Improvements in Stock Boxes and Cabinets.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 5th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 26th Oct.,
1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stock Boxes and Cabinets.
I ARTHUR ERNEST WALKER of 79 Milton Street in the City of London, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I form the slide of the stock box with an upstanding back and with a front, which
latter together with the fore part of the bottom is flexibly connected with or hinged
to the rest of the bottom, so that when the slide is pulled out a little way the said
hinged front part drops and ready access is thereby got to the contents of the
slide.
In another form of slide I make it in the form of a drawer with sides as well as
back the sides being lower towards the front and sloping down towards it cut by
preference at an angle down towards the flexible or hinge joint part. Sometimes
carry the sloping sides of the drawer unbroken right on to the front and
joint an upper front part to it and keep such part in the upright position
by means of rubber or other spring or springs. I may also in the other forms
described apply springs for pulling the front into the upright position. These
drawers are also applicable to cabinets. The front of the slide or drawer is provided
with label frame having a curved leaf part for readily taking hold of and pulling the
drawer or slide out and for raising the front and pushing the drawer in; or any
other known or suitable means may be used for taking hold of the slide, combined or
not with a label for indicating its contents.
Dated this 9th day of November 188e
ARTHUR ERNEST WALKER.
By Jensen & Son,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stock Boxes and Cabinets.
I, ARTHUR ERNEST WALKER of 79 Milton Street in the City of London Manu-
facturer 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 :-
I construct stock boxes and cabinets with slide or drawer in such a manner as to
admit of ready access to the contents of such slide or drawer. For this purpose I
so hingo or otherwise flexibly connect the front part of the slide or drawer to the
body of samo that when the slide or drawer is pulled out a little way the said front
part may drop down or be easily pulled down. I also prefer to make the slide
with an upstanding back for the purpose of keeping the contents from shifting
back.
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the outside of a
stock box D having the slide pushed in as shewn in dotted lines, and Figure 2
a perspective view shewing the slide partly drawn out of the stock box D.
The bottom A of the slide has the front part A flexibly connected thereto by a strip
of leather, canvas, or metallic hinges. B is the upstanding front provided with
usual label frame E with curved leaf for readily taking hold of the slide pulling it
out and for raising the front B and pushing the slide in. Or any other known or
suitable means may be used for taking hold of the slide, combined or not with a label
for indicating the contents. C is the upstanding back of the slide which serves to
keep the contents of the slide in proper place. His an upstanding lappet sometimes
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page_text: provided on the slide when the stock box is to be used for holding envelopes or other
articles in a standing position.
Figures 3 and 4 show another form of slide or rather drawer with sides F F as
well as back C, the sides being lower towards the front and sloping down towards it
and cut straight as shown (or at an angle) down towards the flexible or hinge joint
part, the front side part being joined to the front bottom part A¹ and to the
upstanding front B. This form of drawer may also sometimes be provided with a
lappet II as shown.
In Figures 5 and 6 is shewn a stock box having a slide or drawer in which the
sloping sides F are carried unbroken right to the front where the bottom part A is
flexibly connected or hinged to the front B. The latter is provided with side
parts which moreover may be joined by a top cross part G fixed to the front
part B and whereby the dust is more effectually excluded.
Figures 7 and 8 show another form in which the sides F are carried right to the
front. In this case the front B has side flaps F' which can rest on the sides F as in
Figure 7, and if desired are pulled into the upright position by a spring or elastic
band or bands N between the parts F and the sides F.
1 may
also in the other forms described apply springs for pulling the front B into
the upright position.
The stock boxes may if desired be made in nests of two or more side by side or on
the top of each other or both.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
First In slides and drawers for stock boxes and the like the application and use
of a hinged or flexibly connected front part which when the slide or drawer is pulled
partly out can drop down or be pulled down and thus admit of ready access to the
contents, substantially as set forth."
Second-The constructions of slides and drawers for stock boxes and the like
substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 5th day of September 1880.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.