Revolving Articles.IC HUNG IN HINGES OR PIVOTS
Year: 1884

page_text: Revolving Articles.
I, ROBERT ANN Congregational Minister No 1 Union Row, Soho Street
Handsworth Staffordshire do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
ADJUSTING THE POSITION OF ARTICLES HUNG IN HINGES OR PIVOTS to be as
follows:-
The movement consists of two pieces of Brass or any other metal or material,
held together by a centre pivot or screw with or without washers between them.
No I of the said pieces of metal or material is corrugated in lines radiating from.
the centre of pivot, or has countersunk holes, or projecting knobs, equidistant from
the centre of the pivot, or has a rack or cogs on its rim. Piece of metal N° 1I has
a projection or projections, or hole or holes, which when revolving fall or falls into
or upon the corrugations, holes, knobs, rack or cogs of piece N° I and so rests and
adjusts the position of the article to which it is attached. One piece being attached
to the standard or frame, and the other piece to the article whose position it is
intended to adjust.
And I propose to apply the said movement to the hanging of Looking Glasses,
reading desks, music stands Fan lights windows doors or any other article revolving
on pivots or hinges which is required to rest and be adjusted in a horizontal
perpendicular or oblique position, or at any angle.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED).
An Improved Adjustment for Hinged or Pivotted Frames and
Revolving Articles.
I ROBERT ANN of 1 Union Row, Handsworth Staffordshire, Minister I-Robert
Ann do hereby declare the nature of my invention for THE AN IMPROVED
ADJUSTMENT FOR HINGED OR PIVOTTED FRAMES AND REVOLVING ARTICLES
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Theis invention for which I apply for a patent is consists of an arrangement
or adjustment by which a metal disc being corrugated or notched revolves over
another piece of metal which has a projection which springs into or upon the said
corrugations or notches and so arrests the revolution. The--principle will--be
employed in the manufacture of articles used in the various ways mentioned in
my-provisional Specification, and in different-forms-and-sizes.
The adjustment is adapted to be used upon looking glasses, reading desks, music
stands, fanlight windows or other pivotted articles which it is desired to adjust in
a horizontal, perpendicular or oblique position.
My The accompanying drawings show represent the application of the inven-
tion in a movement for the hanging of swing looking glasses or other similarly
hinged or pivotted frame or revolving article.
Class.
Figure-A-represents a circular piece of metal with a raised box-over-half the
eirele,-and-the-spring-C-rivetted-to-it,-and-attached-to-the pedestal of the Looking
Figure-B-is-a-corrugated-dise of metal which is attached to the-frame-of the
Looking Glass.
This dise passes into the half circle box of A-and is held in position by-the
angle-at-the-back of Spring C, whilst-the-projection in the said spring falls into
the-corrugations-of B-and-so-adjusts-the-position of-the-glass-at-any-angle required.
Fig. 1 represents in elevation a pedestal of a looking glass with one of the parts
of the adjustment attached thereto.
Fig. 2 is a detached view of the spring.
Fig. 3 is an elevation of the same.
Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of a corrugated disc of metal forming the second
part of my improved adjustment and this is represented as being attached to the
swinging frame of the looking glass.
Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the said disc.
Fig. 6 represents a view of the adjustment when in use.
Fig. 7 represents a front view of a modified form of the part shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 8 represents a sectional plan of the same.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.
A. B. are two pieces of sheet brass or other metal held together as hereinafter
described. The piece A, is corrugated in lines radiating from the centre of the
pivot

page_text: The piece B, has a raised boxlike part b formed with it and extending around
about half its rim.
The piece B, is attached by screws d, d, to the pedestal or fixed frame D, and the
other piece A, is attached by screws e, e, to the pivoted frame or revolving article E,
whose position it is required to adjust, (a part only of the standard or fixed
frame D, and of the pivotted frame or revolving article E, are shown in the
drawing).
In putting the two pieces A, and B, together, the free end of spring tongue C, is
first pushed down by the piece or disc A, one side of which then passes under the
half circle box b, of the piece B, and is held in position by the angle or curve c, at
the free end of spring C, whilst the projection b³, on the said spring C, falls into
the corrugations or notches of the piece A, and so holds the glass or other hinged
or pivotted frame or revolving article at any angle at which it may be set.
Spring O, is represented as being pivotted at f, which point may vary consider-
ably as is shewn by Figs. 1. 2. 7 and 8 the construction shewn in the last two
figures is generally preferable as giving a longer spring within a given sized
adjustment.
Piece B, is preferably recessed as at g, g, in the line of the spring and of the
cross or guide pieces thereof in order that the top of said spring may be flush with
the face of piece B, when spring C, is compressed by disc A.
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
I.-That-the-adjustment-of the-article-is-secured by the revolving of a-corrugated
or-notched-dise-over-a-dise or plate which-has-a-projection-which-springs-into-and
acts-upon-the-corrugations-or-notches-in-the-course-of revolution.
H. That in some articles the two-parts-are-held-together-by-means-of-a-pivot,
and-that-in-other articles the two parts are held together-by-a-spring, such as is
used-in-the-Looking Glass movement.
HH.-That-any-kind-of-metal-or-material-may-be-used-in-the-manufacture of the
articles.
The improved adjustment for hinged or pivotted frames or revolving articles
hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, that is to
say, mechanism consisting essentially of a corrugated or notched disc, carried by
or forming part of one part of the mechanism with which disc, a projection on a
spring tongue carried by or formed with the other part of the mechanism engages
the parts being held together by a box like part b, in combination with an angle c,
the several parts being constructed, arranged and operating substantially as
described and illustrated.

page_text: Revolving Articles.
I, ROBERT ANN Congregational Minister No 1 Union Row, Soho Street
Handsworth Staffordshire do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
ADJUSTING THE POSITION OF ARTICLES HUNG IN HINGES OR PIVOTS to be as
follows:-
The movement consists of two pieces of Brass or any other metal or material,
held together by a centre pivot or screw with or without washers between them.
No I of the said pieces of metal or material is corrugated in lines radiating from
the centre of pivot, or has countersunk holes, or projecting knobs, equidistant from
the centre of the pivot, or has a rack or cogs on its rim. Piece of metal No II has
a projection or projections, or hole or holes, which when revolving fall or falls into
or upon the corrugations, holes, knobs, rack or cogs of piece No I and so rests and
adjusts the position of the article to which it is attached. One piece being attached
to the standard or frame, and the other piece to the article whose position it is
intended to adjust..
"
And I propose to apply the said movement to the hanging of Looking Glasses,
reading desks, music stands Fan lights windows doors or any other article revolving
on pivots or hinges which is required to rest and be adjusted in a horizontal
perpendicular or oblique position, or at any angle.

page_text: An Improved Adjustment for Hinged or Pivotted Frames and
Revolving Articles.
ROBERT ANN 1 Union Row, Handsworth Staffordshire, Minister I Robert Ann
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for THE ADJUSTMENT OF HINGED
OR PIVOTTED FRAMES AND REVOLVING ARTICLES and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The invention for which I apply for a patent is an arrangement by which a metal
disc being corrugated or notched revolves over another piece of metal which has a
projection which springs into or upon the said corrugations or notches and so
arrests the revolution. The principle will be employed in the manufacture of
articles used in the various ways mentioned in my provisional Specification, and
in different forms and sizes.
My drawings show the application of the invention in a movement for the
hanging of swing Looking Glasses.
Figure A represents a circular piece of metal with a raised box over half the
circle, and the spring C rivetted to it, and attached to the pedestal of the Looking
.Glass.
Figure B is a corrugated disc of metal which is attached to the frame of the
Looking Glass.
This disc passes into the half-circle box of A and is held in position by the
angle at the back of Spring C, whilst the projection in the said spring falls into
the corrugations of B and so adjusts the position of the glass at any angle required.
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
I. That the adjustment of the article is secured by the revolving of a corrugated
or notched disc over a disc or plate which has a projection which springs into and
acts upon the corrugations or notches in the course of revolution.
II. That in some articles the two parts are held together by means of a pivot,
and that in other articles the two parts are held together by a spring, such as is
used in the Looking Glass movement.
III. That any kind of metal or material may be used in the manufacture of the
articles.