Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application 15th Sept., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 15th June, 1897-Accepted, 24th July, 1897
We FRANK VICTOR RAYMOND of Invercargill in the County of Southland and
Colony of New Zealand Solicitor and ARTHUR ERNEST OTWAY of Invercargill aforesaid
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The table is so constructed that it may be permanently fixed to the wall at the
side of a berth and folded against the wall when not required, and in a simple manner
easily unfolded for use.
The table is carried by a round bar which passes through holes in lugs placed on
the underside of the table. The outer side of one lug is formed with a serrated or
roughened surface so as to engage with a similar surface of a collar fixed on the
carrying bar in such a position that when the collar and lug are engaged the end of
the bar projects through the other lug far enough to conveniently take a thumb-
screw or locking nut, the end of the bar being provided with a screw thread for this
purpose.
The other end of the bar is connected by a hinge joint to a bracket which may be
screwed or otherwise fixed to the wall.
The bracket may be fixed to the wall so that the hinge places the bar against the
wall either in a vertical or horizontal position as is most convenient.
A stop is preferably provided in connection with the hinge joint so that when
lowered or swung out from the wall the bar is held automatically at right angles to it.
A catch may be provided to secure the table and bar in position when folded
against the wall.
Instead of being fastened directly to the wall the bracket may be arranged to slide
within a guide or groove attached to the wall. In this case the bracket would
preferably be furnished with a set screw to fasten it in any desired position in the
guide.
When required for use the table is released from the catch and lowered or swung
out from the wall. By loosening the thumbscrew before referred to the table can be
turned on the bar and placed at any desired angle and fixed in that position by
tightening the thumbscrew so as to engage the roughened surfaces of the bar-collar
and table lug.
ca
1000
E. MAITLAND,
17 Knight Rider Street, E.C., Agent for Applicants.

page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following stateinent-
The object of this invention is to provide a table which when fixed to the wall of a
ship's cabin, by the side of the berth or in other convenient position, may be kept
folded against the wall when not required, but which can be readily placed in position
for use when desired.
In the accompanying drawings :-
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a table, constructed according to this invention,
placed in position for use.
Figure 2 is an elevation of the table when folded against the wall, and
Figures 3 and 4 show an alternative method of fixing the table bracket to the wall.
Like letters indicate like parts in all the figures.
The table top A is provided with underneath projections, A, A, one at each end.
These are shown in the drawing as running the whole width of the table, but they
may be simple lugs, placed centrally, each being provided with a circular hole A³.
A washer A is fixed on the outer side of the lug A¹ around the hole As having a
roughened or serrated surface, or the surface of the lug itself may be roughened or
serrated around the hole.
The table top is carried by a round bar B-which may be a hollow tube as shown
in Figure 1, for the sake of lightness, or a solid bar-passing through the holes A'.
A collar B' fixed on the bar B, has a roughened or serrated surface to engage with
the similar surface of the washer A before described.
A thumb screw, or locking nut B2, works on a screw thread provided at one end of
the bar, by tightening which against the lng A2 so as to engage the roughened
surfaces of the collar B1 and washer A4, the table top is firmly fixed on the bar.
The other end of the bar B is bored to receive the pin or bolt C, so as to form a
hinge joint in the slotted or hollow portion of the bracket D.
The bracket. D may be of any convenient shape. As shown it comprises a base
plate, D2, which may be fixed to the wall by screws, D³, and projecting parallel
plates D, carrying the pin C. The plates are preferably joined in front as to their
lower portion D so as to form a stop, which holds the bar, placed between them in
the open portion D', automatically at right angles to the wall.
Any convenient form of catch E may be provided to secure the table when folded
against the wall.
As shown in the accompanying drawings the bracket is fixed, so that when folded
against the wall the bar B is vertical: it is evident that the bracket may be so
arranged that when folded back the bar would be in a horizontal position.
In order to provide means of adjusting the height or lateral position of the table,
instead of being fastened direct to the wall the base plate D2 of the bracket may
engage in a grooved guide F, shown in cross section and elevation in Figures 3 and 4
respectively. The guide may he placed vertically or horizontally, and fixed to the
wall by screws F. In this case the bracket is provided with a set screw G by which
it may be held at any desired position in the guide.
The table is preferably constructed of metal but may be of wood, or metal and
wood, or other material as preferred. When required for use the table is released
from the catch E and lowered or swung out from the wall. By loosening the thumb
screw B, ao as to disengage the collar B from the roughened washer A' the table top
can be rotated on the bar, placed at any desired angle, and fixed in that position by
Lightening the thumb-screw.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :-
1. The combination with a hinged carrying bar of a table-top, capable of being
rotated on the carrying bar, substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. The combination with a hinged carrying bar B, having a collar B' and locking
nut B, of a table-top A with lugs A¹ A2 and washer A substantially as and for the
purpose described.

page_text: 3. The combination with a table top A and carrying bar B of a bracket and grooved
guide substantially as and for the purpose described.
4. The complete adjustable table substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th day of June 1907
E. MAITLAND,
Agent for Applicants.