US107940A - Improvement in ironing-tables - Google Patents

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HENRY MCOH cited. gisten met @time ESNEY, OF BUFFALO, `NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO. HIMSELF AND JOSEPH` W.4 CLARK, OF SAME PLAGE.

Leiters' Patent No. 107,940, dated october 4, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN lRONlNG-TABLES.

The Schedule referred to iu these'Lettei-x Patent and making parl: of the same.

T, HENRY McCHEsNnY, of the city of Bualc, in

lthe county of Erie and State of New York, have iny,in place` against the under side of the table.

Figure I is a longitudinal section;

Figure II, a bottom plan; and

Figure III is a bottom plan ot' one end of a table, showing a single leg combined with my spring brace.

Like letters of' reference designate like parts in each of the figures. y

A is the bed of the table.-

B B, the two legs at one end, united by a crosspiece, O, and hinged, at d, to the bed, so as to iold inward, as shown in Fig. I.

E is a dat spring, arranged lengthwise of thetable, the inner end ofy which is` fastened to the under side of the bed by a screw, f,.and a clamping-piece, g, or other suitable means, while the other yend extends outward, so as to press upward against the edge of the cross-piece O, which `is'provided with a stud or catch, fi, that projects into a hole, e, in the end of thespring when the legs are unfolded, thereby retaining them in their proper position, the spring operating as a brace forthe purpose. l

By pulling down on 'the en'd ofthe spring the latter is disengaged from the pin fi., when theA legs can vbe turned back against the under side of the bed,`where they are retained in place by the springwhich presses against the cross-piece, as shown in Fig. II.

J is a plate, hinged to the under side of the bed at one end, so as to swing horizontally outward and form a rest or support for the sad-iron.

One end of the bed A may be provlded with an eye, m, so as to be supported by this eye engaging with a v hook in the wall when the table is required for use.V

4 At other times the legs are folded and the bed "detached from its connection with the wall, when the table, in a compact forni, can be stowed away until again required. j A single leg may bensed vin connection withmy spring brace, by providing the former with a projection, G, with which the latter engages, as shown in Fig. III, in a manner similar to that' represented in Fig. II.

rlhe simplicity of my improved arrangement; the

`double function performed by the spring brace, and

its automatic mode of operation, render the device a great improvement over others ofu the class now 1n catch-pin t, or its equivalent, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

HENRY MCOHESNEY.

\Vitnesses:

J AY HYATT, MARY MoOHEsNnY.

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