a Table and a Receptacle for Coals or other Articles.
Year: 1885

page_text: a Table, and a Receptacle for Coals or other Articles.
I, ALEXANDER BARR of 7 Melrose Street, Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
"AN IMPROVED COMBINATION FURNITURE PIECE COMPRISING A SCREEN, A TABLE,
AND A RECEPTACLE FOR COALS OR OTHER ARTICLES to be as follows, that is to
say :-
"
My said Invention has for its object by a novel combination of parts to form a
combination piece of furniture which whilst of an ornamental character as a whole,
comprises a screen, a table, and a receptacle for coals or other articles.
In my improved piece of furniture the base is made in any suitable ornamental
and couvenient form to serve as a receptacle or box for coals or other articles; and
from the middle of the top of this receptacle a pillar or stem which is by preference
of metal and hollow, extends upwards, and has hinged to the top of it a plate or
board of a round or other convenient or ornamental contour. The plate or board
can be turned down into a horizontal position to serve as a table, and can be
secured in that position by a catch; or it can be turned into a vertical position to
serve as a fire screen.
Dated thin fiftarnth day of T100-
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.

page_text: An Improved Combination Furniture Piece, Comprising a Screen
a Table, and a Receptacle for Coals or other Articles.
I, ALEXANDER BARR, lately of 7 Melrose Street, but now of 2 Bothwell Terrace
Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain, Engineer, 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, that is
to say:
My said Invention has for its object by a novel combination of parts to form a
combination piece of furniture which whilst of an ornamental character as a whole,
comprises a screen, a table, and a receptaclo for coals, or other articles.
In my improved piece of furniture, the base is mado in any suitable ornamental
and convenient form to serve as a receptacle or box for coals or other articles; and
from the top of this receptacle a pillar or stem, or it may be a pair of pillars or
stems extends upwards and has hinged to the top of it a plate or board of a round
or square or other convenient or ornamental contour. The plate or board can be
turned down into a horizontal position to serve as a table, and can be secured in
that position by a catch or pinching screw; or it can be turned into a vertical
position to serve as a fire screen, or into an inclined position to serve as a writing
or reading desk.
My improved combination furniture piece may be made wholly or principally of
iron or other suitable metal or metals; or it may be made wholly or principally of
wood.
On the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings I have delineated by way
of example one of the very numerous forms of my improved combination furniture
piece, and have shown the parts as of thicknesses suitable for construction prin-
cipally in wood; but the thicknesses and other dimensions may of course be varied
in different cases.
Figure, 1, on the accompanying sheet of drawings is a front elevation of my
combination furniture piece with the plate or board adjusted to serve as a table.
Figure, 2, shows the bottom receptacle open. Figure, 3, is a vertical section as at
right angles to figures, 1, and 2. Figure, 4, is an inverted plan of the board or
table. Figure, 5, is a sectional plan; and figure, 6, is a side elevation showing the
article adjusted as a fire screen. In these drawings the same reference letters are
used to mark the same or like parts wherever they are repeated.
In the example shown in the drawings the receptacle or coal box, A, is made in
a rectangular form and with two doors, B, at the front and hinged to the sides a
cover, C, being hinged to the top. This cover, C, is connected by studs, D, and 3
links, E, to the doors, B, in such a way as to open or close them when it is lifted
or lowered. A metal box, F, is shown inside of the receptacle, A, for containing
the coals; and a small shovel, G, is placed in a holder, H, provided for it. Upon
the top of the receptacle, A, a pillar or stem, J, is fixed and has jointed to its upper
end a board, K, (or it might be a plate) to serve as a table, or screen, or desk. The 4

page_text: board, K, is jointed to the top of the pillar, J, by a pin, L, passing through two
crossbars, M, fixed on the underside of the bar and through the pillar; and a screw
nut, N, on one end of the pin serves for fixing the board in any position. In
figure, 6, a position in which the board, K, may be fixed to serve as a desk is
indicated by dotted lines.
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
An improved combination furniture piece comprising a screen, a table, and a
receptacle for coals or other articles, the parts of such piece being arranged and
combined substantially as hereinbefore described.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.