IMPROVED SEWING MACHINE TABLE
Year: 1885

page_text: I, HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of 67 Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for IMPROVED SEWING
MACHINE TABLE, a communication to me from abroad by D'Arcy Porter of Wick
Block, Cleveland, State of Ohio, United States of America, Manufacturer, 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 sewing machine tables, and consists in an improved
metal frame work composed of cast metal plates for supporting the drawers and
bolts or rods for securing the plates together, the whole suspended from the under
side of the table.
In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a detached perspective view of this invention,
arranged for the accomodation of two drawers, with one drawer in place, Fig. 2 is
a view in vertical cross-section of the same with two drawers in place, Fig. 3 is a
detached view of the metal tubing by which the bolts are covered, Fig. 4 is a
detached view of one of the bolts or rods by means of which the parts are held
together, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a sewing machine with a nest of three
drawers suspended from it, by the improved mechanism. Fig. 6 is a detached view
of the upper side of one of the cast metal plates.
In the drawings, A represents the drawers of a sewing machine table that are
auspended from the under side of the table. A' the side of the drawers, and A² the
bottom of the same. B represents one of the improved cast metal plates that is
intended to support the drawer. This plate is provided upon its upper side with
a guide flange B¹ in the form of a parallelogram upon which the drawers slide and
which prevents the lateral displacement of the drawers, as the sides A¹ of the
drawers are so constructed as to extend below the bottom Aª and bear against the
guide flange B¹, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The cast metal plate B is also
provided with holes B³ for the passage of the bolts or rods C, and also with the
elongated opening or slot B₁ for the passage of a lock bolt. The locks may be
attached to alternate drawers, and the bolts passing through the opening B may
lock the drawer above as well as the drawer to which it is secured, or each drawer
may be supplied with a lock.

page_text: C, C, C, C are bolts or rods for securing the lower plates B, B to the top of
plate E. These rods may be made in the form of a bolt and pin with a head at
one end and a thread and nut at the other, as shown in the drawings Figs 2 and 4,
or in the form of a rivet.
D, D are tubular rods cut the right length to separate the cast metal plates B
and E the proper distance to admit the drawers A. The rod or bolt C passes
through these tubular rods D as shown in Fig. 2. The upper end of the tubular
rod D bears against the lower side of the upper plate, while the lower end rests
upon the upper side of the lower plate thereby preventing these plates from being
drawn together by the bolt or rod C closer than the length of the tube D.
The upper plate E is provided with screw holes E¹ by means of which it is
secured to the under side of a sewing machine table by ordinary wood screws.
The plates B and E and tubular rods D may be nickel plated or the plates B
and E may be japanned and ornamented and the tubular rods plated, thereby
making the device highly ornamental.
In the drawings I have shown this device as constructed for two or three drawers,
it is equally adapted for any number of drawers by adding the necessary number
of plates B and lengthening the rods C.
Having now particularly 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. The combination with a sewing machine table of a drawer support consisting
of metal plates connected together by means of bolts and secured to the under side
of the table, substantially as and for the purposes shown and described.
2. In a sewing machine table a drawer support suspended from the under side
of the table consisting of the metal plates B provided with a guide flange B¹; said
plates connected together and supported by bolts; substantially as shown and
described.
3. In a sewing machine table a drawer support suspended from the under side
of the table and consisting of metal plates connected together by bolts, and the
tubular rods D surrounding the bolts and separating the plates, substantially as
shown and described.
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