of a horizontal hollow rod D, with hinged section a, connected by
a cord, chain or the like m, to a rod for its equivalent, for operating any suitable
trip gear, in connection with the hammer d, of a bell or gong E, concealed within a
rosette or other casing E¹, for giving an audible signal whenever a is raised. The
hat peg D', connected to a rod D concealed within a rosette or other casing E,
attached to a cord or the like m', leading to a rod or its equivalent e, for operating
a similar trip gear in connection with d and E, for giving an audible signal when a
hat is removed from D', the combination of two or more such or like brackets with
an ordinary hat rail H, connected and operating substantially as described and
shewn by Figs. 1. 2. 3 and 5 of the appended drawings.
3rd. In combination with a bracket A having a hollow standard B, the con-
struction and use of a hollow horizontal rod D, with hinged section or sections a,
electrically connected to operate a near or distant bell or gong O, by the junction
of springs P P when a is raised upon its hinge b. The hat peg D, pivotally
connected at D" to a suitable insulating block J, and carrying an insulated
rod D, and electrically connected to operate upon the same or other bell or
gong O, by the junction of a projection M on D with a spring L upon E,
occasioned by the depression and elevation of D' as a hat is placed thereon or
removed therefrom substantially as described and shewn by Fig. 4 of the accom-
panying drawings.
4th. In combination with a bracket A with hollow standard B, the method, and
means of operating a near or distant signal pneumatically substantially as and for
the purposes herein set forth and shewn by Figs. 7 and 8 of the drawings hereunto
annexed.
a,
5th. In combination with a hat rail H of an indefinite length mounted upon any
number of brackets suitable therefor, the construction and use of a hollow horizontal
each
rod D of indefinite length, having any convenient number of hinged sections
of which may be mechanically electrically or pneumatically arranged in either of
the methods described, to operate a near or distant audible signal, when said
sections are raised, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth and shewn
by Fig. 6 of the drawing hereunto appended.
Dated this 17th day of August 1892.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
4, Moorfields, Fore Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicants.