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(Modem H. E. GAULFIELD. Sewing Machine Case.

No. 233,327. Patented Oct, 19,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY E. UAULFIELD, OF VIENNA, ONTARIO, CANADA.

SEWING-MACHINE CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,327, dated October 19, 1880. Application filed May 28, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY ELLIs CAUL- FIELD, of the village of Vienna, in the county of Elgin, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sewing-Machine Gases; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to the combination of a writing-desk with the case'of a sewing-machine; and it consists in combining with the case a drop-board hinged near the front and extending to near the back of the case, a support to receive the same when lowered, a sewing-machine upon and adapted to be folded down on such drop-board, and a writing-desk hinged to the rear of the case, all as more fully hereinafter described.

The sewing-machine case, when used as a writing-desk, has the appearance of a well-gotten-up article of furniture, having drawers in the left-hand side drawing out in the front of the case, and an escritoire in the right-hand side, opening also to the front. In order to keep the height of the desk suitable for writing upon when sitting upon an ordinary chair, I have devised a drop-board, which, when the machine is in use, forms a portion of the top of the case, and of such dimensions as to be fully covered by the desk when folded down, which drop-board is hinged near to the front and extends nearly to the back of the case, and folds down in the back end, so that when the machine is turned backward and on its side on the downwardly-sloping drop-board it is nearly level with the top of the case, a portion of the sole only of the machine appearing above the level, and this portion lies in the hollow chamber of the desk when the latter is in use. When the drop-board is raised to a level position it is locked or fastened in this position by any appropriate bolt or fastening device.

I am aware that writing-desks have been made to form a part of the case of a sewingmachine, and appearing as an article of furniture and for use in the household as such; but they have not been made as hereinafter described as my invention.

In the accompanying drawings the same letters of reference indicate the same parts as in this specification.

Figure l is a perspective view of my device, showing the case A and desk B broken away at its rear, but which is shown in position for use as a writing-desk; Fig. 2, a perspective view of my device, showing the case A and sewing-machine O, the desk B being folded back as when the sewing-machine is in use, and leaving the sewing-machine work-table entirely unobstructed by any portion of such desk, I) in Figs. 2 and 3 indicating the hinge joint or line of connection of the desk with the rear line of the table. Fig. 3 is a side view of my improvements, showing the case A with a portion of the end removed to show the dropboard D, the sewing-machine being turned over and resting on the same and the dropboard resting upon a support, E, provided for that purpose.

The hinging of the drop-board D at the front permits the lowering of such board and of the sewing-machine beneath the highest rather than a lower part of the inclined lid of the desk, and consequentlyit need be lowered but a short distance, and the turning over of the machine backward instead of forward upon a drop-board so hinged reduces still less the dis tance that the board must be lowered, and by these means there is but little liability of disturbing or dislodging the driving-belt usually employed for driving the machine, while if the support were not employed the drop-board would swing to a vertical position with great risk of falling suddenly and injuring the machine by breaking it from-its hinges and of breaking the hinges of the drop-board, and during all the period of such hanging or suspension the entire weight of the board and of the machine would be sustained by the hinges alone on which the board is hung. Besides, the slight inclination of the drop-board, when resting on its support, allows the turned-down machine to lie easily with but little strain upon its hinges.

1 am aware that a drop-board supporting a sewing-machine has been made to hang vertically upon its hinges. This, therefore, I do not claim.

I am also aware that sewing-machines on fixed tables have been arranged to be turned over to afl'ord easy access to the shuttle and other mechanism beneath their beds; but this I do not claim; but I am not aware that prior to my invention a case or cabinet for a combined sewing-machine and desk has been made in which the desk part, when swung back, left the whole horizontal portion or bed of the sewing-machine clear of such desk from front to rear, nor in which the drop-board, which supports the sewing-machine, was hinged near the front of the case and extended nearly to its back, and with the sewing-machine arranged to be turned down backward upon the rear of said drop-board, whereby the distance to which the board needs to be lowered in order to free the machine from the inclined lid of the desk is comparatively little, so that the usual belt orcord which drives the machine is not likely to be constantly dropping from its pulley whenever the drop-board is lowered.

Having thus described my invention, I claim In a cabinet for sewing-machines, the combination, with the case A, of a drop-board, D, hinged near the front of and extending nearly to the back of the case and adapted to be lowered at its rear, a projection or support, E, to sustain such board when lowered, a sewingmachine upon such drop-board and adapted to be folded down thereon, and a writing-desk, B, hinged at the extreme rear of the case, all as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

HENRY ELLIS OAULF'I'ELD. Witnesses:

JOHN SECORD, CHAS. M. FOLEY.

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