AN IMPROVED COMBINED BED TABLE CHAIR AND CLOTH RAIL
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left, by the said Gottfried Bürklein at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st March 1883.
GOTTFRIED BURKLEIN, of Munich, in the kingdom of Bavaria, "AN IMPROVED
COMBINED BED TABLE CHAIR AND CLOTH RAIL
This invention has for its object the construction of a combination furniture
serving as a bed, as a table and chair and as a clothrail.
It consists chiefly of a permanent upright frame formed by two side walls, a
bottom board and a back board.
To this frame is pivoted another frame formed by two longitudinal and two
cross boards serving as a bedstead.
The bottom of this bedstead, upon which rests the matress as well as the other
parts forming the bed, consists of a board.
This board serves as a front of the combination furniture when the latter is
folded together during the day.. This front board is provided with two window
like apertures covered by wire netting or lattice work made of any suitable metal
or by a curtain made of silk or other material, so as to give the whole the
appearance of a book case.
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The bedstead is provided at the foot end with two convertible legs or other
suitable means of support while the head end of the bedstead is supported by the
permanent upright frame.
Hinged to the front, underneath the window like apertures, is a board which by
means of suitable supports may be converted into a writing desk or table.
At the back of the permanent frame may be placed a hook for the purpose of
receiving a folding chair when the latter is not used.
At the side walls of the permanent frame and at a suitable height may be placed
movable cloth rails provided with top boards.
The whole is provided with suitable hinges, bolts, hooks, straps and other devices
for maintaining the different parts in their respective position.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Gottfried Bürklein in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
31st August 1883.
GOTTFRIED BURKLEIN, of Munich, in the kingdom of Bavaria, AN IMPROVED
COMBINED BED, TABLE, CHAIR AND CLOTH-RAIL
The object of this invention is to save space in large military quarters, caserns,
hospitals, houses of correction, boarding-schools, ships, as well as in ordinary
dwelling houses by changing the whole bed into a turned up bedstead when it is
not used as a bed and to utilize this turned up bed at the same time for other
purposes. My universal furniture which resembles a library-chest is open towards
the back, so that the bed may be properly aired. On the front side of the chest
there are 2 window like apertures, which are covered either with a wire netting of
iron, copper, brass, zink, or other suitable material or only with silk or other
textile material. The window like openings may also be provided with mirrors,
and then the furniture resembles a writing desk. In the accompanying drawing,
which illustrates the universal furniture Fig. 1 is a front view of the furniture,
after the bedstead has been erected.
Fig. 2, a side view.
Fig 3. a back view showing the bed clothes
Fig 4. a side view with the bedstead turned down and completely furnished
Fig 5. is a side view of the erected furniture with the table turned up.
Fig. 6 a vertical section.
Fig 7. shows the two principal parts (A and C) detached from each other.
Fig 8, I, II, III illustrate some mechanism which may be used with my
furniture.
universal
The front side of the erected Bed-Table-Chair and Cloth-Rail forms the
underside of the bedstead, when the latter is turned down.
This bedstead consists like common bedsteads of two longitudinal beams or
boards A and two cross beams. The bedstead is pivoted to the sides of the
stand C by means of pins or pivots a.
.
The stand of the furniture is composed of a pair of upright sides C and a
platform C¹ provided with feet. The feet of the bedstead are placed near the foot
end, and made detachable, being secured in the required position by a spring b.
Instead of the detachable feet described, hinged feet or rollers may be used for
supporting the foot end of the bedstead. Hinged feet capable of being folded are
indicated in Figs 1 and 8.
If one wishes to remove or convert the bed, the mattress, cushion and bedding
after the head-piece has been displaced to the foot end and after the blankets and
sheets have been folded up are secured by strapping to the bedstead (see Fig 3),
and the bedstead is lifted up and turned on the pivots a until it has entered the
frame C, in which state it is fastened by the hook d (Fig 3). Instead of the hooks,
concealed springs and similar devices may be used.
Finally the detachable or moveable feet of the bedstead are removed or turned
down. This manipulation may be performed by any man without the least
difficulties in 2 minutes. In order to let down or lift up the bedstead without
being obliged to employ only bodily strength, various kinds of spring mechanism
may be employed.
I On the backside of the platform C¹ two straight flat springs of steel or of ash-
wood are fastened by means of wood-screws. On lifting up the bedstead by means
of leather straps or other means the springs facilitate the lifting until the bedstead
has got over the centre of gravity (Fig 8. I)

page_text: y the casing for the spiral spring,
the inner lock plate,
x a circular disc for regulating the spiral spring (see Fig 8. III)
By turning round the regulating disc c by means of the key z, the spiral spring ~
is brought to the necessary tension.
The combination furniture, provided with this mechanism, is taken to pieces by
firstly taking away the regulating disc. After having done so, one can easily take
out the bolt, and the furniture is divided into a wardrobe-bed and a transverse
platform.
This chest thus constructed is on the front side provided with a flap serving as a
folding table. When the flap is folded up, the chest resembles a writing table.
The flap is moveable by 2 hinges and is supported by 2 cornices g as seen in Fig 5.
In order to easily handle the flap, there is fastened to it a little piece of leather or
a ring. Instead of a little piece of leather, ring and the like, there can also be
placed a locket e such as are employed on writing-tables (see Fig 1). When not
employed, these supports are lying inverted on the under or backside of the board f
and towards the interior of the turned up bed. A folding chair may be attached
at the back side of the chest to the hook i and the moveable cloth-rails may be
fastened on the sides of the frame. Instead of the cloth-rails two small chests
could be placed on the sides of the stand C for keeping the clothes.
This universal furniture may be easily put into pieces by lifting the two bolts a
out of the stand C (Fig 7).
Having now described my invention, I wish it to be understood that I claim the
improved combination furniture or combined bed, table, chair and cloth-rail, with
or without spring-mechanism, substantially as and for the purpose described.
In witness whereof I, the said Gottfried Bürklein have hereunto set my hand
and seal this 27th day of August A.D. 1883.
COTTERIED DÜRKI EIN Gal