US1477409A - Artwork desk - Google Patents

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R. C. WOOLMAN ARTWORK DESK .Filed Feb. 15, 1925 proper combination of related line and in-` Patented @en lll, 1923..

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.ARTWORK DESK.

Application inea February 13, 1923. serial No. 618,872. i

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, ROY C. VVOOLMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, havev invented a certain new and useful Artwork Desk, of which the tollowing is a specication.

The object of my invention is to Aprovide an art work desk, particularly suitable for work in schools of very simple, inexpensive and` eliici'ent construction.

More particularly, it is my objectato provide an art work desk, so constructed and arranged that it may be readily and easily adapted for avvariety of uses, permittingv .as occasion arises the so-called line art work such as drawing with ink, pencil or charcoal, and painting, this work requiring the use of light instruments and materials such as brushes, pencils, compass, paper', cloth and paints, and also making possible various industrial art processes requiring the use of heavier tools and materials such as hammers, saws, chisels, planes, wood, metal, clay and leather. Thisl great variety 'of uses Vmakes possible an essential elaboration and dustrial arts, thus avoiding. whatvhas been hitherto a serious disadvantage to this work in schools, particularly elementary schools, where the teaching of i'ine arts on the one hand has been confined to rooms furnished with equipment designed primarily orthe purpose of containing booksl and entirely separate on the other hand from industrial arts usually called manual training, which consisted largely of woodwork and made use of equipment and materials designed for this purpose.

My artwork desk will bring together all of these related processes and will eliminate from schools a disadvantageous and expensive duplication of equipment, teaching skill and schoolroom space.

Another object is to provide such a device which can be used -for general purposes and which has as a part thereof an adjustable easel so constructed and arranged and mounted on the desk that it may be used in cooperation with the desk for drawing or vbe entirely put outl of the way, so las not to interfere with the use of the desk, and also tobe used as a support for the back of the :child in front.

.Wththese and otherobjects vin view,.my

invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of my art work desk, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of an art work desk embodying my invention.

Figure 2 shows a perspective view of a potion of the desk, as seen from the rear; an

Figure 3 shows a detailed, sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1. v

In the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate the legs of the desk, which are four in number.

Supported on the legs 10 is a top 11 at the back o1 which is a member 12 extending upwardly above the top for a short distance. ln the top 11. near the back 12 is a depression or trough 13 for receiving tools or instruments or the' like.

Arranged at one end of the top 11 near the front thereofis a wood vise 111 below which is a cross bar 15 on which are pins or ythe like 16 for hanging tools.

Under the top`11 are slidably mounted two drawers 16a and 17 to receive' tools, brushes, instruments, books and materials.

rlhe two rear legs 10 are connected by a cross member 18 and the respective legs at each end of the art work desk are connected by brace members 19.

The space between the two Jliront legs below the drawers 16a and 17 is left open to receive a special `chair 2O with a ylow back 21, which chair can be slid under the desk.

Mounted for vertical, sliding movement in a groove 22 in the member 12 is an upright member 23, having a longitudinally elongated slot 24 therein. A bolt 25, hav- .the desk proper can be'adjusted, so as to form an easel. rlhe board 31 has on its upper side at the free edge, a strip 31a.. .On the lower end of the upright y23 Ais al resilient L31 at anydesired angle.

button 23a 'against which the strip 31.a will' rest when the board is swung to position where it hangs in the rear of the desl. rl `he se parts are so arrangedv that the board 31 is properly inclined to form a back rest for the pupil, as mentioned later herein.

Pivotally supported beneath the top is used, that board, is swung over to position where yit hangs desk. I

These desks vare designed for use in the public schools and are then arranged in rows.

adjacent to the back4 of the for any considerable length 'of time, the board 31 can be used as a back for the pupil in front. This 4is-of someimportance be- I 'cause'the chair 20 has only a low back 21, inorder'that the their may be vshoved under the desk, so that the desk and chairniay oc`- cupy a minimum of floor space, when' not inuse.

The .use of the low back has the disadv'ani tage that when the pupils have to sit for sometime listening tothe instructor, the llow back 21 Vis notl sufiicient. However, when thedesks'are arranged in rows, the p upil in front of the desk under consideration can push his chair baci-:7a short k distance and use the board 31 of the desk behind 4him for va back.

face, and its use for a backdoes not interfere with the pupil behind.

When it isV desired to use the board 31 in connection with the desk as 'an easel, the

board is swung 'lover from its position hang-` ing down behind the desk to its position shownin full lines in Figure' 2 or Figure 1, where vthe top 11 supports the Vforward portion yof the board and the member 23A supports the back part of theboard.

By adjusting the wing nut 28, the member 23'may `be loosened, so that it may be raised or lowered for supporting When the board 31 is; being used as an easel, it will bene-ted that it is lof less width than the top 11k from side to side,y and is arranged so as to leaveprojecting portions ofthe top 1p1 at each side of theboard 31, so that 'drawing instruments, colors, paints or other `articles may be placed on the top 11 at either side off'the drawing board, where they are convenient ofaccess for use on the drawin board.

By pacing ra blockl under the forward edge of thedraiwing boar-d and then "raising The board furnishes a smooth sur? the board it, it may be held in horizontal position, if desired, for `providing a supplementary ytable upon whch the pupil can work standing up. y l

rJfhe means for supporting the back end of the drawing board is such that it may be adjusted and the drawing board may beused board 31 to assume van inclinedposition, j f when swung to its rearward position, rand If the instructor is talking to the pupils the natural slope of the back of an ordinary chair is thus attained. It will be seenl that this inclined back can be adjusted at various :It is my purpose to cover by my claims, any modified forms of art desks, vwhichniay come within the reasonable scope offsueh claims. i l claim as my invention:

upright member slidably mounted atv the 1. An art work desk* comprising a: top, anl

back'of said desk entirely v.clear of the top `surface -of the top, means vfor locking saidv upright member in diferentpositions of its 1100 vertical', sliding movement, a cross bar at -the upper end of said uprightmember, a

drawingboard, double acting hinges y' fory pivotally mounting one? end vof said drawingl board on said cross bar, whereby saiddraw'- ing board may hang downwardly `behind the 'desk or may beswung over to yinclined position with its forward part .supported by the forward part of the top, the drawing vboard being narrower from side to side than the top and being arranged so as to leave projecting portions of the topy on each side of the drawing board. f

` 2.7Anart work desk comprising a top, an upright member slidablyv mountedat the back of said deslcentirely clear of the top surface of the top, means for locking said upright member in differentV positions of 'its' vertical, sliding movement, a crosslbar' at'the 'upper end of said upright member,vr a drawing board, double acting hinges for pivotallyv mounting one edge of said drawinglooard Yon said cross bar, whereby `said drawing board may `hang `downwardly behind-the desk-or may be swungover 'to linclined posi'- tion with its forward part supportedby the forwardpart of the-top, thedrawingrboard top and .being arranged'so aslto leaizef'pro- 'being narrowerfrom side to side ltl-ianf-.tlie

the drawing board, a swinging shelf supported on said desk at the side thereof in a position readily accessible to one working on the drawing board.

3. An art work desk comprising a top, an upright member slidably mounted at the back of said desk entirely clear of the top surface of the top, means for locking said upright member in dilerent positions of its vertical, sliding movement, a cross bar at the upper end of said upright member, a drawing board, double acting hinges for pivotally mounting one edge of said drawinor board on said cross bar, whereby said drawing board may hang downwardly behind the desk or may be swung over to inclined position with its forward part supported by the forward part of thel top, the drawing board being narrower from side to side than the top and being arranged so as to leave projecting portions of the top on each side of the drawing board, said top having a trough in its rear portion and a back member limiting the downward movement of said cross bar, so that said board will never interfere with or be interfered with by tools or the like in said trough.

4. An art work desk comprising a top and supporting members, an upright member mounted for vertical adjustment at the back of said desk, means for holding theJ upright member in various positions of its adjustment, a combined drawing board and back element' pivoted to said upright to permit said board to be swung to inclined position with one edge resting on the top or to position hanging behind the desk, said board and upright member having coacting parts for causing the board to be somewhat inclined from Vertical to form a convenient back rest when in its latter position, and regardless of its vertical adjustment in such position.

Des Moines, Iowa, November 13, 1922.

ROY C. WOOLMAN.

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