Shelves, and Sliding Doors, and the like.
Year: 1885

page_text: Shelves, and Sliding Doors, and the like.
I, DOUGLAS HOLT DICKINSON Engineer Portland House, of the town & County
of Newcastle-upon-Tyne do hereby declare the nature of my invention for the
invention for THE PREVENTION OF THE OVERSLIDING OF DRAWERS, SHELVES
& SLIDING DOORS, AND THE LIKE to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object the providing of means by which Drawers,
Shelves & Sliding doors, etc can be prevented from oversliding, or travelling,
beyond the required point.
According to my invention I employ a spring, or lever which is placed, or
countersunk in side, bottom, or top of drawers etc: on this spring, or lever is a
stud, or projection, so that when the shelf, or other sliding part is slidden the
desired distance, the stud on the foresaid spring, or lever engages with a slot, or
stop, in the fixed part within which the sliding part travels. This arrangement
can be reversed, that is to say the slot or stop may be on the moving part, & the
spring on the fixed. The slot or stop that engages with the stud or projection on
the spring or lever does not prevent the drawers, sliding doors & shelves etc from
shutting, or closing, i.e. travelling in an opposite direction to that which causes the
stud, or projection on the spring, lever etc to engage with the slot or stop And at
the operators desire by pressing, or pulling a knob, or button connected with the
spring, or lever the drawers, shelves & sliding doors, etc, can be freed from the
slot, or stud and thus entirely removed, or taken out.

page_text: Device for the Prevention of the Oversliding of Drawers,
Shelves, and Sliding Doors, and the like.
DOUGLAS HOLT DICKINSON, Portland House Newcastle-on-Tyne, Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of the invention for THE PREVENTION OF THE OVER-
SLIDING OF DRAWERS, SHELVES, & SLIDING DOORS & THE LIKE and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
According to my invention I employ a spring (a) sheet A, Fig. 1 & 4 either flat
or spiral (a) fig. 5 sheet A which is in communication with a stud or projection (b)
sheet A Fig. 1. 2. 4 & 5. and so acts that when the shelf, drawer, or sliding part, is
slidden the desired distance engages a stop (c) Sheet A fig. 3 or slot (c¹) sheet A.
Fig. 5. into which slot the stud or projection is forced by means of the aforesaid
spring, and thus prevents further withdrawal of the sliding part, but at the
operators desire by pressing or pulling a knob or lever in communication with
the aforesaid spring (a) sheet A, fig. 1. 4 & 5, or by pressing the spring, (a) directly,
as shown in (a) Sheet A. fig. 3. the stud or projection (b) Sheet A. fig. 1. 2. 4 & 5.
can be detached or disconnected from (c¹) Sheet A. fig. 5. or (c) Sheet A. fig. 3. and
thus allow (b) Sheet A. fig. 1. 4 & 5. 3. or the sliding part, to be drawn over (c)
Sheet A. fig. 3. or (c¹) Sheet A. fig. 5. or entirely removed.
To take away the jar of the sudden stoppage, which results when (b) & (c)
Sheet A. fig. 3. are violently brought to-gether, a wedge (d) Sheet A. fig. 6 & 7, or
spring (h) Sheet B. fig. 1 & 2. is employed.
Thus the wedge takes the place of (c) Sheet A. fig. 3. and when (b) Sheet A.
fig. 1 & 6. is brought into connection with (d) Sheet A. fig. 6 & 7. causes (d) to
travel up an inclined plain, or Spring (L) Sheet A. fig. 6. & 7. which presses the
wedge against the Sliding part, and thus, the sliding motion, of the drawer shelf,
etc is stopped.
The Spring (h) Sheet B, fig. 1 & 2. is attached to, or communicated with,
a stop (c) Sheet B fig. 1 & 2. or slot, and thus, when the drawer, or sliding part,
has travelled the desired distance, (b) Sheet B. fig. 2. is brought into connection
with (c) Sheet B. fig. 1 & 2, & thus the motion of the sliding part, is gradually
stopped by the resistance of the Spring, (K) Sheet B. fig. 2. (b) and (c) Sheet B.
fig. 2. can be detached as aforesaid see Sheet A. fig. 3. (b) & (c).
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
1st The means for the prevention of the over-sliding of drawers, shelves, and
sliding doors, and the like; at the same time allowing the drawers, shelves, or
sliding part, to be entirely removed at will.
2nd Any sudden jar or jerk, caused by stoppage, to be entirely removed, as
before explained.
Dated thin 01st of the 7005