US2144183A - Draining board for sinks - Google Patents

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' Jan. 17, 1939.

W. S. C. GLOVER DRAINI'NG B oARD FOR sINKs Filed April 23, 1938 2 m? .ffrfffhmmn Jan. 17, 1939. W. s, c. GLOVERV l 2,144,183

DRAINING BOARD FOR sINKs Filed April 23, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 #27o/'means v Patented Jan. 17, 1939 ATENT `ort-Ice 2,144,183 DRAINING- BOARD FOR SINKS William Stephen Cox Glover, Seaford, England Application April 23, 1938, Serial No. 203,905 In Great Britain April 22, 1937 6 Claims.

This invention relates to sinks and sink boards therefor, and has for its object to enable sink boards to be used in cases where the sink is so located, relatively to adjacent structural features 6 that the usual sink board cannot be tted as a permanent xture in the usual manner.

To this end, the invention consists in the improved method of mounting a sink board relatively to a sink according to which a sink board is provided with one or more pins extending from the underside thereof, and near one end thereof, the axis of said pin, or of each pin, being set, laterally, at right angles to the plane of the board and, longitudinally, at an angle which differs from a right angle by half the inclination to the horizontal of the sink board when the latter is in use, whilst thesink is provided with one or more similarly inclined sockets for receiving said pin or pins. By this method, a sink board is arranged to extend laterally of the sink in the usual manner or to overlie the sink, at will. Each socket may be formed in the body of the sink and is preferably provided, especially if the sink be of porcelain, with a bush, e. g., of metal, or if the sink be of wood or metal, the socket may be formed in a bracket which may be screwed to the sink. Alternatively, the socket may be formed in a member adapted to hook over the end of the sink and clamped thereto. In some cases, however, the socket may be formed in a metal plate which is held against the sink by means of a clamp constituting a separate element.

Various forms of the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings of which Figure 1 is a fragmentary section of one end of .a sink and sink board illustrating one form of the invention; Figures 2 and 3 are similar views of modifications; Figure 4 is a fragmentary plan of the form of the invention shown in Figure 3, the sink board being omitted; Figures 5, 6, 7 and 8 are a plan, front elevation, rear elevation and central section, respectively showing an attachment which may be clamped in position upon a sink and which presents a socket, whilst Figure 9 is a plan of a modification of the invention.

As shown in Figure 1, the end of a sink II, which may be of wood, is formed with a socket- I2 which may, if desired, be lined with a metal sleeve, the axis of the socket I2 being offset from the vertical by an angle a. A sink board I3 has mounted at its under surface a pin I4 which is set, laterally, at right angles to the board I3, and, longitudinally at an angle which differs from a right angle by the angle a. The pin I4 may be integral with a plate or the like I5 which lies flat against the under surface of the sink board I3.

When the board I3 is mounted in position, the pin I4 is received in the socket I2.

The arrangement is such that in the position of 5., use shown in Figure 1, the sink board I3 is inclined to the horizontal by an angle equal to 2a, whilst, it can be swung about the pin I4 through an angle of 180 to lie in a horizontal plane covering the sink II.

In the modification shown in Figure 2, I I indicates a wooden or metal sink to which there is secured by screws I6 a bracket I'I having outwardly extending arms I8, I9, which are apertured to give passage to the pin I4 of the sink 15 board I3. The apertures are relatively located so that the socket for the pin I4 formed by said apertures, and the pin I4 itself are angularly orfset in the manner described with reference to Figure 1.

Figures 3 and 4 show a further modification in which the sink Il is of porcelain, and is formed with an enlargement 2U in which is formed the socket I2 which may be lined with a metal sleeve 2| formed at its upper end with a ange 22 and screw threaded at its lower end as at 23. The sleeve 2| may be secured in position by a nut 24 engaging with the screw threads at 23.

Figures 5, 6, 7 and 8 show a device which may be clamped to a sink and present a socket. As shown, a metal plate 25 is formed with tabs 2B extending at right angles thereto and with outwardly directed lugs 21, 28 formed with apertures 29, 30 respectively, Vwhich apertures together constitute a socket to receive the pin I4 of the sink board I3. The plate 25 is positioned on the sink I I as shown in the drawings, and a U-member 3l is caused to straddle the plate 25, and the end of the sink I I; screws 32 are then tightened to press the plate 25 rmly against the end of the sink I I and to clamp the whole in position.

It will be appreciated that this device enables a sink board to be used with any sink.

In the modication shown in Figure 9, two sockets I2 are formed in the sink II and the sink board carries two pins similar to that shown at I4 in Figure 1 and which are received in the sockets I2. With this form of the invention, when the sink board I3 is not required for use, it may be removed, turned through 180 and re-` placed, so that it overlies the sink II, by reinserting the pins in the sockets I2. Similarly a plurality of pins may be employed with the other forms of the invention.

If desired, a ange may be provided on the pin I4 to limit its axial movement into the socket I2 and, where the sink board I3 has one pin I4 only, the flange and an adjacent part may be serrated to prevent any tendency of the sink board to swing about the axis of its pin.

I claim:

1. In combination with a drain board, mounting means for said drain board capable of permitting the same to occupy two reversed positions including at leastI one member projecting from the lower side thereof at an acute angle which diiers from a right angle by one-half the angle which said board is adapted to make with the horizontal when in one of said'jpos-itionsv, any

element having a socket therein for receiving said member, and means to mount said element with said socket inclined from-the verticalby-the same angular difference as said projecting member, whereby in the rst of said positions said drain board will be inclined while in the other position it' will be horizontal.

2. In aldevice as` claimed in claim 1, said element comprising a sink in which said socket is formed.

3. In a device as claimed in claim 1, said element comprising a sink in which said socket is formed, and a metal bushing in said socket.

4. In a device as claimed in claim 1, said last means comprising means to secure said element to a sink.

5. In combination with a drain board, mounting means for said drain board capable of permitting the same to occupy two reversed positions including at least one plate secured to the bottom of said drain board, a pin integral with said plate and extending therefrom at an acute angle which differs from a right angle by onehalf the angle which said board is adapted to make with the'horizontal when in one of said positions, a member having a socket therein for receiving said pin, and means to secure said member to-.asink withsaid socket inclined from the Vertical-bythe same angular difference as said projecting member, whereby in the first of said positions'said drain board will be inclined while infthe other positionit will be horizontal.

6. In af device as claimed in claim 1, said member beingturnable in-said socket.

WILLIAM STEPHEN COX GLOVER.

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