US1184968A - Dining-table-cloth appliance. - Google Patents

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K i, KRAL'SE. www MELE mom Mmmm APPLICATION FILED 06T. 6. lli?! w "4 @HM con? C C?. 51.213 d zntvntvd May 80, 1916.

ALBERT J. KRAUSE, 0F PORTLAND, OREGON.

DINING-TABLE-CLOTH APPLIANCE.

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lla it. hnoa'n in; E', ALBERT J. Kennen. a i'i'ivivn nl' the United States, reeiding at hind. in the county of Multnomah and Seite if fili-es oinhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dining-Table- *tloh Appliances, of which the following if; i specification.

My nwnion relaes to tables, particularj ing tables, and its main object is le. a. covering cloth therefor'that peratetl to present' for ase a. pluf i f .iitiwent por'ime to entirely cover w f' when we portion is soiled, .aan may he presented Without a moth from the table, 'Wherenwni zffinnges of the cloth is avoided, i th..l Erw incidental to the removal of fit- :fiiti fehle service on the cloths is earryii'ig ont the said :nain object, nhjvffts are in pam ille a table cloth neil; that it may mer the table alitf; o? finies and which cloth is i heine; wound upon a spool shaft shafts in tern operated to wind or l nl the Plath; to provide means whereby n. nniainding of the cloth is preto ironnle iin-ans whereby tln, spool 4`valily supportfjed from to prtwne the latter means in "in of brackets having! Clasp arms to ooperatv with the mol shafts and to provide a meri-rf: wherelliy the. tahle cloth may la: pesi `lj.' intagli removably fastened to Uit, :tit/5 l' ll all ille i leggo and additional objects anni; as a il; i ear from ther description hereinafter iellmvingz. in view, the invention has heen embodied in preferable form in the devine i'lnstrated in the accompanyingr drawings. wherein Figfnre l is i .side elevation illustrating a aiile harina my improvements applied thereto: Fig n; a top or plan view, partly broken :may: Fig. 13, is an enlarged cross se :amr-.l nien an the line 3---3 of Fig. 2; Figi il, r;-: :in rnd View in elevation, of the taht. haring; :ny .improvements attached thereto .hat with the table cloth removed;

5. is a detail perspective view illusia one of the supporting arms of the te mounting the spool shafts, showing the eiasp arm rin open position: Fig. is a set-tional view on the line 676 of lig. 3; ifi?. 7, .l detail elevation of one Specification at" Letters Patent.

atenitfal .ai i814. Serial No 865.222.

of the spool shafts; Fig'.

s w 'l y detail elevation or 'the pool being taken at right angles ure; Fig. t), is an end View if! spool shafts; Fig. 10, is a isz view on the line 10-10 if lf a' eferring specifically to wherein like reference. chamirror.y fl like or similar parts tlm views, a conventional ta ing a top l supporting lf.' side and end ln-aee nien! side of the' taille at earl of i is fastened a. brat-liet. gener: A, and shown as eomprisln and outwardly extendingy 4, integral with which iii/'nl arms or fangs 5, t each otliei',aiid through o; nl pass fastening; nieinhers (i. the brackets to the tahlo. end has hinged thereto at i". g. adapted to he fastened in closed means of a fastening dmiue or ally designated B. The cla' u ai the arms 4 are provided semicireular depressionsy 9.1. ing circular openings in n f mounted spool shafts il The spool shafts (l have nient shoulders or flange-U aregarovided tool engaging l pre erahly square or othv; a cross section. A tooi tha ends 11 is .shown in Fi... 12, it having a sot-.liet 11 are removably im fianges 10. the sp having hearing p section and which lar openings i'orl` terniediate the pw' out away so as tf above which pf they naturioi' The table proiido a dat if .are insiemi," nnnnlm'i gnttons having! in'ada. lli.

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detachably 'fastened to the shafts and 1.o

each end extremity iii or' hillton Fri-iw l. to mit? sions to be engaged by the portions 1t, said balls preferably being Carried by retainers Q0.

teterring to the elasp or fastening devices B, same have opstanding; arms :2t through vvllleh fastening serevvs '2i may pass. A\lso said Ileviees B have angle plates Brace braeliety members 24 are fastened tothe legs 2. as at 2.3, and said braeltet me1n bers 2t have angle plates 2t. l'ming openings are provided in the arms L armsl angle plates 2?) and 2t. and through said openings extend fastening' bolts 2T. V.\t its upper end, arm il is provided with an annu larly disposed springr elasp linger Ztl an ranged so that its trout end \.ill normally extend slightly over the tree end ot arm nl so as to tasten same in position supportin;r tht` spool sha't'ts s a means tor preventing aeeidental un winding ol' the eloth. Yl provide a substantially U shaped spring;A member litt. This member 'itl is earried by a braeltet, Il() tastened to one ot' the end members t one entL said spring;` 2U is permanently fastened to the braeltet Bt), as at 51. The other end of the spring;` is tree and extends loosely into a vertically elongated slot Si ot' the braeltet 30.

In aetual use. the eloth is in the position shou'n in Figs. t and 2. having' its ends detaehably fastened to the spool shat'ts t" by means oll the buttons tl' and button holes 1H and the eloth at eaeh end is wrapped around the shal't forming' bolts ot' elotll. so that the eloth \\'ill be ot' etnisiderable length and be capable ot' adjustment` to present a plurality olI portions \\'hieh \vill eompletely eover the table top so as to earry out the obieets stated atv the beginningr ot this speeilieation. lt. \\'ill be realized that the spool shatts t' are removably tastened in plaee on the braeltets A by means ot' the arms S and the elasp des vices B. lhen the arms o' are moved to closed position. the spring fingers 'JS yield to permit the arms to pass tho same. lYhen said arlns tn however are opened. the lingers 22S may be manually pressed aside to perinit the openinlr swinging movement ol these arms. Springs it) at all times bear against: the eloth bolts lt'ietionally so as to prevent aeeidental unvvinding. 'hen the bolts beeomesmaller in diameter. due to the provision of the slot 32. the spring` 2f) will yield upwardly to eompensate tor the nnv wound eloth. In order that the ysprings if) may tunetion as described. they are necessarily under eonsiderable tension hen the eloth bolts are largest. 1n ordei to shil't the position otl the eloth so as to present a ditl'erent portion ot' the eloti. the erank tool l2 may be applied to either ot the poly- `gou-al ends l1 ot the sltal'ts t' and the eranh thereupon turned in the proper tlireetion. The tension oll the siliringw 'lil is insuliieient to hamper the proper turning' movement otz the sha tts and the bolts,

A\.s merely the preferred emljiodiment ot' the invention has been illustrated and de seribed. it is to be understood that eltanges in the details ot' eonstruetion may be made without departing Vtrom the spirit and 'seope ol' the invention.

Vlk claim:

In a deviee ot the elass described` snp porting means. a turnahle element mounted therefrom. a eloth earried by' said element in bolt torni. a braeltet mounted on said supportingy means having` an elongated slet therein` and means to beat againsty the said bolt to prevent aeeitlental nnn'inding ot the eloth. said means beingr vieldable so as to engage the bolt upon reduetion ot its diameter and beine speeitieally a spring; element of substantially U-shape having :me end rigidly eonneeted to the lg-i'aeltet and its other end extending` into and movable in said elongated slot.

ln testimony whereof Vt altix my signa` ture in presenee ot two witnesses Dm; E. Poivicns. M. IInoLUN).

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