Improvements in Wardrobes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application. 12th Dec., 1808
Complete Specification Left. 11th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 19th Oct., 1839
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wardrobes.
I, GUSTAV HEINRICH THIES of Hamburg, in the Empire of Germany, cabinet
maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to wardrobes having one door provided with looking glass
and essentially consists in the arrangement of two movable wooden boards on the
narrow sides of the wardrobe. These boards are fitted on one side with looking
glasses and are adapted to oscillate about their vertical central axes as well as about
the axes of two revolvable corner posts provided on the front side of the wardrobe,
with which posts they are connected by means of short arms.
Each of said corner posts is provided at its extremities with two arms placed at
right angles to its axis and having pivots at their free ends. The boards with
looking glasses mentioned above oscillate about said pivots lying in their central axes.
The main dimensions of the movable boards or walls correspond to those of the
narrow sides of the wardrobe which have half the breadth of the front side. Con-
sequently the movable walls can be turned, with their looking glasses inwards, so
far about the corner posts as to form a second door and completely cover and
protect the looking glass of the main door from injury.
To use the wardrobe for purposes of toilet, the movable side walls, which are
secured in their ordinary position by means of pegs, bolts or in any other suitable
manner, are released, turned out according to requirement, and given the desired
position by turning them about the pivots of their arms.
Dated this 12th day of December 1888.
HUELSER & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wardrobes.
I, GUSTAV HEINRICH THIES, of Hamburg, in the Empire of Germany, cabinet
maker, 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 has relation to ornamental wardrobes having one door provided
with a looking glass and consists in the arrangement of two movable wooden
boards at the sides of the wardrobe, each of said boards being provided at its inner
side with a looking glass and adapted to oscillate about its vertical central axis as
well as about a revolvable corner post provided on the front side of the wardrobe
and rigidly connected with said board through short arms.
Referring to the accompanying drawing,
Fig. 1. is a front elevation of a wardrobe with the improvement applied thereto,
the looking glass boards being shown as swung out.
Fig. 2. is a horizontal section along line A B Fig. 1.
The revolvable corner posts which, in the construction illustrated, are
supposed to be made from nickelled iron-have at either extremity arms a a¹ placed
at right angles to their axes and having pivots at their free ends, about which
oscillate the looking glass boards, in whose central axes they are lodged.
The main dimensions of the looking glass boards correspond to those of the narrow
sides of the wardrobe which have half the breadth of its front side. Consequently
the boards ww¹ can be turned, with their looking glasses inward, so far about the
corner posts & ¹, as to form a second door and completely cover the door proper t,

page_text: or the looking glass thereof, thus eficaciously protecting the glass from injury during
"transport of the wardrobe or otherwise.
When the wardrobe is to be used for toilet purposes, the movable side boards,
which, in their normal position, are secured on the narrow sides of the wardrobe
by means of bolts, catches or other convenient devices, are released and swung out
to the required extent in the direction indicated in the drawing by an arrow.
Subsequently the looking glass boards w w¹ are given the desired position by turning
.them about the pivots of the arms a a¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in, what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
The application, in ornamental wardrobes with looking glass, of lateral looking
glass boards w w, each of which is lodged between the rectangular arms a a¹ of the
corner posts ss' revolvable about pivots, for the purpose of allowing them to be
swung out according to requirement and placed at any suitable angle to the front side
of the wardrobe, while, when not using their looking glasses, said boards are placed
against or secured to the sides of the wardrobe, or made to form a second or protective
door in front thereof.
G. H. THIES.
By Huelser & Co.,
142, Fleet Street, Attorneys.