US851386A - Cabinet. - Google Patents

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No. 851,386. PATENTED APR. 23 1907.

0. M. TATE.

CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED I'BB.1 5. 1906.

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CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 23, 1907.

Application filed February 15,1905. Serial No. 245,735.

To (.tZZ whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, Osoan M. TATE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cabinets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to articles of furniture to which the general term, cabinet, may be applied.

One of the purposes to which my invention may be put is the holding of a typewriter. When so used, it becomes a typewriter cabinet embodying, preferably, mechanical features adapting it to other uses when the typewriter which it supports is not being used.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a typewriter cabinctadapted to support a typewriter in such manner as that it may be readily shifted into and out of position for manipulation.

A further object of the invention is to make the mechanism for such shifting very simple in action, in order that it may have ample stability and durability.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1. is a front elevation of a cabinet embodying my improvement, the cabinet being adjusted to bring the typewriter support into the operative position; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of th same cabinet, the adjustment being the same; Fig. 3 is a section on the line, 3-3, of Fig. 1, the adjustment being the same; Fig. 4 is the same section as shown in Fig. 3 excepting that the typewriter support is out of position and the lower portion of the cabinet is omitted Fig. 5 is an enlarged section on the line, 5-5, of Fig. 1 Fig. 6 is an enlarged section on the line, 6-6, of Fig. 1; F ig. 7 is a horizontal section on the line, 77, of .Fig. 1, the adjustment being the same as in. Fig. 1, and a typewriter being shown in dotted outline on the front of said figure; Fig. 8 is a de tail end elevation of the rotary wall and the shelf forming the writing-desk portion of the cabinet; Fig. 9 is a similar elevation of the upper portion of said wall and shelf shown in Fig. 8, the positions of said members bein interchanged; Figs. 10 and 1] are detail views of lock and latch mechanism for securing the rotary wall andsaid shelf; Fig. 12 is a detail view of latch mechanism for securing the upper portion of said shelf to the rotary l wall. In the form shown in said drawings, said cabinet comprises a stationary body, A, B, anda rotary section, C. The body, A, B, may be a unitary structure or it may be di- Ivided horizontally into two separable sections, as shown by the drawings, the lower section, A, being similar to an ordinary flattop desk, and the upper section, B, resting upon the section, A, and being, preferably, narrower, measuring from front to rear, so that the section, A, will extend forward of J the section, B.

As to its details, the section or base, A, may be constructed in various forms. I11 f the drawings, it is shown as having a horizonl tal top, 1, and beneath each end of said top I a sliding shelf, 2, and sliding drawers, 3, and

an open space, 4, at the middle. f The upper section, B, is shown provided t with fixed end walls, 5, a fixed back wall, 6, y and a fixed top, 7, there being no fixed wall I at the front. The width of the end walls is preferably a little more than half the distance between said walls. In the opening thus left at the front is located the rotary section, C, the axis of its rotation being upright and midway between said end walls and approximately in the plane common to the front edges of said end walls. Said rotary section comprises three principal members, the upright rotary wall, 8, the horizontal rigid shelf or half turn-table, 9, located at one side of said rotary wall and the hinged shelf, 10, secured to the opposite side of said rotary wall. The lower portion of saidupright wall, 8, is preferably provided with an extension, 11, in the direction opposite the stationary shelf, and the lower edge of the folding shelf, 10, secured to the upper end of said extension by hinges, 12. Said shelf is larger than the approximately half circular shelf or half turn-table, 9. In other words, said shelf, 10, is too large to permit the turning of the rotary section, C, when said shelf J is in the open position. Said shelf is approximately as long as the rotary wall, 8, and is of such width as to extend, when in the open position, beyond a circle drawn on a radius extending from the axis of said rotary sec tion to one of the end walls, 5. This condi tion would be met, if theshelf were wide ject beyond the edge of the said enough merely to allow the free corners to extend beyond such circle. But, as shown in the drawings, said shelf is so wide that all of the free side edge extends beyond such circle. After folding said shelf, it may enter the space enclosed by the walls, 5 and 6. In this manner a shelf conforming in dimensions to an ordinary desk top may be as sociated with the rotary wall. Said rotary section is secured to and made rotatable upon the body, A, B, by means of journals and bearings applied to said body and said rotary section above and below said section in line with the axis already mentioned.

The drawings show cup-shape bearings, 13, counter-sunk into the upper and lower portions of the rotary wall, 8, and rigid journals, 1 1, extending into said bearings, the upper of said journals extending downward from a base, 15, counter-sunk into the top, 7, of the upper section of the cabinet while the lower of said journals extends upward from a base, 15, which is counter-sunk into the up per face of the top, 1, of the section, A. Said bearings and said journals and their bases are preferably metal castings. The hinge thus formed for the rotary section, C, affords ample strength and stability.

For the sake of making the shelf or half turn-table, 9, as large as may be, it is made semi-circular, using a radius extending from the axis of said rotary section almost into contact with the front portion of either end wall, 5. This construction, it will be observed, will permit said shelf to clear the end and rear walls of the section, B.

If the cabinet is to be used to hold a typewriter, D, (as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 7) the size of the shelf or half turn-table, 9, is such as to adapt it to receive the typewriter upon its upper surface, the length and width of the section, B, being, as already stated, sufficient to clear said shelf when said rotary section is rotated. And it will be understood, that if the front of the typewriter is to proshelf, the said end and rear walls must be set out far enough to also clear the typewriter In or applied to the upper portion of the rotary. section, C, is a receptacle for the storage of paper, envelopes, pens, pencils and similar materials. And such receptacle is accessible from the front of the cabinet when the rotary section, C, is in either positionthat is to say, when the typewriter support is at the front or when the folding shelf is at the front. Said receptacle is formed by cutting out the upper portion of the upright wall, 8, to form an opening, 8*, and placing into, or in front of, said opening any desired number of shelves, 16, and partitions, 17, forming igeon-holes, 17, opening at each end. the folding shelf, 10, is to fit closely against said upright wall, said shelves, 16. and partido not project beyond the face of adjacent said folding shelf, but prodirection a sufficient distance to give to said pigeon-hole receptacle the desired width from front to rear. If so desired, one or more drawers, 18, may be placed into said pigeon-holes. The drawings show one such drawer. It will be seen that said drawer may be drawn toward either side of said upright partition, so that said drawer is accessible from either position of the rotary section, 0.

The folding shelf, 10, may be supported in the open position by means of oblique braces, 19, secured to the ends of said shelf and the upright wall, 8. Said braces may be of the folding form shown in the drawings or any other desired form. To hold the shelf, 10, in the closed position, a suitable latch, 20, may be applied to the .upper edge of said shelf and the upper portion of the upright wall, 8.

To hold the rotary section, C, firmly in either of its working positions, a suitable latch, 21, may be applied to the front portion of one of the end walls, 5, and to the upright wall,S. The drawings show such a latch ap plied at each side of said rotary section, in order that both its edges may be engaged, said latches and the axis of said rotary section being in a line cutting the rotary section axis and parallel to the front of the cabinet, so as to adapt the latches to engage, whichever side or the rotary wall is turned toward the front.

To look the upper portion of the cabinet against intrusion, a lock, 22, may be applied to the folding shelf, 10, and one of the end walls, 5, so that said lock can operate when said shelf is at the front and in the closed position. The drawings show such a lock applied at each end of the cabinet and near the l latches, 21, in an upright plane and a little 1 forward of the upright plane in which said latches are located.

In sockets, 23, in the broadened base, 11, of the lower portion of the upright wall, 8, j are located two ink wells, 24, or similar receptacles. Immediately above each such l ink well is an opening, 25, extending through the wall, 8,so that the ink well is accessible from either side of said wall.

At the right and left of the space to be oc- 'cupied by the typewriter, and between the ink well opening, 25, and the stationary shelf, 9, a narrow concave bracket, 26, for holding pencils and pens, is applied to the rotary wall, 8. And into the upper face of the forward extension, 11, of the rotary wall, 8, between the ink wells, a cavity, 27, of proper depth to receive pens and .pencils, is formed. Said cavity is in proper position to be covered by the lower edge of the folding shelf, 10, 5 when the latter is in the closed position, so 1 that the contents of said cavity are inaccessitions, 17, said wall ject m the opposite ble while the folding shelf is closed and locked. At the same time, the concave brackets, 26, behind said shelf and. the rotary wall, 8, and are therefore inaccessible. And. at the same time, the pigeon-holes l7. and drawer, 18, are behind said folding shelf and therefore inaccessible. I

In the drawings, the fixed shelf or half turn table, 2), is applied to the lower portion of the rotary wall, 8, while the folding shelf, 10, is secured to the upper portion of the extension, 1.1. This arrangement brings the folding shelf, when turned horizontally for use, to a higher position than the position of the fixed shelf. This is the preferred construction. For oiziinary work, the height of said folding shelf is more convenient, while for the typewriter, the lower position is the more convenient.

I claim as my invention;

1. In a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, of an upright, rotary section comprising an upright wall and a shell hinged on a horizontal line to the lower portion of said upright wall and extending, When in the open position, beyond a circle drawn 011 a radius extending from the axis of the rotary section to one of the end walls, 5, said rotary section being secured to said stationary body by an upright hinge intermediate the lateral edges of said rotary section, substantially as described.

2. In a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, of an upright, rotary section comprising an upright wall and two shelves one of which is hinged on a horizontal line to the lower portion of said upright wall and extending, when in the open pos tion, beyond a circle drawn on a radius extending from the axis of the rotary section to one of the end walls, 5, said rotary section being secured to said stationzny body by an upright hinge intermediate the lateral edges of said rotary section, substantially as described.

3. In a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, the upper portion of which has end, back, and top walls, of an upright, rotary section comprising an upright wall and a shelf hinged on a horizontal line to the lower portion of said upright ,wall and extending, when in the open position, beyond. a circle drawn on a radius extending from the axis of the rotary section to one of the end walls, 5, said rotary section being secured to said stationary body by an upri ht hinge intermediate the lateral edges of said rotary section, substantially as described.

a. In a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, of an upright, rotary wall having an opening extending through said wall, a receptacle adjacent said opening. and a shelf at each side of said wall, substantially as described.

.5. In a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, of an upright, rotary wall having an opening extending through said wall, a receptacle adjacent said opening, and a shelf at each side of said wall, one of said shelves being adapted to fold over said opening, substantially as described.

6. [n a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, of an uprignl, rotary section comprising an upright wall and a hinged shelf, said rotary section being secured to said stationary body by an upright hinge intermediate the lateral edges of said rotary section, and locking mechanism for engaging said folding shelf when said rotary section is so turned as to place said shelf at the front, substantially as described.

7. In a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, of an upright, rotary section comprising an upright wall and a shell hinged to said wall, said rotary section being so cured to said stationary body b t an upright hinge intermediate the lateral edges of said rotary section, and latch mechanism for securing said shelf to said rotary wall, substantially as described.

S. In a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, of an upright, rotary section comprising an upright wall and a shelf hinged to said wall, said rotary section being socured to said stationary body by an upright hinge intermediate the lateral edges of said rotary section, and latch meclumism for securing said shelf to said rotary wall and latch mechaaism for securing said rotary wall to said body, substantially as described.

9. In a cabinet, the con'ibination with a stationary body, of an upright, rotary section comprising an upright wall haying near its base an aperture extending from side to side, and an ink well below said aperture, substam tially as described.

10. In a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, of an upright, rotary section comprising an upright wall having near its base an aperture extending from side to side, an ink well below said aperture, and a hinged shelf extending over .said aperture. when the shelf is folded, substantially as described.

11. In a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, of an upright, rotary section comprising an upright wall having at its base a forward extension, an ink well in a socket in said base, an aperture extending through said wall above said ink well, and a shelf hinged to said forward extension, substantiall as described.

12. In a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, of an imright rotary section comprising an upright wall, the base portion of said wall being extended laterally and said extension having in its upper face a cavity, and a shelf hinged to the upper portion of said extension, substantially as described.

13. In a cabinet, the combination with a In testimony whereof I have signed my [0 stationary body, of an upright, rotary section 1 name, in presence of two witnesses, this comprising an upright Wall, a receptacle aptenth day of February, in the year one thouplied to one side of said Wall, a'folding shelf sand nine hundred and five. applied to the opposite side of said wall, and OSCAR M TATE locking mechanism for making engagement i between said shelf and said body when said l/Vitnesses:

Wall is turned so that said shelf stands at the NI. 0. FRENCH, front, substantially as described. I CYRUS KEHR.

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