US475197A - Kitchen-cabinet - Google Patents

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ALBERT C. CARR, OF MIDDLESBOROUGH, KENTUCKY.

KITCHEN-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 475,197, dated May 17, 1892.

Application filed January 2, 1892. Serial No. 416,890. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT C. CARR, residing at Middlesborough, in the county of Bell and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Kitchen- Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive kitchen-cabinet which will effectually serve for the purpose intended; and 'it consists in the peculiar combination and novel arrangement of parts, all of which will hereinafter be fully described in the specification, and then pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front view of my improved kitchen-cabinet, parts being shown in section. Fig.2 is a vertical cross section taken on the line 2 2, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of myimproved cabinet, and Figs. tand 5 are detail views hereinafter referred to.v

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A indicates the cabinet-body, which in its general outline is of substantially the construction shown in the drawings, which is divided into three general sections B, C, andD, in the central one of whichB are arranged drawers E E, adapted for various uses, above which are disposed the kneading-boards F F, arranged one above the other and in opposite sides of the guideways ff, in a manner clearly understood from the drawings.y The top board B of the section B forms the bottom of the upper or main section C, in the upper part of whichis arranged a cupboard c, provided with one or more shelves c c', which cupboard, when desired, is held closed by a detachable board or cover G, which is also adapted to be used as a shelf when desired, guides g g on the under side of the base-board c2 being provided, into'which the said cover G can be slid. It will be noticed by reference to Fig. 4 that the said guides g are extended a short distance beyond the front face of the cupboard to form a rest for the lower edge of the board when it is used as a cover for the cupboard c.

At the upper front edge of the cupboard is a strip. g', having an inner beveled edge g2. In placing the board G over the cupboard its upper edge (which is also beveled, as at G) is fitted under the strip g', after which the lower end is slipped onto the projected ends of the guides g g, the board being held therein by the beveled strip g.

`To each side of the cupboard c are formed chambers, in which are hinged smaller bins H, more especially adapted for holding sugar, coffee, &c., and which are of the construction most clearly shown in Fig. 2, by reference to which it will be seen that they are formed of the front wall h, hinged at h to the baseboard c2, the rearward and upwardly inclined bottom h2, the rear wall h3, and the upwardly and forwardly inclined top h4, which top, however,'eXtends but vpartially over the bin, whereby a discharge-opening h5 is formed. It will be observed by reference to the aforesaid igures of the drawings that when the bin H is pulled out to the position shown in dotted lines its inclined top wall, owing to the manner in 'which the bin is hinged, engages the top ct of the casing and limits the forward pull of the bin, exposing, as it were, its opening h5 only, thereby preventing the danger of tilting the bin too far and spilling the con` tents. Furthermore, by inclining the bottom, as shown, the contents of the bin are thrown toward the front under the opening h5, thereby making the removal thereof the more easy. At the rear of the lower portion` of the section C is arranged a longitudinal series of small bins I, four being shown in the drawings, over which are arranged a seriesV of slidecovers J. r

To provide means whereby any one of such bins shall always remain open while all the others are held closed, I arrange but three of such covers J, so that by sliding one or more of the covers in reverse directions access may be readily had to any one of the said bins and such bin held open, thereby avoiding the danger of making mistakes when using the different spices. y y

K indicates the large bins, disposed in the lower space D, eachof which are hinged at k, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and are so arranged as toalways balance when either full or empty. The bottom k of eachbin is inclined upward toward the back k2 to throw the material forward, and is also formed with a forwardly-projecting top section k3, which when the bin is pulled forward engages a IOO stop L and limits the outward pull of the bin, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The upper compartment may be held closed, if desired, by a hinged lid C', as shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claimand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A kitchen-cabinet comprising a main frame having an upper compartment C,formed with a cupboard c, the guide-cleats g, disposed under the cupboard and projected beyond the front edge, the beveled strip-g', disposed onV the upper front edge of the cupboard, and the removable board G, having its upper edge beveled, all arranged substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

2. A kitchen-cabinet comprising an upper compartment C, a central drawer-compartment E, and a lower bin-compartment D, a cupboard c, disposed in the upper end of the compartment C, hinged bins I-I, disposed to each end of such cupboard, the guide-cleats g under the cupboard, having their front edges projected beyond the bottom of the cupboard, the beveled strip g at the Vupper front edge of the cupboard, the removable board G, formed With a beveled outer edge G', and the bin I, formed With a series of compartments disposed at the inner lower edge of the upper compartment O, all arranged substantially7 as and for the purpose described.

ALBERT C. CARR.

Witnesses:

BUCKNER McELRoY, S. LYNN KLIVER.

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