Patent GB-190404060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Telescopic Tables
Inventor: MCTAGGART ROBERT
Filed: 1904-02-18
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 4060. McTaggart, R. Feb. 18. Tables.-Expanding tables are constructed with four legs A, united by side and end rails B and a top consisting of loose boards C, slidable on the side rails, and for the attachment of which to the table frame various devices, described below, may be used. An auxiliary leg frame E, hinged to each of the principal members C of the table top, serves as a support for the latter when overhanging in consequence of the extension of the table. The leg frame, when folded, may be supported by a catch, or upon strips d', Fig. 3, or laths D, Fig. 1. Loose leaves may be stored by supporting them on sloping side strips secured to longitudinal laths D and having end blocks. Openings b<1> are cut away in the end rails for the introduction of the leaves. Cross-laths d<3> may also be used as supports for leaves, and may be secured to the laths D, or to pegged supporting strips on the side rails B. To fix the leaves in position, stops are used consisting of rods secured by brackets to the undersides of the leaves, and provided with pegs and a handle protruding from a slot cut in the side bar. By rotating the rod, the pegs are brought into a position to engage with the side bar. Other stop devices may consist of slip bolts G which are slid into the path of pegs f<1>, attached to the leaves, and prevent their withdrawal through slots g cut in the bars B. The top boards C and the extra leaves are removably united to the side rails B by devices shown in Fig. 26. Rods c<6>, connected to the top boards by brackets c', are provided with catches c<5> which fasten over pegs, attached to the side bars in the manner shown in Fig. 11. Slots b<4> are provided in the legs A, and end bars B, for the withdrawal of the catch devices when the leaves are moved horizontally on the frame, but are sometimes dispensed with, and the catches allowed to slide along the rods c<6> as they come into contact with the end bars when the leaves are drawn out. In other modifications, angled metal catches c<8>, c<9> may be mounted on the rods c<6> or may be hinged to the underside of the top board and they are adapted to engage in slots in, or beneath, guiderails attached to the side bars as shown in Fig. 28. The guide-rails and slots may consist of, or be faced with, metal. The catches may be sometimes fitted outside, instead of inside, the rails B. By means of these catches and the stop devices above mentioned, vertical and horizontal motion of the top boards upon the frame is prevented. Other devices for guiding and retaining the top boards consist of rails b<8>, of wood, metal, or other material secured to the side bars, and L-shaped devices such as are shown in Figs. 1, 21, and 25, attached to the top boards and consisting of a lath b<7> and a strip of wood, metal, &c. c<12>. The rails b<8> may be rectangular, L-shaped as shown in Fig. 21, or T-shaped as in Fig. 25, in which the rail b<9> is shown embedded in a side bar. Openings are provided in the end bars and the legs to allow the withdrawal of the rails &c. attached to the top boards. These devices may be arranged outside or inside the side rails B. The side bars B may also be made flush with the legs A by means of wood strips b<5> as shown in Fig. 11, laths c<4> being attached to the top boards in sliding contact with the strips b<5>. The wood strips b<5>, b<7> extend almost the whole length of the bars B, and serve to fill up the rabbet between the corner posts A and rails B.