Improvements in or connected with the Frames of Furniture in which Pull Out Drawers are Fitted.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Aug., 1804
Complete Specification Leit, 22nd May, 1895-Accepted, 22nd June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with the Frames of Furniture in
which Pull Out Drawers are Fitted.
I, CAESAR HASS, of 261 Burdett Road, Bow, London, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the frames of furniture in which pull out drawers are
fitted, the object being to reduce vibration and noise, to ensure the drawers being
pulled out and pushed in squarely within the frame, to obviate the squeaking so
often complained of, and to exclude dust.
To carry my invention into practice, I rabbett the front under or upper side of
the frame and fit therein one edge of a loose right angle or other suitably shaped
strip, the front part of which is moulded to suit the other mouldings of the front
frame, said strip has free up and down motion in the rabbett within certain limits,
it being held to the frame by its other limb by a wire, a link, or other device in
conjunction with a strip of rubber tubing, or its equivalent, the under side of the
front frame being also recessed or grooved for the reception of the rubber and the
limb.
About mid-distance of each side rail of the frame, I also purpose affixing a plate
or strip spring of the required curvature to bear upon the top of the sides of the
drawer, said spring being secured at one end only to give freedom of motion for
compression and expansion on the drawer being pulled out or pushed in.
This invention is necessitated by the fact that the wood used for the purpose is
of different kinds, some of the parts being of soft wood, and some hard wood which
climatic action affects more or less, as well as the variable heat in dwellings.
Dated this 22nd day of August 1894
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Caesar Hass.
Improvements in or connected with the Frames of Furniture in
which Pull Out Drawers are Fitted.
J, CAESAR HASS, of 261 Burdett Road, Bow, London, 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 the frames of furniture in which pull out drawers are
fitted, the object being to reduce vibration and noise, to ensure the drawers being
pulled out and pushed in squarely with the frame to obviate the squeaking so
often complained of, and to exclude dust by closing up the top front crevice.
To carry my invention into practice, I rabbett the front under or upper side of
the frame and fit therein one edge of a loose right angle or other suitably shaped
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page_text: strip, the front part of which is moulded to suit the other mouldings of the front
frame, said strip has free up and down motion in the rabbett within certain
limits, it being held to the frame by its other limb by a wire, link, or other device
in conjunction with a strip of rubber tubing, or its equivalent, the under side of
the front frame being also recessed or grooved for the reception of the rubber and
the limb.
About mid-distance of each side rail of the frame, I also purpose affixing a
plate or strip spring of the required curvature to bear against the upper sides of
the drawer, said spring being secured at one end only to give freedom of motion
for compression and expansion on the drawer being pulled out or pushed in.
This invention is necessitated by the fact that the wood used for the purpose
of different kinds, some of the parts being of soft wood and some hard wood which
climatic action affects more or less, as well as the variable heat in dwellings.
Figure 1 shows so much of a nest or chest of drawers as will enable my invention
to be clearly understood.
Figure 2 represents a detached view of a side rail spring plate.
Figure 3 indicates a curved spring in substitution for the rubber tube shown in
Figure 1.
A the frame with front bead B rabbetted at C and cut away at D in the under
face E. F is an L shaped strip with a feather G to ride up and down in the
rabbet C. His an india rubber tube fitting in the groove J and bearing upon the
limb K of the shape strip. M is a wire passed through the rubber and into
the frame A and on which wire the shaped strip is held loosely. N is a curved
steel spring plate fixed at one end to the upper side rail P for the drawer Q to
ride against, there being a spring N on each top side rail, so that the drawer rides
squarely in and out.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The appliances or means of closing the front crevice between drawers and
frames, consisting essentially of the L shaped strip held loosely in position as set
forth and substantially as shown on the annexed drawings.
2. In combination with the means or appliances forming the first claiming clause
hereof, the top rail side springs secured from one end only as and for the purposes
described.
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H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Caesar Hass.