Improvements in or relating to Hand Supports for Use in Writing.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 17th Feb., 1900-Accepted, 31st Mar., 1900
Improvements in or relating to Hand Supports for Use in Writing.
A communication from HERMANN THIER, Manufacturer, of Koenigstein, in the
Kingdom of Saxony.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 111, Hatton Garden, in the County of London,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
:
The present invention relates to a hand support which will be found useful
when writing in thick volumes or the like.
The hand support consists of two plates or frames of wood, metal or the like
connected together by hinges, the upper plate being provided with a slot in
which a pin, connected with a wedge arranged between the two plates is
movable.
The nearer to the hinges this wedge is
the larger will be the space between the
upper plate will become more inclined.
the wedge is kept in its place.
placed by means of the knob of the pin,
outer edges of two plates, whereby the
When the hand is placed on the latter
In order to be able to connect this support to the book or the like in case
there is no place for the lower plate to rest upon, on the under side of the
latter a thin plate or plates of metal or the like pivotted on a fixed point may be
arranged, which is inserted between the leaves of the book or between the book
and the table or support upon which the book is placed.
. Dated this 8th day of June 1899.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.
A communication from HERMANN THIER, Manufacturer, of Koenigstein, in the
Kingdom of Saxony.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 111, Hatton Garden, in the County of London,
Chartered Patent Agent, 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:-
The present invention relates to a hand support which will be found useful
when writing in thick volumes or the like.

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The hand support consists of two plates or frames bb of wood, metal or the
like, connected together by hinges a the upper plate being provided with a
slot in which a pin d connected with a wedge e arranged between the two
plates bb is movable.
The nearer to the hinges this wedge is placed by means of the knob f of the
pin d, the larger will be the space between the outer edges of two plates, whereby
the upper plate will become more inclined. When the hand is placed on
the latter the wedge e is kept in its place.
In order to be able to connect this support to the book or the like, in case
there is no place for the lower plate to rest upon, on the under side of the
latter a thin plate or plates 9 of metal or the like pivotted on a fixed point,
may be arranged, which is inserted between the leaves of the book or between
the book and the table, or support, upon which the book is placed.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent,. and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what claim is:
1. A hand support for use in writing consisting of two plates hinged together
and a movable wedge between said plates, with or without a thin extension
plate or plates pivotted to the under side of the lower plate substantially as
described.
2. The complete hand rest substantially as described or illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 17th day of February 1900.
BOULT, WADE & KILBURN,
Agents for the Applicant.

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