Improvements in Furniture Drawers.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 25th Nov., 1892-Accepted, 14th Jan.,
1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Furniture Drawers.
1 JOSÉ GUERRERO of Albacete, in the Kingdom of Spain, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to drawers for all kinds of furniture and has for its purpose
to remove the difficulties and drawbacks connected with the means hitherto used
for guiding or mounting the drawers in the piece of furniture. To reduce the
friction and any difficulties of movement arising from change of temperature and
various other causes to the smallest possible degree, while at the same time attaining
great simplicity of construction, I dispense with the lateral bars or ledges in the
inside of the piece of furniture and provide in the middle above the drawer a fixed
metal bar of cylindric or other shape which is parallel to the direction of movement
of the drawer. To the upper part of the rear side of the drawer is attached by
suitable means a tube or hollow slide which embraces the said bar to which it is
conformed in shape. Thus the drawer is supported in the rear by this slide block
and in front bears on the beam or cross bar of the piece of furniture.
It is evident that by this construction the movement of the draw is rendered easy
and smooth in a very simple manner.
Dated this 26th day of February 1892.
HUELSER & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Furniture Drawers.
I, JOSÉ GUERRERO, Manufacturer, of Albacete, in the Kingdom of Spain, 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 relates to drawers for all kinds of furniture, and has for its object,
to mount and guide the drawers in such a manner, as to diminish friction and avoid
the difficulties which arise from variations of temperature and other changes.
For this purpose, I omit the lateral guide bars or ledges, which are usually
employed in pieces of furniture for guiding the drawer on the sides, and substitute
for the same a metal bar of cylindrical or other suitable shape, which is fixed above
the middle of the drawer and parallel to the motion of the same, the said guide bar
being used in combination with a tube, hollow slide, or a pair of checks, attached
to the rear part of the drawer.
In the accompanying drawing,
Fig. 1 is a front elevation, Fig. 2 a plan, Fig. 3 a transverse section, and Fig. 4
a longitudinal section of a drawer embodying my invention.
In this drawing, A represents the drawer, B, B, the front posts and B¹ B' the
back posts of the piece of furniture or compartment which receives the drawer;
C is the upper and the lower beam or cross bar for guiding and supporting the
drawer in front; D is the metallic guide bar extending from the upper cross
beam C to the rear, and secured at both ends by means of metal plates d and wood
screws. One of the plates d is made in one piece with the bar D, while the other
has a socket. Any other suitable means of fixing the guide bar to the two upper
cross beams may, however, be employed. E is a metallic tube, or sleeve fixed to
the rear wall of the drawer by means of a countersunk plate e and wood screws.

page_text: This tube or guide piece E fits on the guide bar D and is adapted to slide along
the same. F is an ordinary handle.
The drawer is thus supported in front by the iron beam C¹ and held at the back
by the guide piece E, which is again guided (or supported and guided) by the
metal bar D.
Owing to the absence of the usual wooden ledges on the right and left sides of
the drawer, the friction is much reduced and the manipulation of the drawer
rendered casier.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is-
1. The combination of a metallic guide bar D fixed to the interior of the picce
of furniture and above the drawer in a direction parallel to the motion of the latter,
with a tubular or otherwise shaped guide piece E fixed to the rear part of the
drawer and adapted to slide along the said guide bar, substantially as described.
2. The method or means of supporting and guiding drawers in articles of
furniture, substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 25th day of November 1892.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London, Agents.