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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEr
EPRAIM MERAL TURNER, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
TENT AND ATTACHMENT.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,826, dated November 26, 1889.
Application filed July 29, 1889. Serial No, 319,116 (No model.)To cell whon? it 7nc y concerns:
Be it known that I. EPRAIM MERAL TUR-
NER, a citizen of the United States, residing
at Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant and
5 State of Texas, have invented certain new and
useful Improvements in Folding Tents; and
I do hereby declare that the following is a
full, clear, and exact description of the same,
reference being had to the annexed drawings,
io making a part of this specification, and to
the letters of reference marked thereon.
This invention relates to certain new and
useful improvements in tents; and it has for
its object to provide a tent-frame in such a
r5 manner that it may be readily folded into
small compass, and which when extended for
use will be very strong and serviceable.
The invention consists in the peculiar comn-
binations and the construction, arrangement,
20 and adaptation of parts, all as more fully
hereinafter described, shown in the drawings,
and then particularly pointed out in the ap-
pended claim.
The invention is clearly illustrated in the
25 accompanying drawings, which, with the let-
ters of reference marked thereon, form a part
of this specification, and in which-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im-
proved tent frame or support, shown in full
30 lines as extended in position for use and in
dotted lines as folded up ready for trans-
portation or storage. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-
section through the head-block or cap. Fig. 3
is a perspective detail showing the connection
35 between one of the rafters and its support.
Like letters of reference indicate like parts
throughout the different views.
Referring now to the details of the draw-
ings by letter, A designates a suitable head-
40 block or cap, beneath the upper face of
which are the recesses a, between the side
walls of which the ends of the rafters are de-
signed to be pivoted. These rafters are des-
ignated by the letter B and their pivots by
45 the letter b. In the central portion of the cap
is a hole c to receive the flag-staff or other
like pole, which should be detachably in-
serted in said hole in any suitable manner toprovide for its removal when the tent is taken
down. 50
The number of recesses ca and of rafters B
may be varied to suit the circumstances, four
being shown in the. drawings. The ends of
the rafters, which are pivoted within the
said recesses, are each formed upon two dif- 55
ferent angles, designated in the drawings by
the letters d and e, the incline or angle e
being such that when the rafters are extended
it will have a broad bearing against the cen-
tral portion or hob of the cap A, as shown at 6o
the left of Fig. 2, to relieve the pivot of
strain, the outer face of said hub being
slightly tapered, as shown, to.assist in the ac-
complishment of this end, the longer incline
d being provided for the purpose of prevent- 65
ing friction of the parts as the rafters are
raised and lowered and avoiding sharp cor-
ners when the rafters are folded, as shown
clearly in Fig. 2.
D are the supports or wall- poles, each of 70
which is hinged to a rafter at the other end
thereof by means of a hinge f, which is ar-
ranged upon the under side of the joint be-
tween the two parts and seated in a recess
therein, as shown, so as to allow of the parts 75
being folded closely one upon the other, so
that the whole frame may be readily folded
into the position in which it is indicated by
dotted lines in Fig. 1. The ends of the sup-
ports or wall-poles are preferably sharpened 8o
to aid in their being driven into the ground.
The ends of the rafters which are hinged to
the wall-poles are cut upon such angles that
when the parts are in their operative posi-
tion, as shown in Fig. 3, the under side of the 85
end of the rafter will have a flat bearing on
the top of the pole and its vertical edge will
be flush and in line with the edge of the pole,
as shown in said Fig. 3.
E are brace or guy ropes attached to the 90
wall-poles by means of screw-eyes or other
suitable means and to stakes F, driven into
the ground, as shown.
What I claim as new is-
The combination, with the cap A, having 95
tapered central portion or hub and recesses
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Turner, Epraim Meral. Tent and Attachment., patent, November 26, 1889; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172210/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.