Improvements in Devices for Glazing Photographs.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Devices for Glazing Photographs.
I, EMILE CHAPPUIS, of Lausanne, in the Republic of Switzerland, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention consists of a portable device for glazing photographs and is
intended to replace the glass or metal-plates heretofore used for such purpose.
The said glass or nietal-plates have the inconvenience of injuring very often
the photographs applied to the same, which is completely avoided with my
invention.
The device constructed according to the present invention comprises a plate
of transparent celluloid, the upper face of which is polished and the lower face
of which is provided with suitable projections. The latter are intended on the
one hand to allow the flexible plate of celluloid to yield when the photograph is
pressed upon its surface and on the other hand to prevent the sliding of the
said plate on the table.
The plate is combined with a piece of suitable fabric formed so as to be able
to envelop the said plate and to have its corners connected with one another by
means of three suitable button-holes and of a single button fixed to one of the
said corners. The said piece of fabric is of suitable material for being used
as a cleaning and polishing cloth or clout for cleaning or polishing the face of
the plate.
The implement further comprises a sheet of indiarubber of the same size as
the said plate, the same being intended to be used as a back for pressing the
photographs upon the plate.
The feet of plate may be fixed to the latter by any suitable means whatever,
for instance by gluing the same either on the lower face of the plate or into
suitable depressions provided therein; the said feet will suitably be of india-
rubber and fixed by means of a central rivet causing the said feet to form a
small cup which acts like a cupping-glass upon the table on which the plate
has been placed, so as to prevent the sliding of said plate on the table.
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Dated this 20th dors of Santamber 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Devices for Glazing Photographs.
I, EMILE CHAPPUIS, of Lausanne, in the Republic of Switzerland, Engineer,
lo hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
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page_text: is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:
The invention consists of a portable device for glazing photographs and is
intended to replace the glass or metal-plates heretofore used for such purpose.
The said glass- or metal-plates have the inconvenience of frequently injuring
the photographs applied to the same, which inconvenience is completely avoided
by the use of my improved device.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a plan of the improved device.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the same and
Figures 3 to 6 show to a larger scale, the application of feet or projections
for supporting the plate.
The device constructed according to the present invention comprises a plate
of transparent celluloid A the upper face of which is polished and the lower face
of which is provided with suitable projections B. The latter are intended on
the one hand to allow the flexible plate of celluloid to yield when the photograph
is pressed upon its surface and on the other hand to prevent the sliding of the
said plate A on the table.
The plate A is combined with a piece of suitable fabric C, formed so as to
be able to envelop the said plate A and to have its corners connected with one
another by means of three suitable button-holes and of a single button fixed to
one of the said corners. The said piece of fabric C is of suitable material for
being used as a cleaning and polishing cloth or clout for cleaning or polishing
the face of the plate A.
The device further comprises a sheet of india-rubber E,of the same size as the
said plate A, the same being intended to be used as a back for pressing the
photographs upon the plate A.
The feet B of plate A may be fixed to the latter by any suitable means what-
ever, for instance by gluing the same on the lower face of the plate as shown in
Figures 3 and or by gluing the said feet into suitable depressions provided in
the plate A as shown in Figure 4. The said feet are preferably of india-rubber
and fixed by means of a central rivet see Figure 6 causing the said feet to form
a small cup which acts like a cupping-glass upon the table on which the plate
has been placed, so as to prevent the sliding of said plate on the table.
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: -
1. A device for glazing photographs consisting in the combination of a
plate A of celluloid, with a sheet of india-rubber and with a piece of fabric C
formed so as to be used either as a bag enveloping the plate A and the sheet
of india-rubber, or as a cleaning or polishing cloth for cleaning or polishing the
plate A.
2. In a device for glazing photographs a plate A of celluloid provided with
feet B substantially as shown and described.
3. In a device for glazing photographs a piece of cloth C having a button in
one of its corners and a button-hole in each of its remaining corners, substan-
tially as shown and described.
Dated this 18th day of June 1898.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.