US2029802A

US2029802A - Sink and draining board, particularly for domestic use

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Publication number: US2029802A
Application number: US739477A
Authority: US
Inventors: Webber Owen Thomas
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1934-07-06
Filing date: 1934-08-11
Publication date: 1936-02-04
Anticipated expiration: 1953-02-04

Description

Feb. 4, 193 v o. T. WEBBER 2,029,802

SINK AND DRAINING BOARD, PARTICULARLY FOR DOMESTIC USE Filed Aug. 11. 1934 a .Zrwealf;

Owe/W I webbe/g Federated Feb. 4, W36

SINK AND DRARNENG BGARD, PARTICU- LARLY FGR DQMES'EHC USE Owen Thomas Webber, London, England Application August 11,

In Great Britain July 6,

11 Claims. (Cl. 4-189) The present invention relates to improvements in sinks and draining boards, particularly for domestic use.

The object of the invention is to provide means whereby integral metal sinks and draining boards may be readily constructed to cover a comparatively large range of choice in types and overall sizes in a particularly cheap and convenient manner.

According to the invention there is provided a method of constructing different types of in-- tegral metal sink and draining board units to suit individual requirements which comprises forming a plurality of different parts so as to conform to a predetermined standard, for example, fillet members, sinks and draining boards arranging at least one fillet member or draining board, at least one sink, and a draining board, with the edges thereof disposed so as to engage or partially interlock with each other and welding together the edges of the selected combination from the standard parts so as to form a complete unit.

By employing this method oiimanufa'cturing the complete unit, it is possible to build up a large range of styles or types with many different overall sizes from the same comparatively few stock parts and it will be appreciated that by this means a large saving in cost of material, machinery and manufacture may be achieved, as there is no necessity to manufacture each type or size of integral unit by a special operation, which must necessitate either a large amount of manual work involving large production costs, or the use of a large amount of special machinery, which also adds largely to the cost of production on account of the substantial investment necessary in power presses and the need of providing separate dies for each size of unit.

The invention will be hereinafter more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:-

Figure 1 illustrates a draining board, sink and fillet arranged in position for assembly;

Figure 2 illustrates a method of assembling two sinks adjacent to one another;

Figure 3 illustrates in detail the filler strip shown in Figure 2 Figure 4 illustrates in side elevation a combined sink and draining board provided with an apron and drawer, and

Figure 5 illustrates a sectional end elevation on the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Referring to the drawing, a sink unit is built up of a fillet member or draining board, at least one sink and a draining board.

In the embodiment illustrated in Figure'l of the drawing, the sink unit is arranged to bebuilt up of one fillet member, one sink and a draining heard, these portions of the unit being designated ".g", B and C respectively. It will be appre- 1934, Serial No. 739,477

ciated that a large number of combinations may be formed by combining the sections A, B and C in different combinations with'at least one sec.- tion B always forming a part of the combination.

For instance from a stock of one size of draining 5 boards, C, one size of sink B and a stock of fillets A, six combinations at leastmay be built up. If in addition to a standard fillet three difierent sizes of sink and three different sizes of draining boards are kept in stock, over two hundred difierent types of sink units may be manufactured. In anyone series the dimensions of the sinks B and draining boards C from front to back thereof will of necessity be the same, but the length thereof can be arranged so that they will all be different. In addition to the above types of units additional features such as an apron, drawers, legs, cupboards and the like may be added and it will be appreciated that with these additions the number of different types of sink units which 20 may be constructed from a small number of stock parts becomes very large.

The section B comprising the sink is formed with portions of the fillet on the front and back edges thereof while the section C comprising the 5 draining board is formed with portions of the fillet disposed around three sides thereof. By this means irrespective of the combination of the sections A, B and C which may be employed a complete fillet will extend continuously around the whole of the edge of the sink unit.

Referring particularly to the construction illustrated in Figure 1, the fillet which completely surrounds the sink unit is formed in four different portions. These portions are the section A, the portions D disposed on the front and back edges of the sink 3 and the portion E surrounding three sides of the draining board C. As illustrated most clearly in section B of Figure 1 the fillet is of substantially rectangular section being arranged to form a partially enclosed channel around the edge of the unit. The fillet is formed with a vertical wall 4 extending upwardly and integrally from the upper edge of the sink 2 or the surface of the draining board C and with a horizontal wall 5 extending from the upper edge of the vertical wall 6. Depending from the free edge of the horizontal wall 5 is a second vertical wall 6 arranged parallel to the wall 5 and extending inwardly from the lower edge of the wall 6 is a further horizontal wall i arranged parallel to the wall 5 but out of engagement with the wall 4 whereby the fillet only partially encloses a space of substantially rectangular section. In the section A which forms a portion of the fillet, the wall t is curved at the ends thereof to conform with the rounded corners of the sink 2. Furthermore, the ends of the section A are partially cut away so that the upper surface of the fillet at the positions 30 where the curved ends of 'the wall 4 terminate projects out from the remainder of the surface.

As mentioned above, the corners of the sink 2 are rounded while the vertical wall 4 of the fillet portion D is straightso that the ends 8 of lar recesses cut in the ends of the section A so that the section A of the fillet joins up with the sink 2 in such a manner that the section A is continuous with the portions D of the fillet. Furthermore, the projecting portions of the section A interlock with the edge of the sink so that when the two sections of the unit are seam welded together a very satisfactory joint is obtained.

The edge of the draining board C which engages with the edge of the sink 2 remote from the fillet A is shaped to conform to the edge of the sink. The edge of the board projects beyond the ends of the fillet portion E and consequently when the edges of the sink and draining board are brought together they interlock in the same manner as the sections A and D thus allowing a satisfactory seam weld to be effected.

Figure 2 illustrates a method of constructing 'a modification where more than one sink is employed. The sinks 9 and ID are of identical construction with the sink portion B illustrated in Figure 1 and are arranged to be secured together .by seam welding the ends of the fillet portions D,

D on the front and back edges thereof and seam welding a filler strip ll shown more clearly in Figure 3 to the adjacent side edges of the two sinks;

By this means it is possible to provide a unit including two sinks in close proximity to each other and separated by a narrow metal strip disposed slightly below the upper surface of the fillets.

Figures 4 and 5 illustrate a combined sink and draining board similar in construction to that shown in Figure 1 and in addition provided with an apron l2 and a drawer l3. 'I'he apron l2 which is formed of sheet metal is secured to. the unit by bending over at right angles a small the under side of the fillet. The fillet although integral with the sections associated therewith will comprise four separate portions A, D, E, D hereinbefore described which are seam welded together. The drawer I3 is added to the unit by welding the drawer frame M to the underside of the draining board. Alternatively, the drawer frame may be welded to the apron which is in turn welded to the under side of the fillet. The drawer l3 which may be of any convenient type is provided with guide members at each side thereof which are arranged to slide in corresponding grooves provided in the drawer frame M. It will be appreciated that instead of one drawer two or more drawers may be provided particularly if a draining board is provided at each side of the sink.

If required a splash back may be readily provided by welding the said back to the rear edge or fillet of the sink and drainingboard. A further modified form which may also be constructed consists of a combined sink and draining board supported on legs. The legs which may be formed of tubular metal are welded to the under sides of the draining board and sink at convenient positions. Instead of the drawer frame l4 illustrated in Figures 4 and 5, cupboards, racks or shelves may be suspended from the unit by welding these to the under side of the draining board or to an apron and may be employed for accommodating kitchen utensils such as brushes, bowls and the like which are necessary at a sink.

The method of constructing the units in accordance with the present invention makes it possible to manufacture the units much more cheaply than would be the case if the units were manufacturedfrom single pieces of sheet metal. As mentioned above the saving in cost is to a large extent due to the fact that there is no necessity to employ a large amount of machinery, but there is also saving in cost as the metal employed is much cheaper than the metal which would have to be employed if a unit of great length was made from a single piece of metal.

For instance to make a unit with one sink andtwo draining boards, the sheet metal area involved would be such that it would be necessary to employ specially rolled metal of high quality at an extra cost per pound while if the same sink is built up from'smaller sheet metal areas by the method hereinbefore described, a cheaper price per pound for the same quality metal prevailswhich can moreover be more economically used with less wastage to achieve equally satisfactory results. Y

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. An integral metal sink and draining board unit built up of a number of parts welded together which comprise an end fillet member, at least one self contained sink and a draining board interchangeable with said end fillet member each provided with an edge of such configuration as to engage and partially interlock with a corresponding edge of an adjacent part and welded together at said edges. I

2. An integral metal sink and draining board unit built up of a number of parts welded together which comprise at least one self-contained sink and two interchangeable draining boards each provided with edges of such configuration as to engage and partially interlock with corresponding edges of an adjacent part and welded together at said edges.

3. A method of constructing an integral metal sink and draining board unit comprising a selfcontained sink and a draining board surrounded by a continuous fillet which comprises the steps of forming a rectangular sink with fillet members integral therewith on the front and back edges thereof, forming a draining board with fillet members integral therewith around three sides thereof, forming an individual end fillet member similar to the said fillet members integral with the said sink and the said draining board, providing edges on said sink, draining board and individual end fillet member of such configuration as to engage and partially interlock with each other and welding the individual end fillet member on one of the free side edges of the sink and welding the free edge of the draining board on the remaining free side edge of the sink.

A method of constructing an integral metal sinkanddrainingboardimitcomprisingaselfcontained sink and two drainingboards sur-' edges on said sink and draining boards of such I configuration as to engage and partially interlock with each other, and welding the free edge ofeachdrainingboardtoafreesideedgeofthe 5. A method of constructing an integral sink and draining board unit comprising at least one draining board and two self-contained sinks bounded by a continuous fillet, which comprises the steps of forming rectangular self-contained sinks with fillet memgers integral therewith on the front and back edges thereof, forming draining boards with filletmembers integral therewith around three sides thereof, forming hidividual end fillet members similar to said fillet members, providing edges on said sinks, draining boards, and fillet members of such configuration as to engage and partially interlock with each other, welding together the ends of the fillet members integral with the two the edges of a narrow strip of metal to'the adjacent side edges of the two sinks, and "welding the free edge of at least one draining board to a freesideedgeofasink."

dhnintegralmetalsinkahddrainingboard unit surroimded by a continuous fillet and built up of a number of parts welded together which comprise at least" one self-contained sink and at least onedraining board each provided with edges of such configuration as to engage and partially interlock with corresponding edges of an adjacent part and provided with fillet members which are of substantially rectangular section and formed with two vertical walls one extendingupwardlyfromtheupperedgeofthesinkandthe surface of the draining board and with two horizontal walls one disposed below the upper edge ofthesinkandthcsurfaoeofthedrainingboard,

soasto formapartia'llyenclosed channel.

7.Anintegralmetalsinkanddrainingboard unit surrounded by a continuous fillet and built up of a number of parts welded together'which at least one self-contained sink and at least one board each provided a with edges of such configuration as to engage and par interlock with corresponding edges of an part and with fillet members disposed the caseofasink'onthefrontandbackedges thereof in the case of a draining board sides thereof, the ends of the fillet on. the front and back edges ofthesink-being arrangedtoextend beyondthe side'edgesofthesinkandbeingarrangedto terl'ock with the free ends of the fillet member around the three sides of a draining metal" sinkand draining board unit surrounded by a continuous fillet and built up of a number of welded together which comprise at least one self-contained sink having rounded corners and at least one draining board. provided with edges of such configuration as engage and interlock with corresponding'edgesof anadiacentpartandwith filletmer'nbersdisposedinthecaseofasinkon tbefrontandbackedgesthereofandhitbecase ofa drainingboardaroundthreesides thereof, the ends of the fillet members disposed on the frontandbackedgesofthesinkbeingarranged to extend beyond the side edges of the sink substantially tangential to the rounded corners thereof and being arranged to interlock with the free ends of the fillet member disposed around threesidesofadrainingboard.

9.Anintegralmetalsinkanddrainingboard unit surrounded by a continuous fillet and built up of a number of parts welded together which comprise at least one self-contained sink having rounded corners and at least one draining board each provided with edges of such confi uration as to engage and partially interlock with corresponding edges of an adjacent part and with fillet membersdisposedinthecaseofasinkonthe front and back edges thereof and in the case of a draining board around three sides thereof, the

ends of the fillet members disposed on the front and back edges of the sink being arranged to extend beyond the side edges of the sink substantially tangential to the rounded corners thereof, whilsttheends ofanedge ofadrainingboard arrangedtobesecuredtoanedgeofthesink project beyond the ends of a fillet member disposed aroimd three sides of the drainingboard and are shaped to conform with the rounded corners of the sink so as to interlock therewith.

10. Anintegralmetalsinkanddrainingboard imit surrounded by a continuous fillet and built up of a number of parts welded together which comprise at least one self-contained sink having roimded corners, a draining board and an end fillet member each provided with edges of such configuration as to engage and partially interlock with corresponding edges of an adjacent part whilst sinks and draining boards are provided withfilletmembers disposedinthecase of asink on the front and back edges thereof and in the caseofadrainingboardaroundthreesidesthereof, the ends of the fillet members disposed on the frontandbackedgesof thesinkbeingarrangcd to extend beyond the side edges of the sink substantially tangential to the rounded corners thereof whilst the ends of a vertical wall of the end fillet member curve outwardly from said member and are shaped to conform with the rounded edges of the sink so as to interlock therewith.

11. Anintegralmetalsinkanddraining board unit surroimded by a continuous fillet and built up of a number of parts welded together which comprise an apron formed of sheet metal secured aroimd the said parts by welding the said apron to the underside of the fillet,v at least one selfcontained sink and at least one draining board each provided with edges of such configuration as to engage and partially interlock with corresponding edges of an adjacent part and with fillet membersdisposedin thecaseofasinkonthe front and back edges thereof and in the case of a draining board around three sides thereof, the endsofthefilletmembersdisposcdon thefront and back edgesof the sink being arranged to extend beyond the said edges of the sink and being arranged to'interlock with the free endsof the fillet member disposed around the three sides of a draining board.

'. GWEN THOMAS WEBBER.