Improvements in or relating to Chiffoniers and similar Articles of Furniture.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Nov., 1886
Complete Left, 23rd Aug., 1887
Complete Accepted, 23rd Nov., 1887
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Chiffoniers and similar Articles
of Furniture.
I, HERBERT JOHN HADDAN of 67 Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, a communication to me
from abroad by Jules Galtier of Narbonne, in the Republic of France, cabinet
maker, to be as follows:-
This invention relates to such articles of furniture, as chiffoniers, ornamental cup-
boards or such as contain shelves or cupboards, and consists in making the various parts
of said article, or some of them in such a manner as to be easily detached from or fixed
to the article so as to enable the said article to be taken to pieces for transport, and
packed in comparatively small compass, and afterwards easily erected without use
of tools of any kind. For this purpose I may provide the joints with tenons which
may be passed through corresponding mortises and fixed therein by catching behind
them, or by a button adapted to be turned across the mortise or in any other
convenient manner;-or I may provide the one part with a T shaped catch adapted
to be passed through a slit in the corresponding part and be turned across the latter.
I further cause the various corresponding parts to be marked with a similar mark,
or figure or alphabetical letter, so as to simplify the arrangement of the parts when
erecting the chiffonier.
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HERBERT & Co.,
67, Strand, W.C.,
Agents to Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Chiffoniers and similar Articles
of Furniture. .
I, HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the firm of Herbert & Co., Patent Agents, of
67 Strand, London, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention, a communication to me from abroad by Jules Galtier of
Narbonne in the Republic of France, Cabinet Maker, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
This invention relates to such articles of furniture as chiffoniers, ornamental
cupboards or such as contain shelves or cupboards, and consists in making the
various parts of said article, or some of them in such a manner as to be easily
detached from or fixed to the article so as to enable the said article to be taken
to pieces for transport, and packed in comparatively small compass, and afterwards
easily erected without use of tools of any kind. For this purpose I may provide
the joints with tenons which may be passed through corresponding mortises and
fixed thereon, by catching behind them, or by a button_adapted to be turned across
the mortise or in any other convenient manner-or I may provide the one part
with a shaped catch adapted to be passed through a slit in the corresponding
part and be turned across the latter. I further cause the various corresponding
parts to be marked with a similar mark or figure or alphabetical letter, so as to
simplify the arrangement of the parts when erecting the chiffonier.
Referring to the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a front elevation-and
Fig. 2 a side-elevation of a chiffonier having shelves above and formed in
detachable parts.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the base or bottom of the cupboard from below.
Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation of the cupboard from the interior.
Fig. 5 is a view of the back of the same from the interior.
A is the back of the cupboard made as one piece, B is the front thereof made
also as one part, CC are the sides, DD are the rear feet formed with the back A
or with the sides CC respectively; E E are the front feet formed with the front B ;
F is the base or bottom of the cupboard; G is a groove in the bottom, and H illus-
trates a screw- or turn-button, whereby the bottom is attached to the sides, this
principle being preferably employed also for other junctions; J are the shelves,
K the back, and L the brackets supporting the same.
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 :
The improvements in chiffoniers and similar articles of furniture, consisting in
making them of or with detachable parts, substantially as described.
Dated this 23rd day of August 1887.
Dated this 23rd day of August 1887.
H. J. HADDAN.
By Herbert & Co.,
67, Strand, W.C..
Agents to Applicant.
H. J. HADDAN.
By Herbert & Co.,
67, Strand, W.C.,
Agents to Applicant.