Apparatus for Hanging Pictures, Looking Glasses, and similar Articles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 22nd Dec., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Hanging Pictures, Looking Glasses, and similar
Articles.
We EMANUEL HANISCH of Scharkow b/ Tworog, Germany and CARL ADAMY
of Schweidnitz, Germany 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 :-
This invention relates to an apparatus for hanging pictures, mirrors and similar
objects, which has important advantages over other hanging contrivances known
up to the present time. The new apparatus can be easily fixed to any picture
frame and aims chiefly at allowing the position of the picture to be altered in the
easiest manner possible without removing the supporting nail. The advantages
which the new apparatus has over the more or less unpracticable hanging con-
trivances hitherto known consist principally in this-that the walls which otherwise
become damaged and weakened by the withdrawing and replacing of the nails are
taken the greatest possible care of, and moreover, what is of the greatest importance
in hanging pictures-irregularities in the height and position of the sides of the
picture can be immediately rectified.
The new apparatus is represented in the accompanying drawings which show :-
Figure 1. Back view of a frame to which is attached the apparatus.
Figure 2. Side view, and Figure 3 the apparatus in enlarged proportions.
The apparatus is best fastened to the upper cross section of the picture frame
by means of two staples b and c which hold a cross band d on which again passes
the real hanging apparatus proper. The latter consists of a piece of metal doubled
up and bent together at a certain distance with long arms and g of which the
arm g is bent at the end and formed into a hook which passes on to the cross
band d so as to hold it up. The other arm is stamped out tooth shaped leaving a
long slit e with connected teeth f so that the nail can be easily driven in and pushed
in one of the grooves between the teeth f according to the height decided on for
the picture to be placed. This contrivance allows the picture to be easily raised
or lowered or moved sideways without it being necessary to loosen or remove the
mail. Another advantage to be noticed in the construction is that the piece of
metal g never extends beyond the upper edge of the picture frame thus preventing
the good appearance of the picture from being spoilt. In order to keep the
picture at any equal distance from the wall at all parts, specially adapted pieces
of metal which are bent at right angles can be employed which can be driven
into the under cross-section by one angle while the other has its surface lying flat
against the wall. These pieces of metal / should prove particularly serviceable
where the walls are not quite dry as they prevent the picture frame from coming
into direct contact with the wall.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
Apparatus for hanging picture frames, mirrors and similar objects, specially
distinguished by the arrangement of a cross bar on the upper cross-section of the
frame in connection with a long-armed bent piece of metal, one arm of which is
stamped out tooth shaped while the other which is bent round in the form of a
hook holds the cross bar, so that the picture may be raised or lowered or moved

page_text: sideways without it being necessary to alter the position of the nail substantially
as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 17th day of November 1894.
F. W. GOLBY,
36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicants.