Improvements in Chairs.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 17th Mar., 1900
Improvements in Chairs.
I, CHARLES JOHN PINNELL, Chair and Couch Manufacturer, of 28, New Inn Yard,
Shoreditch, London, E.C., do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
.
This invention consists of a metal brackets, made in the form of an horizontal
plate with a vertical plate rising from it, at the extreme end and on the inner
side; both horizontal and vertical plates being formed from one piece of metal;
and both plates are drilled for screws;
The manner of fixing is as follows;
The horizontal plate is fixed to the top edge of the side rail of a chair at the
back end, by means of screws bored vertically into the side rail; and the vertical
plate is fixed to the inside of the back leg of the chair by means of screws bored
into the back leg at right angles to the plate; The result being that the strain is
taken off the joints of the seat at the back-end.
The appliance which I have described above is intended to afford a readey &
easy means of strengthening and repairing the joints of chairs and such like.
structures, so that the risk of breakage of the joints is reduced to a minimum.
The device is also shaped in such a manner that when the article is upholstered
it cannot be seen.
The upholstering can also be easily attached or detached.
To illustrate this I have made a drawing of a chair, with the bracket fixed,
and a drawing of the bracket unfixed. The main features and novelty of the
device are, the positions of the plates marked A and C and the points of fixing
marked B, B, and D D. The horizontal plate marked A is fixed to the top edge
of the side rail of the chair by screws at the points B B, the vertical plate C is
fixed to the inner side of the back leg of the chair by screws at the points D D,
the result being that the points of resistance are at B, B, and D D thus making. it
impossible for the joints marked E to become loose which frequently occurs in
chairs not fitted with such an appliance as I have described above.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The device or appliance for strengthening or repairing the frames of chairs on
similar structures consisting of a peculiarly formed horizontal or base plate
shaped in such a manner as not to interfere with the upholstering carrying a
vertical bracket or plate at the extreme end and manufactured from a malleable
metal substantially as, and for the purposes described, and as illustrated by the
accompanying sheet of drawings.
Navamber 1890

page_text: outer case having a coin slit and coin shoot, a guide piece situated beneath
the coin shoot and having a recess therein to receive the coin, a lever or sliding
block in rear of said recess normally in the path of a second lever, said second
lever being pivotted inside the case, an operative rod connected to said second
lever and passing through an aperture in the outer case and fitted with a handle
or knob whereby the coin may be projected from the guide piece, the two levers
being returned by springs or by gravity, and means for leading the projected coin
to coin-freed delivery mechanism or to the outside of the case, substantially as
and for the purpose herein before described with reference to the accompanying
drawing.
2. In coin-freed game apparatus, projecting mechanism consisting of a recessed
guide piece to receive the coin and a projecting lever or block in rear of said
recess acted upon by the impact of a second lever operated by a rod from outside
the case containing the apparatus, substantially as and for the purposes herein-
before described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 29th day of September 1900.
F. W. GOLBY,
Patent Agent, 36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicants.