Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 30th July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 6th Sept.. 1887.
I, HENRY ASHBEY BINCKES of No. 1, Shardlow Villas Melbourne Grove Dulwich
Artist do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
By a Duplex arrangement of Parallel elevators, shewn in Diagram A, and attached
to the sides, and top of the desk, as shown in Diagram B., the top of the desk retains
the same slope when raised, as in its closed position, as shewn in Diagram C.
By this means the Books or Papers in use are not disturbed, and the whole of the
desk room rendered available.
I, HENRY ASHBEY BINCKES No. 1 Shardlow Villas, 72 Melbourne Grove Dulwich,
S.E., Artist, 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 is chiefly designed to obviate the great inconveniences arrising from
the present system of affixing the lids of writing desks &c.

page_text: In the ordinary method, the lid being hinged to the back of the upper part of the
desk, the interior, (except for storing purposes) is practically useless, as the lid cannot
be raised without disturbing whatever books, or papers may be upon it, and probably
upsetting the ink, and causing other hindrances and inconveniences. Attempts have
been made to remedy this, by making the top of the desk solid and having drawers to
pull out in front, by which means very much of the desk room is lost and great
inconvenience experienced in using the drawers, especially where the sitting space is
limited. Another plan is to have a flat office table, with a separate "Slope "placed
on it for writing, on either side of which all papers required must be carefully
arranged before commencing business, and after the days work is done these have to
be again carefully put away.
Now by the adoption of my invention not only do all these difficulties disappear,
but every portion of the desk room is rendered available and great facilities secured
for using the same-Documents &c. could be arranged inside the desk, and referred
to without in any way displacing the papers on the top, in fact the advantages to be
obtained by adopting my system are self-evident and too numerous to mention-It is
also intended to apply it to Architects drawing tables, and similar articles.
The Invention consists of an arrangement of parallel elevators, as shewn in
Diagram A. (left with the Provisional Specification, and may be made either of metal,
or of metal, and wood combined-The elevators may either be made in one complete
framework as shewn in the above named diagram, or separately fixed to the desk
itself where desirable; or the front pair of elevators may be attached to the lid, and
the lid itself jointed to form the back elevator.
Diagram B. left with the Provisional Specification, shews the method of attaching
the elevators to the desk, and in Diagram C. left with the Provisional Specification is
shewn the position of the desk lid when open, by which it may be readily seen that
access to all parts of the desk can be obtained without the slightest hindrance, and
books, or documents arranged within referred to with the greatest ease, the books or
papers in use retaining the same position as when the desk is closed.
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 sole right to affix the lids of writing desks, tops of drawing tables &c. on the
principle and manner herein described, by which they are raised to a position parallel
to that which they occupied when closed.
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