Improvements in and relating to Wardrobes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1894-Accepted, 25th Aug.; 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Wardrobes.
We, ROBERT KIRCHHOFF, Warder of Zionskirch Strasse 9, JULIUS SCHULZ,
Bathing House Attendant and MARTIN SENDIK, Foreman of Fitters, both of 8 Zion-
kirch Strasse, all of Berlin Germany, do hereby declare the nature of our
nvention and in what manner the same is performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The present invention relates to cupboards and wardrobes for the reception of
clothes and consists in applying the pegs on which the articles of clothing are hung
to a rotary disc, said disc being suspended from a slide arranged at the upper part
of the said cupboard or wardrobe and capable of being drawn out of the same
together with the dependent disc and all the clothes hanging on the pegs thereof.
By means of our present invention the removal of clothes. or replacing of the
same in the wardrobe is greatly facilitated, since instead of having to push aside
or remove the clothes hanging at the front of the wardrobe to get at those at the
back, as is at present the case, it is simply necessary to pull out the slide and
rotate the disc to reach any particular article of attire which may have been
hung at the back.
And in order to make the present invention more easily intelligible reference is
had to the accompanying drawings in which similar letters denote similar parts
throughout the several views :-
Fig. 1 being a front elevation of the wardrobe with the door removed to show
the arrangement of the device.
Fig. 2 a vertical transverse section through the wardrobe.
Fig. 3 a section on line xx in Fig. 1,
Fig. 4 a detail plan of the rotary disc showing the arrangement of the pegs,
Fig. 5 a detail elevation of the said disc,
Fig. 6 a vertical transverse section showing rolls applied to the slide to facilitate
drawing the same out and
Fig. 7 is a horizontal section through the wardrobe above the slide.
At the upper part of the wardrobe are affixed to the sides of the same inside
angles or brackets a a and a' a' between which the horizontal slide c is guided, the
same being capable of being drawn out at the front of the said wardrobe when
the door is open as shown at Fig. 2. At about the centre of the said slide c is
arranged a dependent rotary disc d having a series of pegs d' upon any or all of
which pegs d' dress or coat holders may be suspended as shown in Figures 4 and 5,
the said disc d hanging on a pivot e supported in suitable manner in the slide c.
chain h may be arranged to connect the top of the slide and the top of the wardrobe
at g, said chain being sufficiently.long to allow the slide to be drawn out far enough
for practical purposes but not right out so as to fall, this chain also serves as a
support for the slide when the same is drawn out.
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The operation of the device is obvious, if it is desired to remove any piece of
clothing hanging in the wardrobe the slide is drawn out and the disc d rotated until
the coat or other garment required can be conveniently taken off its peg.
Figs. 6 and 7 show the arrangement of rolls m m and m¹ m' attached to the said
slide to facilitate the motion of the same when being drawn out.
In addition to the convenience afforded by the device for the removal or hanging
up of the clothes in the wardrobe, the same offers the great advantage, that the
clothes will not be pressed and crumpled when taken out or put away and that
the same bang freely in the wardrobe instead of pressing against each other as
hitherto the case.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In combination with a wardrobe a horizontal slide arranged at the upper part
of the same, and a rotary disc dependent from the said slide and having hooks or
pegs arranged thereon substantially as described.
2. In a wardrobe the combination of a horizontal slide arranged at the upper
part of the same, a rotary disc dependent from the said slide and provided with
pegs and a chain attached at one end to the upper part of the said slide and at the
other end to the top of the wardrobe in the manner and for the purpose substantially
as described.
3. In a wardrobe the combination of the brackets a a and a¹a' arranged at the
upper part of the sides, a slide c guided between said brackets, a rotary disc d
dependent from the said slide at about the centre thereof, and a chain attached to
said slide and to the wardrobe in the manner and for the purpose substantially as
described.
4. The combination of the brackets a a and a' a', the slide e guided between the
same, rolls m m and m'm' to the said slide, a rotary dependent disc d supported on
a pivot e and a chain to connect the said slide to the wardrobe in the manner and
for the purpose substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 1st day of June 1894.
HORN & SON,
Applicants. Agents.