AN IMPROVED EASEL ALBUM
Year: 1876

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Wilhelm Marx at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th December 1876.
WILHELM MARX, of Paris, Merchant.
"AN IMPROVED EASEL ALBUM."
The object of my Invention is an improved easel album arranged in such a
manner that the casel can be connected with or disconnected from the album at
will.
When the album is connected with the easel it may be turned over leaf by leaf
like a book, in order to exhibit pictures, photographs, or other such objects, but if it
is desired to move the album about without the easel it may be detached from the.
eusel and passed round like an ordinary hand album.
First. The easel detached from the album is arranged as follows:-It consists of a
frame of A form composed of two fixed branches or legs, and of a third which is
movable and connected by an articulation towards the top, on the reverse side of a
cross piece of the frame or easel. The frame and the movable branch which together
form the easel are of metal, covered with leather or a similar substance.
The front face of the frame upon which the album is to be applied carries three
projecting gudgeons or buttons, one upon each fixed branch, at about the middle of
their height, and a third at the middle of the upper cross piece of the frame, so as
to be thus arranged in a triangle.
Each of the fixed branches of the frame is formed with a sweep (cambrure)
backwards, in front of which is a curved spring held by two rivets upon each fixed
branch. This sweep upon each branch is intended to lodge the corresponding spring
in proportion as each of the two springs yields to the weight of the album when.
laid upon them.
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Lastly. The frame carries at the top of each branch an abutment, the purpose of
which will be presently described.
2dly. The album detached from the easel is arranged as follows:-The face.
of the album which is to be laid upon the easel carries three plates, each pierced'

page_text: with an opening and arranged in a triangle, so as to correspond with the three
gudgeons of the frames.
The back of the album resembles the back of a book, and each leaf can be turned
over like an ordinary album. When it has been removed from its easel the album
can pass from hand to hand.
3rdly. In order to make use of the album, together with the frame, they are
connected in the following manner :-The lower side of the album is applied to the
frame, the three gudgeons arranged in a triangle are engaged into the three plates
fixed in the lower side of the album, and at the same time the back of the album is
reposed upon the two curved springs of the easel; the upper edge of the album is
caused to press upon the two-hinge abutment of the easel. The album being thus
connected with the frame the volume or album can be opened leaf by leaf; the
successive weight of the opened leaves will cause the curved springs which act by
rc-action so as to maintain the leaves, to yield; the springs in yielding are lodged
in the sweeps of the easel. In the re-action of the springs to raise the leaves the
album tends to slide upwards, and it is to avoid this sliding that the upper edge of
the album is held against the hinge abutment of the easel.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Wilhelin Marx in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 7th June
1877.
WILHELM MARX, of Paris, Merchant. "AN IMPROVED EASEL ALBUM."
The object of my Invention is an improved casel album arranged in such a
manner that the easel can be connected with or disconnected from the album at
will.
When the album is connected with the easel it may be turned over leaf by leaf
like a book, in order to exhibit pictures, photographs, or other such objects, but if it
is desired to hand round the album without the easel it may be detached from the
easel and passed round like an ordinary hand album,
This Invention will be well understood by reference to the annexed Drawings.
Figure 1 is a lateral section of the easel and album together.
Figure 2 is a front view of the album placed upon the easel.
Figure 3 is a lateral section of one of the fixed branches of the easel.
The easel detached from the album is arranged as follows:-It consists of a frame
of A form composed of two fixed branches or legs A, A, and of a third B which is
movable and connected by an articulation towards the top on the reverse side of a cross
piece A¹ of the frame or easel A. The frame and the movable branch, which
together form the casel, are of metal, covered with leather or a similar substance.
The front face of the frame upon which the album is to be applied carries three
projecting gudgeons or buttons d, one upon each fixed branch, at about the middle
of their height, and a third at the middle of the upper cross piece of the frame, so
as to be thus arranged in a triangle.
Each of the fixed branches of the frame A is formed with a curve backwards, in
front of which is a curved spring held by two rivets upon each fixed branch
capable of sliding a little in the groove i, i. This curve upon each branch is
intended to lodge the corresponding spring h in proportion as each of the two
springs h, h, yields to the weight of the album J when laid upon them.
Lastly. The frame carries at the top of each branch an abutment or projecting
piece 1, 2, the purpose of which will be presently described.
The album detached from the easel is arranged as follows:-The face of the
album J which is to be laid upon the easel A carries three plates m, each pierced
with an opening and arranged in a triangle upon the said face, so as to correspond
with the three gudgeons & of the frame A.

page_text: The back of the album J resembles the back of a book, and each leaf can be
turned over like an ordinary album. When it has been removed from its easel the
album can pass from hand to hand.
The covering J may be arranged with frames O, O, to receive photographs, views,
or similar pictures.
In order to make use of the album, together with the frame, they are connected
in the following manner :-The lower side of the album J is applied to the frame A,
the three gudgeons d arranged in a triangle are engaged into the three plates m
fixed in the lower side of the album, and at the same time the back of the album is
caused to rest upon the two curved springs h, h, of the easel; lastly the upper edge
of the album is caused to press upon the two hinged abutments or projecting
pieces 1, 1, of the easel. These hinged projecting pieces are arranged as seen in
detail, Figure 4; they carry a gudgeon n which engages into a recess o in the
plate p, which is fixed by screws or otherwise to the frame A. The album being
thus connected with the frame the volume or album can be opened leaf by leaf, as
seen in Figure 1; the successive weight of the opened leaves will cause the curved
springs h, h, which act by re-action, so as to maintain the leaves, to yield; the springs
in yielding are lodged in the curves g, g, of the easel. In the re-action of the
springs h, h, to raise the leaves the album tends to slide upwards, and it is to avoid
this sliding that the upper edge of the album is held against the hinge abutment of
the easel.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,-
Firstly. The joining of an album with an easel or frame by means of three
gudgeons arranged in a triangle and engaging in openings in three plates fixed in
the lower side of the album, as described and shown.
Secondly. The placing of the album upon two bent springs, which are so arranged
upon the frame with reference to the curves thereof as to lodge in the said curves
when caused to yield by the successive weight of the leaves as they are turned over,
in the manner described and substantially shown in the Drawings.
Thirdly. The employment of a hinged projecting piece l, as described and sub-
stantially shown in the Drawings, upon each branch of the frame to hold the upper
edge of the album, so as to prevent its slipping down, which it has a tendency to
do, owing to the re-action of the two curved springs.
In witness whereof, I, the said Wilhelm Marx, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Fourteenth day of May, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
Reven
Witness,
CH. ARMENGAUD,
Civil Engineer,
23, Boulevard de Strasbourg,
à Paris.
WILHELM MARX, (L.S.)