Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Aug., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 20th June, 1896-Accepted, 25th July, 1896
I, BERNARD WILLIAM HURT BRAMELD, of 70 Market Street, Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Architect, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to tables, desks, and other like articles of furniture, and
its object is to construct the article of furniture in such a manner that the contents
of any one of a series of drawers or receptacles may readily and quickly be made.
available for use by a person or by persons sitting thercat.
A table desk. or the like constructed to embody my improvements, in addition to
the ordinary legs or supports, consists of two essential portions, these being the top,
and the series of drawers or receptacles below it. Both of these parts, or one of
them only, may be made to rotate by simple means such as by manual contact or
gearing, in a horizontal plane. In the top I may construct one or more openings
which are normally closed by a door, a sliding panel, or the like, in such a position
that when the series of drawers or receptacles is rotated, each drawer or receptacle
comes successively under the opening or each opening as the case may be. Or, if
the top be rotary, it can be moved round until the opening or an opening in it
comes over the desired drawer or receptacle. In either case, the contents of the
particular drawer or receptacle are available through the opening in the table or
desk top under which it is brought. If drawers be used, the closable opening or
openings may be made below the table or desk top instead of through it, and so
also in other cases, if desired. Also, if drawers be used, rotatable below a fixed
top, the ordinary facia or equivalent rail may be omitted, so that any particular
drawer may be accessible from any part of the table or desk, or may be brought,
by rotation, to any particular part. It may be arranged by known means that the
whole series of drawers or receptacles may be locked or secured by a single lock,
bolt or spring.
Dated this 20th dov of A vanot & D 1905
I, BERNARD WILLIAM HURT BRAMELD of 70 Market Street, Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Architect, 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 tables, desks, and other like articles of furniture, and
its object is to construct the article of furniture in such a manner that the contents
of any one of a series of drawers or receptacles may readily and quickly be made
available for use by a person or by persons sitting thereat.
A table, desk or the like constructed to embody my improvements, consists, in
addition to the ordinary legs and supports, of two essential portions, these being
the top, and the series of drawers or receptacles arranged below the top. Both of

page_text: these parts, or one of them only, may be made to rotate in a horizontal plane by any
known and simple means, such for example as by manual contact or pressure. The
top may be formed with one or more openings in such a position that when the
series of drawers or receptacles is rotated, cach drawer or receptacle coines
successively under the opening or under each opening as the case may be, so that
its contents may be readily examined, removed or replaced. Or, if the top be
rotary, it can be moved round until the opening or an opening in it comes over the
desired drawer or receptacle. The openings in the table top may be closed by a
door, a sliding panel, or the like. If drawers be used the closable opening or
openings may be made below the table top through a facia or equivalent rail, and
so also in other cases if desired. With drawers, also, if desired, the facia may be
omitted so that any particular drawer may be accessible in the ordinary way from
any part of the table or desk, or may be brought, by rotation, to any particular
part.
In order that my invention may be more readily understood I have hereto
appended a sheet of drawings to which I will refer hereinafter.
Figure 1 illustrates in plan a table having a fixed top, half of the top being
removed to show the series of receptacles.
Figure 2 is a representation of the same table in elevation, part of the top
however and of the series of receptacles being shown in section.
In the table illustrated the top is shown fixed to the legs or supports and the
receptacles are shown as capable of rotation, but it will be, evident that the
former may rotate and the latter be fixed, or that both may be capable of
independent rotation, the object being the same in all cases, to enable any one
of the drawers or series of receptacles to have its contents handled, inspected or
removed through an opening in the table top.
A is the table top attached or secured to the legs or supports B in the usual
or any suitable manner. C is a series of receptacles or drawers arranged to rotate
underneath the table top and around the legs B. The part C may be arranged in
any desired manner but it is preferred to provide it with lugs or fingers D which
slide upon a metallic ring E fixed to the table legs. A door or an opening F is
formed through the table top. When it is desired to obtain access to any of the
receptacles c in the part C the latter is rotated until the desired receptacle has
arrived beneath the opening. When the door F is closed the top A becomes to all
intents and purposes an ordinary table top.
In the table illustrated the part C is provided with fixed receptacles or boxes
but it may, if desired, be provided with a series of drawers. Any desired one of
the drawers may be brought to the opening in the table top or it may be opened or
withdrawn at any point around the table in the usual way.
If desired, however,
when drawers are employed, the opening in the table top may be dispensed with and
the top may have attached to its under side a facia or equivalent rail which
surrounds the series of drawers. An opening is formed in this facia at any
convenient part and the series of drawers is rotated until the desired one is
opposite to the opening when it may be withdrawn in the usual manner.
It will be obvious that my improvements are equally applicable to tables, desks,
or the like having other shaped tops than the one illustrated.
If desired, it may be arranged by known means, that the whole series of
drawers or receptacles may be locked or secured by a single lock, bolt or
spring.
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
laim is
1. In a table, desk or the like, the combination with a fixed top provided with
an opening or openings of a rotatable series of receptacles or drawers, all constructed
and arranged substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and as
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.

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2. In a table, desk or the like, the combination of a top and a series of
receptacles or drawers, one or both of which is or are capable of rotary motion,
constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
3. A table, desk or the like article of furniture constructed and arranged
substantially as and for the purpose herein before described and as illustrated by
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 17th day of June 1896
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.