US883433A - Book-holder. - Google Patents

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PATENTED MAR. 31.- 1908.

H. B. UTZ. BOOK HOLDER APPLICATION rum) ulml. 1908.

HENRIETTA BODLEY UTZ, OF COLLEGE HILL, OHIO.

BOOK-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 31, 1908.

Application filed January 31, 1908. Serial No. 413,501.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRI TTA BODLEY UTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing atCollege Hill, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Book-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to book holders, and the object is to provide a simple and convenient device of this character, it being more especially designed for use in the kitchen for holding a cook book or other matter containing recipes, to which occasional reference .must be made during the progress of the work, holding the leaves of the book stationary, and eliminating the necessity of repeatedly touching the book with the hands, thus avoiding interru tion to the work and allowing the book to e kept clean.

My invention consists in a substantially rectangular frame provided with means for securing it to the wall and having its lower part divergent from the wall and provided with a ledge upon which the book is adapted to be supported, the ledge having clamping members pivoted thereon, and the clamping members being provided with springs to press them against the book or other article to be held, and being independent of each other to allow of equalization of pressure on the book or other article, and of independent release, as well as in the parts and the details of construction and arrangement of parts, as will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing :Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same, the

straight broken line representing the surface of the Wall or other object to which the device is adapted to be attached, and the dotted lines representing one of the clamping members in raised position. Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the use of my invention, parts of the device being represented by dotted lines.

The rectangular frame is constructed of right and left parts 1 and, 2, which are joined by upper and lower sleeves 3 and 4. However, it .will be understood that this frame may be constructed of one piece of wire, in which case only one joint would be necessary instead of two joints where the sleeves 3 and 4 are provided; or any well known means of joining the ends of the wire or wires may be used. On the upper part. of the frame composed of the members 1 and 2 are the loops 5 and 6 formed by properly bending the wires forming the members 1 and 2, and which loops are ada ted to have screws 7 and 8 passed throng them, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing, for securing the device to the wall or any other vertical surface. E tending transversely of,the frame near its middle is a broad, fiat brace 9 which is secured t0 the side parts of the members 1 and 2 by bending it around them, while immediately below the junction of the base 9 with the side parts of the members 1 and 2, these members are bent in- SllC'li a manner that When the device is attached to the wall, as above described, the lower parts of the members 1 and 2 diverge from the wall, so that the lower part of the frame is thrown outward from the wall or other vertical s11 port, and the book or other article held in the older is made to occupy a position most convenient for observation. Farther down the members 1 and 2 are given another bend which,however, is more acute than that immediately below the brace 9, so that-the lower secure together thereby.

At the sides of the sleeve 4 and about mid- I way between it and the side members of the parts 1 and 2, the clamping members 11 and 12 are mounted on the transverse arts of the members 1 and 2 by being provi ed with loops 13 and 14, and 15 and 16, respectively, whlch take around the transverse parts of the members 1 and 2, respectively. These clamping members 11 and 12 extend. upward and are curved so that they present convex sides toward the brace 9 and the main part of the frame, each of the members 11 and 12 being preferably formed of a single piece of wire bent at its middle to form two parts, which parts diverge from the bend towardtheir ends upon which the loops 13 and 14, and 15 and 16, respectively, are formed. To give those clamping members their convexity, they are then bent bodily at right angles to the above described middle bend. The curve which gives the convexity to the members is such that when a book or other article, the thickness of which may vary, is inserted between the clam ing members 11 and 12 and the main part 0 the frame, these 6531 'and'12 will resent a smooth, curved surface to the boo r or other article, regardless of its thickness. Surrounding the transverse parts of the frame, between the loo s 13 an an between the loops 15 and 16 of the clamping member 12, are the coil springs 17 and 18, respectively. Each of the springs has the part adjacent its end nearest to the sleeve 4, or the inner end, coiled around the adjacent parts of its respective clamping member, while the other end of each spring extends backward and is fastened to a transverse lowerbrace 19 bybeing looped around it, this lower brace 19 being fastened to the side arts of the members 1 and 2, but being 00 ed around them near their acute bends, as illustrated in the drawing. As shown, both of the spiral springs 17 and 18 are wound around the lower transverse parts of the members 1 and 2 in the same direction, and conse uently, in order to give the same direction 0 action on their respective clamping members, the spring 17 passes from under the lower transverse part of the member 1, backward to the lower transverse brace 19, while the spring 18 passes from 'over the lower transverse part of the member 2, backward'to the lower transverse brace 19. The springs 17 and 18 being thus secured, they tend to normally press the clamping memvbers 11 and 12, respectively, back toward the broad flat brace 9, and when no article is placed in the holder, these clamping memers will bear. against said brace 9, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing.

When it is desired to insert an article, such as a cook book, in the holder, the clamping members 11 and 12 may be drawn forward by placin a finger on the upper end of each one, and rawing them away from the brace 9. U on being released, being independent of eac other, the clamping members 11 and 12 will then adjust themselves to the respective sides of the book, such as the sides 20 and 21, respectively, of the book 22, as illustrated in Fig. 3, and will hold both sides with equal firmness whether the book be opened in the middle so that the two sides are equal in thickness, or whether the book be opened near the front'or back so that one side 18 considerably thicker than the other.

When it is desired to turn one or more pages of the book, it is not necessary to remove the book from the holder, but the clamping members 11 and 12 being inde pendent, the one on the side of the book where thepage or pages are to be turned may be raised, while the other clamping member holds the book firmly in place, and the page or pages may be turned so as to lie over the other clamping member which holds the book in place. The clamping member which hold it in while the other member which was holding the book in p ace may be raised and the page or pages allowed to come under it, after which it may be al- 14 of the clamping member 11,- lowed to resume its clamping position. By

diverge from the article being held, so that they are conveniently engageable by the fingers for the operation of the device, and allow the fingers to be out of the way while holding the clamping members back to insert the book or other article to be held.

As illustrated, the frame of my improved book holder is adapted to bear against the wall or other surface upon which it is supported with its loops 5 and 6, and, in order to allow it to be firmly supported on any surface, whether uneven or not, I prefer to rovide it with a threepoint bearing, the t 'rd bearing being constituted by a book 23, which may be formed as shown by constructing the transverse brace 19 of two parts 19 and 19 twisted together at 24 in the middle, the part 19 being considerably longer than the part 19, so that it extends below the twist 24 and is bent to form the hook 23, the rear of which bears against the wall and forms the third point of support as indicated at 25 in Fig. 2. The end of the hook 23 is pointed, and the hook 23 is given such a shape that it forms a suitable filing hook, and in the use of my device in the kitchen as a cook book holder, this filing hook will be found convenient for filingsales slips or other papers which accumulate and which should be preserved in the regular order of their receipt and in position for ready reference.

As indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawing, my

improved device may be made to serve the additional purpose of an advertising medium, the advertising matter being placed on the broad transverse brace 9, as shown.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a book holder, a frame provided with means for attaching it to a vertical surface and having its lower part divergent from the lower surface when thus attached, and clamping members pivotally mounted on the lower part of the frame and movable independent of each other, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In a book holder, a frame provided with means for attaching it to a vertical surface and having its lower part divergent from the vertical surface when attached thereto, and bent to form a ledge, and clamping members pivotally mounted on the ledge and movable mdependent of each other, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. In a book holder, a frame provided with means for attaching it to a vertical surface and having its lower part divergent from the vertical surface when attached thereto, and bent to form a ledge, a lower transverse brace attached to the sides of the frame adjacent to the ledge, and a hook on the lower transverse brace adapted to bear against thevertical surface and form one of the points of support of said frame, substantially as and for the urposes specified.

4. In a book holder, a ame provided with means for attaching it to avertical surface and havin its lower partdivergent from the vertical surface when attached thereto, a broad flat brace attached to the sides of the frame, and clam ing members pivotally mounted on the ower part of the frame movable independent of each other and adapted to bear toward the broad flat brace, is lubstantially as and for the purposes speci- 5. In a book holder, a frame provided with means for attaching it to a vertical surface and having itslower part divergent from the lower surface when attached thereto and provided with a ledge to form a book support, said ledge terminating forwardly in the lower transverse part of the frame, clamping members pivotall mounted on the lower transverse part of t e frame, curved so that they present convex sides toward the vertical surface and being movable independently of each other, whereby they are, respectively, adapted to bear with equal facility regardless of the thickness of the book or of the relative thicknesses of the respective sides of the book to be held, substantially as and for the purposes specified. 6. In a book holder, a frame provided with loops for attaching it to a vertical surface, having its lower part diverging from the vertical surface when attached thereto and bent to form a ledge on its lower part, the forward part of which ledge terminates in the lower transverse part of the frame, a

mediately above the divergent part thereof, a lower transverse brace secured to the frame, clamping members pivotally mounted on the lower transverse part of the frame movable independently of each other and each consisting in a single piece bent to form divergent parts which terminate in loops taking around the lower transverse part of the frame to form the pivotal connection therewith, a spiral spring surrounding the lower transverse part of the frame between the loops of each clamping member, each of said springs having the part near one of its ends wound around one of the parts of its respective clamping members and the part near its other end secured to the lower transverse brace, each of the clamping members being curved bodily to resent a convex surface toward the broad. at brace, and the lower transverse brace being provided with a hook adapted to bear against the vertical surface and form a point of support for the frame, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

HENRIETTA BODLEY UTZ. Witnesses:

JAMEs N. RAMSEY, CLARENCE PERDEW.

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