A Flour or Kitchen Cabinet.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date claimed for Patent under Sect. 103 of Act,
being date of first Foreign Application (in 26th Sept., 1891
United States of America),
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 25th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 10th Nov., 1892-Accepted, 10th Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Flour or Kitchen Cabinet.
I, ALBERT ALEXANDER TINKER of 401 West Main Street, Madison, in the
County of Dane, and State of Wisconsin, United States of America, Millwright,
lo hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a flour or kitchen cabinet so constructed as to present a
neat appearance and to be convenient for the purpose it is designed to serve.
The improved cabinet is at its upper portion divided into compartments the front
walls of which at their lower ends are inclined rearwardly, which open into bins
which extend forward in advance of the compartments and are open at the top in
front of such compartments, the said inclined walls serving to direct the contents
of the compartments to the rear of the bins and affording easy access to the latter.
To the outer side of the front wall at its lower edge there is hinged an inner lid
which may be turned down on to a forward extension of the bins to which it
constitutes a cover. When so turned down, said lid inclines downward towards
its front end so that any flour or the like deposited on its surface readily passes
This lid
off or can be brushed off on the moulding board hereafter referred to.
may be turned up against the front wall of the compartments.
The cabinet is provided with a front plate or ledge arranged in a plane below
the plane of the bottom or floor of the bins and with its rear edge in advance
of the front edge of said floor. The moulding board or leaf is of a thickness
equal to the distance between the planes of the ledged bottom so that when the
board or leaf is in use it will bear at its under side upon the ledge and at its upper
side against the underside of the floor of the bins. It is pivoted to the framing at
a point in advance of its rear end and swings at such rear end in the space between
the ledge and bottom and being smooth and unobstructed at the rear, when it is
tilted, flour, etc., may be readily scraped off it into a drawer beneath. The pivot is
at same time so arranged that when the board or leaf is closed, it abuts against
the rear edge of the ledge, the axis being preferably above and slightly in rear
of the ledge. The drawer is beneath the ledge and it is provided with stops,
so that when in its innermost position a space will be left behind it for the
circulation of air. Beneath this drawer, there a lower compartment having
doors of wire-gauze or the like and the air is free to pass freely up therefrom
behind the drawer in front of the bins, thus affording ample ventilation to the
Hour or other materials in the bins when the inside lid is opened.
Dated this 24th day of March 1892.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Flour or Kitchen Cabinet.
I ALBERT ALEXANDER TINKER of 401 West Main Street, Madison, Dane
County, State of Wisconsin, United States of America, Millwright 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved flour or kitchen cabinet and has for an
object to provide a simple novel construction of cabinet which will efficiently serve
its purpose be neat in appearance and afford ample ventilation throughout.
The invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts
as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
Specification, in which
Figure 1 is a front view of the cabinet with the moulding board open.
Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section thereof, the board being closed in full
lines and open in dotted lines.
In its upper end the cabinet is divided into compartments A, the front walls of
which incline rearward at a towards their lower ends, and such compartments open
into bins B which extend forward in advance of the compartments A. and are open
at the top in front of such compartments as shown, the inclined walls a of the com-
partments A serving to direct the contents of the compartments A to the rear of the
bins B and also affording better access to such bins.
"
In defining the parts A as
66 compartments and the parts B as "bins," the
compartments-may be said to end and the bins begin on a horizontal line drawn
close to the lower edge of the front wall a.
To the outer side of the front wall a near its lower edge, I hinge one edge of
the inside lid or cover B2, which may be turned down onto the forward extension
of the bins B to form a cover therefor, and when so turned down the lid inclines
downward towards its front end, so that any particles of flour or the like thrown
thereon in the operation of working upon the moulding board D, presently
described, will readily pass or can be brushed down off the cover B² onto such
board D. When desired this inside lid B2 may be turned up against the front
wall a of the compartments A. and the moulding board or leaf, presently described,
can be opened or closed in either the open or closed position of the inside lid.
The cabinet is provided with a front plate or ledge C arranged in a plane below
the plane of the bottom B' of the bins and with its rear edge in advance of the
front edge of the said bottom B₁ as clearly shown in Figure 2. The moulding
board or leaf D is made of a thickness equal to the distance between the planes of
the ledge C and bottom B', so that when such board or leaf is lowered it will bear
at its under side upon the ledge C and at its upper side against the under side of
the bottom B. This board or leaf D is pivotally jointed at E to the framing at a
point in advance of its rear end and swings at such rear end in the space between
the ledge C and bottom B' and is smooth and unobstructed on its upper side at its
rear edge so that when such board or leaf is tilted flour and the like may be scraped
off such rear edge into the drawer F presently described. At the same time the
pivotal axis E is so arranged that when the leaf D is closed its rear extension abuts
against the rear edge of ledge C, the axis E being preferably arranged above and
slightly in rear of the said ledge as shown.
The drawer F is arranged below the ledge C and stop devices are provided to
limit the rearward movement of such drawer so that when it is pushed to its
innermost position an air passage or space G will be left behind it so that air
can freely circulate behind such drawer. Consequently the air is free to circulate
from the lower compartment H up behind the drawer and then freely in front of

page_text: the bins, thus affording ample ventilation to the flour or other materials in the
bins when the inside lid is opened and turned up against the wall a as before
described.
The door I of the lower compartment H is provided with wire gauze or the like,
so that air can freely circulate into and out of such compartment.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.
1. In a cabinet, substantially as described, the combination of the bins, the
ledge C arranged below and in advance of said bins, the drawer below said ledge
and the board or leaf pivotally connected at a point in advance of its rear end and
having its portion in rear of its axis arranged to swing in the space between the
bins and ledge and having its upper side at its rear edge unobstructed, whereby
when the board is tilted material may be scraped or freely discharged off its said
rear edge into.said drawer all substantially as described and for the purpose set
forth.
2. The improved cabinet substantially as herein described and shown, consisting
of the compartments A having inclined front sides a, the bins B below such com-
partments A, the ledge C arranged in front of and below the bins, the drawer
arranged below the ledge and stopped at its rear end short of the back of the case
whereby air can circulate in rear of such drawer, the lower drawer having wire
netting or the like and the moulding board or leaf made of a thickness equal to
the distance between the planes of the ledge C and bottom of bins B, such leaf
being pivotally connected at E in advance of its rear end and arranged when opened
to abut against the underside of the biu bottom in rear of its axis and the upper
side of the ledge C in advance of such axis and when closed to leave a space or air
passage in front of the bins, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
3. In a cabinet substantially as herein described, the combination of the com-
partments A having a front side or wall a, the bins B below and extended in front
of the compartments A, the inside lid hinged at one edge to the wall a above such
forward extensions of the bins and adapted to turn up against said wall in its open
position or down to cover the bin B in its closed position and the moulding board
or leaf D arranged below said bins, all substantially as and for the purposes set
forth.
Dated ins SUGA €13Ľ V (1 Novemver LOHET
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A. A. TINKER,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agents.