Cards, Cigars, and other Articles.
Year: 1884

page_text: Cards, Cigars, and other Articles.
I ALFRED WATSON of 3 Alma Villas, Manor Park Road, Willesden in the
County of Middlesex, Commercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature of said
Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN CABINETS OR CASES FOR HOLDING BISCUITS,
PLAYING CARDS, CIGARS AND OTHER ARTICLES, to be as follows:→
For this purpose I construct a case or frame with one, two or more pairs of
drawers extending from side to side thereof and capable of sliding in and out from
either side. The drawers of each pair are arranged side by side and they move
end wise or in the direction of their length. Each drawer has fixed thereto a
toothed rack and a toothed wheel is arranged to take into each adjacent pair pair
of racks so that on turning the toothed wheel motion is simultaneously given to
each pair of drawers but each of such drawers is caused to move in a contrary
direction to the other.
There may be any convenient number of pairs of drawers arranged as above
described and provided with racks and toothed wheels for operating the same but
where two or more pairs are used I preferably arrange each pair to slide ia
directions at right angles to those immediately above or below.
The toothed wheels are fixed to a vertical spindle which may be rotated by
means of a wheel or handle outside the case or frame and which is capable of being
locked so as to securely retain the drawers in their closed positions except by the
use of the proper key or if desired such outside wheel or handle may be dispensed
with in which case by pushing one drawer all the drawers are simultaneously
moved and a single lock will lock all the drawers.
"
If desired the spindle may be mounted with capability of slight end wise motion
in order to disengage the gearing thereby permitting the drawers to be separately
moved in and out when required and to be entirely removed from the case or
frame if desired.

page_text: Cards, Cigars, and other Articles.
I ALFRED WATSON of 3 Alma Villas, Manor Park Road, Willesden in the
County of Middlesex, Commercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature of the
said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN CABINETS OR CASES FOR HOLDING BISCUITS,
PLAYING CARDS, CIGARS AND OTHER ARTICLES and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
For this purpose I construct a case or frame with one, two or more pairs of
drawers extending from side to side thereof and capable of sliding in and out from
either side.
The drawers of each pair are arranged side by side, and they move endwise or
in the direction of their length.
Each drawer has fixed thereto a toothed rack and a toothed whoel is arranged to
take into each adjacent pair of racks so that on turning the toothed wheel motion
is simultaneously given to each pair of drawers, but each of such drawers is caused
to move in a contrary direction to the other.
There may be any convenient number of pairs of drawers arranged as above
described and provided with racks and toothed wheels for operating the same but
where two or more pairs are used, I arrange each pair to slide in directions at right
angles to those immediately above or below.
The toothed wheels are fixed to a vertical spindle which may be rotated by
means of a wheel or handle outside the case or frame, and which is capable of
being locked so as to securely retain the drawers in their closed positions except
by the use of the proper key, or if desired such outside wheel or handle may be
dispensed with in which case by pushing one drawer all the drawers aro simul-
If desired tho
taneously moved and a single lock will lock all the drawers.
spindle may be mounted with, capability of slight endwise motion in order to
disengage the gearing. thereby permitting the drawers to bo separately moved in
and out, when required and to be entirely removed from the case or frame if
desired.
And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully
to describe the same.

page_text: The drawers 6 6 of each pair are arranged side by side and they move end wise
or in the direction of their length.
Each drawer b has fixed thereto a toothed rack o and a toothed wheel d¹ is
arranged to take into each adjacent pair of racks c so that on turning the toothed
wheel motion is simultaneously given to each pair of drawers bb but each of
such drawers is caused to move in a contrary direction to the other.
"
There may be any convenient number of pairs of drawers b b arranged as above
described and provided with racks c and toothed wheels d for operating the same
but where two or more pairs of drawers b b are used I arrange each pair to slide in
directions at right angles to those immediately above or below.
The toothed wheels d' are fixed to a spindle d which may be rotated by means
of a hand wheel d³ or handle outside the case or frame and which is capable of
being locked by means of a lock the bolt e of which is capable of passing into
a recess d³ formed in the boss of the wheel d² so as to securely retain the drawers bb
in their closed positions except by the use of the proper key; or if desired such
outside wheel d may be dispensed with in which case by pushing one drawer, all
the drawers are simultaneously moved and a single lock applied to one of the
drawers, will lock all.
If desired the spindle & may be mounted as shown at Figure 6 with capability
of slight endwise motion in order to enable the gearing when desired to be dis-
engaged thereby permitting the drawers to be separately moved in and out when
required and to be entirely removed from the case or frame a if desired. In this
arrangement the spindle d is supported on a spring fand the teeth of the gearing
are tapered to enable the same to readily engage and disengage with each other.
When dispensing with the hand wheel d and at the same time employing a
rising and falling spindle d as above described, such spindle will be provided at its
upper end with a push piece or plate which will be capable of being locked in
a similar manner to the hand wheel d².
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gg are recesses formed in the top of 'the case or frame which are provided with
covers h.
The drawers bb and the recesses g g may be fitted to hold biscuits, playing
cards, cigars and various other articles as may be desired.
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
1. A cabinet or case a constructed with one two or more pairs of drawers bb
provided with racks c which gear with toothed wheels d' fixed on a spindle d
substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
2. A cabinet or case a constructed with one two or more pairs of drawers b b
provided with racks c which are operated by toothed wheels d spindle d and hand
wheel d' capable of being locked and unlocked, all substantially as herein shown
and described and for the purpose stated.
3. A cabinet or case a constructed with one, two or more pairs of drawers b b
provided with racks.c which are operated by toothed wheels d' rising and falling
spindle d and hand wheel d¹ or push piece or plate capable of being locked and
unlocked all substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
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