Improvements in Frames and Stands for Photographs and other Pictures.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 24th May, 1889-Accepted, 29th June, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Frames and Stands for Photographs and other
Pictures.
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I, CARL SCHUBÖ, successor to J. P. Leonhardt, of Offenbach-on-the-Main, in the
Empire of Germany, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to frames and stands for photographs and other pictures and
has for its object to enable any person, without possessing any previous experience in
the mounting of pictures, to place a picture in the frame or stand and remove it again
in an easy and convenient manner.
According to the said invention the frame or stand is not a firmly connected whole,
but consists of two parts united by a spring hinge.
The improved stand constructed according to this invention can be made in the
form of an easel. With its lower part is connected, by means of a hinge, a support
which enables the stand to be put in an upright or inclined position.
A cross pioce arranged on the said lower part forms a kind of channel in which the
photograph or other picture and the glass-plate for covering the same are placed.
The upper part of the stand which is connected with the lower part by the spring
hinge is turned backwards when the photograph or other picture is to be mounted with
a glass-plate.
After the picture has been placed in the channel formed by the aforesaid cross-piece
the upper part of the stand is simply released so that it is moved back to the original
positon through the medium of the spring hinge, the upper edge of the picture and
glass-plate being covered by an upper cross piece provided on the upper part, thus
giving the picture the necessary hold.
In another arrangement the upper cross-piece of the frame or stand for the picture
is connected with the lower part by means of two spring hinges arranged at suitable
points so that it can be turned back. The vertical frame parts are made hollow at their
rear side so that, with the cross-piece to which a support is attached, a groove is formed
into which the picture and the glass plate are slid. This having been effected the upper
cross piece is released, whereupon it is caused to move back to the original position
by means of the spring hinge, which completes the framing of the picture.
In frames which do not possess the cross piece for the support, I provide in the
vertical frame parts, grooves into which the picture and the glass plate are slid in lieu
of the said channels.
Frames and stands constructed as above described have the advantage of enabling
photographs and other pictures to be mounted and dismounted by any person, and
readily exchanged.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Frames and Stands for Photographs and other
Pictures.
I, CARL SCHUBÖ, successor to J. P. Leonhardt, of Offenbach-on-the Main, in the
Empire of Germany, 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 relates to frames and stands for photographs and other pictures and
has for its object to enable any person without possessing any previous experience in

page_text: the mounting of pictures, to place a picture in the frame or stand and remove it a
in an easy and convenient manner.
again
The accompanying drawing shows two modifications in the construction of the
frame but it will be understood that the said invention is not limited to these
constructions.
According to the said invention the frame or stand is not made of a firmly connected
whole, but consists of two parts united by a spring hinge.
The improved stand constructed according to this invention can be made in the form
of an easel as represented in Figures 1 to 3. With the lower part A of the stand is
connected by means of a hinge at a a support S which enables the stand to be put in
an upright or inclined position. A cross piece or bar C arranged on the said lower
part A forms a kind of channel in which the photograph or other picture B and the
glass plate for covering the same are placed. The upper part A' of the stand which
is connected with the lower part A by the spring hinge c is turned backwards when
the photograph or other picture is to be mounted with a glass plate in the manner
shown in Figure 3.
After the picture has been placed in the channel formed by the aforesaid cross-piece
or bar C, the upper part A¹ of the stand is simply released so that it is moved back to
the original position shown in figure 2 through the medium of the spring hinge, the
upper edge of tho picture and glass plate being covered by an upper cross piece C¹
provided on the upper part A', thus giving the picture the necessary hold.
In another arrangement shown in Figures 4 to 6 the upper cross piece R¹ of the
frame or stand for the picture is connected with the lower part by means of two spring
hinges Carranged at suitable points so that it can be turned back in the manner
illustrated in Figure 6. The vertical frame parts are made hollow at their rear side
at so that, with the cross piece to which a support S is attached, a groove is formed
into which the picture and the glass plate are slid. This having been effected, the
upper cross piece R' is released, whereupon the same is caused to move back to the
original position represented in Figures 4 and 5, by means of the spring hinge c which
completes the framing of the picture.
In frames which do not possess the cross piece Q for the support, I provide in the
vertical frame parts, grooves into which the picture and the glass plate are slid, in
lieu of the said channels at b 1. The construction of the frame otherwise remains the
same.
Frames and stands constructed as above described have the advantage of enabling
photographs and other pictures to be mounted and dismounted by any person and also
enables the pictures to be readily exchanged.
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 :-
A picture frame which does not form a firmly connected whole but which consists
of two parts united by a spring binge, which are so arranged that if the upper part is
turned round, a picture and a glass can be placed either in a horizontal channel
(Figures 1 to 3) or in vertical grooves (Figures 4 to 6), the said upper part, being
moved back again to its normal position by the spring hinge when the said picture
and glass have been introduced into the said channel or grooves.
Dated this 24th day of May 1889.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.