A New or Improved Airing or Warming Table for Use in Conjunction with Oil or other Portable Stoves.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 5th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 17th Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Airing or Warming Table for Use in
Conjunction with Oil or other Portable Stoves.
I GEORGINA WEEKES of Willestrew, Tavistock, in the County of Devon Widow
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved airing or warming table for use in
conjunction with oil or other portable stoves and consists in providing a device
constructed of iron, brass, or iron and brass, or other suitable metal, which may be
adjustable as regards height and be capable of folding together to occupy but a
small compass when not in use, and which is placed over the oil or other portable
stove and upon which when so placed in position is capable of receiving or having
placed thereon any article or articles of clothing, household linen, and the like,
which it may be desired to air, dry or warm.
Said table may conveniently be formed of two standards upon the upper ends
of which are hinged a series of horizontal rods, bars or wires. When extended
and arranged over the stove the horizontal rods, bars or wires, will form the
receptacle for the garments or other articles and when not required for use the ends
of said horizontal rods, bars, or wires, being hinged to the standards will permit of
the three portions i.e. the two end standards and the horizontal portion being folded
together so as to allow of convenient storage.
The airing or warming table constructed as above described in accordance with
this invention will be found invaluable, particularly in summer time, in the nursery,
bedroom or laundry. There is no possible danger in its use as even if the wick
be turned too high no flame could reach the table.
Dated this 5th day of December 1895.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76 Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Airing or Warming Table for Use in
Conjunction with Oil or other Portable Stoves.
I GEORGINA WEEKES of Willestrew Tavistock, do hereby declare the nature
of the said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to manufacture a new or improved airing or
warming table for use in conjunction with oil or other portable stoves.
According to my invention I form an open structure of iron or brass or iron
and brass or other suitable metal or metals, and which is capable of being opened
out and extended for supporting and airing, drying, or warming articles of clothing,
household linen, and the like, by means of the heat obtained from an oil or other
portable stove.
The table is preferably constructed of rods, bars, or wires, and may be of any
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page_text: suitable form and dimensions, and also capable of being folded so as to occupy
only a small space when not in use, and for portability and storage.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and
ascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, illustrating
one method of carrying out my invention; in which drawings similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the table and stove, extended and ready for use,
and Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same folded together.
a. a. are two frames forming standards, fitted with cross bars, as shown. b. is a
back frame, permanently hinged at c. c. to one of the standards and detachably
hinged at d d by dropping the ends of the bars into sockets. e is a tie rod,
permanently linked at one end to a standard and detachably hooked at the other
end to the opposite standard f. f. are the upper parts of the table consisting of
frames permanently hinged to the standards at 9. g. and to each other at h. h.
k. k are handles for lifting the table, and is a lamp in position.
In order to fold the table, the rod e and the back frame b are disconnected at
one end of each. The upper parts f. f are then allowed to fall between the
standards, and the table is folded together, as shown in Figure 2.
I have shown in the drawings one form of table suitable for the purpose; but
I would have it distinctly understood that I do not confine myself to this shape or
construction as the same may be varied materially without departing from my
invention the essence of which is a table or support for airing or warming clothes
and the like which can be used with oil or other portable stoves.
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. The new or improved airing or warming table for use in conjunction with
oil or other portable stoves, substantially as and for the purposes described.
2. In an airing or warming table for use in conjunction with portable stoves as
aforesaid the combination of an upper surface or surfaces, consisting of rods, bars,
wires, and the like, supported in any suitable manner over an oil or other portable
stove, substantially as and for the purposes described.
3. The method of and means and appliances for airing or warming clothing,
linen, and the like, substantially as described.
Dated 5th September 1896.
GEO.
DOWNING,
8 Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.