US727922A - Type-writer table and cabinet. - Google Patents

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- PATENTED MAY 12', 1903,.

' M. S.'EYLAR. TYPE WRITER TABLE AND CABINET. APP- IIIIIIIIIIIIII EU. 222222 1 SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS OOOOOO L.

"No. 727,922. PATENTED MAY 12, 1903.

I M. S. EYLAR.

TYPE WRITER TABLE AND CABINET.

7 APPLICATION FILED DBO. 23.1901. no 11011111..

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No. 727,922. PATENTED MAY 12, 190's.v s. EYLAR.

TYPE WRITER TABLE AND CABINET.

7 APPLICATION FILED DBO. 23, 1901. I .110 MODEL.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- Patented May 12, 1903.

FFICE.

ATENT MATTHEWV S. EYLAR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ELLIOTT dz HATCH BOOK TYPEWRITER 00., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPE-WRITER TABLE AND CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,922, dated May 12, 1903.

Application filed December 23, 1901. $eria1 No. 86,996. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTHEW S. EYLAR, of

New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Type -Writer Tables and Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combination table, and cabinet intended more especially for sup- IO porting and inclosing book-type-writing ma ('lllllGSlH which asliding book-supporting carriage is used in combinationwith a fixed overlying platen anda movable writing mechanism above the platen-such, for example, as the well-known Elll0tli &5 Hatch machine, of

the general organization represented in Letters Patent of the United States No. 620,125; The aim of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive table which will give proper support to the machine and the traveling carriage when in action and which may be contracted in size and adapted to inclose the machine when it is not in action.

To this end it consists, essentially, in a table adapted to sustain the machine and provided with hinged extension-leaves at the two ends, these leaves being adapted to serve as extensions or continuations on which the book-carriage may travel to the right and 0 left and also serving when turned to an upright position as ends of the cabinet and as supports for a flexible top.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my table as it appears with the parts in operative po- 5 sition. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a stop, limiting the motion of the book-carriage. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section through the table and machine thereon on the correspondingly-nu mbered line of Fig. 4, the parts being in operative position. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section from front to rear on the correspondingly-numbered line of Fig. 3, the machine being covered or inclosed. Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the manner in which the table is closed. Fig. 6 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, illustrating a detail.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the top or bed of the table, sustained at its ends on legs B, which may be constructed in any suitable form and applied in any suitable manner, although they are preferably hinged to the top, to admit of their being folded for transportation andsecured when in action by braces O, screwed fast or otherwise made removable. The top of the table may be made of a flat or other form, but preferably with a longitudinal depressed portion in the middle to receive and guide the book-supporting carriage. D. ,This carriage consists of a base- 6: frame arranged to travel lengthwise of the table and carrying the two that boards or plates cl, these leaves d being sustained by cross-bars d and a spring, as usual, or in any other suitable manner.

E E represent two leaves hinged to opposite ends of the table-top in such manner that they may be turned to an upright position, as shown in Fig. 5, or turned downward to a horizontal position,-as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, to form continuations of the surface on which the-book-carriage travels, so that, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3, the carriage may be moved to the right and left, so as to project beyond the table-top with the projecting or overhanging end sustainedby the leaf. It will be observed that the leaves E when in their extended position present their upper surfaces flush with that portion of the surface of the table-top on which the book-carriage travels, so that the carriage may 'be moved to the right or left until it projects beyond the top proper and beyond the supportinglegs. It is also to be noted that the extended leaves are supported without extending the table-top or other support beneath the leaves beyond the legs of the table. I am consequently enabled to make the table of a length but slightlyexceeding that of the book-supporting carriage, this limitation in the size of the table being of decided advantage. These extended leaves may be sustained in any appropriate manner; but I prefer, as shown in the drawings, to hinge them in such position that their inner ends will turn down against andreceive support from the shoulders'e at the ends of the table-top. Theouter corners of the leaves E are rounded, as shown, and they are provided in their inner faces with grooves a, following their outer edges.

G represents a flexible curtain consisting of a series of parallel slats of wood or like material glued or otherwise attached to a woven fabric or other pliable foundation-sheet in a manner well known in the art. When the machine is in operation, this flexible cover stands, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, below the rear part of the table, its ends being seated in a groove H in the inner faces of the tablelegs, this groove extending downward and then returning upward toward the top of the table, as plainly shown in Fig. 4.

As the top of the table, including the opened leaves, presents a smooth and continuous surface, it is advisable to provide stop devices to limit the motion of the carriage and prevent it from sliding over the ends of the leaves. A simple contrivance for this purpose is represented in Fig. 2. It consists of a bar M, having one end slotted and secured to the table by a thumb-screw m, and the opposite end fashioned into a hook m to engage a pin on the carriage D. There will be one of these devices or an equivalent stop on each side of the machine.

When the machine is to be inclosed, the leaves or ends are turned to the upright position shown in Figs. etand 5 and the flexible top then drawn upward and forward, sliding at its ends in the grooves in the leaves until it finally covers and incloses the machine, as shown in Fig. 4c. The grooves are preferably undercut, as shown in Fig. 6, and the top provided with lips to ride in the undercut portions in order to lock the ends or leaves in position.

I represents the usual fiat platen, fixed in position to sustain the leaf of the book to be written upon, and J is the traveling writingmachine mounted above the same.

It will be observed that my construction admits of the table being reduced to a length equal to that of the traveling, carriage, that it gives firm support to the overhanging end of the carriage as the latter is moved to the right or left, and that it permits the whole machine to be instantly and securely inelosed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-- 1. In a type-writing machine, the combination of the following elements: a table having a rigid top, a flat fixed platen supported on and above said top, a writing mechanism movably supported on said platen, a booksupporting carriage mounted and guided to slide laterally on the top of the table beneath the platen, a flexible sliding cover mounted in the table to pass over the writing mechanism, and two leaves hinged to opposite ends of the table, said leaves being arranged to fold outward horizontally, to sustain the ends of the book-carriage as it is moved to and fro, and also grooved, and adapted when folded to sustain the flexible top over the writing mechanism.

2. In a type-writing machine and in combination with a stationary writing mechanism, a table-top supporting the writing mechanism, a horizontally movable book support mounted upon the table-top beneath the writing mechanism, leaves hinged to the two ends of the table-top to form continuations thereof and supports for the carriage, and stop mechanism, substantially as shown, to prevent the carriage from overrunning the leaves.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 17th day of December, 1901, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

MATTHEW S. EYLAR.

\Vitnesses:

MAX 0. BEARD, A. G. OLNEY.

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