US981529A

US981529A - Revolving stand-table.

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Publication number: US981529A
Application number: US54888810A
Authority: US
Inventors: Sam Cantrell
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1910-03-12
Filing date: 1910-03-12
Publication date: 1911-01-10
Anticipated expiration: 1928-01-10

Description

S. CANTRELL.

REVOLVING STAND TABLE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12, 1910.

981,529. I Patented Jan. 10,1911.

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REVOLVING STAND-TABLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAM CANTRELL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Anadarko, in the courity of Caddo and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reyolving Stand-Tables, of which the followmg is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to tables and like articles of furniture and the principal object of the same is to provide novel drawer operating mechanism therefor by means of which a rotary movement of the table top will automatically release and project one drawer at a time therefrom so that access may be readily had to the drawer, means being also provided for automatically closing the drawers.

In connection with the foregoing, the invention also contemplates the employment of a novel latching device for normally preventing rotary movement of the table top, and also in providing an alarm that will be sounded by the rotation of said top so that the fact that the drawers of the table are being opened will be audibly indicated.

In carrying out the objects of the invention generally stated above, it will be understood, of course, that the essential features thereof are necessarily susceptible of changes in details and structural arrangements, one preferred and practical embodiment of which is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dressing table equipped with the present invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged central vertical sectional view taken on the line 22, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View taken on the line 33, Fig. 2, looking up. Fig. 1 is a fragmentary detail perspective view showing one of the drawers, its opening and closing lever, and the means for locking the drawer in a closed position. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail perspective View of the upper end of the supporting post of the table. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail view in side elevation and section of the table top, post, and operating mechanism the parts being shown in an inverted position. Fig. 7 is a detail view in horizontal section of one of the drawers. Fig. 8 is a front elevation, partly in section, of a desk showing the invention applied thereto. Fig. 9 is a top plan view, showing by dotted lines the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 12, 1910.

Patented J an. 19, 1911.

Serial No. 548,888.

arrangement of the drawers. Fig. 10 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view showing the manner of connecting the drawers to the desk. Fig. 11 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 11-11, Fig. 10.

Referring to said drawings wherein the improved drawer operating device has been shown in connect-ion with a dressing table, 1 designates the center supporting post that is equipped with the radiating feet 2. The upper end of said post has a longitudinal bearing opening 3 formed in it. The top surface of the upper end of the post has aflat annular plate 4 fastened thereon that has a central opening formed in it which is of the same diameter as the opening 3. Said plate is provided with a plurality of regularly spaced apart upstanding pins 5. A roller 6 is rotatably mounted in a bracket bearing 7 that projects laterally from the upper end portion of the post 1, and an abutment 8 that may be in the form of a loopshaped strap, also projects laterally from the post 1, and is arranged adjacent the roller 6. A pair of spaced apart latch receiving lugs 9 project laterally from the post 1, said lugs being preferably substantially oppositely disposed relative to said abutment 8 and roller 6.

A table top 10, shown in circular form in the accompanying drawing, has a vertical mirror 11 supported thereon to adapt the table for use as a dresser. Said top has a pendent annular peripheral flange 12 that is provided with a pair of oppositely disposed drawer openings 13. A spindle 1 1 has its flanged end 15 centrally fastened to the underside of the table top 10 and is adapted to be mounted for rotation in the bearing opening 3 of the post 1, and supports the table top a sufficient distance above the top of post 1 so that clearance space is provided between the flanged end 15 of spindle 1 1 and the pins 5 of post plate 1. An annular internally toothed rack 16 surrounds the upper end of post 1 in spaced relation, and is also spaced from the underside of table top 1.0 by the angular supporting arms 17 that have one end fastened to the table top and the other end fastened to the outer surface of said rack. A pawl 18 pivotally connected to and projecting laterally from post 1 has its free end engaging the teeth of rack 16 to preventrotation of the table top 10 in one direction.

Two drawers 19 are shown in connection with the table, said drawers being oppositely disposed and duplicates in construction. The outer wall 20 is shaped to conform to the contour of the flange 12 of the table top 10, and when the drawers are closed, said walls 20 conceal the drawer openings 13 of said flange. Each drawer 19 has curved pivot lugs 21 projecting from one outer cor ner thereof, said lug having its free end in pivotal engagement with one end of a link 22. The link 22 is in turn in pivotal engagement with one end of a bell crank lever 23, that is pivotally mounted on a bearing block 24 fast to the table top 10. The other end of the bell crank lever 23 is preferably curved and projects beneath the rack 16 and is in the path of movement of the roller 6, so that when said roller 6 contacts with bell crank lever 23, the latter will be rocked on its bearing block 24 so that its outer end will swing the drawer 19 through the flange opening 13, as is shown in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings. A guide loop 25 is provided for the inner arm of each bell crank lever 23, which also serves to limit the movements of the same. Each bell crank lever 23 has one-end of a spring 26 fastened thereto, the other end of said spring being fastened to the flange 12 of the table top 10, said spring yieldably opposing the drawer opening movements of the bell crank levers 23, and also serving to automatically rock said levers so that they will pull the drawers to a closed position. The inner end of each drawer has an eye 27 carried thereby that is normally engaged by the hook 28 at one end of a latching lever 29 that pivotally mounted on a bearing block 30 fast to the table top 10, so that said drawers will be normally locked in a closed position. The inner end of each latching lever 29 projects between the rack 16 and the table top 10 and is in the path of movement of abutment 8 of the post 1, so that when said abutment contacts with lever 29 it will rock said lever to release the end hook 28 from the eye 27 of the drawer. Each latching lever 29 has a spring connection with the table top flange 12 that yieldably opposes the releasing movement of the levers and which automatically returns said lever to its latching position after the abutment S has passed the lever.

As will be understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the invention as shown in Fig. 3, a drawer operating lever and a drawer locking lever are provided for each drawer, the two levers of each drawer being arranged so that they will be simultaneously operated by the roller 6 and abutment 8 to release and swing one drawer outwardly from the table.

A locking lever 33 is provided for preventing the rotation of the table top 10, said lever being pivotally mounted in a hanger bearing 34 projecting from the bottom of table top 10, one end thereof being normally held between the lug 9 of post 1 by the pressure of spring 35, the other end of said lever projecting into a slot 36 formed in table top flange 12 and having a pivotally connected handle 37 depending therefrom whose free end projects below the lower edge of' flange 12 so that it may be manually raised to rock said lever 33 from engagement with lugs 9, and thereby release the table top. An alarm is provided for audibly indicating the rotation of the table top 10, said alarm comprising a bell 38 that is fastened to the underside of the table top and which is sounded by the hammer 39 of an arm 40 pivotally fastened to a block 41 and having one end projecting between the rack 16 and the table top 10 and being in the path of movement of the pins 5 of post plate 3. A spring 42 connects the inner end portion of said arm 40 with the bearing block of one of the bell crank levers 23 and yieldably opposes the vibratory movements of said arm caused by its intermittent contact with the pins A pin 43 is carried by each bearing block 30 for limiting the movement of levers 29 when being swung to their locking engagement with the eyes of drawers 19 by the tension of springs 32.

It will be seen from the foregoing that by releasing the lever 33, the table top 10 may be rotated upon the post 1 so that the drawi ers 19, one at a time, will be automatically opened so that access may be had to their contents, and that when manual restraint is removed from said drawers, they will be antomatically swung to a closed position. And also that as an adjunct to the foregoing, the invention provides means whereby the rotation of the table top to open the drawers will automatically sound the alarm, so that unauthorized opening of said drawers will portion of shaft 45 by means of a key 49,

the arrangement being such that casing 46 may be freely rotated relatively to the desk top 44.

Casing 46, its drawers, and the operating mechanism for said drawers are similar in T duplicates of the table top, drawers and the mechanism shown in the preferred form of the invention, and bearing 48 has the same attachments for operating the said mecha-' nism as that described in connection with support 1. Hence, it is thought that a dc tailed description of the same is unnecessary.

W hat I claim as my invention is 1. A device of the character described comprising a support, a table top thereon, drawers for said table, a locking device for normally locking said drawers within said table, mechanism for projecting said drawers beyond said table, and means for releasing said locking device and simultaneously actuating said mechanism to cause said mechanism to project said drawers, one at a time, beyond said table top.

2. A device of the character described comprising a support, a table top rotatable thereon, manually controlled means for locking said top to said support, drawers for said top normally retained within the same, and means actuated by the rotation of said top for projecting said drawers one at a time, from said top when the locking means are released.

3. A device of the character described comprising a support, a table top rotatable thereon, an abutment and a roller projecting from said support, drawers carried by said top, an ejecting lever for each drawer that is actuated by said roller, a locking lever for each drawer that is released by said abutment, and a spring for each ejecting lever for causing the same to restore the drawers to their original position.

4. A device of the character described comprising a support, a table top rotatable thereon, drawers carried by said top, drawer locking means and drawer ejecting means carried by said top, and means carried by said post for simultaneously releasing the drawer locking means and actuating the drawer ejecting means.

5. A device of the character described comprising a support, a table top rotatable thereon, drawers carried by said top, a lever carried by each drawer for ejecting the same, a,

locking lever for each drawer, and means carried by said post for simultaneously actuating the locking and ejecting levers of one drawer when said top is rotated.

6. A device of the character described comprising a support, a table top rotatable thereon, drawers pivoted thereto, a bell crank lever pivotally connected to each drawer, a locking lever for each drawer for normally retaining the same within said top, a spring for each locking lever and bell crank lever for normally holding the same in a drawer closing position, and an abutment and a roller carried by the post for simultaneously actuating the locking lever and bell crank lever of one of said drawers.

7. A device of the character described comprising a support, a casing rotatable thereon, drawers pi'votally mounted in said casing, and mechanism actuated by the rotation of said casing for projecting the drawers one at a time therefrom.

8. A device of the character described comprising a support, a casing rotatable thereon, drawers for said casing, mechanism actuated by the rotation of said casing for projecting the drawers one at a time therefrom, and means for automatically returning said drawers one at a time to said casing.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAM CANTRELL.

lVitnesses S. P. SERsaIM, E. G. Pon'rs.