Improvements in and relating to Moveable Tables.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Moveable Tables.
I, ALEXANDER DAVIE, of 113, Argyle Street, in the County of the City of Glas-
gow, Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
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This invention has reference to improvements in and relating to tables whose
top can be raised or lowered and whose base can be run on castors and specially
suitable for hospital use and the like.
I form the horizontal table top of wood or other suitable material and pre-
ferably with a projecting up ledge round its outer edges to prevent any liquids
from running over.
Two projecting down legs are secured by arms on under surface of table top
near its one end, these legs being preferably open or slotted to slide up and down
adjacent to two parallel legs or bars projecting up from a sole frame. This sole
frame would consist of said vertical bars and a transverse horizontal rail joining
said bars, and two horizontal base rails extending along towards opposite end of
table, all being preferably formed in one casting, and running on castors at ends
of horizontal rails and transverse bar if desired.
A crosshead extends between the top ends of vertical legs of base frame, and
a screw threaded spindle secured at its upper end below table top passes down
through a screwed eye or nut in crosshead, and this spindle is turned by a hand
wheel to raise or lower the table top. A spindle is fitted preferably through a
stay tube at top of vertical legs of base frame, and is held in position by suitable
tightening screws, so as to lock the legs of table and those of base frame together
and thus fix the table top at any desired level.
Dated the 26th day of October 1897.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.
Improvements in and relating to Moveable Tables.
I, ALEXANDER DAVIE, of 113, Argyle Street, in the County of the City of Glas-
gow, Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described in and by the
following statement, that is to say:-
This invention has reference to improvements in and relating to tables whose
top can be raised or lowered and whose base can be run on castors and specially
suitable for hospital use and the like.

page_text: And in order that my said invention and the manner of carrying same into
practice may be properly understood, I have hereunto appended a sheet of explana-
tory drawings in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation and Figure 2 an
end elevation of a table as constructed in accordance with my improvements.
Referring to these drawings:-
I form the horizontal table top A of wood or other suitable material and pre-
ferably with a projecting up ledge A¹ round its outer edges to prevent any liquids
from running over.
Two projecting down legs B are secured by arms B' on under surface of table
top A. near its one end, these legs B being, preferably open or slotted at B2 to slide
up and down adjacent to two parallel legs or bars C projecting up from a sole
frame C. This sole frame C¹ would consist of said vertical bars C and a trans-
verse horizontal tube or rail C² joining said bars, and two horizontal base rails C³
extending along towards opposite end of table, all being preferably formed in one
casting, and running on castors C at ends of horizontal rails and transverse bar if
desired.
A crosshead D extends between the top ends of vertical legs C of base frame, and
a screw threaded spindle a secured at its upper end in an eye socket a below
table top A passes down through a screwed eye or nut D¹ in crosshead D and this
spindle a is turned by a hand wheel a² to raise or lower the table top A. A
spindle c is fitted preferably through the stay tube C2 at top of vertical legs C of
base frame, and is held in position by suitable tightening screws c¹ so as to lock
the legs B of table and those C of base frame together and thus fix the table top A
at any desired level.
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:
:-
First. A moveable table having a top which can be raised or lowered substan-
tially as herein set forth.
Second. The combination of parts constituting a moveable table substantially
as set forth.
Dated the 7th da of T... 190Q
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.