IMPROVED STOP FOR HOLDING IN POSITION SWING LOOKING GLASSES, AND OTHER SWINGING FRAMES
Year: 1884

page_text: JAMES EBENEZER FLOYD 244 City Road London E.C. Middlesex Commercial
Traveller do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVED STOP FOR
HOLDING IN POSITION SWING LOOKING GLASSES, AND OTHER SWINGING FRAMES to
be as follows:-
•
A Latch working upon a Cog wheel, inside a Barrel or Box, fixed on one end of
the Barrel to the standard, and the other end to the frame of the Glass, between
the Glass and the standard. One end of the Box or Barrel is flat, with Cog
attached, the spindle passes from the centre of Cog wheel through the other end of
the Barrel upon which it works, this end carries the side attached, forming the
Barrel, the lid of which forms the latch which works upon the Cog wheel inside.
The two ends are separate, one end & side working flush against the other flat side.
I will further describe my invention for improved stop, for holding in position
swing looking glasses, and other swinging frames, the movement would be fixed
only upon one side of the Glass, (with screws) between the standard and frame of
Glass, upon the right hand side, and upon the left hand side the hinge or pivot is
formed with two plates, the plate screwed to the standard has a knob in the centre
with a neck, (or half a knob as shown in drawing) and the plate upon the frame
has a circular hole in the centre with a slit at the bottom the right size to admit
the knob upon the other plate, to pass through and slide down into its working
position, this end is simple and costs little. The Box movement being only upon
one side of the Glass, and differing from previous inventions, inasmuch as it bas
no Spring, and not being a friction movement, but simply a latch formed by the
lid working upon a Cog wheel inside, the cost will enable it to be produced as cheap
or cheaper than any previous invention. In order that my invention may be
thoroughly understood I have herewith submitted sectional drawings, described as
follows

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I JAMES EBENEZER FLOYD Commercial Traveller, of 244 City Road London E.C.
Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "AN IMPROVED
STOP FOR HOLDING IN POSITION SWING LOOKING GLASSES AND OTHER SWINGING
FRAMES," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to the construction of an improved stop for holding in
position swing looking glasses and other swinging frames which stop is simple and
efficient in construction and can be produced at little expense and whereby the use
of springs or friction movements is entirely dispensed with.
The improved stop is represented in the accompanying drawing, in which
figures 1 and 2 represent part of the two sides of the frame and standards of a
swing looking glass shewing my improved stop applied thereto; figures 3 and 4
are detached front and side views of the movement or stop which is applied between
the right hand side of the frame and standard of the looking glass; figures 5 and 6
are detached views of the parts of the movement shewn in figures 1, 3 and 4;
figure 7 is a detached view of part of the device which is applied to the left hand
side and standard of the looking glass. Similar letters in all the figures represent
similar parts.
In carrying out my invention I provide a box or barrel formed in two parts a,
and b,; the part a, shewn in elevation at figure 5 consists of a plate forming one
end of the barrel and screwed or otherwise fixed to one side of the frame c, of the
glass; the said plate a, has a ratchet or series of teeth formed thereon and a
pivot or spindle e, which is provided with a knob or head, and passes through the
other part b, of the box. or barrel which part of the box or barrel is shewn in
elevation at figure 6; the said part b, consists of a flanged plate forming the other
end and sides of the box or barrel, and screwed or otherwise fixed to the standard f;
the sides of the box are cut away at the upper part in order to admit a weighted
latch or pawl g, which is hinged to the box or barrel at h, and engages by means of
gravity with the teeth of the ratchet. d; the plate of the part b, of the box or
barrel is provided with a circular hole i, which will admit the head or knob of the
pivot e, when the frane c, of the glass is to be placed in its bearings; the said hole i,
has a slot j, leading therefrom to the centre of the plate which slot j, serves to
receive the neck or reduced part of the pivot e, and forms the boaring therefor ;
the two parts a, and b, of the box or barrel can then move over and concentrically
with each other.
The portion of the movement to be applied to the opposite standard f¹, and side
of the frame c; is constructed of two plates, one of which plates, k, is secured to the
frame of the glass and the other plate to the standard f; the plate k, has a pivot
or spindle m, with a neck or reduced portion n; the plate l, is formed with a
'circular hole ¹, and slot j³, similar to those shewn in figure 6, at i, j, and which
serve to receive and form the bearing for the pivot or spindle m. The movements
are fixed to the looking glass frame at a point above the centre thereof so that the
glass shall normally hang in a vertical position.
To hinge or pivot the looking glass frame c, to the standards f and f¹, the parts
of the movement having been secured thereto as hereinbefore described the pivot m,
is first passed into the hole 2, until the plates k and meet, the standard f1, being
recessed as shown in dotted lines to admit the whole length of the pivot m; the
pivot e, on the opposite side of the frame c, of the glass can now (if the pawl or
latch g, be raised) be passed into the hole i, and the neck or reduced portion of the

page_text: spindle is then dropped into the slot or bearing j, and the neck n, of the pivot m,
into its slot or bearing j¹; the pawl or latch g, is then dropped into engagement
with the ratchet d.
If the bottom port of the looking glass be drawn forwards, the teeth of the
ratchet on the frame c in revolving will raise and pass the pawl or latch g, on the
standard f, and the looking glass will be kept in any position to which it may be
so moved by the weighted pawl or latch g, catching into the teeth of the ratchet d,
and preventing its returning to a vertical position. In order to bring the glass
back to the vertical position it is only necessary to raise the pawl g, from contact
with the ratchet teeth d.
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 apparatus for holding in position swing looking glasses and other swinging
frames, the combination with a weighted latch or pawl pivotted or hinged to one
of the standards, of a series of ratchet teeth attached to and moving with the
frame of the glass operating substantially in the manner herein before described
and represented in the accompanying drawing.
(2) In apparatus for holding in position swing looking glasses and other swinging
frames a box or barrel formed in two parts moving. upon each other, one of the
said parts having a hinged and weighted latch or pawl adapted to engage with
ratchet teeth on the other part of the box or barrel and a hole or slot forming a
bearing for a pivot or spindle on the part carrying the said teeth substantially as
and for the purpose herein before described and represented in the accompanying
drawing.
(3) The improved stop for holding in position swing looking glasses and other
swinging frames as herein before described and represented in the accompanying
drawing.