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W. N. GOCHRANE.

WASH BENCH.

Patented yen". 6, 1888.

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WILLIAM N. OOOHRANE, OF GHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM E. STRONAOH, OF SAME PLACE.

WASH-BENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,921, dated March 6, 1888. Application filed May 18, 1887. Serial No. 238,641. F o model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. 00011- BANE, of Oharlestown, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin "Wash- Benches, of which the following is a descrip tion sufficiently full,clcar, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and [0 use the same, reference being had to the ac-' companying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an isometrical view of my improved bench represented as open and in po- [5 sition for use; Fig. 2, an end view of the same; and Fig. 3, a vertical section taken on theline m m in Fig. 1, the bench being represented as folded.

Like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

Myinvention relates more especially to that class of wash-benches which are adapted to be closed or folded; and it consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts,as hereinafter' more fully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a cheaper, simpler, andmore effective article of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation:

In the drawings, A represents the framework or body of the bench, and B the table considered as entireties. The body consists, essentially, of the legs 10 w y z, braces 12 d, and cross-ties O. The legs 3 z are connected by the crossed braces d d, and also at their lower ends by the horizontally-arranged brace b. The legs w 00 are connected at their lower ends by the horizontally-arranged brace b,and centrally pivoted to the outer'sides of the legs y 2, as shown at o v.

The cross-ties 0 each consist of two short horizontally -arranged bars, 19 r, which are pivoted or jointed to each other at their inner ends, as shown at i, and respectively pivoted .at their outer ends to the upper ends on piv- 50 ots g of the legs w y a: e, as shown in Figs. 2

and 3.

same place.

The table B consists of two outer slats, h, and intermediate slats, f, which are arranged horizontally in parallelism with each other on the crossties 0, two of said slats being se- 5 5 cured near their ends to the bars 19 and two to the bars r, as shown. Two transverselyarranged bars, 70. are secured to the under sides of the slats hfat the center of the table, said bars being placed end to 'end and provided with projectionst at their inner ends, which extend upward between the slats f and are flush with the top of the table, said projections serving as stops to prevent the table from sagging at the center when opened, as shown in Fig. 1. These bars constitute a transverse folding stiffening bar which prevents sagging and secures all the slats in the The lower corners of the bars k at their inner ends are cut away, as shown at Z, to prevent said bars from interfering with each other as the bench is opened or closed.

It will be understood that the ties O are of such length that when the bench is open or in position for use the legs 20 :20 will respectively stand at nearly right angles to the legs y e, as shown in Fig. 1.

The method of using my improvement will be readily apparent without the necessity of a more particular description.

I do not confine myself to the use of any spe cial number of slats h f, as any suitable number may be employed.

Having thus explained my invention, what Y I claim isscribed.

WVILLIAM N. OOGHRANE.

WVitnesses: Y

O. M. SHAW, E. L. SAWYER.

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