An Improved Combination Box and Pincushion.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 30th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 4th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combination Box and Pincushion.
I WILLIAM WILSON HORN of the firm of Horn and Son of 151 Strand in the
County of Middlesex Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention
(a communication to me from Charles Weiss of 55 Waverly Street Brighton
Boston in the State of Massachusetts United States of America Inventor) to be
as follows:-
This my invention relates: to an improved combination box and pincushion and
my invention consists in the novel combination and construction of parts hereinafter
described and set forth.
My invention consists of a box or casing provided on the top with a pincushion
surrounded by a border of flexible material. The said material conceals an opening
through the said top.
The box contains a drawer which is adapted to be retained in a closed position
by a lever pivotted beneath the drawer and pressed upwards by means of a spring.
The rear end of the said lever is adapted to be depressed by a vertical arm
sliding in suitable guides the lower end of the said arm resting upon the free end
of the lever and the upper end of the said arm registering with the opening in the
top of the box, being concealed beneath the border as before described.
Upon forcing down the upper end of the vertical arm, the lever is depressed,
the catch upon the said lever will be disengaged from the drawer and the drawer
is forced outwards by a suitable spring.
Dated this 30th day of April 1892.
TAD
0. CON
HORN & SON,
Applicant's Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combination Box and Pincushion.
I, WILLIAM WILSON HORN of the firm of Horn & Son, of 151 Strand, in the
County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
(a communication to me from Charles Weiss of 55 Waverley Street Brighton,
Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, United States of America, Inventor) and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates especially to a combination work-box provided with a
secret drawer, a pincushion and workholder; and it consists in certain novel
features hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a
simpler, cheaper and more effective device of this character than is now in
ordinary use.
The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all
conversant with such matters from the following explanation.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved work-box represented as in
position on a table, and
Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the box.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of
the drawings.
In the drawings, A represents the box considered as a whole, and B the table.
The box is preferably rectangular in form and is provided on its side walls with
ornamental work b, designed to make the faces of the box present the same general
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page_text: appearance. A drawer C is fitted to slide longitudinally in the box, the front of
the drawer being ornamented to correspond with the opposite ends and fitted in
its ways, so that when said drawer is closed it is difficult to detect in which side
of the box the drawer is located. The drawer when released is automatically
thrown outward by a spring d interposed between its rear wall and a wall g of
the box. A stop engaging said rear wall prevents the drawer from being entirely
withdrawn. In the bottom of the drawer-case a horizontally-arranged lever i is
pivotted to swing vertically and is provided with a shoulder; for engaging the
lower edge of the drawer end of forming a catch for locking said drawer within
the case. The catch is held in engagement with the drawer by a push-spring m
elevating the free end of said lever. A vertical arm p is mounted on said free end
of the lever, its upper end registering with an opening a formed in the top r of
the box. A guard-bar t holds said arm in position.
A pincushion D is mounted on the top of the box and is surrounded by a cord
or binding v which conceals the opening 7.
In the base w of the box a horizontal socket x is formed. Said socket is
adapted to receive one arm of a screw-clamp y, whereby the box may be secured
to the table B to enable it to be employed as a work-holder.
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The drawer C is designed for holding needles, small jewelry, or similar articles,
and is opened by inserting a pin in the opening a through the cord and depressing
"the lever-arm p. This frees the drawer from the catch i, said drawer being at
once projected by the spring d.
When the box is clamped to the table B, the sewing work may be pinned to the
cushion D and the device perform the functions of work-holder in the ordinary
manner.
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
claim is :-
1. A box having an opening in its top and provided on said top with a pin-
cushion surrounded by a border of flexible material which conceals the opening
from view, a spring-pushed drawer in said box, and locking mechanism for said
drawer adapted to be released by an implement projected into the opening through
the cushion-border, substantially as described.
2. A box having an opening in its top and provided with a pincushion surrounded
by a border which conceals the opening from view, a vertically swinging lever
pivotted in the bottom of said box and provided with a shoulder for engaging the
rear end of the drawer, a spring for elevating the free end of said lever, a vertical
arm supported by said free end of the lever and registering with the opening in the
top, and a guard for maintaining said arm in position, substantially as described.
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