Improvements in Hinges.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Dec., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 20th Sept., 1890-Accepted, 25th Oct.,
1890
Improvements in Hinges.
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I, FREDERICK PARKER, of West's Place, Drummond Street, Hampstead Road, in
the County of Middlesex, Upholsterer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to that class of hinge or double hinge which is used in con-
nection with box ottomans or couches, especially with my well known ambidexter
couches in which the lid of the box and seat of the couch may be opened from either
side.
In carrying out my invention I prefer to employ an ordinary binge or the
equivalent of an ordinary hinge which may be provided in one of its leaves with the
usual holes for fastening it to the wood-work of the lid.; in the other leaf there need
be no holes at all but from the centre projects a stud or pin preferably tapered. In
the wall of the catch I prefer to insert a plate provided with a socket to match the
stud of the hinge; this plate may be secured by screws to the couch in the usual
manner. There would be two of these hinges and plates upon each side of the couch
and the action is as follows:-
:-
When the lid is opened from side A the studs on that side are lifted out of their
sockets and consequently the binges rise up with the lid; on side B however the
studs remain in their sockets and the hinges then act in the ordinary manner.
I may apply this invention to a form of binge for the same purpose which I have
used for many years past, viz., a long plate extending across the lid and provided with
an ordinary hinge at each end. When I apply it to this long hinge the stud and
socket serve as guides to steady the action of the hinge which I have found in practice
to be with the older form of hinge a little uncertain.
If desired the stud and socket may be curved or the inner face of the stud or the
interior of the socket may instead of being tapered as above described be formed
perpendicular to the face of the plate.
Dated this 28th day of December 1889.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hinges.
I, FREDERICK PARKER, of West's Place, Drummond Street, Hampstead Road,- in
the County of Middlesex, Upholsterer, 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 that class of hinge or double hinge which is used in con-
nection with box ottomans or couches especially with the well-known ambidexter
couches in which the lid of the box and seat of the couch may be opened from either
side.
.
In carrying out my invention 1 prefer to employ an ordinary hinge or the
equivalent of an ordinary hinge which may be provided in one of its leaves with the
usual holes for fastening it to the wood-work of the lid ; in the other leaf there need
be no holes at all but from the centre projects a stud or pin preferably tapered. In
the wall of the couch I prefer to insert a plate provided with a socket to match the
stud of the hinge; this plate may be secured by screws to the couch in the usual
manner. There would be two of these hinges and plates upon each side of the
conch

page_text: In the accompanying drawings;-
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the hinge to be secured to the lid,
Fig. 2 a perspective view and
Fig. 3 a section of the socket and plate to be secured to the wall of the couch and
Fig. 4 drawn to a smaller scale than Figs. 1 to 3 is a section of the wooden lid and
upper portion of the front and back walls of the couch.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
c is a
C is the hinge consisting of two leaves c c¹ jointed together by a pin c² in the usual
manner. The leaf c is perforated with countersunk holes c³ so that it may be screwed
to the wood-work D of the lid as shown in Fig. 4. The other leaf c¹ need not be
perforated but is provided with the tapered stud or pin which may be rivetted or
otherwise secured to or cast or otherwise formed in part with the said leaf c¹.
spring which may be rivetted or in some other way secured to the leaf c and the free
end of which is adapted to bear against the edge of the leaf c¹ so as to hold the two
leaves in their closed position when they are not required to fulfil the functions of a
hinge as hereinafter explained.
E is the socket and plate; e is the socket which may be tapered to correspond with
the stud c, and e¹ the plate thereof and e² are countersunk holes for receiving the
screws by which the said socket plate may be secured to the upper edge of the front
wall A or back wall B of the couch as shown in Fig. 4 where it may also be seen
that both the socket e and plate e¹ are let into and below the upper edge of the wall
and that preferably a sufficiently deep recess is formed above it to accommodate or
receive the leaf; this however if desired may be arranged otherwise.
There would be two or more of these hinges C and socket plates E on each side of
the couch and the action is as follows ;-
When the lid D is opened from side A the studs c on that side are lifted out of
their sockets e and consequently the hinges rise up with the lid the two parts c c¹ being
temporarily held together by the springs c; on side B however the studs c remain in
their sockets e and the hinges C act in the ordinary manner.
All this is shown in full
lines in Fig. 4 where the dotted lines indicate the reverse result when the lid is
opened from side B and the hinges at the side A act in the ordinary manner while
those at side B are removed.
I may apply this invention to a form of hinge for the same purpose which was
described in Specification No. 4055 of 1881 and in which there is used a long plate
extending across the lid and provided with an ordinary hinge at each end. When I
apply it to this long hinge the stud c* and socket e serve as guides to steady the action
of the hinge which I have found in practice to be with the older form of hinge a little
uncertain.
If desired the stud c and socket e may be parallel instead of tapered.
It will be understood that the leaf c¹ of the hinge which carries the stud et need not
be of the same shape or size as the other leaf c, all that is necessary being that it
should efficiently carry the stud c. The stud may be upon the plate E and the
socket upon the hinge; or the hinge may be fastened to the box and the socket to
the lid.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood
that I am aware of a previous Patent No. 5022 of 1883 taken out by myself and my
brother in which is described a stud upon one leaf of the hinge, which stud entered a
casing and its pointed end separated two springs which engaged in a peripheral recess
in the stud it being expected that the stud would thus be firmly held; no socket was
used. It was however found in practice that this device did not in fact hold the
stud. The stud and socket herein described I find in practice to be perfectly
successful satisfactorily accomplishing the purpose for which they were designed,
what I claim is ;—
1. The combination with a hinge of a tapered or cylindrical stud of and similarly

page_text: tapered or cylindrical socket e substantially as and for the purpose described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. The complete binge and socket substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 18th day of Santamber 1800.
FREDK. PARKER.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.