US1095625A - Veterinary operating-table. - Google Patents

Description

L. L. GONKEY.

VETERINARY OPERATING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAE. s, 1913.

1,095,625. Patented May 5, 1914.

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L. L. DONKEY.

VETERINARY OPERATING TABLE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8, 1913.

1,095,625. I Patentd May- 5, 1914.

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I I Moi/nag I LEONARD L. CONKEY, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

VETERINARY OPERATING-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1914..

Application filed March 8, 1913. Serial No. 752,881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEONARD L. commit, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Veterinary Operating- Tables; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in veterinary operating tables and its object is to provide improved means for shifting the pivots of the table whereby the table may be turned to upright position in opposite directions and locked in horizontal position, and to provide the device with various new and useful features hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

My invention consists essentially of a support for the table provided with hinge members at opposite sides, two pairs of sliding pins for alternately connecting the table with the said hinge members, and when in mid-position connecting the table with both pairs of hinge members, whereby the table may be turned to upright position at either side of the support or locked in horizontal position, and in various features of combination and arrangement, as will more fully appear by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of a device embodying my invention with the table turned to vertical position at one side of the support, and pivotally connected thereto; Fig. 2 a detail in vertical section with the table raised to inclined position; Fig. 3 an enlarged detail in inverted plan view showing the hinge members and table at one side attached, and detached at the other side; Fig. 4 the same with the hinge members and table attached at both sides; Fig. 5 with the pins in reversed relation to that shown in Fig. 3; and Fig. 6 a detail of the mechanism for locking the lever handle.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

1 represents the table proper. 2 the main support for the same which preferably consists of a cylinder of sheet metal mounted in any convenient manner to rotate about a vertical axis. The top of this support is provided with a pair of hinge members 3 at one side and like hinge members 4 at the oppos te side preferably formed of lugs spaced apart and turned upward to embrace the web of T-bars 10 extending across the under side of the table and secured thereto.

Parallel rods 8 and 9 extend through the web of the T-bars and are longitudinally slldable therein. These rods are connected to an operating lever 5 pivoted midway between the rods to oppositely move the same. This lever is also extended as at 6 to near the edge of the table to afford a suitable handle for shifting the lever and parts attached.

7 is a sector attached to the under side of the table having shoulders 17 at each end to engage and hold the handle 6 in its respective extreme positions, and a middle recess 18 to hold the handle in mid-position. This handle is laterally flexible to spring into engagement with the sector.

Attached to the rods 8 and 9 are arms 13 which arms'carry pins 11 and 12 the pins 11 adapted to enter openings in the hinge members 3 and alined openings in the web of the T-bars. The pins 12 carried by the arms 13 and the rod 8 in like manner are adapted to enter alined openings in the hinge members at and in the said web. When the lever is Q shifted to the limit the rods are moved oppositely whereby as the pins 12 are engaged with the hinge members 4 the pins 11 are withdrawn from the hinge members 3 and when the pins 11 are engaged with the hinge members 3 the pins 12 are withdrawn from the hinge members 4. When thus adjusted as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings the table is hinged at one side of the sup-- port 2 and when the position of the lever handle 6 is shifted to the opposite end of the sector the engagement of the pins with the hinge members is reversed. If, however, the handle 6 be shifted to the middle recess 18 of the sector both sets of pins will be parwhich resides in the means herein shown for shifting the pivot or hinge connection of the table with the support 2 and locking the table when horizontal.

hat I claim is:

1. A veterinary operating table comprising a table, a support, hinge members at opposite sides of said support, parallel rods slidably mounted on the table, pins connected to the respective rods to alternately engage the hinge members at the respective sides of the support, a lever connected to said rods and pivoted midway between the rods, a handle projecting from said lever and a sector to hold the handle in adjustment.

2. A veterinary operating table, comprising a table, a support having hinge members at opposite sides, T-bars on the table, the bars and hinge members having alined openings, slidable pins adapted to enter said openings, a slidable rod attached to the pins at each side of the support, a pivoted lever connected to the rods to oppositely move the same, a handle to manually shift the lever, and sector having end shoulders and a mid-position recess to engage and hold the handle.

3. A veterinary operating table, comprising a table, a support for the table, a pair of perforated hinge members at each side of the support, two T-bars fixed on the table having perforations opposite the same in the hinge members, rods slidable in the T- bars, arms on the rods, pins carried by the arms and adapted to enter the perforations in the hinge members and bars, a lever connected to the rods and pivoted to the table midway between the rods, a handle on the lever, and a segment fixed on the table and having end shoulders to engage the lever and a middle recess to receive the same.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEONARD L. CONKEY.

Vitnesses HAROLD O. VAN ANTWERP, PALMER A. J ONES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, .D. 0.

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