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Patented July 18, 1905.
UNITED STATES, PATENT OFFICE.
SIDNEY AUGUSTUS MARSH, OF WHARTON, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-
HALF TO GEORGE CHESTER GIFFORD, OF WHARTON, TEXAS.
BOOK-CARRIAGE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,809, dated July 18, 1905.
Application filed June 17, 1904. Serial No. 213,027.To all whom, it ma y concern:
Be it known that I, SIDNEY AUGUSTUs
MARSH, a citizen of the United States, resid-
ing at Wharton, in the county of Wharton
5 and State of Texas, have invented a new and
useful Book-Carriage, of which the following
is a specification.
This invention relates to a device for carry-
ing and supporting books and similar articles
io while being used or worked on, and is de-
signed more particularly for the use of book-
keepers and other accountants, registrars of
deeds and similar persons, and others whose
duties require them to frequently consult or
r5 refer to or make entries in or extracts from
large books, and has for its object to provide
a simply-constructed and portable means
whereby the required books may be moved
into convenient position to the operator
20 without the necessity of moving from his
place.
With these and other objects in view,
which will appear as the nature of the inven-
tid is better understood, the same consists
25 in certain novel features of construction, as
hereinafter fully described and claimed.
In the accompanying drawings, forming a
part of this specification, and in which cor-
responding parts are denoted by like desig-
30 eating characters, is illustrated the preferred
form of the embodiment of the invention ca-
pable of carrying the same into practical op-
eration, it being understood that the inven-
tion is not necessarily limited thereto, as va-
35 rious changes in the shape, proportions, and
general assemblage of the parts may be re-
sorted to without departing from the prin-
ciple of the invention or sacrificing any of its
advantages, and the right is therefore re-
40 served of making all the changes which fairly
fall within the scope of the invention and the
claims made therefor.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1
is a perspective view of a portion of a writing-
45 desk with the improved device applied. Fig.
2 is a transverse section of the same enlarged
Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional details illustrating
the construction of the track and the man-ner of mounting the same upon the desk or
other support. 50
The improved device is generally arranged
upon the upper surface of a long "standing"
desk, such as are ordinarily employed in
counting-rooms and offices, but may be dis-
posed upon other suitable supports as cir- 55
cuinstances may require, but for the purpose
of illustration is shown applied to a relatively
long desk, as at 10.
The desk-top is provided near its lower
edge with spaced sockets 11 and embedded 6o
therein so that no portion projects above the
general surface, the sockets receiving corre-
sponding studs 12, projecting from a track
13. The track is preferably formed in sec-
tions detachably united at the ends, as by 65
spurs -or tenons 14, in one section entering
corresponding apertures or mortises in the
next section. By this simple means a track
of any desired length may be located along
the desk and held from movement by the 70
studs fitting in the sockets. Thus when the
track is not required it can be quickly re-
moved and leave no obstruction other than
the ,relatively small and unnoticeable sock-
ets 11. 75
If required, the lower faces of the track-
sections may be protected with felt or the
like to prevent abrasion of the desk.
The supporting-platform 15 for the books
or other articles is formed in two or more sec- 8o
tions hinged together, as at 16, so that they
will fold together when not in use, and each
section provided with its own independent
set of carrier-rollers 17, one set for engaging
the track 13, and thereby guided, and the 85
platform retained in proper position upon
the desk.
One of the track members only will gen-
erally be required, as represented; but tracks
may be provided for both lines of the rollers, go
if preferred.
With a desk or other support equipped with
one of the improved devices herein described
a bookkeeper or other operator may place his
large and cumbersome books in open order 95
thereon and then standing or sitting at oneNo. 794,809.
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Marsh, Sidney Augustus & Gifford, George Chester. Book Carriage, patent, July 18, 1905; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514580/m1/2/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.