US405098A - Drawer-guide - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

D. W. KENDALL. DRAWBR- GUIDE.

No. 405,098. Patented June 11, 1889.

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DAVID V. KENDALL, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

DRAWER-GUIDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,098, dated June 11, 1889.

Application filed October 9, 1888. Serial No. 287,683. 1 No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID W. KENDALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drawer-Guides, of which the following isa specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings My invention relates, generally, to drawerguides for bureaus, wash-stands, wardrobes, desks, and other articles of furniture provided with sliding drawers; and it relates part-ionlarly to that class of drawer-guides in which the sides of the drawers bear against springactuated blocks or bars, whereby said drawers may be easily and accurately moved in and out, and at the same time provision made for allowing of the shrinking and warping of the surrounding parts without bindingor clamping said drawers or rendering it diiiicult to open or close the same; and it consists in the improved construction and arrangement or combination of parts hereinafter fully disclosed in the description, drawings, and claims.

The object of my invention is to provide drawer-guides of the character named with a novel and advantageous construction and arrangement of guide-slots, pins or screws, and cushioning-springs, and also, in connection therewith, to provide annular recesses or holes in the back edge of said drawer-guides for the reception of said cushioning-springs. I ac-, complish this object by the construction and arrangement of parts shown in the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, in which the same reference-letters indicate the same parts, and in which- Figure 1 represents a horizontal section of a portion of a drawer and the casing of a piece of furniture provided with my improved drawer-guide; and Fig. 2, a transverse vertical section of the same on the line a" on of Fig. l, the spiral cushioning-spring being shown in full outline.

In the drawings the letter B indicates the side of the casing of a bureau or otherarticle of furniture, and O the drawer, which is mounted and slides upon the drawer-support D. 4

A indicates the drawer-guide, which is made of wood or othersuitable material and formed with transverse slots G, through which pass the pins or screws F, which are prov1ded with heads larger in diameter than said slots.

These pins or screws are fastened or screwed to the support D, and are capable of being adjusted up and down, so that their heads may be caused to bear with greater or less force upon the upper surface of the draWer-guide,

thus permitting the lateral play of the'latter to be regulated as necessary or desired, or, in other words, by adjusting the drawer-guide laterally and increasing or decreasing the frictional resistance of the heads of the pins or screws along the edges of the slots the pressure of said drawer guide against the drawer may be regulated. The back edge of this drawer-guide is formed with annular recesses or holesH, and into these are secured or fitted the inner ends of the spiral springs E,

of the parts of my drawer-guide it will bear against the side of the drawer lightly and evenly and permit the same to be easily moved back and forth upon its support-s; also, at the same time it will yield sufficiently to provide for shrinkage and warping of the wood of the drawer or casing, thus avoiding the trouble which is constantly arising in articles of furniture'having rigid drawer-guides, in which the shrinkage or warping of the casing or drawer either causes the latter to play too freely orbind too fast in its supports.

As the spiral springs are independent of each other, and as the transverse slots are formed near the ends of the drawer-guide,

either end of the latter is adapted to yield more than the other, thus allowing for uneven shrinkage or swelling of the drawer or its supports.

The transverse slots in the yielding drawerguide and the pins or screws passing therethrough and into the drawer-support form a more secure fasteningfor said yielding guide, hold the same in place more firmly, and admit of more free play thereof than the drawerguides in which the spring-actuated cushions I00 or blocks are forced forward against the sides of drawers by the curved fiat springs hitherto employed, which project against the ends of said cushions or blocks, and are without any means for regulating their pressure.

Having thus fully described the construction and arrangement or combination of the parts of my improved drawer-guide, its operation and advantages, what I claim as new therein is 1. The combination, with a casing, a drawersupport, springs, and a drawer, of a drawerguide formed with transverse slots, and pins or screws passed through said slots and into said drawensupport for regulating thelateral play or pressure of said drawer-guide upon said drawer, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a casi n g, a drawersupport, and a drawer, of a yielding drawerguide formed with annular recesses in its back edge, and also with transverse slots, pins or screws passing through said slots and provided with heads of larger diameter than the same, and spiral springs having their inner ends fitted in said. recesses and their outer ends bearing against the side of said casing, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID \V. KENDALL. \Vitn esses:

GRACE M. GARRISON, EDWIN F. UHL.

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