Improved Method of Actuating and Securing in Position Boots, Shoes, and other Articles Exhibited for Sale in Shop Windows and other Places.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 6th July, 1887
Complete Left, 5th Apr., 1888
Complete Accepted, 11th May, 1888
Improved Method of Actuating and Securing in Position Boots, Shoes,
and other Articles Exhibited for Sale in Shop Windows and
other Places.
JOSEPH BRUCE 218 Great Colmore Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick
of the firm of Durose & Bruce Brassfounders do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:—
My invention consists of applying to the ordinary stand or Bracket an improved
method of moving and retaining in position an ordinary bootplate or other article
where a set pivoted movement is required.
The novelty consists of teeth or thread on the lower or outside edge of pivoted
article, required to be moved, and is actuated by rotating a thumbscrew, the thread
of which engages with aforesaid teeth causing bootplate or other article to be easily
moved yet firmly fixed at any required angle without removing articles supported and
displayed thereon. The said thumbscrew being secured by its ends to a bearing where
it may revolve in without altering its position otherwise. The bearing being con-
nected to support by which pivot is held forms a stay so that boot plate or other
article is not moved more than necessary, and thereby causing a definate position both
ways. The whole of which when applied to brackets is mounted or spun in a disk
or swivel screwed to bracket, thus its position may be altered as required without
unscrewing from bracket.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Method of Actuating and Securing in Position Boots, Shoes,
and other Articles Exhibited for Sale in Shop Windows and
other Places.
I JOSEPH BRUCE of the firm of Durose & Bruce of 218 Great Colmore Street
Birmingham in the County of Warwick Brassfounder 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:-
My invention has for its object the easy and quick manipulation of stands or supports
for boots shoes & other articles which it is desired to expose to view in the most
effective and becoming manner and at the same time to allow of the articles remaining
upon the supports or stand while it is adjusted to the particular inclination required
without at all interfering with or disarranging the same while it is substantialy
retained in that position in a cheap simple and effective manner.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried into
practice I have appended hereunto a largo sized sheet of drawings upon which I have
clearly illustrated my invention as well as shewing its unlimited application to the
large variety of show stands and supports.
Figure 1 is an elevation of the side of the adjusting portion and is shewn applied
to a supporting bracket for boots.
Figure 2 is a part section and part elevation through the same.
Figure 3 is an elevation of the same from the back.
Figure 4 is an elevation from the back showing the application of my invention to
a rod for supporting a number of boots shoes &c.
Figure 5 is a similar elevation shewing the application to two rods for supporting
hats scarves &c.
Figure 6 is a front view shewing the application to a glass shelf.
To the underside of the plate A which supports the article I secure the nose piece A'
which has upon it a number of teeth a and is pivoted at a² to the head B₁ of the
support B which revolves in the socket and supports the thumbscrew D which is
mounted and revolves in the bearings d' and d². The threads of this thumb screw D
engage in the teeth a on the nose piece A' and when turned 'cause the nose piece to turn
on its pivot a² and thereby incline the plate A in the direction shown by the dotted
lines A³ until it is prevented from going further by the stop a on the nose piece A¹
meeting the top 3 of the head B₁ and it must be obvious that the turning of the
thumb screw D gently inclines to the plate A either way and that the said plate
cannot slip or move from the position in which it is left. In actuating a rod con-
taining a number of articles as shown by Figure 4 the thumb screw D and nose
piece A are similar with the exception that the rod E passes through the nose
piece A and is secured by the small screw ' and additionally supported at each end

page_text: by the upright H and J in the heads of which it revolves. In Figure 5 the arrange-
ment is similar only that in this case to form a provision for Hats and other such
articles there are two rods E' and E2 which have cross bars e at each end which are
supported by the short rod E³ which are in turn supported and actuated as in
Figure 4.
The glass shelf K in Figure 6 is supported at the one end by the cross bar A³ to
which is attached a similar nose piece to A¹ and is actuated in a similar manner to
Figure 2 the other end of the shelf being supported by a simple bar M pivoted at m'
to the support N. The bars or shelves may be of any length and supported in any
number of parts.
Having therefore now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed what I
claim is :-
First: The nose piece A' having a number or teeth a operated upon by the thumb
Screw D the whole being mounted in the head B¹ substantially as and for the
purpose herein set forth and illustrated on the accompanying drawings by Figures 1. 2
and 3.
Second-The thumb screw D and nose piece A¹ having teeth a and mounted in
the head B in combination with the arrangements shewn by Figures 4, 5, and 6
substantially as herein set forth and illustrated on the accompanying drawings.
Th
Ր A 1000
PATENT AGENCY COY.,
4, Gothic Arcade, Snow Hill, Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicant.
PATENT AGENCY COY.,
4, Gothie Arcade, Snow Hill, Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicant.