An Improved Folding Drawing Board and Sketching Appliance.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 26th June, 1896
Complete Specification Left 19th Mar 1897 Accepted. 1st May 1807
An Improved Folding Drawing Board and Sketching Appliance.
JOSEPH ARTHUR HULL Kings Nympton Rectory Chulmleigh North Devon
Clergyman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I construct my board of two stout frames of light wood, formed in the shape of
three sides of a rectangle, & filled in with light panelling of wood, millboard or
the like.
The legs of the frame are hinged to a central strip or bar so that the whole is of
substantially book form. Near the ends of the legs of one frame I pivot two
strong hooks, which are adapted, when the frame is open, to lie across the central
strip or bar and, engaging with screw eyes on the other frame hold the whole rigid.
At the top & bottom of the board so formed I secure removable strips or battens.
by means of screws passing through the battens & the frames, & tightened by
fly-nuts.
These strips are preferably faced with sand-paper, & serve to grip the ends of the
sheet of paper (upon which the drawing is to be made) when damp in order
to stretch it, as is well understood.
Several sheets may be stretched together upon the board, & removed singly,
when used, as from a drawing-block. To avoid creasing the paper when closing the
board for carrying the inner face of the central strip is grooved. When closed the
folded board is secured by a hook & eye, & a suitable handle may be attached to
the back of the central strip.
Dated this 26th day of June 1896
J. ARTHUR HULL.
An Improved Folding Drawing Board and Sketching. Appliance.
I JOSEPH ARTHUR HULL Clerk in Holy Orders of Kings Nympton Rectory,
Chulmleigh, North Devon 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 consists in a combined drawing board and sketching case which
possesses the advantages that an uncompleted picture can be folded within the
board or case without creasing or smudging, and that when open to form the
drawing board the whole is perfectly rigid and the paper is tightly stretched.
The invention will be clearly understood by the following description read in
conjunction with the accompanying sheets of drawings in which
Fig. 1. is an isometric view of the board or case partially open,
Fig. 2 is a front edge elevation of the board or case closed,
Fig. 3 a central cross section of Fig. 4.
Fig. 4 a back elevation with the case open.

page_text: Figs. 5 and 6 are enlargements showing the manner of securing two legs of the
battens by the hooks and eyes F. G., and the hinges slightly sunk to avoid denting
the paper.
I construct my board or case of two stout frames of light wood A. A. A. A.
formed in the shape of three sides of a rectangle and filled in with a light panelling B
of wood, millboard or the like.
The legs of the frame are hinged to a central strip or bar C so that the whole is
substantially book-form. Near the ends of the legs I pivot two strong hooks F. F.
which are adapted when the frame is open as shown in Fig. 4 to lie across the
central strip or bar C and engaging with screw-eyes G on the other frame, to hold
the whole rigid.
Over each frame I secure removable batten frames D. D. of three sides corre-
sponding with the frames A by means of screws passing through the battens and
frames and tightened by fly-nuts E E. These battens are preferably faced with
sand-paper and they act to grip the margin of the sheet of paper (upon which the
drawing is to be made) while damp in order to stretch it, as is well understood.
Several sheets may be stretched together upon the board and removed singly.
To avoid creasing the paper when closing the board for carrying, the inner face
of the central strip C is grooved, as at J, so that the paper curves gently round
where it is bent.
When closed the folded board is secured by a hook L and eye M and a suitable
handle H may be attached to the back of the central strip C.
I prefer to fix flanges K K to the sides of the frame as shown in Figs. 2, 3, 4 for
the purpose of protecting the drawing from dust and wet.
These flanges are rounded off adjacent to the central strip C so as not to interfere
with the closing of the case.
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. In a combined drawing board and sketching case substantially as described,
the means for holding the board rigid when open consisting of the hooks F and
eyes G in the position and acting in the manner specified.
2. In a combined drawing board and sketching case substantially as described
the grooved central strip C for preventing creasing of the paper when the case is
closed.
3. In a combined drawing board and sketching case substantially as described
the battens D D secured by screws and fly nuts E for the purpose of stretching the
sheet of drawing paper.
4. The combined drawing board and sketching case substantially as herein
described and illustrated.
Dated this Seventeenth day of March 1897.
JOSEPH ARTHUR HULL.