Improvements in the Arrangement, Construction, and Mounting o Doors, Lids, or Covers for Coal Boxes or Vases, Cabinets, Ice Safes, and other similar Receptacles.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Apr., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 28th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1889
Improvements in the Arrangement, Construction, and Mounting o
Doors, Lids, or Covers for Coal Boxes or Vases, Cabinets, Ice
Safes, and other similar Receptacles.
1 CLEMENT SIIS of No. 11 Little. Queen Street Holborn in the County of
Middlesex Cabinet Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
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This invention relates to improvements in the arrangement construction and
method of mounting the doors lids or covers of coal vases or boxes, cabinets, ice
safes, refrigerators, and other similar receptacles.
For this purpose when adapting my present invention, to a coal vase I form the
door lid or cover in one piece.with part of the top of the box or vase, and mount this
lid on arms or hinge pièces connected to same near the lower part thereof..
An arm or hinge piece is pivoted on the inside of the vase (one arm on cach side)
and has at its other end a counterbalance or weight which serves to assist in
throwing open the lid.
When the lid is raised in consequence of the length and position of the arms or
hinge-pieces the top part of the lid is raised clear of the top of the vase, over which
it passes, and descends partly behind the box a stop being provided to prevent the
movement of the lid too far and the counterbalance or weight is so arranged that the
lid remains open without holding until again closed.
The lid only without forming any part of the top may be actuated in a similar
manner so as to be thrown up over the top of the vase or receptacle.
Another modification of my present invention may be made by mounting the
handle on side levers which are connected to the arms or hinge piece aforesaid so that
by pressing or moving the handle backwards (or forwards as arranged) the lid is
thereby actuated and thrown up.
This invention is capable of being applied in various ways to any form of receptacle
for which it is suitable.
1
CA
1000

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Improvements in the Arrangement, Construction, and Mounting of
Doors, Lids, or Covers for Coal Boxes or Vases, Cabinets, Ice
Safes, and other similar Receptacles.
:
I CLEMENT SIMS of No. 11 Little Queen Street. Holborn in the County of
Middlesex Cabinet Maker 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in the arrangement construction and
method of mounting the doors lids or covers of coal vases or boxes cabinets ice safes
refrigerators and other similar receptacles.
And in order that my invention may be clearly understood and readily carried
into practice I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawing hereto
annexed which shows a vertical section of a coal box or vase having my improvements
applied thereto.
In adapting my present invention to a coal vaše a such as shown in the drawing
annexed I form the door lid or cover a¹ in one piece with the part a² of the top of the
box or vase a and mount this lid a on arms or hinge pieces b connected to same near
the lower part thereof.
The arm or hinge piece bis pivoted at 61 on the inside of the vase a (one arm on
each side) and has at its other end a counterbalance or weight 62 which serves to assist
in throwing open the lid a¹.
When the lid a' is raised in consequence of the length and position of the arms or
hinge pieces the top part a² of the lid is raised clear of the top of the vase a over
which it passes and descends partly behind the box a a stop being provided to
prevent the movement of the lid a' too far and the counterbalance or weight 6² is so
arranged that the lid a¹ remains open without holding until again closed..
The dotted lines show the position of the lid or cover a¹ when raised.
The lid a¹ only without forming any part of the top may be actuated in a similar
manner so as to be thrown up over the top of the vase or receptacle a..
Another modification of my present invention may be made by mounting the
handle on side levers which are connected to the arms or hinge pieces aforesaid so
that by pressing or moving the handle backwards (or forwards as arranged) the lid
is thereby actuated and thrown up..
This invention is capable of being applied in various ways to any form of receptacle
for which it is suitable.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
The improved arrangement and construction of the doors lids or covers a¹ of coal
boxes or vases cabinets ice safes and other similar receptacles by mounting the same.
upon arms b having counterbalance weights 6* acting substantially in the manner
and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawing hereto
annexed.