US125997A

US125997A - Improvement in tables

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Publication number: US125997A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1872-04-23
Anticipated expiration: 1889-04-23

Description

RUDOLPH WEBER, OF ETNA BOROUGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 125,997, dated April 23, 1872.

SPEcIFrcATIoN.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH WEBER, of Etna Borough, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Dining and Breakfast Table; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention consists of a double-leafed table, with improved arrangements for supporting the two leaves when required for use.

In the accompanying dra-wing, Figure l is a side view and part section of an ordinary table, showing some of the devices used. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of an ordinary table, showing all the devices used.

To a table, A, of common shape and size, are attached two leaves, B and B', by hinges b. Under the said leaf B, and near its outer edge, are placed two strips of Wood, O and O1, each having a groove on its inner side. Between these stripsv of wood C and C1, and slightly thicker than either of them, is placed a sliding bar, D, of wood or other suitable maferial, with ilanges thereon to work the same in said grooves. To the said sliding bar D is hung a leg, d1, by an ordinary hinge, which, when down and in position, is so held by the catch d2, and when up by the springs d3. Firmly secured to the under side of said sliding bar D is a plate, with an arm, O2, extending over the strip G1. This arm -C2 has attached to its extremity a movable bar, d4, which extends through a slot in the guider d5.

The mode of adjusting my improved table is as follows: When the leaf is required for use the leg d1 is loosed from thel springs d3,

when the sliding bar D is moved along the grooves in the strips C and (J1, thereby forcing the bar d4 under the main body of table A, (slots in frame, a1 and a2, having been made,) which forms a good support to said leaf B. For an additional support the leg d1 is placed in position, being so held by the catch d2. When the table is not required for use the leg d1 is loosed from the catch d2,the sliding bar D pushed back to the position shown in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawing, the leg d1 put lup and held by the springs d3, when the leaf caube let down so as to hang to the side of said table A.-

The devices and mode of operating same used for the support of leaf B' are the same as those used for working the leafB, with the exception of having no extra leg to assist iu the support thereof, and which will be readily seen by reference to the accompanying drawing.

The advantages arising from my invention are many and obvious, among which are its great security withoutthe usual cumbrous legs; it is easily adjusted; it is compact and comparatively inexpensive.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

TheV combina-tion of the slide -bar D, as worked in the grooves in strips C and O1, the leg d1, and the bar d4, as attached to the arm O2, operated in the manner described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RUDOLPH WEBER.

Witnesses:

` MARTIN OBER,

PETER THEIS.