A Telescopic Plant Standard with Adjustable Head of various Patterns and Sizes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left. 2nd June, 1893-Accepted, 8th July, 1893
A Telescopic Plant Standard with Adjustable Head of various
Patterns and Sizes.
I, CHARLES WILLS, Ironmonger, of Birmingham House, West Bournemouth,
in the County of Hants, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
I construct a tube with forks at its lower extremity to sustain it in an upright
position.
Inside this tube I insert the lower ends of a flower trainer or flower support
constructed of wires crossed or interlaced so as to form a suitable plant standard.
The lower ends of the wires so employed are left long and straight, and are
sufficiently numerous to fill or nearly fill the tube, and slide somewhat tightly
therein. As the plant grows in height the head of the standard can be gradually
raised, and will thus continue to support the plant without the necessity of
exchanging it for a taller support. My telescopic standard can be made in various
sizes and galvanized to prevent corrosion.
Dated this 2nd day of Contambo, 1905
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, E.C., Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Telescopic Plant Standard with Adjustable Head of Various
Patterns and Sizes.
I, CHARLES WILLS, Ironmonger, of Birmingham House, West Bournemouth,
in the County of Hants, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for object the provision of a light adjustable metal frame
work of any suitable shape to assist the training of plants and thus attain a
uniformity of appearance during their growth, and at the same time to dispense
with the unsightly appearance of a number of wood stakes placed around plants
for the purpose of sustaining them when they have outgrown their original
support.
My improved trainer consists of a telescopic centre standard formed of a rod or
rods working inside a tube, the said rod or rods, being preferably attached at
their lower end to a prong or fork which holds the standard upright in the
ground.
Over this rod so formed a movable tube is placed, to which is attached any
number of wires, which can be made to assume any desired shape suitable for
training plants.
I will now describe the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
in which
Fig. 1 shows an elevation of one of my improved plant trainers with a frame of
wire such as would be suitable for bushy plants like chrysanthemums, and with
the telescope closed.
Fig. 2, shows a frame of a different form, such as would be required for fuschias
and like plants, the rod being shewn inside the tube by dotted lines. Also other
dotted lines show the shape of the head when extended to suit the growth of the
plant.

page_text: Fig. 3 shows the rod and fork with the tube removed.
a, a are prongs for supporting the apparatus when in the ground. b, is the
centre rod on which the tube slides. c, is the tube. d, d, are wires forming the
frame to support the plant.
Referring to the frame shewn in Fig. 1. When the plant appears above the
ground the flower standard or trainer is placed over it, and as the plant grows it
is trained to grow up inside the frame and as it increases in height the trainer
is gradually raised by lifting the tube to which the frame is attached.
With regard to Fig. 2, the plant is trained to grow about the various arms of
the frame attached to the tube, which can as in Fig. 1 be raised as the plant
increases in height.
The frame being made of soft wire can readily be made to assume any suitable
shape to adapt itself to the growth of the plant.
If desired the tube can be attached to the fork and the arms of the frame to
the rod, the general principle of a telescopic standard with head for training flowers
being the same; but I prefer to attach the fork to the rod and the tube to the
wire frame as before described.
Another advantage derived from my trainer is that being metal it does not
absorb the moisture from the plants as is the case with wood stakes.
My improved standard can be made in various sizes and of any material but I
prefer iron for cheapness, which can be galvanized or painted to prevent
oxydation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
C,
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1. In a telescopic plant standard or trainer the rod b, the adjustable sliding
tube
and soft wire frame d, for training plants as herein described and set forth.
2. In a telescopic plant standard or trainer, the combination of the forks or
prongs a, the reversible telescopic slide b, c, with the frame d, capable of adjustment,
when preferred, to plants of any desired height and form, as herein described and
set forth..
Dated this 2nd day of June 1893
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S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Patent Agent.