Improvements in Wooden Chairs.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 25th Jan., 1896
Improvements in Wooden Chairs.
I, RAMON VILASECA, of Calle de San-Pablo, No. 100, Barcelona, in the
Kingdom of Spain, Manufacturer, 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 a chair the rear legs of which are made integral with
the uprights of the back by passing through holes in the back part of the seat.
In the improved chair the seats are made in massive wood in one or more pieces
and provided with an improved design on the upper side.
The invention is shown in the annexed drawing in which
Fig. 1 shows a wooden chair provided with my improvements, in vertical section
on the line y y of Fig. 2.
Fig. 2 is a plan in section on the line of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a section on line z z of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 shows a seat hollowed in the middle for the applying of a straw or cane
seating.
The front legs A and the back legs C are preferably of curved wood though
they may be made straight.
The back legs C are made thinner in the upper part than the lower part and
present a shoulder C¹ upon which the seat rests.
These legs may also have a uniform thickness throughout their length and be
provided each with a ring or pius in place of the shoulder C₁. The legs are
preferably of circular section but they may have other section if desirable.
The back legs Center the holes in the seat and the union could be strengthened
by appropriate screws or pins. The front legs A are fitted in hollows under the
seat into which they may be screwed.
In Figs. 2, 3, 4, I show a massive circular seat provided with a posterior
prolongation G in which are made the holes for the passage of the legs C. Instead
of a circular form the seat may have any other form desired.
The seat shown in the drawings is formed of only one piece of wood, but it may
also be constructed of several pieces glued together producing the same effect.
The size of the scat is such that it permits of boring the holes G₁ giving passage
to the back legs C and hollows to fit in the legs A of the front side. The surface
of the seat may be flat or slightly concave or it may be open in the middle
as shown in Fig. 4 to be covered with a straw or cane seating or another
covering.
In each case the surface of the seat may remain as it is in natural wood or
painted or varnished. It may be adorned with vulcanite leather or any other
appropriate material.
The massive wood seats may have an impressed design on their surface. To
construct the seats the wood is cut to give to it the necessary form and then the
design is made by hot or cold pressure according to the nature of the wood and the
effect to be obtained. For this purpose plates of steel or of other metal having
the necessary resistance are used, upon which has been previously engraved the
design to be produced and they are applied to the seat by means of a press so that
the design will be well pressed into the wood. This engraved plate is heated or
not according to the exigencies of the work to be produced.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
-claim is :-
1. The construction of chairs the back legs of which are formed integral with the
uprights of the back and adapted to pass through holes in the seat and be fixed
therein by the simple fitting or by screws pins or the like.
2. In the wood chairs claimed above the back legs with diameter or section
greater than the corresponding part of the uprights of the back and provided with
a shoulder C' upon which the seat rests.
3. In the wood chairs set forth in Claim 1 the back legs with diameter or
section uniform throughout their length and provided with rings or pins to support
the seat.
4. The construction of chairs with seats in massive wood of one or more pieces
glued together the said seat being provided with a recessed design by pressure
upon the surface with appropriately engraved plates; the whole substantially as
described and shown in the annexed drawing.
Dated this 14th day of December 1895.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18 Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.,
Agents to the Applicant.