Year: 1899

page_text: I, HENRY CHARLES SCOREY, of Winchmore Hill Road, Old Southgate, in the
County of Middlesex, Gardener, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
For the purpose of elevating plants in pots and the like to any desired height,
preferably for use on staging in greenhouses and the like, but by making the
stand a suitable size it can be used on the ground or floor. The said support
to be made of iron, or any other material and to consist of the following parts.
(1) A stand having a vertical hole through the centre. (2) A rod or bar having
holes running its entire length at suitable distances apart. (3) A guide fixed at
top of rod or bar. (4) Two side supports fastened at bottom ends in such a manner
as to work freely on the rod or bar. The side supports passing through the said
guide thus form the adjustment. (5) A. receptacle formed of two semicircular
peices of metal fixed horozontally at top of said side supports. (6) A locking
pin for taking into any one of the said holes in the rod or bar, thus obtaining
the desired height, and for securing the adjustment in exact position.
primary object in making the support in the manner described is that, the stand
having a hole through the centre and being fastened to staging and the like, by
means of adjustable clamps in such a manner as to allow the rod or bar, sliding
through the stand to work its full length by passing through the aperture in the
staging thus any height can be obtained. The said side supports working freely
on the rod or bar and passing through the said guide, they can be adjusted so
that the receptacle will hold the various sized pots and the like.
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19 of Tu 1900
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page_text: 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 relates to an adjustable support for holding flower pots and the
like and the primary object is to provide means for elevating plants in pots and
other articles to any desired height. Although more especially intended for use
in greenhouses and on the usual staging the invention is nevertheless capable of
being employed for other purposes and in other situations than on greenhouse
staging. In carrying my invention into effect I proceed in or in about the fol-
lowing manner making reference to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1
is a side view, Fig. 2 an end view and Fig. 3 a plan of the appliance.
Upstanding from a base plate a I provide a tubular socket 6 open at each end
in which is free to slide up and down the rod c having therein holes dat suitable
distances apart, and in which can be inserted a pin e which by resting on the top
of the socket 6 keeps the rod at the required height. If desired the pin might
also pass through holes in the socket instead of simply resting thereon. At the
upper end of the rod c is a double ended loop or guide f and free to slide up and
down the rod c is a runner 7 having open ends between which are pivotted the
lower ends of the arms which pass upwards through the loops f on each side of
the rod c. To the upper ends of the arms are attached the clips i which clasp
the pot or other article j. The plate a is attached to the laths of the staging
by the washers k and the wing nuts or by any other means. In use the rod c
is adjusted to the proper height by sliding it up or down in the socket and
putting the pin e through the proper hole to keep it in place. The runner g
can then be slid up or down so as to cause the clips j to embrace the article
If desired a pin may be passed through a hole below the runner 9 to prevent it
slipping down but this would not usually be needed as the spreading apart of the
upper ends of the arms h will press the lower ends against the rod c and retain
the holding parts in their proper place. As a modification the base plate a can
be omitted and the socket 6 continued downwards as a standard and provided with
a foot m or other means by which it can be stood on or fastened to the ground or
clsewhere. As a further modification the socket may be omitted altogether and
the rod c be bent out as at n to form a bracket and have provision made at p
by which it can be attached directly or indirectly to a wall or other support.
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. An adjustable support for holding flower pots and the like and consisting
essentially of (1) A tubular socket upstanding from a base plate provided with
means for attaching it to a greenhouse staging or elsewhere (2) A rod free to
run up and down in the said tubular socket and having holes through it at
intervals along its length (3) A pin to insert in that one of the said holes which
will retain the rod at the proper height in the said socket (4) A runner free to
slide up and down on the said rod. (5) Loops outstanding from each side of the
upper end of the said rod (6) Arms having their lower ends pivoted to the ends
of the said runners and their outer ends passed through the said loops, and (7)
Clips at the upper ends of the said arms to clasp opposite sides of the article to
be held, the whole substantially as described in the above specification and
exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
2. A modification in the holder claimed in the above Claim 1 whereby the said
base plate is omitted and the tubular socket lengthened to act as a standard and
provided with a foot or other means by which it can be stood on or attached to
the floor or elsewhere, substantially as described in the above specification and
exemplified by the accompanying drawings.
3. A modification of the holder claimed in the above Claim 1, whereby the base
plate and socket are omitted and the said rod bent so as to form a bracket, sub

page_text: stantially as described in the above specification and exemplified by the accom-
panying drawings.
4. The combination of parts substantially as described in the above specification
and exemplified by the accompanying drawings and together forming and operat-
ing as an adjustable support for holding flower pots and the like.
Dated this 20th day of February 1900
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, E.C., Agents.