US27247A - Supporting furniture-drawers - Google Patents

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H.151. TAYLOR; SUPPORTING DRAWERS 0F FURNITURE, am. No. 27,247.

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i vented the slides B from being pulled out too far.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTGE.

HENRY R. TAYLOR, OF ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

SUPPORTING FURNITURE-DRAWERS.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY R. TAYLOR, of Roxbury, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Supporting Drawers of Fur-- niture, &c., of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1, is a perspective view of a table top furnished with my improved drawer supporter, the side being left open to show the operation of the slide; Fig. 2, a view of part of the drawer detached; Figs. 3, 4E, and 5, details to be hereafter referred to.

In Letters Patent of the United States granted to me for improved drawer for closets, bureaus, &c., and bearing date April 27th, 1858, the drawer A (referring to these present drawings) was supported when drawn out by a sliding piece B on each side, which was free to slide between the side of the drawer and the side of its receptacle G and was drawn out for about one half its length by the drawer, in the following manner :A portion of the slide B was cut away for nearly half its length as at a, leaving a shoulder Z) at its front end and another one 0 near its middle; a pin [Z (or equivalent device) projecting from the side of the drawer rested on the slide B where cut down. hen the drawer had been pulled out about half its depth, the pin (Z struck against the shoulder 6 of the slide B and drew it out, the two slides then serving to support the drawer from sagging down. Suitable stops pre- In this method of operating the slides B it will be perceived that they remained stationary until the drawer had been pulled out half way, when the slides were then drawn out with the balance of the movement of the drawer, the weight of the drawer (through the pins (Z) resting on the outer ends of the slides while they were being drawn out. This was objectionable as it caused considerable friction between the bottom of the slides B and the receptacle of the drawer, in which they were placed, and again, the pin (Z striking against the shoulder 1) while the drawer was being pulled out, produced an unpleasant jar on the hand of the person opening the drawer. These objections I have removed by my present invention, which consists in a device for bringing out the slides B with the drawer, at the 27,247, dated February 21,1860.

first part of its movement, and when brought out as far as they are intended to move releasing the drawer to let it continue its movement without the slides.

That others skilled in the art may understand and use my invention I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried out the same.

In the said drawings the slide B (as in the former case) is placed between the side of the drawer A and the side of the receptacle C in which the drawer slides, and is concealed when the drawer is pushed in, by the overlapping end 6 of the drawer. A cleat D, Fig. A, is secured to the side of the receptacle C, immediately over the slide B, it is furnished with a groove in which slides a pin 9, Fig. 5, projecting from the top of the slide. This groove extends but part of the length of the cleat D and the slide B is thus prevented from being drawn out too far; a portion of the cleat D, is cut away at its rear end at h, to admit the slide B into its place. A pin (Z projects from the side of the drawer A. The slide B is cut away at a, leaving shoulders c and b for the pin (Z to strike against. There is a slide B on each side of the drawer.

Thus far the parts are similar to those described in my former patent. I will now proceed to describe my improvements.

The notch a in the slide B is cut down a little lower at 27 next to the shoulder 0, so that the pin (Z does not rest on the part a of the slide, while the slide is being drawn out, and consequently the slide has only the friction due to its own weight, and not that of the drawer. The slide B is brought out with the drawer as far as the slide is intended to come, during the first half of the drawers movement, in the following manner: A lever E shown detached in Fig. 3 is placed in a corresponding slot 70 in the slide B. It is pivoted at Z, near the middle of its length and is caused to project at each end beyond the surface ofthe slide B by means of a small spring m, which presses out its rear end; its front end at a is beveled or rounded 0E and its rear end at 0 is left square. A recess 29, Fig. 2, corresponding to the size of the end 0 of the lever E is formed in the side of the drawer A near its rear end, and opposite to the slot 70 in the slide B; the rear end of this recess p forms a shoulder 7 and its bottom is beveled off to nothing at 8.

The following is the operation: When the drawer A is shut back in place, the rear end 0 of the lever E is pressed out by the spring m into the recess 9, the square end of the lever bearing against the shoulder 7, the pin d being back against the shoulder c of the slide and over the portion 2' of the notch a, so that (as before stated) the weight of the drawer does not rest on the slide B. When the drawer is pulled out, the shoulder 7 of the recess 1;, bearing against the end 0 of the lever E, the slide B is brought out with the drawer, as far as it is intended that the slide shall come, or until the pin 9 on the slide comes to the end of the groove f in the cleat D. Immediately before this point is reachedby the slide, the beveled end n of the leverE strikes against the frame 1" of the receptacle 0 and vibrates the lever against the resistance of the spring m, freeing the end 0 of the lever from the shoulder 7 of the recess 1;; this releases the drawer from the slide, and allows it to be drawn out the rest of the way without the slide, the pin d for the latter part of the movement of the drawer bearing on the portion a of the slide B until the movement of the drawer is ar rested by this pin coming against the shoulder 3) on the end of the slide.

In Figs. 4 and 5 is shown a modification of my invention. Here the slide B and cleat D are those which belong to the opposite side of the drawer from those just described. The lever E is attached by a pivot s to the top of the slide B and is vibrated by a pin t, projecting down from the underside of the cleat D, which strikes on the inside of the rounded end 41 of the lever. The notch a in the slide B is cut down more than in the former case, so that the pin d on the side of the drawer may pass beneath the pin t on the cleat D.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Bringing out the slides B with the first part of the movement of the drawer, substantially as set forth.

' H. R. TAYLOR. \Vitnesses 4 THos. R. RoAcH, Trros. L. GLOVER.

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