Improvements in or relating to Cabinets.
Year: 1888

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Cabinets.
A communication from THE SCHLICHT AND FIELD COMPANY, of Rochester, New
York, United States of America.
1, FREDERICK WILLIAM SCHAFER of 2 Finsbury Street, in the City of London,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to devise a cabinet in which the drawers or shelves
can be drawn out far enough to be tilted upon suitable sliding bearings clear of the
cabinet in such manner that the contents of the drawer can be readily turned over
and examined. To facilitate this a plate or equivalent preferably of wood, is hinged
to the drawer or shelf; when the drawer lies in a horizontal position this plate or
cover which may be of some open work design lies upon the drawings, engravings,
papers or other contents of the drawer, but when the drawer is tilted up this plate is
turned on its hinges towards the operator and the papers can then be easily turned
over and inspected, each, as it is done with, being laid flat against the plate which is
so connected with the drawer that it can only be turned a certain distance. A suitable
catch fixes the drawer in its tilted or horizontal position so that both hands can be
used to turn over the papers.
The drawers nearer the ground are generally made not to tilt so far as those
bigher up. If desired the plate may be made heavy for the purpose of pressing upon the
contents of the drawer and keeping them flat.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents.

page_text: A communication from THE SCHLIOHT AND FIELD COMPANY, of Rochester, New
York, United States of America.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM SCHÄFER of 2 Finsbury Street, in the City of London,
Merchant, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to devise a cabinet in which the drawers or shelves
can be drawn out far enough to be tilted upon suitable sliding bearings clear of the
cabinet in such manner that the contents of the drawer can be readily turned over
and examined. To facilitate this a plate or equivalent preferably of wood, is hinged
to the drawer or shelf; when the drawer lies in a horizontal position this plate or cover
which may be of some open work design, lies upon the drawings engravings, papers
or other contents of the drawer but when the drawer is tilted up this plate is turned
on its hinges towards the operator and the papers can then be easily turned over and
inspected, each, as it is done with, being laid flat against the plate which is so con-
nected with the drawer that it can only be turned a certain distance. A suitable catch fixes
the drawer in its tilted or horizontal position so that both hands can be used to turn
over the papers.
The drawers nearer the ground are generally made not to tilt so far as those higher
If desired the plate may be made heavy for the purpose of pressing upon the
contents of the drawer and keeping them flat.
up.
In the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is drawn to a smaller scale than
figures 2 to 5, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet constructed according to this
invention, with one of the drawers open; Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively a sectional
elevation and a horizontal section showing one of the drawers in its closed position
and Figs. 4 and 5 are views respectively similar to figs. and 3 showing one of the
drawers open.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
to
A is the body of the cabinet, B the drawers and C the slides, b are hooked brackets
two of which are secured to each drawer as shown in Figs. 3 and 5 and 6' are plain
or right angled brackets also secured to the drawer in a similar manner.
Care
metals rails fastened by screws or otherwise to the slides C and each of which is
lent so as to form a depression or recess c, and projection or stop e', the level of the
other part of the rail being below the upper surface of the sliding bearing
enable the brackets b and b¹ to slide on the rails, when the drawer is in the cabinet.
is a depression in the bearing C to accomodate the hooked end of the bracket b,
c³ is a stop fastened to each slide C and which by abutting against one of the vertical
corner pieces a of the cabinet prevents the said slide being drawn too far out. care
two india-rubber or equivalent buffers fastened to the ends of each slide and c is
a projection provided on the slide-and-which slides in a grooved represented in
dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 4 formed in the piece D against the under-edge of which

page_text: the slides C move in contact and by which they are supported when the drawer they
are fitted to is drawn out of the cabinet. E is the open-work flap or plate pivotted
at e to the drawer B as shown or hinged to the front of the drawer and e' are slotted
links each of which is pivotted at one end to the drawer. and the slot of which
engages with a screw or the equivalent on the flap E to limit its movement as is
well understood.
Assuming all the drawers of the cabinet to be closed as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3
and that it be desired to have access to papers or the like contained in one of the
drawers the particular drawer is by the handles b' pulled outwards. During this
operation the brackets b and 6 will slide along the rails C¹ until the brackets 6 abut
against the projections c¹ after which by the continuation of the operation the slides C
will be drawn out until the stops cabut against the corner pieces a at which time
the rear part of the drawer being clear of the cabinet it (the said drawer) may be
tilted on the brackets 6 (they then acting as pivots). These brackets will pass into
the recesses c and by resting against the projections c¹ in the manner shown in
figure 4 will prevent the drawer being tilted to too great an extent.
The flap E may
then be pulled outwards into the position shown in Figs. 1, 4 and 5 and the papers
in the drawer turned over against it. To again replace the drawer in the cabinet the
flap E is closed down into the said drawer which is then tilted into its horizontal
position the brackets 61 resting on the rails C when such position is arrived at. The
drawer is then pushed inwards the brackets and sliding over the rails C³ until the
front of the draw B strikes against the forward buffers cat which time the slides (
will be moved inwards the extent of their inner movement being determined by the
rearward buffers et abutting against a suitable part of the back of the cabinet.
The projections c¹ may be of varions inclinations so that some of the drawers of the
cabinet may be tilted to a greater or less extent than others those for example nearest
the bottom of the cabinet preferably tilting less than those at the top.
By the arrangement shown in the accompanying drawings the free edge of the
flap E when turned into the drawer only rests on the papers or other articles con-
tained in the said drawer but if it be desired that the whole of the under surface of
the flap should rest on the contents of the drawer then instead of being hinged to a
particular part of the drawer it is provided with pivots which are capable of sliding
so that it can adjust its position to the height of the contents suitable links being
provided to limit the extent of its movement..
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In a cabinet the combination with a drawer B of slides such as each carrying
a metal rail C¹ formed with a recess c and projection c¹ the drawer being normally
supported on the slides by brackets 6 and 6 substantially as and operating in the
manner herein described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. In a cabinet the combination with a drawer capable of being operated substan-
tially as described of a flap or plate such as E substantially as and for the purposes
herein set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. The combination with a cabinet drawer adapted to tilt as described of a flap or
plate such as E so connected with the said drawer that while capable of being opened
out and retained as shown in figures 1 and 4 of the accompanying drawings it can
also be turned back into the drawer and rest with its entire under surface upon the top
of the papers or other articles contained therein substantially as described.
Dated this 27th day of November 1888