US360022A - Wardrobe-bed - Google Patents

Description

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L. G. KELLOGG.

WARDROBE BED.

N0. 360,022. Patented Mar. 2 9, 1887.

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LFJVIS G. KELLOGG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WARDROBE-BED.

SPECIFICATION forming 'part of Letters Patent No. 360,022, dated March 29, 1887.

Application filed May Q2, 1886. Serial No. 202,064.

To all whoml it may concern:

Be it known that l, LEWIS G. KELLOGG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vardrohe-Beds, of which the following is a specification.

In the drawings, Figure l is an end elevation of my improved wardrobebed. Fig. 2 is arear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken through Fig. l, showing the bed-body down. Fig. et is a side elevation showing the bed-body down, with a base-extension thrown out to prevent tipping or pnlling over thestanding portion of the bed-frame; and Fig. 5 isa detail view showing the method of connecting the vertical sliding back pieces and springs with the movable head-board.

In the drawings, A represents the permanent or standing portion of the bed,- B, the folding portion of bedbody; C, the movable head-board; D, a bar carrying the standards to which the spring-connections are attached; E, such standards; F, ropes or connections connecting the standards with the springs; G, such sp1-ings; H, segments around which the springs bend; I, pulleys; J, the hase-extension; K, a rod connecting the bed-body with the base-extension; L, anti-friction rollers fitting in circular bearings on the bedbody.

In making myimproved wardrobe-bedstead I make a permanent or upright portion,whieh is intended to remain standing at all times. This portion is provided with a base of suff1 cient width to make its position on the lloor permanent and stable. To increase its ca pacity to resist any tendency to tip or pull over in lowering the bed-body or folding portion of the bed, I provide an extension to the base, which is thrown forward by the act of lowering the bed-body. This hase-extension may be made by cutting a piece in the form of a segment or quarter-circle in the sides of thepermanent or standing portion of the bed, so that it will t into its place when the bed is up, as shown in Fig. l, and open out and extend the base or width of the standing portion of the bed the length of. its height, as shown in Fig. 4. This portion J may as readily be made of a separate piece from the side of the standing portion and placed just (No model.)

inside of the same. In either ease it is pivoted to such standing portion at its lower front corner. A bar,K,is pivoted to the lower rear corner at one end, and toward the other end it is pivoted to the main standing portion of the bed-frame as a fulcrnm. Beyond this fulerum it extends a certain distance and terminates in an eye, which is pivoted to another bar or link, M, which link in turn is pivoted at its upper end to the folding portion of the bed. Vhen the hed-body is lowered,this link llLmoving with the saine,bears upon the upper end ofthe bar K, and causes it to turn on its pivot or fulerum, lowering or depressing the end to which such link is connected. This of course causes the lower end ofthe barKto rise, and to lift with it the lower rear corner of the piece J,whieh`turns on its pivot with the permanent portion of the bed. \Vhen the bedbody is lowered,the bar K and link M are in the position shown in Fig. 3, at which time the base-extension J will rest upon the floor, and thus in effect increase the width of the permanent portion of the bed the distance of its height. In this way much greater strength and stability are imparted to the permanent portion of the bed, and all tendency to tip or pull over the same effectually prevented. Any other equivalent method ofeonneeting the bar K with the folding portion of the bed 'may he employed, as the only object of such conneetion is to permitthe folding portion of the bed to operate upon the bar K and throw out the base-extension J.

To connect the bed-body or folding portion of the bed with thepermanent orstanding portion, I make ways or`bearings in each of the side rails of the hed-body at a proper distance from the lower end when the bed-hody is folded up to permit the parts to turn and move when together. These ways are preferably curved, or in the form of a circle, with an extension out to the end of the side rails, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4 of the drawings. To operate in these bearings or Ways, two anti-friction rollers, L, pivoted to the permanent portion of the bed, are provided at each side. The curved circular portion of the bearing moves on these rollers as the bed is opened or shut. By having the way extended out to the end of the side loo rails the parts can be easily disconnected by simply lifting up therear end of the bed-body when the bed is down, so as to bring the eX- tension to the bearings in line with the rollers, When the bed-body may be moved forward and the parts disconnected.

l At the inner or head end of the bed-body I provide a head-board, C, which is hinged or flexibly connected to the bed-body at its lower edge, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. A cross-bar, I), is placed immediately above the upper end ofthe head-board C, so that it can move up and down in ways or grooves provided at each side of the permanent portionvof the bed. The lower edge of this bar D has studs or projections,and the upper edge of the head-board C has holes orsockets,enlarged at their bottoms, into which such studs or projections may eX- tend and attach the two parts removably and iexibly together, as shown in Fig. 5. Extending up from the bar D, and adapted to move up and down in the grooves or ways above mentioned, I preferably arrange two standards, E, which move up and down in the ways as the bar D moves up and down. I attach ropes, chains, or cables to the upper ends of these standards and pass them around pulleys Land attach their other ends to springs G. These springs are preferably made of one or more bars or sheets of steel or other flexible metal arranged in a Vertical position, their upper ends being securely attachedto the permanent portion of the bed,and preferably bent against segments of circles H as their free ends are pulled outward, though pins or other resisting means may be employed. In this way I make a connection between the springs and a movable 'portion ofthe bed, so that the springs may be bent, though variations in the preciso means of connection may be adopted.

It willbe seen by referring to Fig. 3 and other figures of thedrawings that as the bedbody is lowered the movable head-board C is raised. As it moves upward the bar D and the standards E are carried upward also in the ways provided for them. As they move upward, the cords or chains F are drawn around the pulleys I and the free ends of the springs G drawn outward. When the bed has been fullylowered, thesprings will be drawn against the segments I-I and will be in the condition of their highest tension. As the bed-body is rais'ed the head-board, bar, and standards are lowered again and the springs allowed to straighten out and assume their normal position. These springs are made of sufficient tension to just about eounterbalance the body of the bed before it is provided with the bedding and bedelothes.

To compensate for the additional weight imparted to the bed-body by the bedclothes, weights may be put into the inner end of the folding portion of the bed, where a box or cavity, W, is provided to receive the same, as shown in Fig. 3. The weights thus added should just about counterbalance the weight of the bedding and bedclothes, so that the bedbody can be lowered or raised with perfect ease, whether emptied or weighted.

What I claim as new, and desire to-secure by Letters Patent, isr In a wardrobe-bedstead, the combination of a permanent or standing portion, a folding or bed portion opening from and closing to the standing portion, vertical springs secured rigidly at one end to the back of the standing portion, curved resistants permanently secured to the back'of the standing portion in the way of such springs when bent vand against which they are brought in bending, and cords orchains connectingthefree ends ofthe springs with the movable or folding portion ofthe bed, whereby the springs are drawn againstthe resistants as the bed is lowered and their resilient qualities secured as the bed is raised, Substantially as described.

LEWIS G. KELLOGG.

Vitnesses:

FRANK L. DOUGLAS, Tiros. A. BANNING.

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