A New or Improved Adjustable Support for Mirrors.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Apr., 1898
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A New or Improved Adjustable Support for Mirrors.
I, PETER HENRICH MEYER, of 31, Pigott Street, Limehouse, London, E.,
Cabinet Maker's Foreman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
A series of of joints allowing a mirror to be brought inwards and outwards to the
right or to the left and upwards- and downwards, firstly by a hinge joint then
four joints, and a rule joint finishng with pin and socket-joint the socket attached
to plates, which would be screwed to mirror. The pin slightly tapered.
Dated this 4th day of April 1898.
A New or Improved Adjustable Support for Mirrors.
I, PETER HENRICH MEYER, of 31, Pigott Street, Limehouse, London, E.,
Cabinet Maker's Foreman, 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 relates to a new or improved jointed folding, collapsible, and
adjustable arm, bracket or support, for mirrors, sconces and the like, the object
of which is that a mirror or sconce when mounted thereon may be placed and
fixed at any position or angle relatively to the plane of its point of suspension,
and at any distance therefrom (within the length of the said arm or bracket)
and in the case of mirrors at any distance (within the said limits) and at any
angle most suitable for reflecting therein the desired object or person.
In order that my said invention and the manner of its use may be understood,
and as suggesting some of the many positions in which a mirror or the like
when mounted thereon may be fixed, I have hereunto appended a sheet of drawings,
of which;
Fig. 1 shews in full a side elevation of my said arm, bracket, or support when
extended to its fullest limits, and presumably fixed upon a vertical surface.
Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of same, while
Fig. 3 is a plan view of same when collapsed or folded to its smallest
dimensions
My invention consists of an arm, bracket, or support of any desired shape or
configuration and composed of any kind of metal or combination of metals, or

page_text: metals and other substances suitable for the purpose, and having any number
of parts connected together by suitable, adjustable, and opposing joints, one end
of which said arm or bracket consists of a preferably flat plate A, adapted to
be screwed or otherwise fixed upon a flat surface, such for instance as a wall, the
side reveal of a window, the front of a pianoforte, or the lid or bottom of a
gentleman's shaving or dressing case, or in any convenient place in a lady's
boudoir, such flat surface being suggested by a line 13, but of course when such
surface B is concave or convex, or other than flat, the plate A may be formed
to correspond thereto and be fixed as stated thereon.
The plate A has connected thereto, or formed integrally therewith an extension
piece C, to which is hinged or, otherwise pivotally connected a plate D, of any
size, shape, or configuration; and adapted to swing at right angles with the
plate A, the said plate D being hinged or otherwise pivotally connected at a point a
with a plate, rod, bar or member E, in such a manner that E may swing upon
the plate D, preferably in the same direction as D upon A, the said portion or
member E being also pivotally connected at a point 6 to a member F, the
joint 6 being preferably that known as a "rule joint," but whether such or other
joint be employed, the member F is adapted to move upon the member Eat
right angles to that at which E moves upon D, so that when desired 'F may be
placed at any angle to, and in alignment with the extension C on A; (as suggested
by dotted outline in Fig. 1) while E may be placed at any angle at right angles
with the plate D, as suggested by dotted outline in Fig. 2; and in. order to retain
the member E in whatever position desired, I may employ a thumb or other
screw G, passing through one of the outer members, and impinging upon the
inner or middle member of the rule joint b. The member F may be formed
integrally with or pivotally connected to a member H, and if the latter, such
pivotal connection may be by that of a knuckle, parallel, or other joint such as c,
by means of which the member H may swing upon F in a direction at right
angles to that in which F swings upon the member E. The member H is pivotally
connected to the final member or lug J, by the means of any suitable joint,
preferably a rule joint d, as shewn, which may be provided with an adjusting
screw such as G if desired, the said joint d when used permitting the member J
to swing upon F in the same plane as F upon E. The said member or lug J is
provided with a tapered pin or stud K, upon which is mounted the lug L of a
plate M, so that such plate may swing upon such pin or stud in either direction
at right angles to the joint d, and by reason of such pin or stud being tapered,
such lug L and plate M may be retained in any position thereon, the said plate
being adapted to receive a mirror, sconce or the like as suggested by the dotted
lines e.
From the foregoing it will be understood that the said folding arm or bracket
may be employed with advantage by organists as a means for adjusting' the position
of the mirror by which he or she may see the leader of an orchestra behind, or
the said arm or bracket may be fixed upon the reveal of a window for carrying
a mirror, or fixed upon the front of a pianoforte or wall for carrying a sconce,
or for carrying a mirror in a gentleman's shaving or a lady's dressing case, the
several joints pivotted in the said bracket permitting the sconce or mirror mounted
thereon to be moved to and fixed at any desired angle, or at any desired distance
from the place of suspension (indicated by B) within the limits of the said bracket,
and when not in use the said joints permit the whole to be folded up into a small
space as shewn by Fig. 3.
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;-
1st. The improved adjustable folding arm, bracket or support substantially as
described and shewn.

page_text: 2nd. The improved support or bracket consisting of several parts or sections
connected to each other by the means of suitable joints,. adapted to permit the
said members to swing upon each other in the same or opposite directions, with
means for mounting the said support or bracket, upon a flat or other surface, and
means by which the same may carry a mirror or sconce substantially as described
and shewn.
d of July 1898.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
No. 1, Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, E.C.,
Agent for Applicant.