Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 15th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 15th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 4th May, 1889
I, WILLIAM JAMES RICHARDSON of 12 and 14 Queen Victoria Street in the City of
London do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to a cabinet which may be hung upon a wall the front or
door being hinged at the bottom to the cabinet so as to fold down more or less
horizontally and form a table or writing desk: the face of this is preferably covered
with stamped leather or other material. In the inside of the cabinet I arrange
such pigeon holes, drawers, trays, paper and envelope racks, ink bottles and the
like as may be most suitable to the particular use for which the cabinet is required.
When this cabinet is to be used to contain a type-writer I secure the machine
to the hinged front so that when the front is closed the machine is covered up
inside the cabinet and when the front is opened out the machine lies in front of
the operator upon the desk and is ready for use; in this case the interior fittings
must be so arranged as to leave room for the machine inside the case.
The type-
writer is preferably hinged or pivoted to the desk in such manner that when the
desk is down the machine may be folded back into the cabinet the desk being then
available for writing upon as an ordinary desk and a catch or bolt can be arranged
to hold it to the desk when required.
The letter copying apparatus can also if desired be arranged in or upon the
cabinet and in some cases the pigeon holes or other fittings may be hinged or
otherwise disposed so as to permit of their being swung out of the way when the
cabinet is in use.
I may also fix a paper holder or desk upon or in the cabinet for the purpose of
holding the copy while working the typewriter.
Dated this 15th day of June 1888.

page_text: Improvements in Writing or other Cabinets.
I, WILLIAM JAMES RICHARDSON of 12 and 14 Queen Victoria Street, in the City
of London, 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 :-
.3.
This invention relates to a cabinet which may be hung upon a wall the front or
door being hinged at the bottom to the cabinet so as to fold down more or less
horizontally and form a table or writing desk; the face of this is preferably covered
with stamped leather or other material. In the inside of the cabinet I arrange such
pigeon-holes, drawers, trays, paper, envelope and pen racks, ink bottles and the like
as may be most suitable to the particular use for which the cabinet is required.
When this cabinet is to be used to contain a type-writer I secure the machine
to the hinged front so that when the front is closed the machine is covered up inside
the cabinet and when the front is opened out the machine lies in front of the operator
upon the desk and is ready for use; in this case. the interior fittings must be so
arranged as to leave room for the machine inside the case: The type-writer is
preferably hinged or pivotted to the desk in such manner that when the desk is down
the machine may be folded back into the cabinet the desk being then available for
writing upon as an ordinary desk and a catch or bolt can be arranged to hold it
to the desk when required.
The letter copying apparatus can also if desired be arranged in or upon the
cabinet and in some cases the pigeon holes or other fittings may be hinged or
other wise disposed so as to permit of their being swung out of the way when the
cabinet is in use.
I may also fix a paper holder or desk upon or in the cabinet for the purpose of
holding the copy while working the typewriter.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the cabinet open and
Figs. 2 and 3 are transverse vertical sections respectively showing the cabinet
closed and open the type-writer represented in figures 2 and 3 being omitted from
figure 1.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
A is the case of the cabinet and B is the front or door which is hinged at B' so that
it may fold down into a horizontal or other required position and beyond which position
it may be prevented from falling by two jointed stays (each of which is secured at
one end to the case A and at the other to the door B. As shown in the drawing D
are pigeon holes, E a drawer, F a paper and envelope rack, G ink bottles and I a
book-rack which besides other fittings may be provided in the cabinet.
H is a type-
writer which is hinged at its rear part to the inner, or, when the door is open, upper side
of the door B and which at its forward part may be secured to the door by a suitable
sliding bolt or the like so arranged that no part will project above the inner or upper
surface of the door. This arrangement admits of the type-writer! being used for
writing purposes in the position shown in full lines in figure 3 or when not so required
to be used it may be thrown back into the position represented in dotted lines in
figure 3 so as to leave the door B free to be used as an ordinary desk. When the
type-writer is in the position in which it is represented in dotted lines it rests upon
one or more blocks B2 which for this purpose are secured to the door B.

page_text: If desired the type-writer may be removed entirely from the cabinet the hinges
being preferably so made as to admit of this.
It will be observed that the fittings within the cabinet are so arranged as to
leave a clear space for the accomodation of the type-writer when the door B with
the type-writer attached thereto is closed in the manner shown in figure 2. If
however instead of a type-writer, a letter- or drawing-copying or other apparatus
be attached to the door B the fittings would be correspondingly arranged so as to
accomodate the said apparatus when turned into the cabinet.
The before described cabinet is secured preferably to a wall in any desired manner.
The cabinets may be constructed of any desired size the smaller ones being specially
applicable for use in doctors' carriages to the inner side of the front of which they may
be attached in any convenient manner.
If preferred the type-writer or other apparatus may be secured to the interior of the
cabinet instead of to the door, but so long as it is adapted to fold down upon
the desk the result would be the same.
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 cabinet such as described the combination with a type-writer secured to
the door thereof of fittings adapted to contain the stationery and other articles
required for use with the type-writer so arranged as to leave a clear space which is
occupied by the type-writer when the cabinet is closed substantially as herein
described.
2. In a cabinet adapted to be hung on a wall the combination with the door thereof
of a type-writer so secured to the door that it is capable of being turned back to
admit of the door being used as an ordinary writing desk substantially as herein
described.
3. In a cabinet adapted to be hung on a wall the combination with a letter copying
or other apparatus secured to the door thereof of fittings adapted to contain stationery
and other articles so arranged as to leave a clear space which is occupied by the
said apparatus when the cabinet is closed substantially as herein described.
4. In a cabinet adapted to be hung on a wall the combination with the door thereof
of a letter- or drawing- copying or other apparatus so secured to the door that it is
capable of being turned back to admit of the door being used as an ordinary writing
desk substantially as herein described.
5. A cabinet having a door adapted to fold down and carry a type-writer or other
apparatus and having interior fittings so arranged that while accessible for use
sufficient space properly apportioned without undue waste is left to contain the
apparatus when the cabinet is closed substantially as herein described.
6. In a cabinet adapted to be hung on a wall the double-purpose door such as B
upholstered as a desk and adapted to be used as a desk or to serve as a table for a
type-writer or other apparatus hinged thereto substantially as herein described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
7. A combined wall cabinet and type-writer substantially as described.