US928989A - Telephone-cabinet. - Google Patents

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A. LARSSON.

TELEPHONE CABINET. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1907.

' Patented July 27, 1909.

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ALFRED LARSSON, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

TELEPHONE-CABINET.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, .irnrnnn LARssoN, a subject of the King of Sweden, and residing at BtlfftllO, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful linprtwement in Telephone-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to produce of sheet metal an etiicient, ornamental and inexpensive cabinet for holding the different devices of a telephone station.

In the accompanying drawings consisting of 2 sheets: Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved telephone cabinet. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section of the cabinet taken in line st-i, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section in line 55, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The cabinet comprisesfixed and movable parts which form a housing and support for the telephone instruments and which are pivotally connected so as to permit of opening or closing the space between the fixed and movable parts inwhich some of the devices of the telephone system are placed.

The fixed parts or base of the cabinet consist of an upright. back A and a shelf or bottom B projecting forwardly from the lower end of the back. The back A may be of any suitable contour and is stamped or drawn out of a single sheet of metal so as to form a body having a fiat upper part (i and a rearwardly dished lower part (1. a flange (4 projecting rearwardly from the margin of the body and a flange a pro jecting laterally from the rear edge of the marginal flange a'-. The rearwardly and laterally projecting flanges on the body iracticall form an an 'le iron which mate.

rially stiffens and strengthens the back. The shelf is .lso stamped or drawn from single sheet of metal so as to form a flat horizontal supporting surface Z) and a depending marginal fiange 6 The shelf and back may be connected in any suitable or approved manner but preferably by means of rivets 79 passing through the rear part of the shelf flange andthe adjacent lower part of the back, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The 11]0Vt1l')lj)d1t$ or hood of the cabinet consist of a front wall C, two side walls Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 21, 1907.

Patented July 27, 1909.

Serial No. 389,492.

D, D and a desk or top E each of which is stamped or drawn from a single sheet of metal; Normally the lower ends of the front and side walls rest on the shelf and the rear edges of the side walls engage with the back on opposite sides of its dished portion and the rear edge of the desk engages with the back above its dished portion. The space within the movable hood of the cabinet and the dished part of the back thus communicate with each other and form the compartment which receives the magneto generator and battery or the condenser of the telephone apparatus. The lower part c of the front wall is nearer to the back while the upper part 0 thereof is arranged a greater distance therefrom, thereby causing the lower part of the compartment to be comparatively shallow and suited for receiving a pair of dry electric cells in an upright position while the upper part of said compartment is comparatively deep and adapted to receive either atelephone generator or a condenser. In producing this form of coi'npartment the lower part of the front wall is preferably made straight vertically and dished horizontally forwardly while the upper part thereof overhangs the lower part and is straight transversely, both parts being suitably curved or molded to give them an ornamental appearance.

The lower parts d of the side walls are comparatively narrow while the upper parts d thereof are wider to suit the shape of the front wall. The front wall may be connected at its opposite vertical edges with the front vertical edges of the side walls in various ways but preferably by means of inwardly turned flanges 7 arranged on the front edges of the side walls and secured against the front side of the upright edges of the front wall by rivets g, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5.

The desk or top E has a horizontal rear part or ledge 6 containing a transverse groove h for holding a pen or penciland a front part c which inclines forwardly for holding a book or pad and is provided at its front end with a transverse rib z' for preventing such book or pad-from sliding off the desk. The; latter preferably projects with its front end forwardly beyond the front wall and is provided at its front end with a depending transverse flange and at its opposite longitudinal sides with depending side flanges 70 which are secured to the outer side of the side walls by rivets Z. One of the side walls, preferably the right, is pivotally connected by hinges on with the back so as to permit the movable front parts of the cabinet to be swung laterally to afford access to the bells, generator or condenser in the compartment. The flat upper part of the back above the desk is adapted to receive the transmitter of the telephone ap paratus.

My improved telephone cabinet is very durable in construction, neat in appearance and more compact than cabinets for this pur pose which have heretofore been made of wood and the same can be manufactured at comparatively low cost.

I claim as my invention:

1. A telephone cabinet comprising a back constructed of sheet metal and having its lower part dished rearwardly, and a movable hood arranged in front of the dished part of the back so as to form a compartment therewith, substantially as set forth.

2. A telephone cabinet comprising a back constructed of sheet metal to form a flat upper part, a rearwardly disheddower part and a rearwardly projecting marginal flange, and a movable hood arranged in front of the dished part of the desk, substantially as set forth.

3. A telephone cabinet comprising a back, a shelf projecting forwardly from the lower part of said back. and a movable hood connected with the back above said shelf, and adapted to be closed at its lower end by said shelf while arranged over the latter but to be open at its lower end when the hood is moved from over the shelf, substantially as set forth.

l. A telephone cabinet comprising a sheet metal back, a sheet metal shelf projecting forwardly from the lower part of the back, and a movable'hood connected with the back above the shelf, and adapted to be closed at its lower end by said shelf while arranged over the latter but to be open at its lower end when the hood is moved from over the shelf, substantially as set forth.

5. A. telephone cabinet comprising a sheet metal back, a sheet metal shelf arranged in front of the lower part of said back and having a marginal depending flange the rear part of which is connected with the back, and a movable hood connected with the back above said shelf, and adapted to be closed at its lower end by said shelf while arranged over the latter but to be open at its lower end when the hood is moved from over the shelf, substantially as set forth.

6. A telephone cabinet comprising a sheet metal back, a sheet metal shelf arranged in front of the lower part of said back and having a marginal depending flange the rear part of which is connected with the back, and a sheet metal hood arranged above said shelf and pivoted on one side to said back, to swing horizontally and adapted to be closed at its lower end by said shelf while arranged over the latter but to be open at its lower end when the hood is moved from over the shelf; substantially as set forth.

7. A telephone cabinet comprising a sheet metal back, a sheet metal shelf projecting forwardly from the lower part of the back, and a sheet metal hood movably connected with the back abovesaid shelf and consisting of two side walls, a front wall connected with the front edges of the side walls, and a top engaging with the upper edges of the side and front walls, and said hood being capable of horizontal movement and adapted to be closed at its lower end by said shelf while in its normal position over the latter but to be open at its lower end when the hood is moved from over the shelf, substantially as set forth.

8. A telephone cabinet comprising a sheet metal back, a sheet metal shelf projecting forwardly from the lower part of the back, and a sheet metal hood movably connected with the back above said shelf and consisting of two side walls, a front wall connected with the front edges of the side walls, and a top engaging with the upper edges of the side and front walls, the lower part of said hood being shallow while the upper part thereof is comparatively deep, and said hood being capable of horizontal movement and adapted to be closed at its lower end by said shelf while-in its normal position over the latter but to be open at its lower end when the hood is moved from over the shelf, substantially as set forth.

9. A telephone cabinet comprising a sheet metal back, a sheet metal shelf projecting forwardly from the lower part of the back, and a sheet metal hood movably connected with the back above said shelf and consisting of two side walls, a front wall connected with the front edges of the side walls, and a top engaging with the upper edges of the side and front walls, the lower part of said front wall being nearer the back while the upper part is arranged at a greater distance therefrom and overhangs said lower part and each of the side walls having a narrow lower part and a wide upper part, and said,

ho-od being capable of horizontal movement and adapted to be closed at its lower end by said shelf while in its normal position over the latter but to be open at its lower end when the hood is moved from over the shelf. substantially as set forth.

10. A telephone cabinet comprising a sheet metal back. a sheet metal shelf projecting forwardly from the lower part of the back, and a sheet metal hood movably connected with the back above said shelf and consisting of twoside walls, a front wall connected with the front edges of the side walls, and a top engaging with the upper edges of the side and front walls and having a horizontal side and front walls, and having a horizontal rear part and an inclined front part, and said hood being capable of horizontal movementand adapted to be closed at its lower end by said shelf while in its normal position over the latter but to be open at its lower end when the hood is moved from over the shelf, substantially as set forth.

11. A telephone cabinet comprising a sheet metal back, a sheet metal shelf projecting forwardly from the lower part ofthe back,

and a sheet metal hood movably connected with the back above said shelf and consisting of two side walls, a front wall connected with the frontedges of the side walls, and a top engaging with the upper edges of the rear part provided with a transverse groove, an inclined front part provided with a transverse rib, and marginal depending flanges at the front and side edges of the top, and said hood being capable of horizontal movement and adapted to be closed at its lower end by said shelf while in its normal position over the latter but to be open at its lower end when the hood is moved from over the shelf,

substantially as set forth.

fitness my hand this 19th day of August,

ALFRED LARSSON. W'itnesses:

CARL T. CHESTER, HARVEY J. DRAKE.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 928,989.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 928,989 granted July 27, 1909, upon the application of Alfred Larsson, of Buffalo, New York, for an improvement in Telephone-Cabinets, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction, as follows: In line 29, page 2, the word desk should read back and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform-to the record of the case in the Patent Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 10th day of August, A. D., 1909.

[SEAL] F.- A. TENNANT,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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