US560266A

US560266A - Shaving-cabinet

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Publication number: US560266A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-05-19
Anticipated expiration: 1913-05-19

Description

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F. A. HERRIOK. SHAVING CABINET.

No. 560,266. Patented May 19, 1896.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,266, dated May 19, 1896. Application filed November 29, 1895. Serial No. 570,443 (No model.)

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Be it known that I, FRANK A. HERRIOK, of the city of Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shaving-Oabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shaving-cabinets; and it consists in the improvements hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet embodying my invention, the doors being shown open. Fig. 2 is a section on the line X X, Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a detail view.

A B are the vertical sides of the cabinet, and O D are horizontal shelves which form the top and bottom of the same.

E is a horizontal shelf extending from the side A to the side B and dividing the space between the shelves 0 D into two compart- JHGHlJS.

F is a vertical partition extending from the shelf E to the shelf D, and G is a horizontal shelf extending from the partition F to the side B. The shelf E is provided withan aperture II, extending vertically through it between the partition F and the side A.

I is avertically-swinging door hinged to the shelf G and adapted to close the lower compartment of the cabinet when shut.

i 43 are two pivoted and slotted hangers by which the door I is held in a horizontal position, when open, to form a table. Said door is provided with a lock J.

K is a horizontally-swinging door by which the upper compartment of the cabinet may be closed. Said door is provided with a mirror at its outside surface.

M M is a double-pivoted bracket of some little length between its pivots.

L is a spring-clog secured to the inner surface of the door K near that edge of said door which comes to the side A of the cabinet.

Q is a lug secured to the'side A of the cabinet, with which lug the dog L is adapted to engage to hold the door K closed.

The bracket M consists of one integral wire having its ends bent to form the pintles of hinges m m and its center bent to form the pintle of a hinge N, as most distinctly shown in Fig. 3. The center of said hanger M is pivoted to the side B of the cabinet, and its ends are pivoted to the inside of the door K near the center and toward the upper and lower edges, respectively, of the door K. The bracket M should be of such a length as to bring the ends of the door K against the sides A and B of the cabinet when said door is closed.

The method of using the above-described device is as follows: The mugs, razors, &c., are placed upon the shelves G, E, and G inside of the cabinet. The strop is hung between the partition F and the side A and extends through the aperture H. The door K is swung to and is automatically fastened by the dog L, engaging the lug Q, so that said door cannot be opened from the outside. The door I is then closed and locked.

To open the cabinet, the door I is unlocked and opened, the hand is then passed'up into the aperture II, the dog L disengaged from the lug Q, and the door K swung-open. It will be seen that the door K may be turned to almost any position to get the best lightupon the mirror It or to get the best view of the face in shaving by turning the bracket about its pivots.

The means for fastening the door K makes it only necessary to have one look to both doors and to only use one key, and if the door I is left unlocked one unacquainted with the construction of the apparatus would not be as likely to get the door K open. The mirror 7c forms a suitable ornament to the outside of the door K, and the outside of said door is not marred by the piercing of a keyhole or the insertion of a lock. The above-described means for hinging said door is very convenient to one wishing to use the mirror 7.:.

The hanger M may be cheaply and easily made and forms a convenient and strong hinge and support for the door K.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is-

1. In a cabinet the combination of the shelf, E, dividing said cabinet into two compartments and being provided with an aperture, H, extending vertically through it, the door K adapted to close one of said compartments, said door being provided with the dog, L, said dog being adapted to secure said door when closed and being only accessible through said aperture, substantially as. shown and described.

2. In a cabinet the combination of the shelf, E, dividing said cabinet into two compartments, and being provided with an aperture, II, a door, K, adapted to close one of said compartments and having a dog, L, adapted to secure said door closed, said dog being only accessible through said aperture when said door is closed, and a door, 1, adapted to close the other of said compartments, the lastnamed door being provided with a lock, J, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a shaving-cabinet, the combination of the shelf, E, dividing said cabinet into two compartments, the double-hinged door, K, provided with a mirror, 70, and adapted to close one of said compartments, said shelf being provided with an aperture, II, extending 20 FRANK A. IIERRICK. lVitnesses MAURICE E. SHAW, HERBERT E. RICE.