US818602A - Attachment for desk-telephones. - Google Patents

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No. 818,602. Y PATENTED APR. 24, 1906. J. G. BELDBN A. BEUTLER'. ATTACHMENT FOR DESK TELEPHONES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2. 1904.

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No. 818,602. PATENTED APR. 24, 1906.

J. O. BELDEN & A. BEUTL ER. ATTACHMENT FOR DESK TELEPHONES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2, 1904.

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UNITED s'raa ns PATENT omucn.

JOSEPH U. BELDEN AND ALBERT BEUTLER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

ASSIGNORS TO BELDEN MANUFACTURING COMIANY, OF (III- OAGO, ILLINOIS, A ()ORIORAJION OF ILLINOIS.

ATTACHMENT FOR DESK-TELEPHONES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Application filed July 2, 1904. Serial No. 215.116.

' carry a writing-pad upon which notes maybe taken and memoranda made, this pad being always held in a convenient position to enable the telephone user to write thereupon.

Attachments for this purpose have been commonly applied to those telephone sets that are ordinarily mounted upon the wall and in some cases also to that class of telephones adapted to use upon desks or tables and commonly known as desk-telephones. When applied to this latter class of telephones, Writing-pads have been secured thereto in such manner as to atl'ord an unstable base upon which to write, and, furthermore, appliances of this kind prior toour invention have been of such construction as to involve considerable expense in their manufacture, thus preventing their wide adoption.

It is the object of our invention to overcome these defects and also to secure a means of attachment to the desk-telephone stand which will be readily adjustable to various types of stands.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate our invention, Figure 1 is a complete view of a well-known type of desk-telehone to the stand of which our attachment 15 secured. Fig. 2 is a side view ofour writing-pad attachment secured to the pedestal of the desk-stand, the remaining portions of the desk-stand being cut away for convenicnce in illustration. Fig. 3 is a view of the device of our invention less the paper-pad, its various parts being shown disassembled in order to more clearly indicate their respeclive functions. Fig. i is a view of the supporting-rod, upon which the plate for holding the pad is mounted. Fi .5 is a sectional view showing the method of fastening the pad in place. Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing the method oi attaching the pad-supporting plate to its supporting-arm.

Referring now to the several figures, A indicates a supportingplate for the writingpad, and B a' rod serving to support said plate. The left-hand end of the rod has a portion 1) bent in the arc of a circle, having approximately the same radius as the base of the (leslvstand pedestal to which it is to be secured. Holes 7), b are drilled or punched in the straight portion of the rod on each side of the bent portion Z), these holes being of such size as to freely admit the screws (l without engaging their threads.

I) is a clamping member, having the portion d bent in the arc of a circle of similar radius to the bent portion 7) of the rod B. In the clamping member I) are thrcadcd holes d d, adapted to register with the holes I) I) in the piece B and to be engaged by the threaded ends of the screws C extending therethrough. By means of the clamping membcr D and the screws the supporting-rod B may be clamped upon a cylindrical portion of the base of the desk-stand pedestal, the screws serving to bind the bent portions of the rod B and the clamping member 1) into firm contact with said pedestal.

The plate A is secured to the free ends oi the rod B primarily by means of the rivets E E E, (shown most clearly in Figs. 3 and 6,) these rivets passing thrcugh the holes I)" If IX of the rod B and thn ugh similar holes in the plate A. In order that the plate A may be made to assume a suitable angular pcsiticn to facilitate writing upon it, the red B is given a partial twist at the point If, as mcst clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

' Two screw-threaded posts F project up wardly from the upper portion of the plate A, these posts engaging screw-threaded holes I) b in the supporting-rod B and corresponding holes in the plate A. After being threaded into these holes through both the plate A and the rod B the ends of the posts F are upset, as iltf, thus serving to rivet the posts firmly into the plate A and rod B. This method of construction is advantageous in that by using the combined thickness of the plate A and the rod B for support of the posts F a sui'licient thickness of metal is socured to afford a rigid support for said posts. Such suflicient thickness is not found when the plate A alone is used to engage the posts F unless the plate A is made thicker than the other requirements would dictate. In this construction the portions of the screwthreaded rivet-pests F not screwed and riveted into the plate A and rod B term projecting members for the convenient attachment of the writing-pad G. i

G is a pad of paper of suitable form, this pad being perforated by circular holes near its upper edge of such size and such distance apart as .to register with the two upright posts F. The pad G when put in position upon the plate A is therefore held from lateral movement by posts F and is clamped in place by means of a binding-strip H and two thumb-nuts I, as most clearly shown in the secticnal view of Fig. 5. By thus securing the pad in place its individual sheets may be torn off, the binding-strip H serving as a guide in tearing the paper. The entire stub may be easily removed and another pad substituted when required. By fitting the writ-I ing-pad attachment to the base of the desk stand pedestal, as shown, a firm foundation upon which to write is secured, whereas with a pad supported from a point near the top of the desk-stand edestal, as in previous devices', a lack of rigidity results.

The method we use of clamping the device to the desk-stand pedestal is adaptable to different sizes of pedesta lbases, as the bent portion of the supporting-rod B and its auXihary yoke or clamping member D are sufiioiently flexible to permit considerable variation inthe size of thecylinder they are adapted to clamp between them.

Having described our invention, what we desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In an attachment for desk-telephones a plate for supporting a writing-pad, a rod supporting said plate and having its end bent into the arc of a circle adapted to embrace a portion of the circumference of the pedestal of the desk-telephone, a yoke-piece bent into a similar arc, screws for clamping said rod and said yoke together around the base of said pedestal, posts passing throughsaid rod and said plate and riveted upon said rod and having projecting members, a writing-pad having perforations adapted to be engaged by the projecting members of said posts, and

means for holding said writing-pad upon said posts, substantially as described.

2. In an attachment for desk-telephones, a plate for supporting a writing-pad, a rod riveted to said plate adapted to engage the pedestal of said desk telephone, means for clamping said rod into engagement with said pedestal, screw-threaded rivet-posts passing through said rod and said plate and riveted int) said red and said plate, a writing-pad, a binding-strip having perforations adapted to be engaged by said rivetposts, and nuts for said rivet-posts adapted with said binding-strip to clamp said pad upon said plate, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a telephone-desk stand, a rod having a bentpJrti-cn adapted to engage the pedestal of said stand, a'yoke, also adapted to engage said pedestal, screws fcr clamping said r; d and said ybke together around said pedestal, a writing-pad, a plate for supporting said writingpad riveted to said red, posts for securing said writing-pad in place upon said plate, said posts passing through said plate and said rod and riveted thereto, a binding-strip also perforated to engage said prsts and nuts adapted to engage screw threads on said posts for clamping said bindingstrip against said pad, substantially as descrlbed. I

4. In an attachment for desk-telephonesa rod, means for attaching said rod to a desktelephone, a plate for suporting a writingpad, rivets for holding said plate on said rod and having projecting members, a writingpad, and clamping means associated with the projecting members of said rivets and adapted to clamp said writing-pad upon said plate,

substantially as described. I

Signed by us at Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, in the presence of two wit- DGSSGS.

JOSEPH O. BELDEN. ALBERT BEUTLER.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL G. MOMEEN. E. A. GARLooK.

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