Improvements in or relating to Tables.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 17th July, 1899-Accepted, 9th Sept., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Tables.
I, CARL AUGUSTE KRONBIEGEL-COLLENBUSCH, Royal Councillor, and Proprietor
of a Manufactory, of Sömmerda, Thuringen, Prussia, 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:
If it is assumed that all, or some of the tables of a house, restaurant, hotel or
the like, are of the same length, or of the same breadth, it is easy according to
the table construction described hereafter to arrange or make up a table of any
size in the simplest and most rapid manner; an effect which can be produced
with great difficulty or expense as a rule owing to the cost of extending tables
and like arrangements.
Extending tables will produce lengthened tables only to a certain limit and
consequently fail to meet the exigencies arising when a large number of persons
have to be provided for.
The new table construction will avoid all the short-comings and drawbacks
mentioned above.
The invention is represented in the accompanying drawing:-
Figures 1 and 2 being two views in elevation, and
Figure 3 a plan view of same.
The tables serving for the formation of an extended table are provided with
supports 1 near the joints or tops of the legs.
The support 1 is provided with a plate 2 pivotted on a pin 3, and when turned
upwards into its locking position (Figure 1 right side, and Figure 2) engages
behind a projection 4 on the under side of the top of the table 5.
In these supports 1 longitudinal members or connecting members 6 are placed
between two tables as represented by way of example in the plan Figure 3, which
longitudinal members are secured on the supports 1 by means of set screws or
clamps 7 or the like, the projections 4 acting as abutments.
On these longitudinal members 6, and between the tables provided with such
supports 1 are placed the additional leaves 8 which are either of the same length
as the table as shown in the accompanying example, or equal to the breadth of
the tables if the tables are arranged in the direction of their length.
Such extension tables can be moved from place to place without any fear of
their several component parts becoming disarranged.
To disconnect the parts the screws 7 are loosened and the plates 2 turned
down (see left side of Figure 1) so that the leaves 8 and the longitudinal
members 6 can be easily removed and stored away in a small compass.
To prevent the plates 2 of the supports 1 from hanging down interfering
with the use of the table, pieces of cork or the like may be suspended on chains
or cords on the under side of the tables, for the purpose of being placed in the
supports 1, after which the plates are again turned upwards and fastened by
means of the screws 7. Tables constructed in this manner can be arranged and
taken to pieces in a very short time, with ease, even when company is present in
the room.

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In order to protect the table tops against damp and to enable them to be
easily and rapidly cleaned they may be covered with oil-cloth or the like.
an arrangement however has the disadvantage that the oil-cloth becomes loose
in a short time producing folds, becoming loose at the ends and worn through in
more or less time, owing to which damp and water will penetrate and affect the
table top. This occurs when the oilcloth is sunk into the surface of the table
owing to the impossibility of making a perfect fitting of the edges, the wet find-
ing its way between the edges underneath the cover, and penetrating sometimes
underneath the table top. The renewal of such a cover is always expensive and
often causes the top of the table to be ruined.
To avoid these drawbacks the top a of the table is covered with a layer of
linoleum to protect it against damp and also to facilitate the cleaning of the
table. The linoleum layer is exactly cut at the edges and evenly secured to the
table by any suitable fastening material.
This having been done wooden laths c, which are of the same thickness as the
linoleum, are so placed as to exactly meet the edges of the linoleum and then
firmly secured to the table top.
Figure 4 of the accompanying drawings represents in section such a table
covered with linoleum and laths c.
Figure 5 being a plan view thereof.
Owing to the exact fitting of the laths c with the edges of the linoleum an
absolutely even surface is produced, which is proof against damp and against
becoming loose and creased for which purposes it is advisable to use thick
linoleum.
The linoleum may be, as in the case of oil-cloth, smooth or of any pattern.
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: :--
1. A table provided with means for forming an extended table comprising
supports, such as 1, arranged under the ledge of the table, provided with
pivotted plates, such as 2, and means for securing said plates against longi-
tudinal extension members placed in said supports, substantially as described.
2. An extension table comprising two end tables each provided with supports
for longitudinal side members arranged under the ledge of the tables, and a board
or boards placed across said longitudinal members, substantially as described.
3. A table in which the top is covered with a layer of linoleum b with border
laths around its edges, substantially as and for the purpose described.
4. Means for securing longitudinal extension members to tables substantially
as described or illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated 17
T 1
1000
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.