Improvements in School and other Desks and Tables and Seats.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 26th Jan., 1900-Accepted, 3rd Mar., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in School and other Desks and Tables and Seats.
We, Joshua DUMVILLE HOLIDAY, of Woodville, Moorside Road, Flixton, in
the County of Lancaster, Manager, and EDWARD RICKITT, of Mayfield Road,
Whalley Range, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Stationer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention consists in improvements in school and other desks and tables
and seats and its object is the provision of school and other desks or tables
combined with seats which shall be more comfortable and convenient than those
hitherto provided and the provision of simple and efficient arrangements of ball-
bearings for swivel-chairs and other seats capable of being revolved.
According to this invention we provide in combination with a desk or table
of any kind a seat or chair or seats or chairs which is or are capable of being
turned upon a support of any suitable kind connected to or formed with the
frame-work of the desk or table. The means by which each seat or chair is
made capable of turning upon the support on which it is mounted may be of
any suitable kind such as a pivot or screw or a bearing or bearings of any suit-
able kind and each seat or chair may be provided with any suitable arrangement
enabling it to be tilted. Seats or chairs arranged in accordance with this inven-
tion may be combined with tables or desks of any kind whether intended for
use by a single person or what are called continuous desks or tables intended for
use by two or more persons simultaneously.
According to this invention we also construct a form of bearing which may
be used for a seat or chair combined with a desk or table as hereinbefore described
or any other form of swivel-chair or swivel-seat. In such form of bearing we
provide upper and lower ball-races or channels which are formed in parts which
may be connected either by a bolt or rivet or other suitable connecting device.
One part is connected to the seat-board or seat of the seat or chair and the other
is connected to or formed upon the standard or support or pillar of the seat
or chair and balls or rollers of any suitable kind arranged in any suitable manner
are placed between the said two parts in the ball-races thereof. One of the said
parts and preferably the upper is provided with a projecting flange to prevent
or hinder dust and dirt from reaching the balls and ball-races.
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A 1000
HOWARD CHEETHAM,
Manchester, Agent to the Applicants.
Improvements in School and other Desks and Tables and Seats.
We, JOSHUA DUMVILLE HOLIDAY, of Woodville, Moorside Road, Flixton, in
he County of Lancaster, Manager, and EDWARD RICKITT, of Mayfield Road,
Price 8.1

page_text: Whalley Range, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Stationer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement-
This invention consists in improvements in school and other desks and tables
and seats and its object is the provision of school and other desks or tables
combined with seats which shall be more comfortable and convenient than those
hitherto provided and the provision of simple and efficient arrangements of ball-
bearings for swivel-chairs and other seats capable of being revolved.
According to this invention we provide in combination with a desk or table
of any kind a seat or chair or seats or chairs which is or are capable of being
turned upon a support or supports of any suitable kind connected to or formed with
the frame-work of the desk or table. The means by which each seat or chair is
made capable of turning upon the support on which it is mounted may be of
any suitable kind such as a pivot or screw or a bearing or bearings of any suit-
abie kind and each seat or chair may be provided with any suitable arrangement
enabling it to be tilted.
し
By way of illustration of this invention we have in Fig. 1 of the accompanying
drawing shown a chair in combination with a desk. Fig. 1 is a side elevation of
the said chair and desk and Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section and
upon a larger scale than Fig. 1, showing a part of the support used with the
said chair and the pivot and bearing used therewith. The chair a is capable of
being turned about its support and is adjustable in height and the desk is
also adjustable in height. The chair is made capable of being turned about
its support by being secured to the plate d provided with a pivot e which is
shown in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawing and is provided at its lower end
with a conical bearing part and at its upper part with a cylindrical bearing
part g The support for the chair a is formed in two parts the part being
adjustable upwards and downwards in the part which is formed with the frame-
works by which the desk is supported. The pivot e is supported by its conical
bearing part being made to rest in a conical bearing formed in the upper part of
the sapport h, and by its cylindrical bearing party being made to bear against
a cylindrical bearing formed in the upper part of the support h. The pivot e
is provided with a collar over the upper surface of which projects the end
of a set-screw screwed through the side of the upper part of the support h,
and serving to prevent the pivot e from being accidentally lifted out from the
upper part of the support h. The part m of the support his inserted in a hole
formed in the part and is secured at any suitable elevation therein by means
The support o which carries the desk c is also formed in two
parts the part being adjustable upwards and downwards in the part u and
capable of being secured in position therein by means of the set-screw 7 screwed
through the side of the part u. The part of the support is formed with a
plate to which the desk c, illustrated as being in the form of a box provided
with a lid, is secured. The framework s is secured to transverse wooden rails t
which form feet to support the desk and chair a. The pivote and the bear-
ings provided to support it form a simple and efficient means of supporting the
chair and permitting such chair to be readily turned about its support but any
other convenient form of pivot or bearing may be employed to support the chair
and permit it to be turned and instead of a chair with a back and arms any
other form of chair or seat with or without a back or a back and arms may be
employed. Instead of a box-desk a desk or a table of any other form may be
employed. Seats or chairs arranged in accordance with this invention may be
combined with tables or desks of any kind whether intended for use by a single
person or what are called continuous desks or tables intended for use by two
or more persons simultaneously.
of a set-screw n.
The combination with a desk or table of a seat or chair or seats or chairs capable
of being turned on its or their support or supports is very advantageous for use

page_text: in schools and other places, rendering the movement of pupils and other persons
much easier and quieter and permitting much more orderly movement than the
arrangements of desks and fixed seats hitherto used and avoiding the inconvenience
This inven-
and noise which result from the use of loose chairs or seats or forms.
tion is especially advantageous for application to chairs or seats and desks or
tables for children of feeble minds who require greater individual freedom in
school than children of ordinary powers.
According to this invention we also construct a form of bearing which may
be used for a seat or chair combined with a desk or table as hereinbetore described
in such form of bearing we
or any other form of swivel-chair or swivel-seat.
provide upper and lower ball-races or channels which are formed in parts which
may be connected by a bolt or rivet or other suitable connecting device.
One part is connected to the seat-board or seat of the seat or chair and the other
is connected to or formed upon the standard or support or pillar of the seat
or chair and balls or rollers or any suitable kind arranged in any suitable manner
One of the said
are placed between the said two parts in the ball-races thereof.
parts and preferably the upper is provided with a projecting flange to prevent
or hinder dust and dirt from reaching the balls and ball-races.
A bearing of the said form is illustrated in Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawing.
Fig. is a vertical section through such bearing but showing certain parts in
side elevation. In Fig. 2 is the lower ball-race which is made of circular
form and of a section approximately half that of a regular hexagon. The lower
ball-race 2 is formed in a part 3 which as shown is made to embrace and secured
by screws or otherwise to the pillar or other support 4 for the seat-board or
seat of the chair or seat in which the bearing is to be employed but may be secured
thereto in any other suitable manner. The upper balt-race 5 is also of circular
form and of a section approximately half that of a regular hexagon and is formed
in a part 6 secured to the part 3 by means of a rivet 7 between the head of which
and the part 6 a washer & is placed. Balls are placed in the lower ball-race 2,
and the part 6 is placed over the part 3 so that the ball-race 5 is made to embrace
the balls and the part 6 and part 3 are secured together by means of the rivet 7.
The part 6 is secured to the seat-board or seat of the chair or other seat in
which the bearing is to be employed. The part 6 is also provided with a collar
projecting downwards and surrounding the upper edge of the part 3 so as to
hinder dust and dirt from reaching the balls and ball-races.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that
what we claim is:-
1. The combination with a desk or table, of a seat or chair or seats or chairs
capable of being turned upon a support or supports connected to or formed with the
framework of such desk or table for the purposes and substantially as herein-
before described.
2. In a bearing for a swivel-seat or swivel-chair combined with a desk or
table or for a swivel-chair or swivel-seat of other form the combination of a
part provided with an upper ball-race, a part provided with a lower ball-race, a
projecting flange on one of such parts, means to connect such parts together and
balls or rollers placed between such parts, all constructed, arranged and employed
for the purposes and substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this Twenty-fifth day of January 1900.
HOWARD
CHEETHAM,
Manchester, Agent to the Applicants.