IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WARDROBES, BOOK-CASES, AND. OTHER LIKE ARTICLES OF FURNITURE TO CONTAIN CLOTHING, BOOKS, AND OTHER ARTICLES."
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Peyton, of Bordesley Works, Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF WARDROBES, BOOK-CASES, AND. OTHER LIKE ARTICLES OF
FURNITURE TO CONTAIN CLOTHING, BOOKS, AND OTHER ARTICLES." A com-
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Peyton at the Offico
of the Commissioners of Patents ou tlie 3rd December 1881.
EDWARD PEYTON, of Bordesley Works, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN. THE CONSTRUCTION OF WARDROBES, BOOKCASES, AND OTHER
LIKE ARTICLES OF FURNITURE TO CONTAIN CLOTHING, BOOKS, AND OTHER
ARTICLES." (A communication from abroad by. J. H. Baxter, of Sydney, New
South Wales.)
This Invention has for its object'the improved arrangement and construction of
wardrobes, bookcases, and other like articles of furniture used for holding clothing,
books, and various other articles, so that the furniture of this character may be
readily put together and, taken to pieces when required for removal, and so that
the parts may be packed up into a small compass.
For this purpose I construct the frame of a wardrobe or other like article of
furniture of a series of bars of metal, some of which are formed with joints at their
ends, so that they can be readily connected together advantageously by dovetail
joints and sockets similar to those employed for connecting the parts of iron or
metal bedsteads together.
The spaces between the bars may be filled in with metal laths, wire gauze, or
panels of other materials; or the outer surface may be covered with plain or
ornamental fabrics, leather, papier-mache, or other suitable materials.
A suitable door or doors can be arranged to open and close, and have a lock or
other fastening to secure the contents.
Projections and recesses are formed on the interior to receive and support shelves
if required, also hooks to suspend articles of clothing.
The parts when separated can be readily packed up in a suitable case, or bound
up together for transport.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Edward Peyton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 3rd June
1882.
EDWARD PEYTON, of Bordesley Works, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WARDROBES, BOOKCASES, AND OTHER
LIKE ARTICLES OF FURNITURE TO CONTAIN CLOTHING, BOOKS, AND OTHER
ARTICLES" A communication from abroad by J. H. Baxter, of Sydney, New
South Wales.
This Invention has for its object the improved arrangement and construction of
wardrobes, book cases, and other like articles of furniture used for holding clothing,
books, and various other articles, so that the furniture of this character may bo
readily put together and taken to pieces when required for removal, and so that
the parts may be packed up into a small compass.
For this purpose I construct the frame of a wardrobe or other like article of
furniture of a series of bars of metal, some of which are formed with joints at their
ends, so that they can be readily connected together advantageously by dovetail
joints and sockets similar to those employed for connecting the parts of iron or
metal bedsteads together.
The spaces between the bars may be filled in with metal laths, wire gauze, or
panels of other materials; or the outer surface may be covered with plain or
ornamental fabrics, leather, papier maché, or other suitable materials.
A suitable door or doors can be arranged to open and close, and having a lock
or other fastenings to secure the contents.
Projections and recesses are formed on the interior to receive and support shelves
if required, also hooks to suspend articles of clothing.
The parts when separated can be readily packed up in a suitable case, or bound
up together for transport.
Having thus described the nature of the Invention communicated to me from
abroad, and the manner of performing or carrying the same into practice, no claim
is herein made to any of the parts which are well known and in common use, but
what I claim on behalf of the said J. H. Baxter under the above in part recited
Letters Patent is,―
The improved arrangement and construction of wardrobes, book cases, and other
like articles of furniture, in which the frames are made of metal jointed in such
manner that they can be readily connected together and separated when required,
so as to render articles of this character portable, substantially as and for the
purposes hereinbefore described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Peyton, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this First day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty two.