Improvements in and in the Production of Picture Hangers.
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvements in and in the Production of Picture Hangers.
I, JOHN JESSE JAMES, trading as Dutson and Company, of Whittall Street,
in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention has relation to picture hangers of that type in which the cord
of the picture to be suspended is passed around a sheave-pulley like centre,
with the base forming an attachment plate, which is secured to a wall or the
like by tacks.
The present invention consists in making up the said hangers from a series
of rings or plates arranged one upon or one within the other and preferably
ornamented to represent the petals of a flower or other object in which a number
of concentrically-arranged shaped plates or discs may be united together.
The base plate, in one form of my improved picture-hanger, has formed within
its middle and standing from the front side thereof, a rivet or hollow stud,
made solid with it, and adapted to have its head expanded or set up so as to
enclose between it and the central part of the base plate, one, two three or more
strung-on elements or component parts for forming a hanger of the character
referred to, which said parts may consist of dished rings or plates, suitably
ornamented and shaped and having central apertures to take over the hollow
stud, whose base is surrounded by a depression, in the bottom of which, cross
grooves or keeper sinkings are formed to receive corresponding ribs on the
innermost layer of the strung together elements, which is thereby prevented
from rotating upon the base plate and the other layers or parts may be prevented
from twisting in like manner.
In making up the article, after the layers or series of parts have been threaded
upon the stud, the head or outer tip end is expanded and so secures the several
elements together.
The base plate is provided with a suitable number of holes to receive small
tacks for the attachment of the hanger to a wall.
Instead of the rivet being made from out of the base plate, it may be made
out of the metal of the last and smallest layer or ring element, in which case
the stud is passed rearwardly through coinciding holes in the other parts and
in the base plate and rivetted at the back of the latter, and instead of the rivet
being formed integral with the base plate or with one of the rings or plates to
be secured thereto, I may employ a loose rivet, eyelet or equivalent, which may
be introduced from the front and closed over at the back, or vice versa.
Instead of forming keeper grooves and ribs to prevent the rotation of the
parts, the opposed faces may be corrugated so that the corrugations lie one
within the other, or the rotation may be prevented by collectively indenting
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JOHN JESSE JAMES.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in and in the Production of Picture Hangers.
I, JOHN JESSE JAMES, trading as Dutson and Company, of Whittall Street,
in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, 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:-
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This invention has relation to picture hangers of that type in which the cord
of the picture to be suspended is passed around a sheave-pulley-like centre,
with the base forming an attachment plate, which is secured to a wall or the
like by tacks.
The present invention consists in making up the said hangers from a series
of rings or plates arranged one upon or one within the other and preferably
ornamented to represent the petals of a flower or other object in which a number
of concentrically-arranged shaped plates or discs may be united together. These
plates may be of any design.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents a front elevation of one
form of picture hanger constructed or built up from a series of four ornamental
component parts in accordance with one form of my invention.
Figure 2 represents a transverse vertical section of the said picture hanger.
Figure 3 represents a front elevation and Figure 4 a cross section of the
largest component element of the said article, and which constitutes the base
or attachment plate of the same.
Figure 5 represents a front elevation, Figure 6 a cross section and Figure 7
a side elevation of the second ring-like element of the hanger and Figure 8
represents a front elevation and Figure 9 a cross section of the third element,
whilst the fourth and smallest part is shown in front elevation and cross section
in Figures 10 and 11.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several
figures of the drawing.
In carrying out this form of my invention, the hanger is made up of four
elements a, b, c and d, of which the largest member a, constitutes the base plate
and has formed within its middle, and standing from the front side thereof,
a rivet or hollow stud a', made solid with it, and adapted to have its head
expanded or set up (as represented in Figure 2) so as to enclose between it
and the central part of the base plate, the other strung-on elements or com-
ponent parts b, c and d, which form the hanger which said parts may consist of
dished rings or plates formed from sheet metal and suitably ornamented and
shaped and having central apertures b, c, d to take over the hollow stud,
whose base is surrounded by a depression, a² in the bottom of which, cross
grooves or keeper sinkings are formed to received corresponding ribs 63 on
the innermost ring b of the strung together elements, which is thereby prevented
from rotating upon the base plate.
The relative rotation of the ring element c, is also prevented, in like manner
by ribs upon it engaging within the depressions 64, provided upon the face
of the ring b, in the formation of the ribs b³.

page_text: In making up the article, the elements b, c and d are threaded in succession
upon the stud a¹ of the base and the several key ribs are engaged with their
corresponding recesses to prevent twisting or rotation, and then the head or
outer tip end of the said stud is expanded or headed up and so secures the several
elements together. Any number of component elements may be assembled and
secured together in a similar way, according to the pattern and character of the
article required.
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The base plate is provided with a suitable number of holes a to receive small
tacks or screws for the attachment of the hanger to a wall, whilst the picture
cord passes around the annular space c between the plate a, and the innermost
ring element b.
Instead of the rivet being made from out of the base plate, it may be made
out of the metal of the last and smallest layer or ring element, in which case
the stud is passed rearwardly through coinciding holes in the other parts and in
the base plate and rivetted at the back of the latter, and instead of the rivet
being formed integral with the base plate or with one of the rings or plates
to be secured thereto, I may employ a loose rivet, eyelet or equivalent, which
may be introduced from the front and closed over at the back, or vice versa.
A picture hanger in which the several parts are secured together by a separate
rivet is represented in cross section in Figure 12, in which a, b c and d are the
component pieces, all provided with coincident central apertures, whilst f is
the rivet, which is passed through the said apertures, with its flange fl resting
against the back of the base plate and the other end f being headed or expanded
as shown in the drawing, thereby securing the elements of the built-up hanger
together.
Instead of forming keeper grooves and ribs to prevent the rotation of the
parts, the opposed faces may be corrugated so that the corrugations lie one
within the other, or the rotation may be prevented by collectively indenting
the strung together elements at one or more points after they have been
assembled.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:―
First A picture or like hanger made up of a series of superimposed and
socketting and concentric metal plates or discs, carried by a base plate, and
united together by the heading-up or expanding of a rivet, either made integral
with, or formed from out of, one of the said plates or discs, or made separate
therefrom, and with the base plate and the next adjacent plate or disc of the
superimposed series separated by annular space wherein the suspension cord or
the like of a picture or article to be hung passes or lies, substantially as described
and set forth.
Secondly picture or like hanger made up of a series of plates or discs,
or a series of superimposed plates or discs with their middle parts socketting
one within the other or one over the other, and united together by an integral
or loose rivet, eyelet or the like, and the rotation of the assembled plates or discs
prevented by key-studs or equivalents formed with the plates themselves and
being engaged with or locked by engaging in corresponding keeper recesses or
equivalents formed or sunken in the said plates or discs, and the whole arranged
and combined in the manner substantially as described, and also as set forth in
the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 29th day of June 1900.