US92413A - Improved revolvine dining-table - Google Patents

Description

R. WILSON. A

Revolving Dining Table.

Patented July 6, 1869.

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Letters Patent No. 92,413, dated July 6, 1869.

vIMPROVIEID REVOLVING DINING-TABL The Schedule referred to -in these Letters Patent and making part of the'same.

To all whom it may conce/rn.-v

Be it known that I, It. WILSON, of Rees Colners, in the county of Kent, and vState. of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Revolving Dining-Table; and I do hereby declare that the fol-A lowing is a full, clear,'aud exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reierenceheing had to -thc accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a top view of my improved table, part beng'brolcen away to show the construction.

Figure 2 is an end view of the saine, partly in section, through the detachable x'ed leaves. 4Figure 3 isa detailseetional view of the same, taken through the line xa', tig. 1. 1

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding -parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish animnrovcd dining-table, whichrshall be so constructed and arranged that thefplates and other dishes which the guests use in dining mayvstand upon a stationary part ofthe table, and the dishes from which the guests are served may stand upon the revolving part of the table so that each guest may bring any desired dish within his reach; and

It consists in the'construction and combination of the various parts of the table, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the frameof the table, vwhich is snpportedupon :mdvattachcd to legs B, of suitable length.

C is the circular top of the table, to the centre of which ,isattached a spindle, or pivot I), which passes down through and revolves iii a socket formed in or attached to the central cross-bar'of the frame A, so that the said circular 'top mayl revolve freely.

lo the upper ends of the legs B, or toconvenient parts of the frame A, are pivoted friction-rollers E, upon whichthe top C rests, to diminish the friction, as the said top is revolved. 4

Notches or grooves may be formed in the under side oi' the top C, near its outer edge, to receive the fin` gers, ibreonvenience in revolving it.

F are drawers, passing in through holes in the endbarso' the frame A, and having tongues formed upon their sides, which enter and tit into grooves formed to receive them in the bals, between which the said drawers move in and out.

The drawers F may be provided with locks, the bolts j `upon the table, by dowel-pins, as shown in iig. 1.

In attaching the leaves G, the drawers Fare drawn out andthe leaves G adjusted about the revolving 'top' C, in such a way that the joints ot' said leaves may be l directly above the said drawers F, and the ends of both leaves be securely supported.

lhe middle parts of the leaves Gr may be supported by arms H, pivoted or hinged to the side-bars of th frame A, asshowu in figs. l and 2.

In the case of small or cheap tables the drawers F v maybe replaced by sliding pivoted or hinged bars, which must be of such a width as to support the ends of both leaves. I

IWhen not required for use, the leaves G are detached and laid aside, and the drawers and arms closed, reducing the table to the form of an ordinary round centre-table. Two or more of these tables `may be set together when desired; Abut in this ease the adjacent leaves should be made narrow, so as to'leave only a very narrow stationary part between the revolving tops ofthe adjacent tables. v

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure byvLetters Patent, is t,

The combination of the detachable stationary leaves G, circular central revolving top 0, drawers F, or equivalent, and pivoted or hinged arms H, with each other and with the frame A B, substantially as herein shown and described, and for thepurposeset forth.

' llt. WILSON. Witnesses:

E, W. RAVENEL, I. I. WILSON.

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