Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Mar., 1887.
Complete Left, 27th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 28th June, 1887.
1, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S. of the Agency for Foreign Patent
Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool in the County of Lancaster and 323 High
Holborn in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to file cases or cabinets in which trays or drawers are
arranged to slide horizontally into or out of a case or cabinet, and the aim of the
invention is to provide a simple means of automatically arresting and sustaining the
trays when drawn forward in such position as to afford convenient access to their
contents; and to this end it consists essentially in constructing the tray so that
when partly withdrawn it may be dropped to an inclined position and interlock directly
with the cabinet, and in providing a stop of any suitable character to arrest the tray
in its outward movement when its reaches the proper position to be tilted.
The case or cabinet, which may be of any suitable construction is provided with
cells or openings to receive the trays or drawers, which are arranged to slide into
and out of the same after the manner of ordinary drawers.
In constructing the drawers they are formed at the rear end in any suitable manner
which will admit of their assuming an inclined position when drawn forward nearly
from the case.

page_text: The tray has preferably on the under side, a stop or shoulder of any suitable con-
struction adapted to encounter a corresponding stop or shoulder at the front of
the case, the parts being arranged in such manner that when the tray is drawn
forward horizontally, its movement will be arrested by the shoulders, and this when
the tray is in position to drop at its front to an inclined position. When thus dropped
the tray will interlock directly with the case or cabinet, and remain supported firmly
in its inclined position.
The tray has preferably at its top on each side a metallic lift or shoulder, and the
cabinet at its front has a shoulder or stop, to interlock therewith, and maintain the
tray in its inclined position.
The essence of the invention resides in the use of a stop to arrest a tray as it is
withdrawn and permit it to tilt into a position in which it interlocks firmly with the
cabinet. The construction of the stops or shoulders both above and below the tray
may be modified at will.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON F.C.S. of the Agency for Foreign Patent
Solicitors, 6 Lord Street Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster and 323 High
Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to file cases or cabinets in which trays or drawers are
arranged to slide horizontally into or out of a case or cabinet, and the aim of the
invention is to provide a simple means of automatically arresting and sustaining the
trays when drawn forward in such a position as to afford convenient access to their
contents; and to this end it consists essentially in constructing the tray so that when
partly withdrawn it may be dropped to an inclined position and interlock directly
with the cabinet, and in providing a stop of any suitable character to arrest the tray
in its outward movement when it reaches the proper position to be tilted.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 represents a vertical section through a case or cabinet containing two
trays in accordance with the invention, one being shown in open, and the other in its
closed position.
Figure 2 is a top plan view of said tray.
Referring to the drawings,
A represents a case or cabinet, which may be of any suitable construction provided
with cells or openings to receive the trays or drawers B, which are arranged to slide
into and out of the same after the manner of ordinary drawers.
In constructing the drawers they are formed at the rear end in any suitable manner
which will admit of their assuming an inclined position when drawn forward nearly
from the case.
The tray has preferably on the under side a stop or shoulderu of any suitable
construction adapted to encounter a corresponding stop or shoulder b at the front of
the case, the parts being arranged in such manner that when the tray is drawn forward
horizontally its movement will be arrested by the shoulders a and b, and this when
the tray is in position to drop at its front to an inclined position. The parts are so
constructed that when thus dropped the tray will interlock directly with the case or
cabinet, and remain supported firmly in its inclined position as shown in the lower
part of Figure 1.
The tray has preferably at its top on each side a metallic lift or shoulder c, and the
cabinet has preferably at its front a shoulder or stop 6 which interlocks therewith, and
maintains the tray in its inclined position.

page_text: The essence of the invention resides in the use of a stop to arrest a tray as it is
withdrawn and permit it to tilt into a position in which it interlocks firmly with the
cabinet. The construction of the stops or shoulders both above and below the tray
may be modified at will.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In combination with a case or cabinet, a sliding tray provided with a stop to
arrest its sliding movement, and adapted when stopped to drop to an inclined position
and interlock with the cabinet.