Improvements in Extensible Legs for Furniture.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Sept., 1899
Complete Snerification Loft 7th Juno 1000 Sonentes
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1000
Improvements in Extensible Legs for Furniture.
We, JOHANNES FISCHBACK and LUDWIG HENSS, both of 14, Blücherstrasse,
Wiesbade, in the Empire of Germany, Inventors, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
The subject of the present invention consists in an arrangement intended to
compensate for the effects produced by the inequalities of the floor or of the
ground upon which the furniture is placed, and thus to insure the fixing or
securing in place of this latter.
The arrangement or device is mounted at the extremity of each leg of the
piece of furniture to be fixed or secured in place. It comprises a socket in the
bottom of which is fixed a cylinder the upper face of which is placed obliquely
to its axis, another cylinder likewise engages in the opening of the socket above
the first cylinder. The base of this upper cylinder is likewise formed of an
oblique section corresponding to that of the upper face of the first named
cylinder, in such a manner that the two oblique faces may coincide with each
other.
The upper cylinder is provided with an extension which engages in a corre-
sponding opening of the leg of the piece of furniture to be served, the herein-
above mentioned upper cylinder thus supporting the hereinabove mentioned
foot or leg. A wooden screw which is capable of passing through a circular
opening formed in the bottom of the hereinabove mentioned socket, maintains
the uppermost cylinder in the said socket, whilst at the same time permitting
of its making or having a certain displacement both vertical and angular.
The upper cylinder being fixed to the foot or leg of the piece of furniture, if
the hereinabove mentioned socket be turned or rotated through a certain angle,
the said upper cylinder will be raised more or less, as may be desired, and the
fixing, securing, or steadying of the piece of furniture to be operated on can
thus be insured or effected.
Dated this 7th day of September 1899
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicants.
Improvements in Extensible Legs for Furniture.
We, JOHANNES FISCHBACH and LUDWIG HENSS, both of 14, Blücherstrasse,
Wiesbade, Germany, Inventors, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
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page_text: and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of our present invention is to provide an extensible leg for furni-
ture, intended to compensate for any unevenness in the flooring.
In order that our invention may be properly understood and carried into
practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying explanatory
drawing, in which;-
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Fig. 1. Is a sectional view of the improved leg in its lowermost position;
Fig. 2. Shows the leg in extended position.
Referring by letters to the drawings, A represents a socket made of suitable
material and to the bottom of which is secured a cylindrical block B, the upper
end of which is bevelled with respect to the axis of the block C represents
another cylindrical block, fitting into the bore of the socket A and the lower
end of which is bevelled to correspond to the upper end of the block B, so that
said bevelled surfaces may be applied upon each other as shown in Fig. 1.
The upper block C has an ornamental flange D and an extension E intended
to be secured into a corresponding opening provided in the furniture. The
bottom of the socket A is provided with a central hole G, adapted to receive a
wooden or any suitable screw H, loosely extending through an opening in the
block B and engaging corresponding screw-threads provided in the block C to
hold the latter rotatably in the socket.
The cylinder C being secured to an article of furniture, when the socket A is
rotated to a certain extent, the cylinder C-will be raised or lowered. Fig. 2
shows the cylindrical block C in its raised position.
Having thus 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. An extensible leg for articles of furniture, intended to compensate for
any unevenness or irregularity in the floor, comprising a socket made of any
suitable material, a cylindrical block secured to the bottom of said socket and
having a bevellel upper end, a second cylindrical block serving to support the
furniture and having a lower bevelled end, said second cylindrical block fitting
into the bore of the socket, and means for holding the second cylindrical block
rotatably in said socket substantially as set forth..
2. The extensible leg for articles of furniture, constructed and arranged sub-
stantially as described and shown.
Dated this 7th day of June 1900.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W.,
Agent for the Applicants.