Improvements in Hinge-joints.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 11th Dec.,
1897.
Improvements in Hinge-joints.
I, THOMAS STOKOE USHER, of Brantford, in the County of Brant, in the Province of
Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, Piano-forte dealer, do hereby declare the nature
of my invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained, in and by the following statement :-
My invention has for its object to make a pintleless hinge-joint adapted for knock-
down or folding wooden boxes, collapsible crates, chests, doors and other structures of
wood, lids &c., which joint is applicable in a continuous manner to the entire length
of the parts or joint to be hinged.
My invention consists of a hinge-joint made up of cylinders of wood having a
connecting protuberance or pin at one end and a corresponding indentation or hole at
the other end, or a ball in sockets at the ends of the cylinders, said cylinders placed
end to end whereby the protuberance at one end will enter the indentation of the
next cylinder or rest upon the intervening ball, said cylinders nailed alternately to
the opposite parts to be hinged, said parts at the meeting edges provided with a
rounded straight groove to seat the cylinders placed therein previous to nailing.
Figure 1, is an elevation of my hinge-joint applied to a door or lid.
Fig. 2, is a section of the same on line x x.
Fig. 3, is an elevation of the hinge sections or cylinders detached from the door
or lid.
Fig. 4. is a longitudinal section of the same, and
Fig. 5, is a like view of a modification showing ball bearings.
A, represents a portion of a box or a door-jamb and B, the lid or door of the same,
the meeting angles thereof provided with a rounded straight groove C.
D, D, are a series of wooden cylinders having a protuberance or pin D¹, at one end
and an indentation or hole D2, at the other end to join the cylinders axially or
endwise when placed in said grooves and they are alternately secured by nails E, or
glued to the door and jamb respectively or to the box and its lid, so that the cylinders
will be free to move frictionally on the axis formed by the pins D¹, and holes D²,
whereby the door, lid, or the like can be opened and closed as by an ordinary metallic
hinge, said cylinders, if desired, forming a continuous hinge from the bottom to the
top of the door, or along the whole length of the lid or joint.
As a modification of my said invention, the pins D¹, and holes D³, may be dispensed
with, and the ends of the cylinders D, provided with a semi-circular socket, to receive
balls D3 .
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 hinge-joint, comprising cylinders of wood each having a protuberance or
axial pin at one end and a corresponding indentation or hole at the other end and
fitting endwise together, frictionally, said cylinders nailed or otherwise secured to
the meeting edges of the fixed and opening portions of the structure to be hinged,
alternately, as set forth.

page_text: 2. A hinge-joint having the meeting edges or angles of a door or jamb or a lid and
box provided with a rounded straight groove and cylinders of wood in said grooves,
said cylinders having a projection at one end and an indentation at the other end and
fitting endwise together in said grooves and alternately secured to the parts to be
hinged, as set forth.
3. A hinge-joint, having cylinders of wood secured alternately to opposite edges of
the parts to be hinged and intervening balls D³, as set forth.
THOMAS STOKOE USHER.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C. Agents for the Applicant.