A Guiding Attachment for Drawers or Slides of Cabinets and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Apr., 1889.
Complete Specification Left, 19th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 25th Jan., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Guiding Attachment for Drawers or Slides of Cabinets and
the like.
A communication from abroad by WALTER C. KNAUS, of Fayette, in the State of
Missouri, in the United States of America.
1, FREDERIC GEORGE BATE of "Fayette " Percy Road, St. Peters Park, Broadstairs,
in the County of Kent, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
As at present constructed the drawers or slides of cabinets, desks, and similar
articles of furniture are extremely difficult to push in, and similarly, though in a lesser
degree, to pull out, unless the pressure or pull upon same be central, or at least equal
upon both sides, their tendency being to stick against the walls of the cabinet
or framework receiving them, unless they be carried in guides, or very accurately
fitted.
My invention relates to a guiding attachment for such drawers or slides, which
will enable them to be readily pushed in, or drawn out irrespective of the point at
which the pressure is applied, thus obviating all fine or accurate fitting except as
to the front where an accurate fit is generally desired in order to produce a saleable
article.
To this end I pivot to the framework in the back of the recess in which the
drawer slides, and say at the right hand side for illustration, a bar of wood, metal,
or other material, the other end of which is held in a groove or slot formed in
the back of the drawer or in a part attached thereto, said slot being at the opposite or
left hand side of the drawer. A shorter bar or piece is pivoted centrally to the
first bar and has its other end pivotally attached to the right hand end of the drawer.
In this way a species of "lazy tong "attachment is formed which will open and close
to follow the movements of the drawer, and will guide the same in those movements,
and also prevent its being drawn out except desired.
Instead of this short bar attached as described, a second bar similarly arranged
to the first may be employed which will cross same from the opposite corners, the
two bars being pivoted centrally on each other.
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PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Guiding Attachment for Drawers or Slides of Cabinets and
the like.
A communication from abroad by WALTER C. KNAUS, of Fayette, in the State of
Missouri, in the United States of America.
I, FREDERIC GEORGE BATE of "Fayette," Percy Road, St. Peters Park, Broadstairs,
in the County of Kent, Gentleman, 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 :-
As at present constructed the drawers or slides of cabinets, desks, and similar
articles of furniture are frequently extremely difficult to push in, and similarly,
though in a lesser degree, to pull out, unless the pressure or pull upon same be central,
or. at least equal upon both sides, their tendency being to stick against the walls of the
cabinet or framework receiving them, unless they be carried in guides, or very
accurately fitted.

page_text: The present invention relates to a guiding attachment for such drawers or slides,
which will enable them to be readily pushed in or drawn out irrespective of the point
at which the pressure is applied, thus obviating all fine or accurate fitting except
as to the front where an accurate fit is generally desired in order to produce a
saleable article.
To clearly explain the nature of the invention reference is made to the accom-
panying drawing in which
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a drawer and framework fitted with the attachment,
the drawer being in an open position.
Fig. 2 is a similar view with the drawer closed, and
Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are diagrammatic views of modifications of the attachment.
In Figs. 1 & 2 the drawer A which slides in the usual framework B of a chest or
cabinet has a rail a secured at the back of same and supported if desired by the
blocks b, b.
In the back of the recess of the framework is secured a block c and to this is
pivoted a bar d, the other end of which carries a projecting guide pin or screw head
(not shown) which travels in the slote of the rail a. A shorter barf (in this case
shown as smaller in size) is pivoted at the point g to the bar d, and at the other end
is pivoted to the rail a at the opposite end to the slot.
If in pushing in the drawer say the right hand end only is pressed the natural
tendency would be to cause the bar d to be pushed in and to move in the groove e
toward the right, but as this necessitates an equal movement inward of the bar f
and a corresponding inward movement of the end of the drawer to which it is attached,
any lateral movement or side jamming of the drawer is obviated.
The attachment also serves to prevent the drawer being pulled out or pushed in too
far, by reason of the bar d reaching either end of its travel in the slot e and bringing
the parts to a deadlock.
In Fig. 3 an arrangement is shown in which four bars d, f, d, f, are employed, one
bar d working in a slot e on the drawer A, and the other bar d in a slot e in the
framework B. This arrangement is of advantage when a long but narrow drawer is
to be dealt with.
In Fig. 4 an arrangement is shown in which two bars d, d, are employed one
working in a slot e in the drawer A, and the other in a similar slot in the frame-
work B.
In Fig. 5 a somewhat similar arrangement is shown but with four bars & working
in slots e which is adapted like Fig. 3 for a long narrow drawer.
It will be obvious that other arrangements of bars on similar lines may be employed,
and be variously placed on the drawer, as for instance the attachments shown may be
fitted to the front of the drawer or beneath same, while they may be made in light
metal or other material as desired. I do not therefore desire to be limited to the
particular arrangement of parts shown, but
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :—
A guiding attachment consisting of pivoted bars connecting the drawer with the
cabinet or the like, one or more of said bars working in slots in the drawer or cabinet
or both, substantially as and for the purposes described.
Dated this 19th day of December 1889.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Applicant's Agent.