Improvements in Movements for Holding or Suspending Toilet Glasses and other Swinging Frames, Blind Rollers, and the like, requiring Friction.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 15th July, 1892-Accepted, 17th Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Movements for Holding or Suspending Toilet
Glasses and other Swinging Frames, Blind Rollers, and the like,
requiring Friction.
CHARLES WEST Gas Fitter 65 Wills Street Lozells, Aston Birmingham do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
As applyed to a swinging toilet looking glass. I screw flat, against each side frame
of the glass, a groved wheel made in the shap desired according to my method.
On the upright pillows that are on each side the other part of the stand I screw
horned plates made in the shape desired according to my method, when done
I place the wheels in the hornes and by the waight of glass and frame thay act
automaticaly which set's up friction that provents the glass moveing, by pushing
the top or bottom of glass frame slightly you can place the glass at any desired
angle required where it will remain untill moved again.
As applyed to blind roller requireing friction. To provent the the blind runing
down when the pulley cord was out of order.
I will more particularly describe my invention as applyed to a toilet swinging
looking glass. Two movements one on each side of looking glass frame 1st. I take
two oblong peices of flat metal say two inches long by one inch wide and one
sixteenth thick. I cut out a V shaped gap about half way down each peice of
metal which leaves it forked shape forming horns. The bottom half of metals
I put the screw holes to screw them on the upright pillows that are on each side of
a looking glass stand, before scewing the plates on the upright pillows I slightly
bend the horns of plates. In the second place I make a metal wheel or roler to
screw or fasten flat against each side the glass frame. In the wheel's I make or cut
deep grove's in the edges, the section of the grove in the wheel would be like tow
letters V one side of wheel would form a cone the other side would be flat which I
will call the pressure plate (or I could make the groved wheel by reviting a cone
shaped thimble on a flat circular plate). I screw the two wheel's one on each side of
glass frame then I put the groved wheels into the V gaps of horned plates that are
on the upright pillows. The cone shaped part of the wheel will act automaticaly
(by waight of glass frame) on the horn's of plates, ou the pillows causeing the horns
to bind against the pressure plates which provents the glass frame from movcing.
A slight push at top or bottom of glass frame will move it to any desired angle that
may be required and will remain in position until moved again.
Dated the 13th day of October 1891.
CHARLES WEST.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Movements for Holding or Suspending Toilet
Glasses and other Swinging Frames, Blind Rollers, and the like,
requiring Friction.
I CHARLES WEST Gas Fitter 136 Lozells Road Aston Birmingham (late of
Wills Street) 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 :-
I will describe my invention as applyed to a toilet swing looking glass. Two
movements, one on each side of looking glass. I will describe one, the othe is like
it. I take an oblong peice of flat metal, say two inches long by. one inch wide and
a sixteenth thick I cut out a V shaped gap about half way down the metal (Fig. 1)

page_text: which leaves it forked shape, forming horns the bottom half of the metal I put the
screw holes, to screw them on the upright pillows that are on each side of a looking
glass stand, before screwing the horned plates on the pillows, I slightly bend out
the horns of same (Fig. 2).
In the second place I make a grooved wheel of metal (Figs. 3A, 3B, 4) to screw
flat against the side of glass frame. In the wheel I make, shape, or cut a deep
groove in the edge (Fig. 4) the section of the groove would be somthing like
(Fig. 4) one side of wheel forming a cone, the other side flat, which I will call the
pressure plate, or I could make the grooved wheel by reviting a coned shaped
thimble on a flat circular plate. I screw the wheel on the side of glass frame.
then place the grooved wheel in the V gap of the horned plate that are screwed
on the upright pillows. The coned shaped part of grooved wheel will act auto-
maticaly by it's own waight on the horns of the plate that are fixed on upright
pillow causeing the horns to bind against the pressure plate which provents the
glass frame from moveing. A slight push at top or bottom of glass frame will
move the glass to any desired angle that may be required, and will remain in
position untill moved again to any other angle. To provent the glass from being
accidentally taken out, I place a spring back ketch with notch at the top
(K Fig. 7). As applyed to blind rollers the action to be on one end of roller,
or both. The wheel part on roller, the fork on window jam, or such places_that
the roller may be used for. It's own waight provents the blind from running down
untill moved by a cord at the other end.
Fig. 1 showing the upright fork or horned plate, front vew, without the spring
back ketch.
Fig. 2 showing the section of horned plate, without the back ketch.
Fig. 3 showing front vew of grooved wheel.
Fig. 3 showing back vew of grooved wheel.
Fig. 4 showing section of grooved wheel.
Fig. 5 showing back of action, with the spring back ketch on the horned plate.
Fig. 6 showing front vew of same.
Fig. 7 showing section of same. K spring back ketch W the wheel F the fork.
Fig. 8 showing the complete action on one side of toilet glass.
There are two actions to the toilet glass one on each side.
Having now particularly discribed and assertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declair that what I
claim is
The forked horned plate, acted an by a coned shaped grooved wheel, allso the
grooved wheel acting on a fork as discribed in Figs. 1, 2, 3A, 3B, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Dated this 14th day July 1892.
CHARLES WEST.