An Improved Combined Folding Bed and Furniture Cabinet.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Sept., 1895-Accepted; 21s! Dec., 1895
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combined Folding Bed and Furniture Cabinet.
1, ADOLF MEINSER, of Mittelstrasse, Barmen, in the Empire of Germany,,
Cabinetmaker 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 :-
The object of the present invention is to provide a press so constructed, that,
when closed it resembles an ordinary press or cabinet and when open offers all
the requisites of a sleeping room.
The accompanying drawings illustrate a press or cabinet so constructed.
Figure 1 shows the press in a closed position, Figure 2 shews the press or cabinet
with the door open, and Figure 3 shews the press opened out to offer all the'
conveniences of a sleeping room.
The upper panel F is movable in the door frame on a vertical axis and contains
on its front side a looking glass S and also above the looking glass a suitably
ornamented orifice for the reception of a small alarum clock U. The under.
panel P is movable that is to say it can be drawn out by means of a handle being
turned about its lower side. Pins or pegs are formed on the lower side of the
panel P which are entered in vertical grooves in the side frame of the door, to
permit of its being turned outwards about these pegs and of being raised, so as to
present what was previously its inner side, upwards, and fixed at the proper height
and slope, to serve as a writing desk. In Figure 1 the panel P is represented in
this position and a drawer K shewn in Figure 1 is provided for the reception of
the writing utensils. A space is formed behind the panel and is covered by a
curtain G through which the articles of the toilet to be found behind can be taken
out without opening the door when the board P is raised.
In Figure 2 the press is shewn opened and the door is placed parallel with the
room wall. The upper panel F is turned on its vertical axis so that the looking
On the door frame
glass and clock are turned towards the inside of the room.
there is placed on one or both sides of the looking glass a wall candlestick L and a
towel rail H.
On the under half of the door a complete washing toilet set W is placed, said
toilet set being provided on its upper surface P with a wash-basin, etc. and
beneath the wash-basin drawers S1, S2 are placed for the reception of the toilet
requisites. The space beneath the toilet stand contains a number of divisions for
the storing of the shoe-brushes, pails, water cans, etc. the whole being covered by
means of the movable curtain G.
In the interior of the press the bed is kept in a perpendicular position as shewn
at Figure 2 and in Figure 3 it is represented in its lowered position ready for
The mattress M is specially constructed the object being to secure lightness
and rigidity.
use.
The frame R of the bed mattress is strung lengthwise with steel wire spirals D, D,
which in their middle parts are strengthened by similar spirals stretched transversely.
These steel wire spirals are covered on the upper side with sail cloth or other
suitable material, the proper bolster mattress resting above. The bolster mattress
From the middle of the wire
is raised with the wire mattress when not in use.
5 mattress a transverse board in the form of a support B projects under the bed
frame as shewn at Figures 2 and 3 which on the upraising of the bed frame serves

page_text: as a resting place for the loose parts of the bed. The space under this board B
remains free and affords a place for the toilet basin and appurtenances on closing the
press door. The space above the board is intended for the reception of the entire
bed material which can be hung up therein. On turning down the bed frame as
shewn at Figure 3 there is presented on the left side of the press a ridge or ledge
with a hook for hanging up articles of dress.
In order to be able to give the press (which is heavy by means of its manifold
contents) secure vertical position on an uneven floor its feet are made adjustable
in height by means of screws. The under edge of the door is provided with
castors which run on the floor to assist its movement.
The bed frame on being raised is fastened securely by means of suitably arranged
cramps in the interior of the press.
These universal presses are constructed in the form portrayed with one door and
one bed, but they may also be made with two doors and two beds or with a single
broad bed, and it is obvious that this arrangement offers all the conveniences of a
complete sleeping room with the smallest conceivable monopoly of space when the
press is opened for use as a bed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. A universal press constructed as herein before described and consisting of a
folding down bed frame R with mattress M with wire spirals D and bed support B,
the necessary bed requisites, clothes rails, an upper panel F movable on a vertical
axis and provided with a looking glass S and an orifice for an alarum clock U, a
candlestick L and towel rail H, complete toilet stand W provided with drawers to
which access can be obtained when the door is shut by drawing outwards and
upwards the under panel P of the door, the said panel being capable of sliding in
vertical grooves and being fastened in a horizontal position in order to serve as a
writing desk, a drawer K with writing materials being provided above said
desk P.
2. In a universal press as described in Claim 1, the provision of screws whereby
the height of the feet of the press or cabinet can be regulated to suit uneven floors
and so secure the exact vertical position of the press, and also the provision of
castors on the under edge of the door in order in opening same to free the hinges
of the press from the weight of the door.
Dated this 17th day of September 1895.
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Chartered Patent Agent,
62 Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.