US813383A

US813383A - Combined heater and folding furniture.

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Publication number: US813383A
Application number: US143452A
Authority: US
Inventors: Willard C James
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1901-06-17
Filing date: 1903-02-14
Publication date: 1906-02-20
Anticipated expiration: 1923-02-20

Description

No. 813,383. I I "PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906.

' 'W. 0; JAMES.

OMBINED HEATER AND FOLDING FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14. 1903.

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l/VILLARD 0. JAMES, OF CUCAMONGA, UALlFOhNlA.

COMBINED HEATER AND FGLDING FURNlTURE.

Driginal application filed June 17,

Specification of Letters Patent. 1901, Serial No. 64,947. Divided and this application filed February 14, 1903. Serial Patented Feb 2c, 1906.

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To all 1012,0791 it mo, concern:

Be it known that I, WILLARD C. JAMEs, a

citizen. of the United States, residing at Cuca- 1nize space in li\ Pug and sleeping rooms. This I accomplish by forming a folding bed or similar article of furniture with heating means, such as a lneplace, that is exposed and brought into position for use when the bed is l 1 products of combustion is preferably profolded up.

T he invention is particularly intended for use in connection with a folding bed, such as shown in my Patent No. 700,501, dated May 20; 1902, granted on application, Serial No. 64,947, tiled June 17, 1901, of which the present application is in part a division, such folding bed being pivoted in and acting as a closure for a recess in the wall of a room, so that when the bed is turned up the lircplacc assumes its natural position in the wall of the I 'room.

In said patent an imitation or representation of a iirc-plz'ice was made in the bedbottom; and the main object of my present invention is to provide for anactual opera.- tive fireplace in this connection, although it may be applied with any kind of heating device and any article of folding wall furniture that may be suitable.

My invention further relates to improved means for ventilation, to structural features whereby the combined article of furniture is rendered more stable when in raised position,

more convenient and safe in operation, and more attractive in appearance, and to means for safeguarding against escape of gas when the bed is in use. i

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure I is a front view showing; the bed in folded-up or closed position in the wall of the room. Fig. 11 is a vertical sectionon the line 11 II of Fig. 1, showing the bed in lowered position in full lines and in folded position in dotted lines. Fig. 111 is a detail section of an automatic cut-oft valve for the fuel-- supply to the burner. Fig. IV is an edge view of part of the bed-frame and casing.

1 indicates a portion of the wall or casing of a room or chamber and 2 a portion of the iioor thereof; A recess 3 is provided in the wall 1, and the bed-frame 4 is pivotally supported in said recess, prcferab y by trunnions 5 (5 in the wall 1, in such manner as to enable the bed-frame to close the opening; of the recess when said frame is folded or turned up. The wall 1 therefore serves as a lixed support for the folding bed-frame, and the latter serves as a closure for the opening in the wall. The bottom of the bed-frame is iormed with a fireplace 7, whichis exposed in front when the bed-frame is turned up, and a7 gas-supply conduit it) is led to a burner 8 in said hrcplacc. A line or conduit 11 for waste vidcd leading from the fireplace, both of said conduits preferably passing through the trunnions 5 6'. The bed-frame i is suitably counterweighted by a weight 9. On the bottom of the bed stead or frame 4 is a shelf or projecting flange '12 that serves as support for the bed when the frame is turned down and as a shelf or mantel when the bed is turned up.

The burner or the bed-frame in such position that when the a foot or I heater 8 is rigidly secured to bed-frame is in raised position this heater will be in front of and below the pivotal point, this being necessary to bring it to the usual position of a fireplace. As a consequence when the bed-frame is swung to lowered position the fireplace and heater will pass back into the casing orrcar compartment, where it will be conmaratively inaccessible. It is thus not practicable to use a flexiblc connection to.this heater, as such connections are. unavoidably subj ct to deterioration and leakage, and must be kept in'plain sight but by leading the connection through the pivotal support ll provide for a connection which may be made permanent and gastight, at point of considerable importance in View of the serious results of leakage to the occupant of the bed. in the case of the outlct lor the products of combustion this construction'is especially necessary, as no flexible connection of suil'icient size or of the reouisite innit-resisting capacity would be possible.

On the wall 1 above the openingd recess is secured a shelf, lodge, or projection i3, and the bed-frame is preferably provided with posts, brackets, or projections 14, that when the bed is turned up engage and closely fit under the shelf or projection 13, so tlnit said posts or brackets serve to assist in the support ofshelf 13, and the latter serves to lfrietionally hold the bed-frame in closed po sition. A spring catch or'-bolt on one of the posts or brackets 14, engaging in the fixed shelf 13, serves to; insure retention of the bed.-'

frame in folded'position until said boltis withdrawn. The shelf 13 and posts 14 serve as ornamental features of the mantel in conjunction with the mantelpiece 12-, and the shelf 13 may also serve to temporarily receive articles from the mantel when the bed-frame is to be turned down. Above the shelf or mantelpiece 12 a mirror 16 is provided, the shelf 13 servin as an entablature for the mirror and for the mantel as a. whole. The shelf 13 projects from the casing-board 17, that extends over the open of recess 3, and cleats 18 are preferably secured on the back of said casing-board to stiffen it, and by means of screws l9'passing throughcleats 18, board 17, and into shelf 13 said cleats serve to assist in supporting the shelf 13.

Posts or side pieces 20 are secured on the front of frame 4, the lower ends of theseposts being beveled or inclined to permit them to swin back and clear the floor 1 when the bedame is turned down. A fixed casin 21 is arranged to surround the lower ends 0 said posts 20 to conceal the open joint and at the same time givethe effect of a pedestal.

The side extensions 22 22 of the pivoted frame 4 overlap the side posts or casing of the recess 3, so as to conceal the joint as far as possible. Belowthe pivoted point, however, these extensions are cut away to allow the frame 4 to move back, and beads or strings 24 .(see Fig. IV) are secured on the lower part of the casing at each side to take the place, as far as regards the appearance or finish, of such cut-awayportions, so that when the frame is raised the side line thereof-is apparently continued without break.

The portion of the bed-frame front or bot tom that is between the mantelpiece 12 and the floor is preferably boxed or advanced forward by a fireplace front or facing 25, finished with tiles or in other suitable manner, and the fireplace 7 is formed as a recess in this front piece.

The recess 3 is desirably closed atthe top except for a ventilating-opening 26, that may be closed by a hinged flap or valve 27, opening upward and controlled by a cord 28 passing over a pulley 29 and extending downward through a notch 30 in the said flap, so as to be within reacl of the person using the bed. This cord hangs to one side of the bed, so as not tointerfere with raising the bed, and it is provided on the end 'with a ring 31, which may lie-caught on a hook or nail 32 to hold the flap or ventilator 27 in open position. By this ventilator the bedclothirg maybe effectually ventilated when the bed isturned up during the day.

headboard or footboard, may be hinged to the inner end of the bed, and when the bed is back wall of the bed-compartment and is 'bedclothes' in position.'.

s ervice-pipe 33 through aswivel-coupling 34 by the pipe or conduitlO, that passes throu h the hollow trunnion 5 and leads back of t e handle 36 extending forward of t e front piece.2, so as to be accessible to the occupant of the room when the fireplace is in operative osition. 'When the fireplace is turned down, however, this valve is out of the way and cannot be meddled with by children or others who might otherwise turn on 'the gas when the bed is down; To further insure a ainst passa 'e of gas under such conditions, may

rovi e a positive shut-off valve controlled by the movement of the bed-frame when the latter is turned down to shut off the gas-suply. Thus, as shown, the swivel-coupling 34 1s formed with a port 39, that when the bedframe is vertical allows 'freeaassage of gas and when said frame is turne down cuts off the gas connection. The trunnion 6 on the 1 other side of the bed-frame is also, preferfolding bed, it may be applicable with other folding furniture, the bed and fireplace c'ombination being selected as most appropriate, however, as it is not enerally desired to use the fireplace during t e time that the bed is any particular form of heating device, as any suitable heater may be used.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

prising a fixed support, an inlet and an outletpipe therein, a perforated bed-frame pivotal y mounted in the su port, a heater rigidly secured in the'front o the frame, means at with the heater, and means for connecting the perforation with the outlet.'

2. A combined folding bed and heater comprising a support, an inlet and an outlet therein, a perforated bed-frame pivotally mounted in the support, a heater rigidly secured in the forward side of said frame, a pipe at the rear of the frame from the inlet to t e A folding end board 40, constituting a Fluid fuel, such as gas, is supplied from the particularly applicable in connection with a occupied; nor is my invention limited to,

the rear of the frame for connnecting the inlet' turned up this end board engages with the thereby folded, so as to aid in holding. the I front piece 25 to the gas-log, burner, or heater 8. A regulating-valve 35 in this pi e has a 1. Acombined folding bed and heater com o healer provided with a valve, a handle from the valve to the front of the frame, and. a conduit from the perforation to the outlet.

3. Aeombinedfolding bedand. heater, coma prising lixed supporting means, a bed-frame, pivotally supported in such means, and a heater, rigidly secured to the bed-frame, said bed-frame being provided with a recess serving as a fireplace for the heater, and a fuelsupply conduit leading through the pivotal support of the bed-frame and communicat ing with the heater.

4. A combined folding bed and heater, comprising fixed supporting means, a bed-frame, trunnions whereby said bed-frame is pivotallr supported inthe fixed supporting means, one ofsaid trunnions being provided with a eondiiit therethrough for fuel, and the other trunnion being provided with a conduit theretln'ough forwaste gases, and a burner and fireplace on the bed-frame respectively connected to said conduits.

A combined folding bed and heater, comprising fixed supporting means, a bed-frame on the lixed supporting means, trunnions whereby said bed-frame is pivotally sup orted in the fixed supporting means, one of said trunnions being provided with a fuel-supply passage, and the other with a passage for waste products of combustion, a burner on the bwl-frame connected to said passages, and fuel-supply and waste flue pipes in the lixed supporting means connected to the r spective passages.

o. A combined folding bed and heater comprising a support, a bed-frame therein, hollow trumnons between the frame and the support, a heater in the forward side of the frame, a pipe from the heater to and projecting through one of the trunnions, the outer end of which is perforated, an inlet pivotally mounted on said end of the pipe and adapted to communicate with said perforation when the bed-fraine is in its vertical or folded position, and a ventilator communicating with the heater and passing through the other trunnion.

7. A combined folding bed and heater comprising a fixed support, an inlet and an outlet pipe therein, a perforated. bed-frame pivotally mounted in the support, a heater rigidly secured in the frame, means for connecting the inlet with the heater, and means for connecting the perforation with the outlet.

8. In an apartment construction, a bedholding compartment, and a bed-frame pivotally supported at the front of the compartment, a heater rigidly secured to said bed, in front of and below the pivotal support thereof so as to swing back into the compartment as the bed-frame is lowered, and a fuel-supply conduit extending through the pivotal support of the bed and communicating with the heater.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, this 7th day of February, 1903.

W. 0. JAMES.

Witnesses:

JULIA TOWNSEND, JAMES R, TOWNSEND.