A New or Improved Domestic Receptacle or Article of Furniture.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1886
Complete Left, 19th Sept., 1887
Complete Accepted, 15th Nov.. 188"
RESERV
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Domestic Receptacle or Article of Furniture.
JOSEPH LOWE No. 77 Guide Lane Hooley Hill in the County of Lancaster Joiner
& Builder, & WILLIAM HENRY BLACKWELL 24 Manor Street Hooley Hill in the
County of Lancaster Traveller do hereby declare the nature of our invention for
A NEW OR IMPROVED DOMESTIC RECEPTACLE OR ARTICLE OF FURNITURE to be as
follows:-
The principle of this invention, relates to a new, or improved, domestic receptacle,
viz. A combination casement, suitably partitioned, to enclose Soiled Linen, Laundry
Requisites, such as, Soap &c., also Boot and fixture Brushes, and the matter with
which they are used, also suitable racks for Boots, and Kettles, we
may make
the whole combination furniture, as herein mentioned, or curtail the same, more or
less as circumstances may require. This combination furniture may have spring lids,
or doors, or combined more or less with drawers.
Dated this Seventeenth day of December 1000.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Domestic Receptacle or Article of Furniture.
We JOSEPH LOWE and WILLIAM HENRY BLACKWELL of 77 Guide Lane Hooley
Hill near Manchester do hereby declare the nature of our invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
The principle of this invention relates to a new or improved domestic receptacle
viz. à combination casement or cabinet suitably partitioned to enclose soiled linen,
laundry requisites such as soap &c.-also boot and fixture brushes and the matters
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with which they are used; also suitable racks for boots, kettles and pans &c.
may make the whole combination furniture as hereinbefore mentioned or modify the
same more or less as circumstances may require. This combination furniture may
have spring lids or doors or be combined more or less with drawers.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one arrangement of
our domestic receptacle shewing the bottom drawer open. This drawer a is suitably
divided and fitted with portable tin cases, in which the blacking brushes; black lead
brushes blacking and black lead; soft soap; soda; starch blue or other cleaning
utensils and materials may be separately kept and stored-each division being
properly labelled with the name of its article. Each length or set or the whole of
these cases could be provided with an additional sliding or hinged lid.
Fig. 2 represents the same receptacle with the door 6 of the central compartment
open, disclosing a pair of galvanized wire grids or gratings c forming shelves for
supporting boots, shoes and other similar articles. These racks or grids care
removable and thus enable the cabinet to be swept out from time to time as required.
They are made in the form of grids to allow the air to have free access to the bottom
of the boots thus ensuring their drying quickly.
In this same view the top compartment d is shewn open-being fitted with a hinged
lid e.
The bottom of this compartment is formed of perforated metal, wire gauze,
woven wire or other open meshed material so as to occupy little room and allow
currents of air to pass through for ventilating the compartment and so constitute it a
drying chamber or store-place for soap candles or other articles which require free
ventilation-this perforated bottom is a fixture or is capable in some cases of being
lifted out for cleaning purposes.
For soiled linen we prefer to arrange a compartment beneath the drawer a and to
fit the front of the same with a door hinged at the bottom and with projecting sides
formed of zinc or other sheet metal so that such door can only open sufficiently far to
allow the articles to be introduced and so to hide the contents and interior as much as
Dossible.

page_text: Fig. 3 is a similar cabinet to that herein before described forming a Scullery Cabinet
being made taller and fitted with metal corner brackets for kettles pans and other
similar cooking utensils and which corner brackets also serve to stiffen and strengthen
the cabinet.
We do not confine ourselves precisely to the arrangements hereinbefore described
as they may be considerably modified without departing from our invention for instance
in some cases we construct a double compartment for boots say one above another or
the top compartment may be fitted with a rack for hoots instead of forming a soap
receptacle.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
we do hereby declare that what we claim is :-
The improved arrangement and construction of domestic receptacles substantially as
and for the purposes herein-before described.
Dated this 16th day of September 1887.
JOSEPH LOWE.
WILLIAM HENRY BLACKWELL.