A NEW OR IMPROVED CASE OR RECEPTACLE FOR CONTAINING MUSIC AND OTHER PAPERS AND THINGS to be as follows:
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
We, ADOLPH TUCK, of 72 and 73, Coleman Street, in the City of London,
Fine Art Publisher and CHARLES GEORGE NOAKES, of 1 Carlson Terrace,
Sydenham, in the County of Kent, Artist, do hereby declare the nature of our
Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED CASE OR RECEPTACLE FOR CONTAINING
MUSIC AND OTHER PAPERS AND THINGS to be as follows:-
"
The object of our invention is the production of an improved receptacle intended
for containing books and sheets of music and other similar papers and things, and
which shall form an ornamental piece of furniture of a novel character, and which
may be produced at a very moderate price.
According to our invention we construct our case or receptacle so as to resemble
in front a small easel supporting a drawing board on which may be mounted a
picture or other design or ornamentation, and which drawing board forms the front
part of the case or receptacle, the sides back and bottom thereof being attached
to the back of the drawing board, either rigidly, or by means of hinges, so that
they may be laid flat on the back of the drawing board and easel for convenience
of packing or storeage.
In jointing together the various pieces several different arrangements may be
made, but that which we find most convenient and suitable consists in hinging the
back and the bottom of the receptacle together, and the latter to the lower part of
the drawing board, so that these two pieces inay when required lie flat on the back
of the board. The sides of the receptacle are each of them attached to the back
of the board by hinges, a lath or fillet intervening between them and the board,
so as to enable them to fold over the pieces which form the back and bottom of
the receptacle. Pieces attached to these sides project downwards and form the
back supports, and we attach suitable fillets or stops, and hooks, to retain the
respective parts in their proper position.
.
When in use this forms an elegant piece of furniture being to all appearance a
small easel with a picture or any other design or ornamentation resting upon it
the case for containing the music or other matter being practically out of sight at
the back of the board.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
We ADOLPH TUCK, of 72 and 73 Coleman Street, in the City of London, Fine
Art Publisher, and CHARLES GEORGE NOAKES, of 1 Carlson Terrace, Sydenham,
in the County of Kent, Artist, do hereby declare the nature of our invention for
"A NEW OR IMPROVED CASE OR RECEPTACLE FOR CONTAINING MUSIC AND OTHER
PAPERS AND THINGS" and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
The object of our invention is the production of an improved receptacle intended
for containing books and sheets of music and other papers and things, which shall
form an ornamental piece of furniture of a novel character, and which may be
produced at a very moderate cost.
.
According to our invention we construct our case or receptacle so as to resemble
in front a small easel supporting a drawing board on which may be mounted a
picture or other design or ornamentation and which drawing board forms the front
part of the case or receptacle, the sides, (if any) back, and bottom thereof being
attached to the back of the drawing board, either rigidly, or by means of hinges
or joints, so that they may be laid flat on the back of the drawing board and easel
for convenience of packing or storeage.
The method of constructing those which do not fold up will be sufficiently
obvious from the description and drawings of the folding form as the difference is
only that all the parts are rigidly united and the joints and folding arrangements
entirely dispensed with.
In jointing together the various pieces several different patterns or arrangements
may be made, but those which we find most convenient and suitable we have
illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings forming part of this our
Specification, to which drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, we
shall now refer.
Figs 1, and 2, are front elevations of two different patterns of our said invention.
Figs. 3, and 4, are rear elevations of the same. Figs. 5, and 6, are side or end
elevations. Figs. 7, and 8, represent the same closed for packing as seen from
the rear. Figs. 9, and 10, are Sections. Figs. 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9, represent the
pattern we generally prefer to manufacture. Figs. 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10, represent a
larger pattern intended to be made of stronger materials and having closed ends
to the receptacle.
A, A, A, indicate the imitation easel on which the board, panel, or picture B is
supposed to be resting and of which it really may form part or to which it is
rigidly attached: C, C, are wings or side pieces the purpose of which will presently
appear D, is the bottom of the receptacle jointed to the fixed parts at d. E, the
back of the same which is jointed or hinged to the bottom D.
The side pieces or wings C, C, are hinged to the fixed parts at g, such joint being
either slightly raised on a fillet or, the point itself being made sufficiently looso to
enable the wings C'to fold over or behind the parts D, and E.

page_text: In the pattern shown in Figs 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9, these pieces C, are so shaped as to
leave the ends of the receptacle open so as to allow articles of greater length than
the receptacle to be placed in it, and are extended backwards and downwards to
form the back supports or legs C¹, of the receptacle, and upwards to form
supports C for the back E. In the pattern represented in Figs 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10,
the pieces Care hinged as shewn at y to a fixed lath h and form sides or ends of
the receptacle, and extend backwards and downwards to form the back supports.
Two fillets at the back and bottom edges of each of the pieces C and which are
shown in Fig. 10 at land k receive and support the pieces D, and E, to the latter
of which are attached two clips or hooks j,j, which take into corresponding slots in
the pieces C, and hold the whole in position. It will be obvious that numerous
variations of the patterns which the drawings illustrate and of the various parts
of which the apparatus consists may be devised without departing from the spirit
of our invention, and it will be understood that though we have. shown two
convenient forms for carrying the invention into practice yet we do not limit
ourselves to these.
We generally construct these articles of thick card board or mill board, and
preferably with canvas or parchment, joints, more particularly in the smaller sizes,
but for the larger sizes we prefer to use thin wood and ordinary metal hinges.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
Constructing ornamental receptacles resembling, when seen from the front an
easel supporting a picture, drawing board, or panel otherwise ornamented, substan-
tially in the manner and for the purpose hereinbefore described and set forth.