US381760A - Dwight c - Google Patents

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.atented'Apr-- 24, 1888.

(No Model.)

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DWIGHT C. CLAPP, OF OWOSSQ MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR 'OF ONE-HALF TO DAVID M. ESTEY,

BUREAU.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 381.760,` dated April 2.4, 1888.

Application filed October 10, 1887.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, DWIGHT C. CLAPP, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Owosso, in the county of Shiawassee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bureaus; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw,` ings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a top plan view of my improved bureau with the top plate removed. Fig. 2is a vertical sectional view on line x 0c, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar view on line y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective vdetail view of one of the drawersupports; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view ofthe end piece of the bureau havin g the spring-actuated blocks or cushionpieces.

Similar numerals of reference indicate cor responding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to bureaus, cabinets, 85e., and itl consists in the improved construction and combination of parts ofa bureau, and in the construction and combination of parts of a support for one end of the drawers, having a bar bearingagainst one end of the drawer and held against it by means of springs and forcing the other end of the drawer against the support at that end, binding the drawer in the supports, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the numerals l indicate the rear corner posts and the numerals 2 indicate the forward corner posts. The rear corner posts havetheir inner sides formed with vertical grooves 3, and their forward faces formed with vertical grooves `4, and the tongued side edges, 5, of the back panel, 6, tit into the gooves in the inner sides, while the tongued rear edges, 7, of the stiles of the end panels, 8, it into the grooves in the forward sides. The forward posts are formed with vertical grooves 9 in their rear sides, into which the tongued forward edges, 10, of the Stiles of the end panels iit, and the inner faces of the forward posts are formed with mortises vseein No. 251,934. (No model.)

with transverse grooves 14 and bars 15,having a longitudinal groove, 16, in their inner sides, are secured with their outer portions in the grooves in one of the said panels, and have rabbeted strips 17,secured with their tongues 18 in the grooves in their faces, the said bars forming guides for one end of the drawers 19, and the strips forming supports for the ends of the drawers. Bars 20 are secured in the grooves ofthe other panel, and have dove tailed recesses 21 out into their inner faces,and bars 22 are glued to the under sides of the projecting portions of these bars, and have their upper inner edges rabbeted, as shown. at 23, to form grooves similar to the grooves 1n the supports of the opposite panel. Rabbeted bars or strips 2i are secured with their tongues 25 in the grooves thus formed.

The dovetailed pieces 26, cut out of the upper bars, are slightly shortened by the sawkerfs in cutting them out, so as to be capable of being forced partly out of the recesses, though held from falling entirely out by the springs 27, which are secured with their ends in the inner sides of the recesses,having their free ends projecting toward the ends and out of the recesses and bearing against the inner sides of the beveled or dovetailed pieces, forcing the said pieces partly out of the recesses,or until their beveled ends come in contact with the beveled ends of the walls ofthe recesses. It willthusbeseen thatthedrawerswill atalltimes be held firmly and without play in the guides, as the spring-cushioned pieces will force them against the guides of the opposite panel, and the drawers may therefore be made to fit snugly in their guides without any danger of their working too loosely in the guides as the wood gets older and more seasoned.

By this construction the entire bureau is put together without the employment of gluing-blocks, which are liable to break oft and. also to change their position as the wood seasons, and the drawers will have a perfectly IOO firm and tight support without being snpported too tightly, as the spring -cushioned pieces will always yield to any swelling ofthe wood.

By cutting the rabbets upon the outer corners of the stiles of the end pieces, and cutting the grooves in the stiles ofthe front and back panel farther in from the outer edges, a larger shoulder is formed upon the end panels, and a wider hearing is also secured upon the back and front panels, against which the shoulders rest, thus making a very strong joint when glued together, and that without the use of glue-blocks, nails, or screws. The sameis true of the construction of the drawer supports and rests, in which the rahbets upon the lower outer edges form shoulders which hear against the adjoining parts and help to support the weight of the drawers and their contents.

Flat diverging and inwardly bulging springs are shown employed in the drawings, but any other 'form of springs may be substituted which may be found practicable.

Havingthus described my invention, l'elaiin and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesm 1. In a bureau, the combination, with the end panels, the inner faces of which are provided with horizontal grooves,ofthe combined guides and supports,eaeh of which is composed of a bar and a strip, the outer side el' each of which is provided with a tongue formed by rabbeting the lower outer edges, and the inner face of the bar is provided with a longitudinal groove, the tongue of the bar tting within the groove-in the inner face of the end panel, and the tongue ot' the support fitting in the groove of the bar.

2. In a bureau, the combination, with the end panels, ofdrawers, guides upon the inner face of one panel and supports upon the inner face ofthe otl1erpanel,strips upon thesupports,

each having a dovetailed recess in its inner face, and a spring-actuated dovetailed piece eut from said strip and fitting within the recess and bearing against the end ofthe drawer, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of an end panel ofa bureau having transverse grooves upon the inner side, bars secured in the grooves and having dovetailed recesses in their inner projecting faces, bars glued to the projecting portions ofthe under sides of the bars and having their upper corners rabbeted to form grooves, supporting-strips fitted with tongues into the said grooves, and dovetailed bars or pieces fitting into the recesses and forced outward in the saine by suitable springs, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

et. In a bureau, the combination ofthe drawers, suitable end guides for the drawers upon one end panel, an end panel having horizontal grooves, bars secured with their outer sidesin the grooves and having dovetailed recesses in their inner sides, bars secured to the initier sides of the former bars and having their upper corners rabbeted to forni grooves, strips having tongues tilting into the said grooves and forming supports for the drawers, dovetailed pieces fitting in the recesses and projecting slightly out of thesame,aud ilatsprings secured with their inner endsin the inner sides ofthe recesses and having their diverging and bulging ends bearing against the inner faces ofthe dovetailed strips or pieces, forcing them out of the recesses, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto afxed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DWIGHT C. CLAPP.

Witnessesn E. L. BREWER, Noni-i E. Bnnwnn.

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