US1170421A - Receiver-holding attachment for telephones. - Google Patents

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W.=A; DELANO & E. R. BELMONT RECEIVER HOLDING'ATTACHYMENTIFOR TELEPHONESI.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. H, 1915.

' l/VVE/VTORS William Adams Delano Patented. eb. 1, 1916.

Eleanor obsonBelmol I 0 ATTORNEYS l wILLiAM ADAMS DELANO,

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To all whom it may concern: I Be it known that we, \VIL IAM AoAMs DELANO and ELEANOR ROBSO'N BELMONT,

citizens of the .United States,and residents,

respectively, of the city-of'New York,,bor-

ough of Manhattan, in the. county and State of New York, and Hempstead, i.n the county of Nassau and State of New York, have in- I desk telephone. withthe attachment applied vented anew and Improved Receiver-Hold- 10 ing Attachment for Telephones;'of 'wh1 ch scription. l i

Thislinventionrelates to attachments to telephones for holding the. telephone "re the following is a full, clear, and exact de- '1'5 ceiver in suchrelation to the transmitter that a person can usethe telephone without the necessity of supporting the: receiver to the"ear by the hand,' asis now commonly necessary, and as result both hands will.

i 'shownqn connection-With a desk type of telephone-but .it is to be understood that befree for any desired'employment during a.telephone intercourse,

Theinvention has for its general ob]ects to improve and simplify'theconstruction of deviceslof the character referred to so '25 as to be reliable and eflicient-in use, com- .paratively'inexpensive to construct, and so designed that they can be appliedto.v the arious types of telephones 'andby persons" ,../'of ordinary intelligence. v

A more specific. object of the invention 'is j "the provision of areceiver holding attach ment for telephones in which. the "attachmenti-embodies a clamping ring or clip which is applied to and clamped on the body.

Siof the" telephone transmitter, and project-'.'

ing' laterally from the clip or ring are sprlng aws so shaped as to effectively 'hold the grip portion of the receiver, whiletheldia "phra'gmportion of .the receiver will be so 40 ;rel ated,to the transmitter that While the re-. ceiver is adjacent the" ear of the user the,

mouth willbe in suitable proximity to thetransmitter, so that the voice canbe'-directed into the latter, and as the \receiveris,

- 4.5 by means 'of the attachment, supported on the body of the t'ransniitterpthe hands .of the person using the telephone are left free for .various purposes, and the tiresome act' ofv holding the receiver-t0 the 'ear is obviated. i ,'With. such objects in View, and others which will appear as the description pro- 7 ceeds, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement Specification of Letters Patent; Application filedFebruary 11, 1915. 4 Serial No.. 7-,5e3

claims appended hereto. y 1 In the accompanyingdrawing, which illustrates one embodiment of the invention,

ticularity inth'e following-description and and wherein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the Patented Feb; 1, 191;6 1 I 'of parts suclr'as willbe setforth with par- I views, Figure' l is a-perspective view" of a to the transmitter body, and the receiver being shown by full lines supported onv the switch hook, and by dotted lines on the-at :tachment; Fig. 2 is a plan'vie'w ofjthe at-.

tachment, showing the same supporting the receiver of the telephone; F igz-B is a per .spe'ctivefiview 0f the attachment removed; and Fig. ,4 is a vertical section .through the clip or clampingring of-the'jattaehment;

In the pres'ent instance the attachment it. is'applicable to other forms.

Referring to the drawing, A designates a' transmitter is the attachment C, whichcon stitutes the subject'matter of'the present invention. The 'purpose'. of this attachment is to support the' receiver, when the. telephoneis in use, in such a manner that a con versatlon can be conducted through the telephone without the .user having to hold the receiver in the hand; as is now commonly necessa'ry. When the attachment is not in use the receiver A is supported in the usual a manner on the switchfork- 1 of the telel- "phonel. j a 1 r The attachment C comprises an attaching ring or clip 2 which is made intwo semi-f and'at 6 being-provided with outwardly ex tending lugs .7 and-8 which 'are provided vice. tend to spring apart so 'thatthe ring will body of the transmitter B, and whenthe ring is properly i applied, the screw .9 is turnedso'asto contractthe ringand thereby clamp the same circumferentially around. the body of the'transmitter. Theringis made of sheet metal, and thefront edges of the members 13 and 1 are bent into. internal circular parts '3 ands riveted together at5, I

with a screw -9 or equivalent tightening de-. I The semi-circular members 3 and 4' be of large enough diameter to slip on the v Adams-1' filai'i' 'es 10 which en age the front face Z) of a b the transmitter body' and determine the ire )er )OSltlOIllll of the 1111 on the latter.

the attaching 'ingQ is formed with later all I are ectin 11 iin aws 3 and 4P, 0

. r a c l positely bowed so that they can obtaina firm grip on the handle portion aof the receiver A. The free extremities of the jaws are backwardly curved into lips 3 and 4;, which lips are spaced apart so as to constitute an, open mouth somewhat smaller than the diameter of the grippoi'tion (a of the receiver A, and preferably, although notnecessarily,

the lower lip 4 projects somewhat beyond the lip 3" whereby the insertion of the re- -eeiver is facilitated. In inserting the receiver the same'comes into contact with the two lips, and these spring apart as there- 'CQIVBI' is forced into the jaws, and as soon as the receiver is fully inserted the jaws close, by means of their resiliency, on the receive-r and firmly hold the same. These jaws have considerablewidth so as to providelarge bearing surfaces for the receiver. The jaws 3 and 4 are preferably integrally con-c nected .with the sections 3 and 4 of the attaching riiigQ, and thejaws are united with their respective ring sections by fiat portions 12 whiclrare brought'together andfastened' byarivet13.

. VVlien'the telephone is in use the receiver is held thejaws, as shown by dotted lines in Fig.1, and the relation of the-effective part of the receiver to the transmitter is such that voice sounds canibe reliably received and transmitted. The placing of the .re-

. ceiver'in the jaws and the removing'of .the

receiver therefrom requires-but little effort and can be' done with one hand.

rom the ,foregoing description taken connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and method of operation will be readily understood bythose skilled in'the artto which the invention appertaiiis, and While we have de-v scribed the principle of operation,.together with the device which wenow consider to be the best embodiment thereof, we desire to 4 have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes. may be'made when desired as fall within the scope of the appended claims. Having thus described our invention, We

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: v I

1. A telephone attachment comprising a clamping ring for application to a transmitter body, said ring "being provided with an internal flange for engaging the front of the body to determine the proper positioning of the ring and also for stiffening the said ring, and a pair of jaws integrally connected with the ring and extending laterally therefrom to hold a receiverduring the use of the telephone to which the attachment is applied. i 2. A receiver attachment for telephones,

comprising a clamping ring expandible and contractible, said ring having at its front edge an internal flange adapted to engage the .front face of a telephone transmitter,

and laterally projecting spring jaws for holding a receiver, the free ends of the jaws being spread apart, and the lower jaw projecting beyond the upper jaw, said flange insuring the placing of the attachment on the transmitter in a position with the longer jaw lowermost When the jaws project from the left'of. the transmitter.

3. A receiver holding attachment for telephones, consisting of two sections, each section being made of a single strip ofmetal and bent into a semi-circular part, and a bowed jaw, the jaw, being unitedv with one I extremity of the semi-circular part by a flat portion, and the oppositeextreinity of the semi-circular'part being formed into. an apertured lug,.a fastener for permanently securing the flat parts of the sections together, and a tightening device passing through the apertured lugs, said semi-circular parts being formed with internal flanges for insuring the proper positioning of the attachment on the body ofa transmitter and ROBERT F; MARTIN, "ADoLrH- C. FRANZ.

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