IMPROVEMENTS IN SEWING MACHINE CABINETS."
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Melville Clark, of 53, Chancery ·
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SEWING MACHINE CABINETS."-A communication
from abroad by Harriet Ruth Tracy, and John Warren Lawton,
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been communicated to me from abroad by Harriet Ruth Tracy and
John Warren Lawton, both of the City, County, and State of New York
United States of America.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, do hereby
declare that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and seal
fully describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :-
:-
This Invention has for its object to furnish sewing machine cabinets
and tables with a set or case of drawers so arranged that they may be
closed into the cabinet when not required for use, and swung out into a
convenient position when required for use, and which shall be provided
with an extension or drop leaf to enlarge the table of the machine when
required.
The. Invention consists in the combination of a case or set of drawers
with the door of a sewing machine cabinet or table; in the combination
of a hinged foot bar with a case or set of drawers attached to the door of
a sewing machine cabinet or table; in the combination of a hinged bar
and hinged leaf with a case or set of drawers attached to the door of a
sewing machine cabinet or table; and in the combination of a hinged
or sliding arm with the hinged leaf, and the set or case of drawers
attached to the door of a sewing machine cabinet, as herein-after fully
described.
Figure 1 is a horizontal section of a sewing machine cabinet illustrating
the Invention taken on line x, x, Figure 4; Figure 2 is a front view
of the same opened; Figure 3 is a vertical cross section of the same
taken through the line y, y, Figure 1; Figure 4 is a front view of the
same closed. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
A represents a sewing machine cabinet, the doors a¹ of which are
provided with hinges or pivots in the ordinary way, so that when opened
they may be swung through three-quarters of a circle and be parallel
with and close to the ends of the cabinet; B is a set of drawers arranged
in a case in the manner of an ordinary bureau, and which is securely
attached to the door a¹ in such a position that when the said door is

page_text: opened and swung around parallel with the end of the cabinet, the
drawers may be in proper position to be conveniently opened by a person
sitting at the machine, as shown in Figure 2, and that when the cabinet
is closed the said drawers may be shut up within it as shown in
Figures 1, 3, and 4, so as to be entirely out of the way and out of sight.
The drawers B do not come down quite to the bottom of the cabinet, so
that they may swing over the treadle C when the door is closed. To the
edge of the bottom of the case of drawers B opposite the door a' is
hinged a bar D, in such a way that it may be turned up along the side
of the case B when said case is swung into the cabinet, and may be
turned down into a vertical position, as shown in Figure 2, to support the
drawers when swung out. The bar D may be of such a breadth that
when turned down its lower edge may rest upon the floor, and thus
relieve the door a¹ from having to support the entire weight of the
drawers B. The lower edge of the bar D may be straight so as to bear
upon the floor throughout its entire length, or it may be scolloped or
notched to bear upon the floor at two or more points. With this
construction when the drawers B are being closed into the cabinet a
slight touch with the foot will turn the bar D up out of the way, and
allow the drawers to swing into place. To the edge of the top of the
case of drawers B opposite the door a¹ is hinged a bar E of a thickness
equal to the height of the end of the cabinet above the top of the said
case B, and to its free edge is hinged a leaf F of such a breadth that its
free edge when turned up into the position shown in Figure 2 may rest
against the edge of the top or table of the cabinet and form an extension
leaf. The free edge of the leaf F is concaved, as shown in Figure 2, 80
as to fit upon and be supported by the edge of the top of the cabinet.
With this construction the leaf F when not required for use, or when
the cabinet is to be closed, may be turned down along the side of the
case of drawers B, as shown in Figure 3. G is an arm placed in a
recess in the side of the case of drawers B furthest from the door a¹, and
hinged at one end so that it may be swung out, as shewn in Figure 2, to
support the leaf F when extended as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2.
The arm G may be slid into a recess in the case or set of drawers B if
desired

page_text: 1st. The combination of a case or set of drawers B with the door of a
sewing machine cabinet or table, substantially as herein shown] and
described.
· 2nd. The combination of a hinged foot bar D with a case or set of
drawers B attached to the door of a sewing machine cabinet or table, 5
substantially as herein shown and described.
3rd. The combination of the hinged bar E and hinged leaf F, with a
case or set of drawers B attached to the door of a sewing machine
cabinet or table, substantially as herein shown and described.
4th. The combination of a hinged or sliding arm G with the hinged 1
leaf F, and the case or set of drawers B attached to the door of a sewing
machine cabinet, substantially as herein shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of
January, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred 1
and seventy-four.
Witness,
HENRY W. DEWEY,
53, Chancery Lane,
London.
A. M. CLARK. (L.S.)