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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
MILLARD F. RANDLE, OF MOBILE, ALABAMA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO MARGARET
A. V. ROBERTS AND ONE-FOURTH TO LILY ROBERTS, BOTH OF MINERAL WELLS,
TEXAS, AND FIVE ONE-HUNDREDTHS TO RADFORD 0. BRASWELL AND FORTY-FIVE
ONE-HUNDREDTHS TO JULIA E. RANDLE, BOTH OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
DEVICE FOR HANGING WALL-PAPER.1,017,019.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Feb. 13,1912.
Application filed April 8, 1911. Serial No. 619,834.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, MILLARD F. RANDLE, a
citizen of the United States of America,
and resident of Mobile, in the county of
5 Mobile and State of Alabama, have invent-
ed certain new and useful Improvements in
Devices for Hanging Wall-Paper, of which
the following is a specification.
This invention relates to paper hang-
10 ers' tools and particularly to a device adapt-
ed to support a length of paper while the
same is being applied to a wall, novel means
being provided for permitting the nesting
or holding of the parts of the paper sup-
15 porting member so that it can be conven-
iently transported and readily assembled or
readjusted for use.
An object of this invention is to provide
an implement for hanging paper, the same
20 having detachably connected and adjustably
mounted members interchangeable so that
the implement can be operated for the pur-
pose of applying paper to walls, or brush-
ing the paper to make it adhere uniformly
25 throughout the surface contacting the wall
and a roller for rolling the seams and other-
wise producing an artistic and desirable
finish in this line of work.
A still further object of this invention is
30 to provide a paper holder and a paper
brush, each of which can be adjusted at
angles with relation to the handles carrying
the same, thus increasing the utility of the
device and rendering it more advantageous
35 and economical owing to the fact that the one
tool takes the place of a number of imple-
ments in this trade.
With the foregoing and other objects in
view, the invention consists in the details of
40 construction and in the arrangement and
combination of parts to be hereinafter more
fully set forth and claimed.
In describing the invention in detail, ref-
erence will be had to the accompanying
45 drawings forming part of this specification
wherein like characters denote correspond-
ing parts in the several views, and in
which-
Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of
50 a paper hanger's tool embodying the in-
vention; Fig. 2 illustrates a side elevation
thereof with the brush omitted; Fig. 3 illus-
trates a detail view of the brush showingtwo brushes held by the brush clamp; Fig.
4 illustrates a detail view of a fragment of 55
the device shown in Fig. 3, the clip and
brush clamp being omitted; Fig. 5 illus-
trates a detail view of a fragment of the
paper holding device; Fig. 6 illustrates a
similar view with the arms folded; Fig. 7 60
illustrates a detail sectional view of a brush
head and the brush clamp applied thereto;
and Fig. 8 illustrates a detail view of a
sectional roller adapted to be substituted for
the brush and brush clamping member. 65
In these drawings I have shown the han-
dle for the brush and roller as consisting of
a section 9 having at one end a handle 10
and a section 11 telescopically connected to
the section 9 and held in relation thereto 70
through the medium of collars 12 and 13
which are provided with binding screws 14
and 15 for holding the collars on the mem-
bers. The member 9 has ears 16 to which
the inner section 17 of handle is pivoted, 75
the said section 17 being associated with a
telescopically connected section 18 the mem-
bers 17 and 18 being held in operative rela-
tion to each other by the collars 19 and 20.
The member 18 extends beyond the member 80
17 and is provided with plates 21 and 22
between which an extension 23 is mounted
by the pivot 24 so that the said extension
can swing from the position shown in Figs. 1
and 5 to that shown in dotted lines, Fig. 5. 85
The extension 23 has cross plates 25 and 26
between which the ends of the paper hold-
ing arms 27 and 28 are pivoted so that the
said paper holding arms may swing from
the position in which full lines, Figs. 1 and 90
5 to the position in which they are illus-
trated in Fig. 6. The purpose of having
the arms pivoted to the extension is to per-
mit their being folded to the position shown
in Fig. 6 or to be moved to the dotted line 95
position, Fig. 5, for the purpose of increas-
ing the utility of the tool and rendering it
capable of manipulation at different angles.
The member 11 has an upper and lower
plate 29 and 30 respectively, between which 100
an arm 31 is mounted on the pivot 32, the
said arm being movable from the position
shown in Fig. 1 where it is in alinement
with the member 11 to a position at right
angles thereto as shown in Fig. 3, the said 105
arm being for the purpose of receiving the
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Randle, Millard F. Device for Hanging Wall-Paper., patent, February 13, 1912; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth515015/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.