Improved Combination Bedroom Suite.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Combination Bedroom Suite.
I, HENRY COWLEY, of 19, York Street, Hackney Road, in the County of London,
Cabinet Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide an improved combination bedroom
suite, consisting of a washstand, toilet or dressing table, clothes press and
drawers and cupboards all combined in a single and compact article of furniture,
which will be found specially convenient for use in small rooms or in places
where it is desired to save as much space as possible.
In carrying out my invention I construct a frame or carcase about two feet
seven inches high, suitably proportioned as to width and depth, somewhat of the
shape of a chest of drawers and I extend the sides and back (or the back only)
up to about two feet five inches higher, the whole being thus about five feet
high or thereabouts. The upper part of the piece of furniture, partially sur-
rounded on three sides by the back and sides before mentioned, is divided into
two compartments constituting a washstand upon one side and a dressing table
upon the other, a slab or division board separating both from the lower part,
which is suitably divided up into compartments for clothes &c. For example,
two drawers may occupy the lowermost left hand side, and a boot cupboard fill
up the space upon the right hand side, and between these and the slab or board,
may be left a presser compartment occupying the whole width, and fitted with
a screw press for receiving trousers or the like. I prefer that the screw bearing
should be fixed to the board or slab before mentioned and the screw extend
through the same so that the handle may be turned from the outside, and I may
surround the latter with a casing or box lid so as to hide it from view when not
in use.
This said casing, though only five or six inches high, forms a convenient
division between the washstand compartment and the dressing table compart-
ment, and at some little distance above it (leaving sufficient clearance for the
casing or lid to be raised) I fix a bracket shelf for holding a water bottle, &c.
Behind this I may provide an ornamental panel of lead framed stained glass.
The washstand compartment may be lined or backed with tiles, and an additional
shelf or ledge added if necessary, while a looking glass (swivelled or otherwise
suspended or fixed) may fill up most of the rear of the dressing table compart-
ment. The board upon which the trousers &c. lie when in the press, is made
withdrawable so as to facilitate arranging or removing of the clothes, and I
preferably hinge the front of the presser compartment at the bottom so that it
may fall down horizontally and form a temporary ledge. The upper board of
the presser is suspended upon the screw by a ring fitting loosely upon the screw
spindle and held thereon by a removable head or the like, and said ring carries

page_text: four spreading feet curved downwards and screwed or otherwise fastened to the
.presser board.
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STANLEY POPPLEWELL & Co.,
Chartered Patent Agents,
61, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improved Combination Bedroom Suite.
I, HENRY COWLEY, of 19, York Street, Hackney Road, in the County of London,
Cabinet Maker, 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:-
The object of my invention is to provide an improved combination bedroom
suite, consisting of a washstand, toilet or dressing table, clothes press, and
drawers and cupboards all combined in a single and compact.article of furniture,
which will be found specially convenient for use in small rooms or in places
where it is desired to save as much space as possible.
I carry out my invention as follows. Referring to the accompanying drawing,
I construct a frame or carcase A about two feet seven inches high, suitably pro-
portioned as to width and depth, somewhat of the shape of a chest of drawers,
and I extend the sides and back (or the back only as shown in the drawing at B)
up to about two feet five inches higher, the whole being thus about five feet
high or thereabouts. The upper part B of the piece of furniture is divided into
two compartments constituting a wash stand Ĉ upon one side and a dressing
table D upon the other, a slab or division board E separating both from the
lower part, which is suitably divided up into compartments for clothes &c. For
example, two drawers F may occupy the lowermost left hand side, and a boot
cupboard G fill up the space upon the right hand side, and between these and
the slab or board E, may be left a presser compartment H occupying the
whole width, for receiving trousers or the like, and fitted with a
screw I. I
prefer that the screw bearing should be fixed to the board or slab E, and the
screw I extend through the same so that the handle K may be turned from the
outside, and I may surround the latter with a casing or box lid L so as to hide
it from view when not in use. This said casing, though only four or five inches
high, forms a convenient division between the washstand compartment C and
the dressing table compartment D, and at some little distance above it (leaving
sufficient clearance for the casing or lid L to be raised) I may fix a bracket
shelf M for holding a water bottle &c. Behind this I may provide an ornamental
panel of lead framed stained glass as at N. The washstand compartment C may
be furnished with tiles O and curtain 0¹, and an additional shelf or ledge added
if necessary while a looking glass P, (swivelled or otherwise suspended or fixed)
may fill up most of the rear of the dressing table compartment D. To facilitate
arranging or removal of the clothes, I provide inside the presser compartment H
a board Q, having, if desired, two raised ends and back Q¹ and furnished with
a handle Q by means of which it may be withdrawn. Upon this board Q is
placed the clothes presser R, consisting of a number of superposed boards, held
in position by means of upright pins V V passing through same. The screw I
aforesaid carries four (or more or less) spreading feet a, b, c, d, radiating from
a boss e which may be loosely fitted to the end of screw I. I preferably hinge

page_text: the front S of the presser compartment H at the bottom T so that it may fall
down horizontally and form a temporary ledge as shown in the figure. Across
the inner face U of the front S and at right angles to its length, I may secure
two runners about " or " in thickness, for enabling the board Q to be readily
withdrawn (after the pressure of the screw I has been released) which board Q
may, if desired, be provided with small castors to run on said runners and a stop
to prevent its being withdrawn too far. The clothes presser R may thus be
brought out clear of the body of the suite and the clothes introduced between
or removed from the superposed boards. When it is desired to press the clothes,
the board Qis returned to its innermost position within the compartment H,
and the pressure applied by turning the screw handle K.
I desire it to be understood that I do not wish to limit the claim, of my patent
to the exact arrangement of details as shown upon the drawings. The presser
compartment H, may, for instance, occupy only a portion of the width of the
piece of furniture, instead of the whole width, as shown, and the number and
arrangement of the drawers or other compartments may be altered to suit vary-
ing requirements. It is also obvious that those parts described hereinbefore as
washstand and dressing table compartments may be used or adapted for use as
toilet tables or washstands either separately or together, or for any other useful
purpose in a bedroom.
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:
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improved combination bedroom suite, substantially
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Dated this 27th day of June 1898.
For the Applicant,
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STANLEY POPPLEWELL & Co.,
61 and 62, Chancery Lane, 7 and 8, Southampton Buildings,
London W.C., Chartered Patent Agents.