IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO ADJUSTING AND REGULATING THE ANGLE OF TOILET LOOKING GLASSES AND OTHER OBJECTS REQUIRING LIKE ADJUSTMENT, AND APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREFOR."
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Hoyer, of Waterloo, in the County of Lancaster,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO ADJUSTING AND
REGULATING THE ANGLE OF TOILET LOOKING GLASSES AND OTHER OBJECTS
REQUIRING LIKE ADJUSTMENT, AND APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREFOR."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Hoyer at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th July 1879.
FREDERICK HOYER, of Waterloo, in the County of Lancaster.
"IMPROVEMENTS
IN AND RELATING TO ADJUSTING AND REGULATING THE ANGLE OF TOILET
LOOKING GLASSES AND OTHER OBJECTS REQUIRING LIKE ADJUSTMENT, AND
APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREFOR."
My Invention relates to the angular adjustment of toilet looking glasses and
other objects requiring angular adjustment, and to the apparatus I employ for
effecting such adjustment.
The apparatus I employ consists of a toothed ratchet arrangement, which I
apply to the frames of swing looking glasses, mirrors, pictures, or any other object
it may be desired to place and retain at any given angle, or in any required position
where it can be applied. The ratchet arrangement may consist of an arm, rod, or
quadrant provided with ratchet teeth on one or more sides, and attached to a plate
between two lugs so as to fold up or down on the said plate. I also provide a rest
or catch attached to a plate of such a shape as to catch into the ratchet teeth of the
arm, rod, or quadrant. The arm, rod, or quadrant is attached by its plate to the
swinging glass or like object, and the rest is attached by its plate to the standard
or other parts which support the swinging glass or like object. The toothed arm,
rod, or quadrant and the rest are so arranged that the weight of the swinging
object is utilized to retain the required angle on either side of the vertical
position.
In further carrying out my. Invention I use for swing looking glasses or mirrors
a ratchet wheel and pawl fitted in the frame of the glass or mirror. The ratchet

page_text: wheel may be in the frame, and the pawl on the supporting standard thereof, or
vice versa.
I place the said ratchet and pawl respectively so that as the mirror or
-looking-glass-is-moved-forward-the pawl.drops into the teeth of the ratchet wheel,
and-on-the-motion of the glass ceasing the glass is retained in the position required:
When it is desired-to-alter-the position the movement can be again imparted to the
glass-or-other-object, and the circuit completed; or the pawl can be raised out of
its position-by-means-of- a lever, and the glass moved back to a perpendicular
position, or a reverse angular position. Upon the movement being stopped the
pawl, which is provided with a spring, falls into-the-ratchet-tooth.corresponding
with the position and holds the glass or other object.
The ratchet wheels and pawls can be duplicated if required, and the wheels may
have the teeth all round their periphery, or only round a portion thereof.
In the case of pictures or glasses suspended from a wall the ratchet arrangement
can be attached to the wall, and the rest or catch or pawl attached to the frame of
the object to be adjusted.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Frederick Hoyer in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 14th January
1880.
FREDERICK HOYER, of Waterloo, in the County of Lancaster. " IMPROVEMENTS
IN AND RELATING TO ADJUSTING AND REGULATING THE ANGLE OF TOILET
LOOKING GLASSES AND OTHER OBJECTS REQUIRING LIKE ADJUSTMENT, AND
APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREFOR."
My Invention relates to the angular adjustment of toilet looking glasses and
other objects requiring angular adjustment, and to the apparatus I employ for
effecting such adjustment.
The apparatus I employ consists of a toothed ratchet arrangement, which I apply to
the frames of swing looking glasses, mirrors, pictures, or and any other object it may
be desired to place and retain at any given angle or in any required position where
it can be applied. The ratchet arrangement may consist of an arm, rod, or quadrant
provided with ratchet teeth on one or more sides, and attached to a plate between
two lugs so as to fold up or down on the said plate. I also provide a rest or catch
attached to a plate of such a shape as to catch into the ratchet teeth of the arm, rod,
or quadrant. The arm, rod, or quadrant is attached by its plate to the swinging
glass or like object, and the rest is attached by its plate to the standard or other
parts which support the swinging glass or like object. The toothed arm, rod, or
quadrant and the rest are so arranged that the weight of the swinging object
is utilized to retain the required angle on either side of the vertical position.
In further carrying out my Invention I use for swing looking glasses or mirrors
a ratchet wheel and pawl fitted in the frame of the glass or mirror. The ratchet
wheel may be in the frame, and the pawl on the supporting standard thereof, or
vice versa. I place the said ratchet or pawl respectively so that as the mirror or
looking glass is moved forward the pawl drops into the teeth of the ratchet wheel,
and on the motion of the glass ceasing the glass is retained in the position required.
When it is desired to alter the position the movement can be again imparted to the
glass or other object, and the circuit completed; or the pawl can be raised out of
its position by means of a lever, and the glass moved back to a perpendicular
position or a reverse angular position. Upon the movement being stopped the
pawl, which is provided with a spring, falls into the ratchet tooth corresponding
with the position, and holds the glass or other object.
The ratchet wheels and pawls can be duplicated if required, and may have the
teeth all round their periphery, or only round a portion thereof.
In the case of pictures or glasses suspended from a wall the ratchet arrangement
can be attached to the wall, and the rest or catch or pawl attached to the frame of
the object to be adjusted.
The beforegoing being the nature, object, and purposes of my Invention, I will
now proceed to describe how the same may be carried out into practical effect, and
for that purpose I have hereunto attached a Sheet of Drawings marked with
letters and figures of reference corresponding with those in the following
explanation :-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a toothed ratchet arrangement constructed
according to my Invention.
Figure 2 is an end view of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a pawl in connection with Figure 1.
Figure 4 is an end view of Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a ratchet wheel device constructed according to my Invention.
Figure 6 is a modification of my Invention.
Figure 7 is an end view of Figure 6.
Figure 8 is a further modification of my Invention.
Figure 9 is an end view of Figure &

page_text: Figure 10 is a side elevation of a toilet glass, showing the application of the
devices illustrated at Figures 1 and 5.
Figure 11 is a part-back-view-of-a-toilet-glass,-showing-the-application.of-the
device illustrated at Figure 6.
Figure 12 is a part front view of a toilet glass, showing the application of the
device illustrated at Figure 8.
Upon reference to Figures 1 to 4 and Figure 10, A is a toothed ratchet, which is
fixed, as shown in Figure 10, to the frame of the looking glass or other object. B is
a pawl which is attached to the support or pillar of the looking glass or other
object. The pawl B comes under the teeth of the ratchet A, and supports the
looking glass or other object at the desired angle, as represented in Figure 10. If
desired the position of the device can be reversed; the ratchet bar attached to the
stand, and the pawl to the frame of the glass or other object. In lieu of the device
illustrated at Figures 1 to 4, the ratchet wheel and pawl, such as that shown at
Figure 5, may be used, positioned as at C, Figure 10. The wheel A is attached to
the stand or pillar, and the plate D with the pawl B is attached to the frame of the
glass or other object.
The device shown at Figures 6 and 7 and 11 consists of a trunnion E, which is
attached to the frame F of the glass or other object, and takes into the bush H
which is fixed in the stand or pillar J. K is a thumb screw attached to the pillar J,
and which screws against the trunnion E and holds the frame F at any angle of
adjustment.
The device shown at Figures 8, 9, and 12 consists of a trunnion E, upon which
the frame F is free to swing. The trunnion E is attached to the frame F by the
plate G, and is by being formed square fixed in the pillar J. The adjusting action
is caused by the nut L, which when screwed up causes the head E' of the trunnion
E to bear against the plate G.
Having now described and ascertained the nature, object, and purposes of my
Invention, and shown how the same may be carried out into operation, what I
claim as my Invention and secured to me by Letters Patent as aforesaid, is,—
Firstly. Adjusting and regulating the angle of toilet looking glasses and other
objects by means of devices such as those illustrated at Figures 1 to 9 of the
accompanying Drawings.
Secondly. The device illustrated at Figures 1 to 3 of the accompanying Drawings
for adjusting the angle of toilet looking glasses and other objects.
Thirdly. The device illustrated at Figure 5 of the accompanying Drawings for
adjusting the angle of toilet looking glasses and other objects.
Fourthly. The device illustrated at Figures 6 and 7 of the accompanying Drawings
for adjusting the angle of toilet looking glasses and other objects.
Fifthly. The device illustrated at Figures 8 and 9 of the accompanying Drawings
for adjusting the angle of toilet looking glasses and other objects.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Hoyer, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twelfth day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty.
FREDERICK
(LS.) HOYER.
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