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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
I. YGNACIO CASSIANO, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN DINING-TABLES.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1S4,340, dated November 14, 1876; application filed
September 22, 1876.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, I. YGNACIO CASSIANO, of
San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and
State of Texas, have invented a new and Im-
proved Dining-Table, of which the following
is a specification:
In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is
a top view of my improved diling-table. Fig.
2 is a vertical cross-section of the same, taken
through the line X X, Fig. 1. Fig 3 is a de-
tail top view of the waste-water receiver.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of a part of
the device forholding and changing the plates,
and Fig. 5 is a detail top view of the plate-
holder and plate, parts of the plate being
broken away to show the fastenings.
The object of this invention is to furnish an
improved dining-table, which shall be so con-
structed as to enable each person sitting at
the table to bring the various dishes within
his reach, which will enable the plates to be
changed by mechanical means, which will en-
able each person to help himself to water
when desired, which will keep bottles of wine
or other substances cool, and which shall be
provided with a fountain to keep the air cool
and refreshing.
The invention consists in the combination
of the reservoir, the pipe, and the basin, with
the tube that carries the central revolving
part of the table-top; in the combination of
the ring-cup with the revolving tube, the in-
let-pipe, and the fountain-basin; in the com-
bination of the rack or bottle-holder with the
tube and the fountain-basin; in the combina-
tion of the pipes and the faucets with the
fountain-basin, the tube, and the central re-
volving part of the table-top; in the combina-
tion of the ring-plate, the screw-socket, the
shaft, the armed plate, the pins, the plate-
holders, the springs, the cross-plates, the gear-
wheels, the shaft, the arm, and the crank,
with the frame and the segmental top of the
table; in the combination of the detachable
receiver with the tube, the waste-pipe, and
the lower cross-bars of the table-frame, as
hereinafter fully described.
In the drawing, A represents the posts,
which are connected at their upper ends by a
circular band, B, and by radial cross-bars C.
To the lower part of the legs A are attachedthe outer ends of radial bars D, the inner ends.
of which are attached to a socket or step, E,
in which revolves the lower end of a tube, F.
To the tube F is attached the circular middle
part G of the table-top, upon which the dishes
to be served are placed, so that by revolving
the said part G each person sitting at the ta-
ble can bring any desired dish within his
reach. The circular part G of the table-top
may be locked in any desired position by slid-
ing-bolts H attached to the ring part I of the
table-top, and shooting into notches in the
edge of the said circular part G, a bolt, H, be-
ing placed within reach of each person sitting
at the table.
The ring part I of the table is made in sec-
tions, and each section is hinged by hooks
and eyes, or other hinges, to the radial top
bars C, so that their outer edges may be
turned up to give access to the spaces be-
neath them. In the segments I, directly op-
posite the place where each person is to sit,
are formed holes of such a size as to allow
plates to pass up and down through them
freely. The outer edges of the circular part
G, and the inner edges of the ring part I, of
the table-top, rest upon a ring-plate, J, at-
voir to receive water, which reservoir is at-
tached to some suitable support at a higher
elevation than the table, and with the lower
end of which is connected the lower end of a
rubber tube, L. The other end of the tubeL
is attached to the end of a pipe, M, which is
attached to one of the bottom bars D, passes
into the lower end of the tube F, through the -
bottom of the socket E, passes up through the
said tube E, and projects through a hole in
its upper end. The pipe -M has a nozzle
formed upon or attached to its upper end, so
that the water may be forced out in a jet or
spray. To the upper end of the tube F is at-
tached a ring-cup, N, to receive flowers, so
that the jet or spray may seem to rise out of
the center of a bouquet. The water from the
pipe Mi, as it falls, is received in a basin, O,
attached to the tube F, and which is provided
with a holder or rack, P, for holding bottles
of wine to be cooled. When the water in the
basin O reaches the desired height, it escapes
through the overflow-pipe Q which passes in-
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Cassiano, I. Ygnacio. Improvement in Dining-Tables., patent, November 14, 1876; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166607/m1/2/?q=San+Antonio: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.