Improvements in USKS, UM DOSAD, and
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in USKS, UM DOSAD, and
I, ALICE GERTRUDE BROCK, of Frankfort, in the County of Herkimer, in the
State of New York, United States of America, School Teacher, 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 :-
My invention has relation to improvements in school desks, and more particularly
to that class in which a receptacle for penholders, pencils, rulers and the like, is formed
integral with the desk.
The object of the invention is to provide a school desk with a simple, cheap, and
convenient receptacle for articles of this kind; and to this end the novelty consists in
the construction, combination and arrangement of the same, as will be hereinafter
more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.
In the accompanying drawing the same figures of reference indicate the same parts
of the invention.
Figure 1 is a top plan view of a school desk embodying my invention;
Figure 2 is a central transverse section of the same on the dotted line a-u;
Figure 3 is a similar view on the dotted line b-b; and
Figure 4 is a sectional detail, showing the manner of removing an article from the
receptacle by means of the pivoted cover.
1 represents the top of the desk, which is formed with a longitudinal rectangular slot 2
extending vertically through said top 1. 3 is a cover, provided at its ends with
trunnions 4-4, by means of which it is pivoted damper fashion in the slot 2, so that
one of its flat parallel sides will be flush with the plane of the top 1 of the desk.
5 is a longitudinal semicircular receptacle, secured to the underside of the top 1,
forming a recessed bottom for the slot 2, and it is formed with closed ends 6.
It will be seen that by tilting the pivoted cover 3 vertically on its trunnions 4-4,
convenient access may be had to the receptacle 5 for depositing or removing the usual
articles contained in cases.
In practice I prefer to make the interior of the semicircular receptacle on a curve
corresponding to the radius of the cover from its trunnions to the longitudinal parallel
edges 7-7, so that by turning the cover vertically, an article may be deposited in the
receptacle; but if the cover be turned completely over, the upper half of the cover
being used as a handle, the lower half will sweep down around in the receptacle, and
raise its contents to the top of the desk, so that the particular article wanted may be
instantly selected, and the others deposited again in the box.
The pivoted cover 3 being flush with the top of the desk, it offers no obstruction
when the desk is in use for writing, drawing, and the like.
The device is very simple, convenient, and practical, and adds but a trifle to the cost
of the manufacture of school desks. The device may likewise be applied to counting-
house and office desks, type-writer cabinets and the like, with equal facility.
Although I have specifically described the construction and relative arrangement of
the several elements of my invention, I do not desire to be confined to the same, as
such changes or modifications may be made as clearly fall within the scope of my
invention, without departing from the spirit thereof.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. As a new article of manufacture, a desk comprising the top 1, provided with the

page_text: slot 2 in which is mounted the pivoted cover 3, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
2. A desk top formed with the longitudinal slot 2, in combination with the pivoted
cover 3 mounted in said slot on the trunnions 4-4, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
3. A desk top formed with the slot 2, and provided with the receptacle 5, in
combination with the pivoted cover 3, substantially as and for the purpose sot forth.
4. A desk top formed with the slot 2, and provided with the semicircular
receptacle 5, in combination with the pivoted cover 3, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
5. A desk top formed with the slot 2, the cover 3 pivoted in said slot, in combination
with the semicircular receptacle 5, the curve of which corresponds to the radius of the
sweep of the pivoted cover, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of March 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.