US553490A - Sewing machine cabinet oe table - Google Patents

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N. A. HULL. SEWING MACHINE CABINET 0R TABLE.

No. 553,490. Patented Jan. 21, 1896.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NICHOLAS A. HULL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO FRANK PATZACK, OF SAME PLACE.

SEWING-MACHINE CABINET OR TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,490, dated January 21, 1896.

Application filed Tune 8, 1895. Serial No. 552,106- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS A. HULL, a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Sewing- Machine Cabinet or Table, of which this specification is a full and complete description, sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to understand, make, and use the same.

The invention relates to the class of sewingmachine cabinets and tables known in the trade as drop-cabinets or drop-tables that is to say, cabinets or tables wherein the sewing-machine is secured on a movable base, and the machine, together with the base on which it is secured, is lowered or dropped below the top of the cabinet or table when not in use, and at such times the top of the cabinet or table can be used for any of the ordinary purposes for which a cabinet or table is suitable; and the object of this invention is to obtain a sewing-machine cabinet or a sewing-machine table whereof the top or the greater part of the top shall be movable in relation to the remainder of the top, the movable part being secured to the remaining part by hinges, and one side thereof constituting the top of the table when the sewing-inachine is not in use and the other side thereof forming a table when the sewing-machine is in an operative position, such movable and hinged top being connected to the movable base 011 which the sewing-machine is secured by mechanisms hereinafter described in such manner that the opening of the hinged top will bring the movable base and the sewing-machine thereon into operative position and the closing of such top will automatically place the movable base and the sewing-machine in the place or position designed therefor underneath such top.

A further object of the invention is to obtain a cabinet or table of the character named which shall be durable, not liable to wear so as to become inoperative or out of adjustment, and of pleasing appearance.

I have illustrated the cabinet or table embodying this invention by the drawings accompanying and forming a part hereof, in which Figure l is a front elevation of a sewingmachine cabinet or table with the sewingmachine dropped and the top of the table of the cabinet in position forming an ordinary table-top resting upon but not completely covering the top frame of the cabinet, such figure also showing by dotted lines the hinged top in the position bringing the sewing-machine into operative place. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of such cabinet or table with the hinged top thereof open and the sewing-machine (indicated by dotted lines) in operative position; Fig. 3, a cross-sectional view of the cabinet or table on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, with the movable base on which the sewing-machine is secured dropped, and the sewing-machine (indicated by dotted lines) in the position it assumes under the top of the table when the cabinet is closed; Fig. at, a perspective view of one end of a lever and the connection thereof by which it is secured to the movable top, such lever and connection constituting one element in the mechanism whereby the movable base and the movable top are made to move at the same time; Fig. 5, a perspective view of a roller and its base, such base being secured to the cabinet, the roller rotatably mounted therein, and such roller forming the fulcrum of the lever illustrated in Fig. 9; Fig. 6, a perspective view of aroller and the base thereof, such base being secured, in the construction preferred by me, to one edge of the baseboard on which the sewing-machine is secured; Fig. 7, a perspective View of the two parts of the pivotal hinge securing the top of the table to the cabinet; Fig. 8, a cross-sectional view, on an enlarged scale, showing the lever connection between the movable top and the movable baseboard on which the sewingmachine is secured, the lever over which the lever moves, and a portion of the frame of the cabinet; and Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the lever connection between the top and the base-board.

A letter of reference applied to a given part is used to designate suchpart throughout the several figures of the drawings.

A A are the sides of the cabinet or table.

a is a basket secured to one of the sides A A by bolts or screws B B, and C a belt and balance-wheel rotatably mounted in basket a.

D is a crank, one end whereof is secured to wheel 0 and the other end whereof extends to the axial line of wheel O and has thereon a pivotal abutment d, concentric with the pivot O extending outfroin the center of wheel 0.

E isa connection-rod extending from crank D to treadle e.

F is the top frame of the cabinet or table, and G is the movable top forming a cover to the sewingmachine receptacle when the cabinet is closed and a portion of the top of the cabinet when the sewing-machine is in operative position. f is a brace extending between and secured to the sides A A of the cabinet, and at its upper edge coming in contact with and secured to the under side of the top F of the cabinet or table. I prefer to construct this brace f of wood, and when the back of the cabinet extends to near the floor on which the cabinet is placed the brace is built into such back.

His a movable base -board, pivotally secured to frame F by pivotal hinge I. The pivotal hinge I is composed of the piece or part I and the piece or part I Part I has the flange i and holes I 1 and I therein, and the part I hasholes I I therein and the pivot t thereon fitting into the hole I in part I. Part I is secured to the top F or frame F by screws i 2' extending through holes I 1 respectively, and the part I is secured to base H by like screws extending through the holes I 1 J is a connection termed by me an armed lever, pivotally secured to the movable top G by pivotj, and extending to and underneath the movable base H at the other end thereof. Lever J has the arm J at the lower end thereof, and j is a track on such arm on which the roller H travels. It will be observed that this track j is spiralthat is, it commences on one face of the arm J and as it extends along the arm turns one-quarter way around it-so that in whatever position the top G and lever J is in the roller H is in proper place on the track.

In the operation of this cabinet it will be found that considerable strain is necessarily brought upon the lever J, and I have therefore adopted a construction for securing such lever to the top G permitting the necessary strength therein. In such construction J 2 is a frame or base, andj is a pin extending through the frame J 2 and lever J.

j 2 j 2 are holes in the base of frame J 2 through which screws or bolts extend to secure it firmly on the top G.

The roller H is rotatably mounted on base h and such base is secured to the edge of movable base H. Roller F is rotatably mounted on top frame F of the cabinet or table, so that the lever J rests in the groove f thereof. Such lever J moves along in the groove f in the opening and closing of the cabinet.

F is the base of roller F, and f is the axle on which the roller is mounted.

K is a movable panel secured by hinges k k to top frame F of the cabinet, and serves as an ornamental panel when the cabinet is closed. WVhen the cabinet is open such panel K serves as a guard to the clothing of the person operating the sewing-machine.

K is a spring secured at one end thereof to movable base H and at the other end thereof abutting against the back of panel K, serving to maintain the panel in position when the cabinet is closed against the frame thereof.

K is a metal loop secured to the back of panel K, and 10 is a hook engaging with loop K The panel K is thus automatically raised by the raising of the movable base H, and is lowered by the lowering of such base.

L is a curtain of cloth or other flexible material extending from the edge of movable base H to the back of the cabinet. This curtain serves as a dust-guard to the sewingmachine (lettered X) when the cabinet is closed, and as a guard to the clothing of the person operating the sewing-machine when the cabinet is open.

The operation of the cabinet or table is as follows: When the top G is opened from the top frame F the armed lever J is raised thereby and drawn over the roller F. The arm J of the lever being in contact with the roller H on the lower edge of the movable table or base H such base is turned on its hinges by the armed lever, and as the top G is turned to a horizontal position the movable base is brought into a horizontal position, with the sewing-machine thereon in operative position. To close the cabinet the top G is replaced to its initial position by turning it on its hinges, and the base H is thereby allowed to fall back to its initial position, being substantially the position thereof illustrated in Figs. 1 and 8.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The. combination in a cabinet of a movable top pivoted to the top of the table of the cabinet and arranged to be turned from over an opening in the table to one side of such opening, a movable base on which a machine can be secured, such base hinged to the top of the table and arranged to be turned from a substantially vertical to a horizontal position, and back, and a lever having an arm thereon, with a track on such arm, turning partially around it such lever pivotally secured to the movable top with the arm thereof extending underneath the movable machine base; substantially as described.

2. The combination in a cabinet of a movable top arranged to be turned from over an opening in the table of the cabinet to one side thereof, a movable base to which a machine can be secured, such base pivotally secured to the frame of the cabinet and arranged to be turned from a substantially vertical posi tion to a horizontal position and so closing the opening in the table, a lever pivotally secured to the movable top, an arm on the lever extending underneath the movable machine base, a roller mounted in the frame of the cabinet underneath the closed top, and a roller on the edge of the movable machine base, the armed lever traveling over the roller in the frame of the cabinet in the opening and closing of the movable top, and the roller on the edge of the movable base traveling on a track on the arm of the lever, such arm having a spiral track thereon for such roller; substantially as described.

3. The combination in a cabinet having an opening in the table thereof, of a frame extendin g around the opening, a movable base for a machine pivoted to the cabinet so as to be alternately turned into and out of the opening, when turned thereinto such movable base being flush With the top of the frame and When out of such opening below it, a movable top secured to the cabinet over the opening and frame, such top arranged. to be turned from over the opening to one side thereof, a

lever pivotally secured to the movable top, an arm on the lever with a spiral track on the arm and such arm extending underneath the movable machine base, a roller mounted in the frame of the cabinet, on which roller the lever rests and travels, a roller rotatably mounted on the edge of the movable machine base, and such last named roller traveling on the spiral track; substantially as described.

4. In a cabinet, a connection between the movable top of the table of the cabinet and the movable machine base of the cabinet, such connection consisting of a straight bar, means for pivotally attaching the bar to the movable top, and an arm extending outward from the bar and underneath the machine base, With a spiral track on such arm; substantially as described.

NICHOLAS A. HULL. In presence of CHARLES TURNER BROWN, CLARENCE E. VAN AUKEN.

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