US845707A - Cabinet. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED PEB. 26, 1907.

M. W. RANDOLPH.

CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24, 190e.

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. W. RANDOLPH.

CABINET.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 24. 190e.

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longitudinal MARION W..VRANDOLPII, OEv SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

CABINET..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. se, 1907.

Application filed March 24.1906. Serial No. 307.934.

To all whom tlm/ay concern: Be it known that I, MARION W. RAN- DOLPH, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have inventedcertain newand useful Improvements in Cabinets, of which the following is a specification. v

' My invention is an improvement in cabinets,vbein`g in the nature of a `cabinet intended for use b" those living in aplartments of a few rooms w ere-there are no ousekeeping conveniences; and the present invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed. v

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet embodying my invention with some of the doors ofthe upper series of compartments open. Fig. 2l is a vertical section of the cabinet. Fig. 3 is a cross-section ,on abouti the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Figfl is a cross-section on about thev line 44 of g; 2. Fig. 5 is a side elevation oi the cabinet with the doors of some of the compartments o en.v Fig. 6 is a detail perspective viewo Vthe casln p of the heat-retaining d vice. 7 is a etail perspective view of t e'cas' of the stove. vertical section rawn through the -eat-retainin device on about line -10 10 of Fig. 9 with t e vcooking-vessels in place. 9 is horizontal section on about the line 9 9 of My invention is intended especially for use byv those 'wholive in apartments of a 'few rooms where there are no housekeeping con. -veniences and for those cases where therewould.- be. objections to odors which commonly result from Vthe use of gas, coal-0.11,'for alcohol, and the invention also seeks to p avoid the'obje'ctionable odors ordinarily exin cooki'ngsh, cabbage, onions,

perienced or ahe like. f I l n carrying out my invention. em oy a suitable base `A, mounted on rollers having an upright shaft B, upon which s and iszprov-ided adjacent to its outer edges at its lower'e'nd with rollers C2, soit -can be readily rotated upon the base A to bring any -of its several compartments to any' desired position. p

The cabinet C has .a-sel es of upper com-A goods,

.that

Fi'.81s all .and

partments D, E, F, G, II, I, J, and K and a corresponding series of lower compartments D', E', F', G', H,'I, J, and K', the upper and lower compartments being separated by a transverse partition L, as. will be understood'from Figs. 1, 2, and .5 of the drawin s.

. The upper compartments D, E; G, H, an I may be utilized, respectively, for receiving cookingutensils, clean linen, cooking-boxes for refrigerating purposes and stores-such as tea and coiee,`sugar and salti-,and the compartment J v'ay receive a cooking-box and the compartment K the heater-'or stove pro er,

scri ed', and some of these compartments maybe utilized for receiving dishes or for other purposes. The lower compartment K may have a series of drawers K2 for any suitable stores, the compartment D may receive cooking utensils, the compartment E soiled linen, the compartments F and G water or other buckets, the compartment H canned the compartment I stores, `such as meal and iiour, and the compartment'J coffee-pots and other vessels used in cooking, so whenthe cabinet is closed it will form a storehouse for all of the household articles and when rolled to one side will occupy little sp ace in an apartment, which quite frequently is limited as to space.

' The upper and lower compartments are -provided with doors, those of the lowercom.

par'tments being ordinarily hinged `at "one side, while the upper compartments have some of their doors hinged at the sides and others at the lower edges, the doors J 3, K3, D3, and E,3 being hinged at their lower edges to all of which .will be ,hereinafter deturn down, as shown in Fig. 1. l When so v turned'down, these doors K3 to E3 cooperate with pivoted extension-boards M toform a complete table, which may' be utilized for dining or other purposes, as desired. These I extension-boards M are pivoted 'adjacent to their' inner ends at M( Vto theirrespective doors near the hinged edges thereof, and may p. be swung laterally to close the gap between the adjacent ed es ofthe doors when the latter are lowere and when covered with a silence-cloth and table-cloth-,form a convenient table. i

For cookin purposes I use a heater or stove' in whic quickliine is utilized when water is applied to produce the heat for-cookinfr purposes, the cover-plate N of the stove N eing supplied with openings NG,

through loo r ro

,number and arrangement to economize the O may be inserted which the vcooking vessels openings said vesspace the said compartment. The stove is preferably removable .from the comand also with small perforapartrnent in which it is utilized, so it can be4 readily removed when desired, and, if desired, two or more stoves may be used. After the cans or vessels O, with their contents, have been thoroughly heated or brought to the boiling-point they may be removed and placed in the heat-retaining device P, (shown indetail in Figs.- 6, `il), and 10,) and comprising metallic or other boxes P, lined with a ,f woolen or other noneconducting pad lf"Z and I the latter with a paper or similar P3, and the space within the paper lining andv surrounding the cans being filled with a nonconducting illing P4, such as asbestos, and the can sockets or receptacles-are also preferably lined with any suitable cloth or other lnon-conducting lining P5,`as will be understood from Figs. 8 :and 9 of the drawings. The heat-retaining device P has a suitable lid P6, which may be closed to retain the heat in the cans, so the contents thereof will cook thoroug y and will remain heated until ready for use. j

The doors and walls of the compartments receiving the stove `or heater and the heat; retaining device may be lined with metal, asrshown at Q, in Fig. I3..

The compartment Gfmay be utilized .as a rerigerator and be snzppliedwith racks Gr2 above' the ice-space G3, and' onwhich racks between the adjacent doors butter cream, &c., may heplaced. While quicklime may be preferred, it will i .be understood that other suitable means adapted for generating heat may be `utilized Without .departing from .some of the prin-` ciples ofimy invention. Y

When it is desired to use alcohol, oil, or l other stovzes instead ofthe iquicklime-heater,

the openings N 2 may becovered with anv suitable metal lates, and the gas, alcohol, or other stove lp aced thereon.

As best shown in Fig. 2, rods R slide longi-.

' tudinally in the partition L below their respective doors K3,

J3, D3, and E, and may 4be pulled out, as

indicatedvin dotted lines,

-' adapted when the Fig. 2, to support the said doors when the latter are lowered.

With my improved cabinet awoman can put her dinner to cook in the morning before she goes to the oice or to eat When she returns, and also when the doors ofthe cabinet are closed there is nothing to show that the room is kitchen, as well as living room. j

Manifestly the body or casing of the cabinet may be of any suitable cross`-sectional shape, such as round, square, or triangular, aswell as the particular cross-sectional shape shown, without departing'from some Aof the broad principles of my invention.`

The stove .shown and described herein is.

not claimed in this application, but forms the subject-matter of a separate applicationl iiled by me. February 5, 1907, Serial No. 355,822. y

1. A cabinet having a series of adjustable compartments, doors for said compartments hinged fat their lower edges and adapted to swing outwardly to horizontal position, rods slidingfin theA cabinet below said doors and adapted to be pulled out to support the doors `when lowered, and extension-boards plvoted to their respective doors and adapted for adjustment to cover the gap between the adjacent doors, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the cabinet having a series of adjustablecompartments, of doors hinged at theirv lower edges and adapted to be adjusted to closetheir respective com'partments or to horizontal positionr to cooperate in forming a table, and extensionboards pivoted to their respective doors and adapted lfor yadjustment to close the ga when the latter :ane open, substantially as set forth.

:3. A cabinet laving a door hinged at its lower end and provided upon the inner face sald door with extension-"boards overlapthe door at one 'edge and pivoted to the door .adjacent to the hinged edge thereof and door isopened to be moved laterally m planes parallel to the plane of the door whereby to form lateral extensions of the door, substantially as set forth.

yMARION W. RANDOLPH.

Witnesses:

R. R. QUICK, M. E. BALDI'.

store and find it ready ICO

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