US1212028A - Swinging sanitary window-cupboard. - Google Patents

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F. 1. BOWLING.

SWINGING SANITARY WINDOW CUPBOARD.

,APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, I916.

Patented J an. 9, 1917.

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SWINGING SANITARY WINDOW-CUPBOARD.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it knownthat I, FnANcis J. DOWLING, a citizen of'the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Swinging Sanitary Window-Cupboard, of which the following is a. full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to storage receptacles and has particular reference to devices adapted for connection with and use upon 7 the outside of apartment house windows or analogous places.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide improved facilities for the storage of milk, meats and other food. products in or adjacent a window whereby the commodities may be easily placed into the receptacle or cupboard and likewise removed therefrom.

Another object of the invention is to so arrange or suspend a storage receptacle, of the character indicated, on the outside of a building, that it'will not obstruct the light or interfere with the ventilation through the window and which, furthermore, will lie normally in such a position as to be as free as possible from contamination.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention .consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the in vention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof [reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a building showing my improvement suspended adjacent thereto and occupy-ing its normal position against the wallremote from the window; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cage portion .of the device; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the box portion of the cupboard indicating the doors open; Fig. 4f is a horizontal sectional view on the line l4= of Fig. 7 Fig. 5 is a similar view but showing the cupboard swung around for access at or through the window; Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view with the cupboard 1n the position indicated in Fig. 4; Fig. 7 is a vertical transverse section onthe line 7-7 of Fig. 4; Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1917.

Application filed March 29, 1916. Serial No. 87,469.

8 is an elevation of a detail, partly in section, on the line 88 of Fig. 7 and Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the pull piece detached.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings 1 show a construction including a boxer cupboard proper 10 having a bottom 11, end walls 12, a rear wall 13, and an Adjacent the rear wall 13 and parallel.

thereto is an inner or false wall 20 of any suitable material, and at 21 is a false roof. These parts 20 and 21 are arranged in close parallel relation to the rear wall and roof, providing an air space, and suitable openings 22 and 23 are provided at the bottom and top of said airspace to provide a circulation of air upwardly and forwardly through said space. The shelf ls'may be spaced at the front edge as indicated at 24, and other openings 25 may be provided through the shelf and false wall 20 to facilitate the circulation of air through the storage portions of the receptacle from the air space above described.

Any suitable means may be provided to manipulate the cupboard so as to move it into position at the window for the purpose of access thereto through the window. For this purpose I provide means whereby the cupboard is swung around a vertical axis so as to bring the front walls and doors thereof, which normally are remote from the wall W of the building, around so as to be adjacent the plane of the window sash.

At 26 I show a pair of hinge brackets secured rigidly to the corner of the wall with their eyes 27 arranged in vertical alinement at any suitable distance outwardly from the wall, but preferably lying in the plane of the edge of the wall adjacent the window frame F. Corresponding hinge brackets 28 with vertically alined eyes 29 are secured to either or both ends of the cupboard for 00- operation with the brackets 26. I prefer to provide brackets as described for both ends of the cupboard so as to make it easily ap- 7 within the window opening when in position to be reached by the person within the building. In other words, the axis around which the cupboard is adapted to swing is preferably arranged at the rear of the vertical longitudinal central plane of the cupboard, whereby the front portion of the cupboard will project well inwardly over the window sill as shown in Fig. 5. In this position, with the window sash S sufliciently raised, the doors 16 may be opened inwardly and the person within the building will have easy access to the interior of the cupboard for the usual purposes.

Any suitable means may be provided to hold the cupboard in its normal open position and also in its position within the window. At 31 I show a hook pivoted at 32 at the bottom of the cupboard and adapted to snap 'overan L-shaped pin 33 driven into the wall. A spring 3% is connected at the opposite endof the hook 31 and tendstO cause the hook to engage the pin and maintain such engagement. One end of the spring is fixed at a point 35 adjacent the front portion of the cupboard. The release of the hook is effected by means of a pullpiece 36 in the nature of, a bell crank and having a downwardly projecting part 36 jand a horizontal stop part 36'. This pull piece is pivoted at 37 upona slide 38 movable along a keeper 39-secured to the bottom of the cupboard adjacent that front corner thereof nearest the window. The slide is provided with a shoulder portion '38 adapted to abut against the keeper 39 to limit the distance to which the slide may be pulled by the operator when pulling upon the pullpiece. The normal position of the pull piece and its relation to the slide are shown best in Fig.

, 8, in which the stop member 36" lies against orcloseto the outer end 38 of the slide. The force of the spring 3% in holding the hook in engaging position likewise holds the slide with the shoulder 38 spaced from the keeper 89. Draft upon the pull piece by the operators fingers toward the window is positive, because of the contact between the parts 36 and 38*, thereby'causing the slide to swing the hook around its pivot to release it from the pin33. Continued pull in the same direction causes the cupboard to swing around the vertical axis 30 of the hinges until the cupboard approaches its position for access. When the end of the cupboard remote from the operator comes adjacent the edge of the window, the operator may grasp the same to continue the swinging movement, and duringthis action thepull piece rides idly up over or upon the window sill, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 8.

At 4:0 is indicated a suitable catch pivoted to the front portion of the bottom of the cupboard and acted upon by a spring 41 connected to the same point 35 as the other spring and adapted to engage over a pin 42 secured to the window sill. A portion of the catch 40 is bent up forming a finger piece 13, whereby it may be easily released when the cupboard is to be swung out again to normal position.

Auxiliary to the hinge connections above described I provide an overhead hanger to insure maximum stability for the suspension means. This hanger comprises a crane composed of an angle member 14: and link e5 having feet cooperating respectively with the outer and inner ends of the cupboard at as and 47. The link has an eye as connected to the elbow portion of the angle member and the inner end of the angle member is provided with a hook 49 engaging in a fixed member 50, the eye of which is in the same vertical axis as the other hinge members. The crane thus provided serves to steady the cupboard, relieving the main hinges from lateral and endwise tilting strains. Since, however, the axis of the crane coincides with that of the hinges, perfectly free swinging movement of the cupboard around such axis is provided.

l/Vhile under certain conditions, as above intimated, the supporting and actuating devices may be connected directly to the cupboard or box-like receptacle, it may be preferable to provide a cage such as indicated at Fig. 2 (see Fig. 2) for these connections. As shown herein, the cage is of skeleton construction and provided with vertical angle members 52 into which the corners of the receptacle are fitted, and also front and rear bottom angle members 53 into which the front and rear longitudinal bottom edges of the cupboard box are fitted. A rim 54 extends around the upper portion of the cage and a pair of cross bars 55 connect the lower corners of the cage. As shown, the angle members 46 and 4:7 constitute the upper ends of a- U-shaped reinforcement bar 56 extending longitudinally alongthe central part of the bottom of the cage and thence upwardly at the ends. Thehinge brackets 28 may be connected to the corner angles 52 at the rear portion of the cage. Likewise thehook and catch devices 31 and 40 may be connected to the bottom members of the cage.

I claim 7 1. In a storage receptacle of the character set forth, the combination of a cupboard proper, hinge connections for one end thereof for securing it in position adjacent one ion side of a window to swing around a vertical axis against the wall or ,in the opposite direction so as to project well within the window opening, an automatically operated hook carried by the cupboard and cooperating with the wall to hold the cupboard in normal position remote from the window, a pivoted pull piece connected to the hook to release the same from holding position and providing means for swinging the cupboard into the window, and means to hold the cupboard in the position last mentioned.

2. In combination, a storage receptacle, a pair of hinges connecting one end of the re ceptacle to the edge of the wall adjacent the window opening providing for swinging of the cupboard around a vertical axis either adjacent the wall at one side of the window or well within the window opening, automatic means to hold the cupboard in either of said positions, and auxiliary hanger means cooperating with said hinges to relieve the hinges from lateral and side tilting strains, said hanger means including a fixed bracket having an eye above and in alinement with the axes of the hinges, an angle member connected at the one end to one end of the cupboard and having a hook at its other end pivoted in said eye, the angle of the member being directly above the center of the opposite end of the cupboard, and a link connected to the latter mentioned end of the cupboard and extending directly up into engagement with the angle of the angle member.

3. The combination of a cupboard, a pair of hinges connecting one end of the cupboard to the edge of the wall adjacent the window opening and providing for the swinging of the cupboard around against the wall or into the Window, overhead hanger means including an angle member and a link connected to the angle of the angle member in the vertical longitudinal central plane of the cupboard and a hinge member to which the angle member is pivoted on an axis coinciding with the axis of the hinges and at one side of said plane, and means to hold the cupboard in either position to which it may be swung around said axis.

4. In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a cage comprising a plurality of vertical corner angle members,-

FRANCIS J. DOWLING.

l/Vitnesses:

ANNIE E. MCCARTHY, EUGENE SWEENEY.

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

Washington, .D. 0.

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