Improvements in and relating to Extending Tables.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Sept., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 27th June, 1896-Accepted, 12th 'Sept., 1896
Improvements in and relating to Extending Tables.
We WILLIAM WOOD Cabinet Maker and JAMES PUGH Upholsterer both of
The Cabinet Works, Smith Street Rochdale in the County of Lancaster do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to extending dining or other tables.
The object of our invention to provide an economical arrangement for extending
purposes which is capable of being applied to or to produce inexpensive tables used
for domestic purposes.
According to our present construction our invention consists of pieces or guides,
preferably two, recessed or slotted on two sides and lengthwise thereof suitably
secured to the framework of the table and parallel to each other, and at the upper
part thereof immediately below or in proximity to the table top.
The table top is provided or made in two parts similar to an ordinary extending
dining table top which is adapted or prepared as in such tables for the introduction
of or to receive separate pieces or "loose leaves."
According to our arrangement the underside of the two parts of the top or end
portions of the table top are provided with strips or pieces, that is, the one end or
part of the table.top is provided with two pieces corresponding with and which
fit into corresponding slots-one within each of the aforesaid slotted or recessed
guide pieces, the other or opposite end or component part of the table top is
similarly provided with two pieces which likewise fit into corresponding.slots one
in each of the guide pieces.
The said two parts of the table top are caused to move or the slide pieces. of the
said parts are caused to slide within the guide pieces by means of.a suitable screw
threaded rod similar to the ordinary screw produced.
According to our construction the parts forming the table top move only, whilst
the framework remains fixed or in one whole, that is, the said parts or ends of the
table top are caused when the screw is rotated to move or extend or project over
the ends of the fixed framework of the table which thus allows of loose or separate
parts to be interposed between the said ends.
We claim by our arrangement to produce a simple efficient and inexpensive
extending table.
Dated this 26th day of September 1895.

page_text: We WILLIAM Wood Cabinet Maker and JAMES PUGH Upholsterer both of
The Cabinet Works Smith Street Rochdale in the County of Lancaster 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 :-
Our invention relates to extending dining or other tables.
The object of our invention is to provide an economical arrangement for extending
or enlarging purposes which arrangement is capable of being applied to tables used
for common domestic use thus enabling us to produce an inexpensive table.
According to our present construction our invention consists of pieces or guides
preferably two provided with slots or with projecting parts lengthwise thereof
preferably the latter the said guide pieces are suitably secured to the framework
of the table and in position parallel to each other at a suitable distance apart.
The table top is provided or made in two parts similar to an ordinary extending
table which top is adapted to move apart to allow of the introduction between such
parts of a loose leaf or leaves.
According to our arrangement the under side of the two parts or end portions of
the table top is provided each with slide pieces-two-corresponding with and the
recessed portions of which fit or work loosely upon the projecting parts of the
fixed guide pieces.
The said two parts of the top are adapted to move with relation to the fixed
guide pieces and the framework of the table which movements are effected by the
aid of a screw threaded rod similar to the ordinary screw-rod now in use.
Thus according to our construction the parts of table top only move whilst the
framework remains stationary, that is, the said parts or ends of the table top are
caused when the screw is is rotated to move, and extend or project over the ends
of the fixed framework of the table which thus allows of loose or separate parts,
pieces or leaves to be interposed between the said ends.
We claim by our arrangement to produce a simple efficient and inexpensive
extending table.
In order to explain our invention we have reference to the accompanying sheet
of drawings in which like letters of reference indicate like parts.
Figure 1. is a plan shewing the underside of the framework of a table with our
invention applied and shewing the parts of the table top extended for the introduction
of a loose part or leaf.
Fig. 2. is an end elevation of Fig. 1.
a. and b are the two parts of the table top the framework, d. d' the fixed guide
pieces the slide surfaces or projecting parts of the fixed guides e. e¹ and f. fl
the recessed slide pieces respectively attached to the table top parts a and b, g is
the screw threaded rod which is operated at g¹ by a suitable handle or key which
works within the fixed block piece h. attached to the part 6 of the table top, its
other extremity 9 being situate within the bush piece i attached to a cross rail j
forming part of the slide pieces e. e'. k. k¹ represents position of loose leaf or part;
1. represents studs attached to slide pieces e. e', and n. n' represent studs on slide
pieces f. f¹.
The operation of our invention is as follows.
The head 9 of the screw rod g being turned by means of a suitable handle the
slide pieces e. e' are operated through the point or bush piece i the block h being
stationary causing the said slides to slide along the guides d. d thus gradually
causing the part a of the table top to move in direction from the central point or

page_text: position . as shewn by a dotted line when the slides e e¹ have travelled their
assigned or regulated distance the studs or pieces 1. ' come in contact or engage
with parts m. m² parts or portions of the framework c. thus by this means the
slides e. e with its attached top a. have been extended out to the full extent that.
is cannot move farther and the one edge of the table top reached the position as
shewn by dotted line k. When this occurs the bush piece i. then consequently
becomes a stationary piece such being connected with the slides e e¹ through the
cross rail then the slides ff with the part of the table top bis caused to move
from the centre to the position of the dotted line the further motion or move-
ment thereof being arrested by the studs n. n¹ which come in contact with the-
parts o. o parts of the framework c. or the two ends a and b may move
simultaneously by operating the screw rod as the pair of slides e. e¹ and the pair of
slides f. fare adapted and adjusted to slide on opposite sides of the fixed guide
pieces d. d'
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven--
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we-
claim is.
1. In combination the screw rod 9. block slide pieces e. e¹ and f. fl attached
respectively to two parts of the table top a. and 6 and the guide pieces d. d
whereby the parts of the table top move independently of and whilst the frame of
the table remains stationary substantially as and for the purposes herein fully set
forth.
2. The frame c. and guide pieces d. d¹ and the screw actuated sliding pieces e. e¹
and f. fas and for the purposes herein fully set forth.
3. The slide pieces e. e¹ and f. f and the parts a. and b. forming the table top-
which slide picces are adapted to slide upon fixed guide pieces d. d and capable of
adjustment to any desired positions with relation to the stationary frame c. as and
for the purposes herein fully set forth.
Dated this 26th day of June 1896.
WILLIAM WOOD..
JAMES PUGH.
J. H. Butterworth,
Rochdale,
For the Applicants.