US1164966A - Suspended ink-well cabinet. - Google Patents

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1914. Patented Dee. 2 1, 1915.

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HERBERT'M. STURGIS, or KANSAS CITY, MIssoun-I, iiSsIGNon To kannoia LnvINGs'roN,

or KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

SUSPENDED INK-WELL CABINET.

Speciatioii of Letters Patent.

Patented nec, 21, 1915.

vvApplication mea-september as, 1914. seriai No. 863,656.

Toll 'whom tmay concern.'

Be it known that 1,'HERBERT M. STURGIS, acitizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements n Suspended Ink-v Well Cabinets, of which the following is' a specication.

This invention relates to suspended inkwell cabinets and more especially to that class which are adapted to be attached to and underliethe horizontal shelf usually forming the bottom of a series of compartments inthe upper part ofa modern oiiice desk, and my object is to produce a cabinet of this general class which is ornamental aswell as serviceable and of simple, compact and cheap construction.

A further object is to produce acabinet of this .character embodying a drawer carrying .ink-wells and a slide to cover feach ink-well so that when one ink-well is in use the ink in the other is not exposed for evap-v eration and is protected from the entrance of dust and lint. j e

Another object is to produce a cabinetof this characterprovided with a drawer and with pen orjpencil holding chambers at oppositev sides of the ink-wells so that the projecting ends of the pen holders or pencils shall not interfere with free and ready access to the ink. i

vAnother objectv is to provide a cabinet having chambers rearward of the ink-wells and means forpreventingthe drawer opening sufficiently toexpose said Vchambers,when `access to the ink-wells only is desired, and to provide other means for guarding against the accidental total withdrawal of the drawer when access'is desired to the rearf most of said chambers or it is desired to open the drawer sufliciently to permit the ink-wells to be removed for cleaning andre filling purposes.

With these general objects in view `the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar feat'ures of construction and organization as hereinafter described andclaim'ed, and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had .to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l, is a view illustrating the application of the cabinet toa desk, the drawer being partly open and one ofthe inkfwells covered. Fig. 2ilsa longitudinalsection-on the line II-II of Fig. 1, with the drawer closed. Fig. 3, is a top plan view of the cabinet with the top thereof. broken away. Fig. 1i, is a vertical transverse section on the line IV-IV of Fig. 3.

In the said drawings where like reference numerals identify corresponding parts, 1 is the top of the cabinet of any suitable depth and'width and adapted to underlie the desk shelf 2 as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. This top may be secured to the Shelf in any suitable manner but preferably will be provided with npstanding rearwardly disposed hooks 3 tol hook over the front edge of the shelf as shown, and with a screw eye i to be screwed into theV shelf and thus guard against disconnection of the hooks with the latter, By this arrangement it will be apparent that it will only be necessary to screw or unscrew the eye-bolt to secure the cabinet firmly to the shelf or to permit its ready disconnection therefrom, and in this connectioniit will also be apparent that if a particular cabinet is too deep for application to a desk shelf the hooks 3 can be set back upon the top, in which case the top will project more or less beyond the front edge of the shelf. This will not be objectionable nor unsightly provided the top is finished to correspond with the desk or is of metal nickel-plated, oxidized or otherwise ornamentally finished.

Securedto'and underlying the top at its side margins,` is a pair of channeled guides or cleats 5 for the reception of correspondingly rabbeted outer edges of the drawer 6, the front rail 7 of the drawer corresponding ,in width to the top so that it shall cover and therefore hide the ends of the cleats when the drawer is closed, as will be apparent by reference togFigs. 1 and 3. j

AThe drawer is formed with a pair of sha1'-l low recesses 8 extending from the rail 7 a suitable distancerearward for the reception of a pair of slides or covers 9, provided at their front ends with upstanding lugs 10, having notches 11 wherein the end of a pen,- cil or a finger nail may be inserted to adjust the slides forwardly to cover the ink-wells, and in order that this may be accomplished readily the front edge of the top is recessed in its under side as at 12 .to receive the lugs 10, the recesses 12 opening at 13, slightly through the' front edge of the top so that access can be had to the notches 11 when Y vide upwardlyl disposed annular shoulders l'upon which vrest the enlarged upper ends 17 of ink-'wells 16 depending through open:

ings 14, notches '18 being provided in the walls of the openings for the reception of external lugs 19 on the ink-wells, to prevent the latter turning. Rearward of each openingy 14 theV drawer is provided with a cham.-

' ber or pocket 20 over which the slides eX- tend when the drawer is opened so that access may be had to the ink-wells. If access toonly a single ink-well is desired the slide over the other ink-well will be drawn forward to cover the same. The pockets 20` are adapted to receive -pen points, pins, paper fasteners or the like, and for the ace. commodation of a large variety of accessories the drawer will preferablyA be provided with additional chambersor pockets 21, rearward of the chambers orpoekets 20v and recesses 8. Y i

As a convenient means for arresting the opening movement of the drawer when access is desired to the ink-wells, the drawer is provided near one side with a depending Y pin 22, and a catch 23 is pivoted to the underside of the adjacent cleat 'and is provided at one sidewith al lip or extension 24 so that whenfthe catch is swung inwardly said lip or extension will stand in the path. of vforward-movement of said pin, andto prevent the impact of the pin on the llip or extension swinging the plate clear under the cleat, the plate is provided with an upstanding lugV or handle 26 at its outer edge, to strike against the outer side of said cleat, this lug 26-also enabling the operator to readily swing lthe plate outward, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3,'to withdraw the lip or extension from theV path of theV pin vand thus permit the drawer to vbe opened until it is arrested by the engagement of a stop plate 27, securedv` to and projecting laterally from the rear end of the drawer,with a stop pin 28 depending from the fronty end of the adjacent cleat as'shown by Figs. 3 and 4.

At opposite sides .ofthe recesses 8v and openings 14,"the 'drawer is provided with longitudinal openings 29, and secured lin Y the Vfront ends of said openings to give a finish to the lface of the drawer are ferrules 30, of brass'or other metal andprojecting centrally from the front end o f the drawer is a button or handle'l.

Assuming that the cabinet is secured in place as explained, and that the drawer is closed Yas shown in Fig. 2, and that access plate whichmovement will expose thenkv wells unless the slides move with the' drawer,

Vfor the ink-well to which access yis not `deplater will be set as indicated in Fig-3. The

drawer can then be drawn open. until the pin 22 strikes the lip or extension' 24 Aof said if so the slide covering the ink-well to which access is desired is slid back under the top.-

If the slides do not move forward the slide sired will be slid forward to cover said inkwell. A pen-holder can then :be withdrawn from one of the openings 29 and replaced therein when desired, it beingV obvious that as the pen-holders and ypencils project foi1` ward from the drawer belowtheVv plane of the top thereof they in nowise interfere with the ready access to the ink-wells, and it will I also be noticed that when the drawerl is closed,the slides will beautomatically repositioned over the. ink-wells because the lugs of the slides come into engagement withthefb'ack walls of the recesses 12, las most clearly seen by reference to Fig. 2.

When access is desired to the pockets rear Ward of the ink-wells, the plate 23 will be swung outward and the drawerl pulled forward until arrested by theV engagementof plate27 with pin 28. With the drawer fully' opened, the ink-wells can be readilyv removed by inserting a finger under the drawer and pressing upward upon the desired ink-well so that the' operator need not insert his iin-1 ger in the well itself. y Y Y Y Fromv the above descriptionY it will be apparent that I have produced a suspended ink-'well cabinet vwhich embodies the desirable features Aenumerated and I wish itv to roo be understood that I reserve thefright to f Y makeall changes falling within thespirit *105 and scope of the appended claims.

Iclaim: iv Y Al.` suspended ink-wellfcabinet, compriseV ing a top, a drawer slidably supported'theref under and'k provided with a. recess uin its upper side andanu 'opening communicating' at its upper Aend with the recess,1 a slide adjust# able lin Ythe recess longitudinally,v of the drawer and susceptible of rearward movef ment by or independently 'of the drawerf and underlying the said top, and a lug projecting upwardly from the said slide for yconvenience in vadjusting it forward manually and for limiting its rearward movement byV engagement with the said top; said top vhaving an undercut recess to receive the said lug when the Vslide is adjusted rearwardly-'its full distance.y v f 2. An inkwell cabinet, comprising a flat top, parallel guides depending from the top at the side margins thereof, a drawer slid` ingly engaging and supported by the guides,

having a. front rail adapted to overlap and cover the front edgesv of the topV andthe drawer having shallow longitudinal recesses Slides being also adapted to be limited in in its upper sideand vertical holes opening their forward adjustment by the said rail. 10 into said recesses, inkwells set into said holes, In testimony whereof, I affix my signature slides in said recesses, normally covering the in the presence of two witnesses.

inkwells, but adapted when slid rearward in HERBERT M. STURGIS. the recesses to uncover the inkwells, and pro- Witnesses:

vided with lugs to' engage the top and be 'FRANK R. GLORE,

limited thereby in rearward movement; said G. Y. THORPE.

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

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