Improvements in Travelling Trunks and Boxes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in Travelling Trunks and Boxes.
I, CECIL JOHN HEFFER, of 95, New Bond Street, in the County of London,
Coachmaker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improvement in that class of travelling trunks &
boxes which are made with hinged fronts, covering a series or nest of drawers
'behind. It has for its object the greater facility of access to the drawers or
trays, also to effect economy of space when open & to add to the neatness &
style. In carrying out my invention I make the front in such a way that when
fully open it is capable of sliding backwards within a recess at the top or other
convenient part of the trunk and thereby becoming entirely hidden & placed
out of the way. When the front is hinged at the top and fully drawn out from
its recess, uprights or other convenient supports may be so provided that the front
may be employed as a writing desk, table or tray. The front is constructed
with some convenient form of drop hinge in order that it may fall when desired
& he securely fastened over the nest of drawers which compose the interior
space of the trunk. In some cases I may prefer to make my front in, two halves
hung in such a way that the halves open in opposite directions. As before
when fully open the halves may be pushed back & hidden in the recesses pre-
pared for them,
Improvements in Travelling Trunks and Boxes.
I, CECIL JOIN HEFFER, of No. 95, New Bond Street, in the County of London,
a Coachbuilder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to an improvement in that class of travelling trunks
& boxes which are made with hinged fronts covering a series or nest of drawers
behind.
In carrying out my invention, I make runners or grooves at sides or separate
compartments at top or bottom of trunk (see Fig. 1 drawing herewith) so that
the door is capable of sliding backwards within the recesses at the top or other
convenient part of the trunk, & thereby becoming entirely hidden & placed out
of the way (see Fig. 1).
Grooves are also made in sides of trunk so that the drawers fit in without
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page_text: necessarily having shelves. This advantage is gained by means of runners in
bottom of drawers which run in the corresponding grooves (see Fig. 1).
Fig. 1 shows the trunk with groove at the top in which the door is not
necessarily affixed to the trunk (see also Fig. 2). It is put in its place by pins
& sockets as at A B, & then when closed it is locked at C (see Fig. 3).
Fig. 4 shows the compartment at the side, in which the door travels back-
wards & forwards on brass pivots or runners in grooves made in the cabinet.
When it is drawn out, it is locked at D, & when unlocked & fully opened, it
will slide back into the recess provided for it.
Of course, the door can be made in two halves as Fig. 5, working on pins in
sockets as seen at G Fig. 5, (also Fig. 6 & 7). & compartments being made each
side of trunk acting in the same way as the single door (ie., the door can be
pushed in pockets at sides) locking at F in centre. The doors in this case are
not removable.
This action may be as in Fig. 1, .e., grooves, recesses or compartments, put
at the top & sockets at the side, so that the front may be drawn out, & turned
over the drawers.
When the door is provided with pins & sockets at the top & fully drawn out
from its recess, upright or other convenient supports may be so provided that
the door could be employed as a writing desk table.
These trunks have drawers in them so arranged without necessarily having
divisions, hence one drawer can be used without the others, as at. E in Fig. 1.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said
invention, & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is the following special & novel features:-
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1. The door or doors being placed out of the way in the sockets at side or
sides, as stated in specification, the trunks having any number of drawers with-
out necessarily having shelves.
2. The door forming a writing desk table if necessary, as hereinbefore men-
tioned.