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Description

May 24, 1927. Re. 16,635

F. VW. HOBAN TELEPHONE Aucnua'u'r original Fuga Peb.12. 1921 2 shun-shut 1 1M A'rroRNEY May 24, 1927. Re. 16,635.

F. w. HOBAN rgLEPHoNE ATTAcHuEN'r Orinal' Fled Feb. I2. 1921 2 SheBtS-Shet 2 INVENTOR Reissued May 24, 1927.

A vUNITED rararIELn frenan, or New vonk, n.JY., A ssIGNoa, `BY assrnnnnrsjro HoLDAiHoNE, IN'CRP'ORAT'ED, for'NEw YORK, N. A coRPoRATr'oN or Yong.

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original Neisee'iz, aaaneeemher 15,1925, sensi-N0. 444,415,'n1ed revru'ary i2, i921. application,

.for reissue fried March a,

-This invention relates to attachments for telephones, and has for one of its objects to provide. :means for supportingl tlie receiver,

ployed lfor vholding the receiver to the ear.

Another object Ais to provide an attachment of this kind on which the receiver may be nicely adjusted to exactly register with the 'ear of the user when talking into the mouth piece. A `further object is to prov-ide improved v.means f for retaining the receiverysupporting armin either of its positions,

that is, when n'ot in use, aswell as whenin use.. Further objects willappearas the description proceeds',

' The invention will be `first hereinafter described inv connection with the accompanyspecification, and. then more sfpecically ldefined in the claims .at the end vof' the description.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar referencecharacters are used to designate 'corresponding' parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a desk telephone showing my improved attachment applied thereto, the receiver-supporting arm being shown in the position it occupies when the :telephone is not in use. Figure 2 is a fragmentary side View of the telephone and attachment showing the receiver-supporting larm in position for use in .solid li'nes, and in the position it occupies when not in use in dotted lines, the correspondingpositions of the receiver hookl of the telephone being also indicated. Y

Figure 3 is a detailed side view of the outer end of the bracket off the attachment, showing the receiver-supporting arm back in idle position. l

Figure 4 is a part of the ball clamp at the free end of the receiver-'supporting arm, and c Figure 5 is a detailed perspective viewjof the clamp for securing the bracket to the standard of the telephone.

In `Figures 1 and2, an ordinary desk telephone is show-n with the vusual standard v1, mouth piece 2, receiver 3, and receiver-'supporting hook 4. The receiver isj attached to isr fastened around the standard 1 ofthe detailed perspective' view of 1927. serial No.;.17.'a,729.,`

ltelephone just below the. hook 1 bymeansof a clamp` 8. As illustrated in Figure 5. said clamp 8 yconsists 'of ysupplemental semi-circular members 9 and 10, one of which may be Y integral with the bracket 7, whileihe other is preferably detachably secured thereto by a` screw or bolt 1 1. The free ends of the members 9 Aand 1 0 ofthe clamp `are interlocked at 12, preferabl by" 'the dove-tail or T-connection shown', w ich `unitessaidouter ends of the members when their inner ,end portions are connected by the screw llmbut which permits the separable member 10 to be entirely removed when-'saidv screw l11 is l taken out in order to permit the ready application of the clamp about the standard of a telephone;

In ordery to permit the receiver to be ladjustedl so as to properly `register with `the ear of different userswhenthey are speaking into the mouth piece of' the telephone, the arm 5 is provided with atelescopic eX- tension 13 which `may bel sethat different lengths by a clampingscrew 14, and a ball 15 is formed at `the extremity'of said exten-y sion arm-13 to tit in a clamp 16 to which the receiver is' secured.. SaidV ball clamp 16, as shown in Figures 1 and 4, comprises supplemental -jaw members 17 and 18 having a concave portion at one end to engage vthe ball 15, while their other lends are spaced apart by an angu'larly` bent portion 19 on one Vj aw interlocking with the `other jaw by means of a tongue 2Q onpsaid part 19 vfitting in a notch 21 in the jaw 18. Said interlocking connection between the jaws retainsI them in properalignment when they are clamped together about the ball 15. bymeans of `set screw 22 which passes through the jaw `18 and engages a socket 23 in the Shanks 214: of the receiver clamp .25, which shanks are secured to the inner face of the jaw 17 of the ball clamp vby.screvv s 26, Figure 4.v g

.The receiver may be further adjustedby meansvof a set-screw 27 on a projecting lug 28 at the pivoted'end ofthe arm 5, saidset screw being adaptedto engage a stop |29 eX- tending into the rbifu'rcated end portion 30 of thebent .portion 6 kof the bracket, so that by adjusting said set screw the forward swing of 'the receiver-supporting arm may bearrested at different points. The Vset sc -rew 27 may Vbe fixed in adjusted position by a' locking screw 31. It will thus be seen 32 which serves as pivot for the `arm 5, is a j lever 33 which extends along saidv bent portion 6 of the bracket and has its end passed through the loops 34'atthe end of the re'-A ceiver hook i ofthe telephone. At the other side `of its pivot the leverl 33 has a bent tongue 35 extending into the path of the lug 28 on Vthe arm '5. The arrangement 0f said lever, tongue, and lug is such that .when the arm- 5, which supports the receiver,

is swung backward, as shown in Figure 1, and in dotted lines in Figure 2, the lug 28 engages the tongue 35 and moves the lever 33 and receiver hook 4 downward to cut oil' the circuit to the telephone, as is usually done when the receiver is placed on said hook. Y

To insure the proper retention of the r`e ceiver-supporting arm in. its rearward or idle .position for maintaining the telephone circuit normally broken, a coiled spring 36 is fastened at one endto the bent portion 6 of the bracket at 37, and at the other end to a bent lug 38 `on the pivot hub 39 of the arm 5, the arrangement of said lug 38 being such that it will'- be positioned at one side of the pivot 32 of said arm when the latter is swung backward to its idle position, Yas shown in Figures 1 and` 3, and in dotted lines in Figure 2. When the arm 5 isy swung forward, as shown in solid lines in Figure; 2, the lug 38 is brought to a position at the other side of the pivot 32, so that the spring 36 then serves to hold the arm in position to support'the receiver in line with the ear of the user. It will be noted that the spring 36 will move the arm 5 in either direction after the latter has been manually swung far enough to bring the lug 38 past the line 0f the ivot 32 and point of connection 37 of the inner end of said spring. This insures the proper movement of the arm V5 rearward to its fullest extent for cutting off the telephone circuit, even though said arm is not pushed all the way back manually. Obviously, the arrangement of theA spring 36 will also insure the movement of 'the re ceiver-supporting arm to the limit of its forward movement for bringing the receiver into proper register with the ear of the user, and will hold said arm in that position while the instrument is being used.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is z- 1. In la telephone attachment, the combination with a bracket and means for holding it in forwardly extending, associated relation with a telephone instrument, of a receiver carrying arm pivoted on the front end of the bracket and swinging between a position upwardly and rearwardly of said bracket and v.a position forwardly and upwardly Vof said bracket, a. leverfulcrumed on the front end of the bracket and extending rearwardly alongside the saine in a position to engage the receiver hook of an instrument, and means carried .by the lower end of thereceiver carrying arm and operating.

on the front end of the lever for moving the lever. l

2. In a telephone attachment, the combination with a bracket and means for holding it in associated relation with a telephone instrument, of a` receiver carrying arm pivoted to the bracket, and a lever pivoted between its ends on the bracket and coaxially with the arm, one arm of the lever being in the path of the arm', the other arm of the lever engaging the telephone receiver hook of the instrument to operate the same when said lever is moved by the arm.

3. A telephone attachment comprising a bracket adapted to be operatively associated with a telephone instrument and extending forwardly, a receiver carrying arm pivoted at the lower end thereof to the front portion of said bracket and swinging forwardly and rearwardly above the pivot thereof into operative and inoperative positions, a lever pivoted on the front portion of said bracket and extending rearwardly in a position to engage the receiver hook of said instrument., and means carried bythe lower portion of said arm and operating on the adjacent portion of said lever formoving the lever.

4. A` telephone attachment comprising a bracket adapted to be operatively associated with a telephone instrument, a receiver car.- rying. arm pivoted at the lower end thereof to said bracket and 'adapted to swing forwardly and rearwardly in a vertical plane, and a lever pivoted at the forward end thereof to said bracket adjacent to the lower end of said arm and extending rearwardly into engagement with the receiver hook of said instrument; said `arm and said lever adjacent to the pivoted ends thereof having portions thereon lying in the path of travel of each other and adapted to engage when said arm is swung to inoperative position for moving said lever to depress said hook.

5. A telephone attachment comprisinga bracket adapted to beV operatively associated with a telephone instrument, a receiver carrying member pivoted to said bracket and swinging vertically thereon between operative and inoperative positions, a member for controlling the receiver hook of said telephone instrument pivoted to said bracket coaxially with said receiver carrying member, and a lportion carried by one of said members and' extending laterally into the path of travel of the other of said members sie-,eas

y and' engaged`Y thereby to actuate' lsaid hook controlling member'l ,when` said" receiver carrying member is actuated.v

6. A telephonev attachment? comprising a bracket adapted tovbeffoperatively associated withV a telephone instrument, a receiver carrying arm pivoted at its lower end to said bracket'andswinging vertically thereon between operative and inoperative positions, a

eachother andadapted to engagewhen saidV arm` is Aswung to inoperative position for moving saidf'lever to depress said hook.

17. A telephone attachment comprising a bracket adapted to be operatively associated with atelephone instrument, and extending forwardly, a receiver carryingarm pivoted at the lower end thereof to the forward portion of said bracket and swinging vertically thereon between operative and inoperative positions, a lever pivoted at the outer end thereof to the forwardv portion of .said

vbracket coaxially'y with and in close relation to said arm, and extending` rearwardly in I position to engage the receiver hook of the telephone instrument, and a portion extending laterally from said lever adjacent to the 4 pivot thereof into the path of travel of said arm and actuated thereby to control said receiver hook.

8. A telephone attachmentv comprising a bracket adapted to be operatively associated with a telephone instrument, a receiver carrying member pivoted at the lower end thereof to said bracket and adapted to Vswing vertically to opposite sides of thepivot thereof into operative and inoperative positions, means for supporting the weight of said member in its operative and'inoperative positions, and a resilient member con'- nected to said receiver carrying member to lswing transversely of the pivot thereof and serving to facilitate the movement of said receiver carrying member between said positions and augmenting the weight thereof in each of said positions to retain the same therein in engagement with said supporting means.

, 9. A telephone attachment comprising a bracket adapted to be operatively associated with a telephone instrument, a receiverv carrying arm pivoted at the lower'end thereof to said bracket and swinging vertically thereon between operative vand inoperative.

positions, a stop -on said bracket adapted to engage said arm to support the-same in operative position, means actuated by said arm for controlling the receiver hook of said telephone instrument; and a 1resilient inember connected' to said arm to swing trans-- versely` of' the pivot thereof and serving.y to facilitatethe novernent-of'said arm between said posit-ions, andfmain'tain'-the'same inits operative" position/in engagementwithsaid stopr and in its inoperative. positionfin engagementiwithsaid hook controlling means to maintain' said hook depressed.A l

' l0. A telephone attachment comprising a bracket adapted to be, operatively associatedy with'y a telephone instrument, a receiver carrying member pivoted? at `the lower end thereof to said bracketl andv swinging. vertically thereon between operative and in op.-v erative positions, a stop on v said bracket adapted' to' engage rsaid member vto support: the samel in operative position, ameinberfpivoted to'saidfbracket for vertical movement andlextending rearwardly in positionto'en'- gage the receiver hook of said telephone instrument, a portion on one of: said members extending laterally `into the path of travel of the other of said members and engaged thereby -to cause one member to actuate the other, and la resilient member connecting said bracket and said receiver' carrying member, and serving to swing said receiver carrying member between said posi tions and maintain the same in its operative position in engagement with said stop and in' its inoperative position in engagement with said hook engaging member to retain the same depressed.

11. A telephone attachment comprising a bracket adapted to be operatively associated with a telephone instrument, and extending forwardly, a receiver carrying arm pivoted at the lower end thereof to the forward portion of .said bracketl and swinging vertically thereon between operative and inoperative positions, a lever pivoted at the outer end thereof to the forward portion' of said bracket coaxially with said arm and extending rearwardlyrin position to engage the receiver hook of said telephone instrument; said arln and said lever adjacent to the pivot thereof having portions thereon lying in the path of travel of eachother and adapted to engage when said arm is swung to inoperative position, a stop on said bracket adapted to engage said arm to support the same in its operative position, and a resilient member connecting said bracket and said arm, and serving to swing said arm between said positions and maintain the same in its operative position in engagement with said stop and in its inoperative positionin engagement with said lever to retain the same in depressed position.

12. A telephone attachment comprising a bracket adapted to be operatively associated with a telephone instrument, a receiver carrying arm pivoted at the lower end thereof to' said bracket and adapted to swing over cilitate the movement of said arm between' said positions and augmenting the Weight thereof to maintain the same 1n engagement `with said stop in the operative position thereof, and maintaining said arm in engagement With said hook controlling member in the inoperative position thereof, and said hook controlling member depressed.

13. A telephone attachment comprising a bracket adapted to be operatively associated with a telephone instrument, a' receiver carrying member pivoted at the lower end thereof to said bracket and adapted to swing over the pivot thereof intooperative and iin-- trollingy member movably mounted on said n bracketr and servingvto support said receiver carying member in its inoperative position at the opposite side of said pivot, and a resilient member connected to said receiver carrying member and serving to facilitate the movement thereof between said ositions, and augmenting the Weight thereof in each of said positions to retain the same in engagement with said stop and said hook controlling member, and in said inoperative positionv to maintain said hook controlling member depressed.

Signed atNeW York, inthe county and State of New York, this 7th day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-4 seven,

y A FAIRFIELD W. HoBAN.

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