Year: 1888

page_text: I, EDWARD PARKER of 25 Bracklyn Street, New North Road, in the county of
Middlesex, Cabinet Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
This invention relates to the arrangement of the pedestal part of desks, book-
cases &c. and in carrying out I proceed as follows :-
I divide the pedestal vertically and hinge or pivot the independent or what I will
call the front portion of the pedestal. In the fixed part I place any convenient
arrangement of drawers or other receptacles which are either fitted in a movable
framing or capable of being moved independently and I connect these receptacles or
the movable framing with the front and movable part of the pedestal in such a manner
that as the latter is turned upon its hinges or pivots the former is drawn out of the
fixed pedestal so as to be readily accessible.
Various mechanical devices may be employed for this purpose but I find that the
well known lazy tongs arrangement of levers operated by a lever or link, works very
satisfactorily.

page_text: Improvements in Pedestal, Desks, Book-cases; and the like.
I, EDWARD PARKER of 25 Bracklyn Street, New North Road, in the County of
Middlesex, Cabinet Manufacturer, 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:-
This invention relates to the arrangement of the pedestal part of desks, book-
cases &c. and in carrying it out I proceed as follows
1
1 divide the pedestal vertically and hinge or pivot the independent or what I will
call the front portion of the pedestal. In the fixed part I place any convenient
arrangement of drawers or other receptacles which are either fitted in a movable
framing or capable of being moved independently and I connect these receptacles or
the movable framing with the front and movable part of the pedestal in such a manner
that as the latter is turned upon its hinges or pivots the former is drawn out of the
fixed pedestal so as to be readily accessible.
Various mechanical devices may be employed for this purpose but I find that the
well known lazy tongs arrangement of levers operated by a lever or link, works very
satisfactorily.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a pedestal desk con-
structed according to my invention and of one pedestal of which Figs. 2 and 3 are
horizontal sections drawn to a larger scale, Figs. 1 and 3 representing my improve-
ments in their open position and fig. 2 in their closed position.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
In constructing a pedestal in accordance with my invention I make it in two parts
such as A and B. The part A hereinafter referred to as the case is fixed to the plinth C
and to the desk or table top D which it supports in the usual way as shown in Fig. 1.
Within the said case A is the frame E which is capable of being moved in and out
and to which is hinged at E, the front B there being one hinge at the top and one at
the bottom of the frame E and front B. To the underside, of, the. frame E is secured
the stud E to which, one arm of the, arrangement of lazy-tong levers F, is connected,
the laterally-opposite free end of which is coupled at F¹ to one end of the link G
whose opposite end is connected at G' to the front B. The distant or rear end of
the lazy-tong levers F is connected by the stud A to the fixed part A of the
pedestal.
By the arrangement herein before described the pedestal when closed is as represented
in fig. 2 that is to say the frame E is back in the case A with its front edge flush
with that of the said case and the front- B.is_in_front_of and closes in the whole
arrangement. So soon however as the front B is turned outwards on its hinges E²
the link G draws the point nearer to the point E¹ and thus causes the distance
between the points A and E to be increased in the well-known manner common to
lazy-tongs with the result that as A² is a fixed point the movable portion or frame E
is forced out from the case, the arrangement being preferably such that when the

page_text: front B is turned fully back on its hinges the position formerly occupied by it between
the plinth C and desk-top D will be occupied by a portion towards the front of the
frame E as shown in Fig. 3.
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The frame E and the fronts B in the arrangement shown in fig. 1 are respectively
fitted up with drawers E3 and partitions or pigeon-holes B but it is to be
understood that they may instead be fitted up in any other desired manner. It will
be evident that means other than lazy-tongs levers may be employed for operating the
frame E but as I have found these to be well adapted to the purpose I have herein
described and in the accompanying drawings have represented a suitable arrangement
of such levers for imparting the necessary motion to the frame E.
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. In a desk, book-case or the like a pedestal having two movable parts such as B
and E so connected with each other and with the stationary part or pedestal proper
that when one of the parts is moved from the front of the pedestal the other part is
caused to occupy the position thus left vacant by it, substantially as herein described.
2. In a desk, bookcase or the like a complete pedestal consisting essentially of a
case A front such as B frame E and lazy-tong-levers F substantially as and operating
in the manner herein described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 24th day of December 1888.
EDWARD PARKER.