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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
FERNANDO G. LANE AND CHARLES S. ACHESON, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS;
SAID ACHESON ASSIGNOR TO SAID LANE AND LYCURGUS L. ABBOTT,
OF SAME PLACE.
KITCHEN-CABINET.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,388, dated May 3, 1887.
Application filed Janary 24, 1887. Serial No. 25312. (No model.To Z wllhon, it 7may concern:
Be it known that we, FERNANDO G. LANE
and CHARLES S. ACHESON, citizens of the
United States, residing at San Antonio, in the
5 county of Bexar and State of Texas, have in-
vented certain new and useful Improvements
in Flour and Meal Cabinets, of which the fol-
lowing is a specification, reference being had
therein to the accompanying drawings.
To Our invention has relation to certain new
and useful improvements in cabinets for flour
and meal, and it has reference particularly to
that class of inventions which have for their
objects to provide highly useful articles of
15 furniture for the kitchen, as will be fully here-
inafter set forth.
The invention has for its objects to improve
and simplify the construction of the above-
mentioned class of inventions; and it consists
20 in the novel construction and arrangement of
parts hereinafter described and claimed.
The above objects we attain by the means
illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in
which-
25 Figure 1 represents a perspective view of
our simplified cabinet, showing it open; and
Fig. 2 a vertical sectional elevation showing
the cabinet closed.
Referring to the annexed drawingsby letters,
30 A designates the body of the cabinet, which
is divided into two compartments by a central
vertical partition. Upon the top of this body,
near its rear, is located and secured a casing,
B, which has its front side open and is pro-
35 vided with small drawers C at each end for
the reception of salt, soda, &e. Between these
drawers there is a space, 8, which may serve
to hold a rolling-pin, dough-cutter, &c. To
the front edge of the easing B is hinged a
40 flanged cover, D, the downwardly-extending
flanges of which rest against the upper edges
of the body of the cabinet when in-a closed
position. To the under side of this cover D
is loosely pivoted a shelf, E, which, when the
A5 cover, is thrown back, will rest upon a cleat,
F, secured to one of the end flanges of the
cover and be thereby held in a horizontal po-
sition. The rear, side, and end pieces of the
casing B are extended up a short distance, asshown, and the upper front corners of the end 50
pieces are beveled or cut away at G' to serve
as a substantial support or rest for the cover
D when the same is thrown back to the posi-
tion shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.
It is essential that the angle of inclilation 55
of the back bearings, G', should be such with
relation to the positionof thecleat Fthat when
the cover Dis turned back against said inclined
bearings G' the shelf E will assume a hori-
zontal plane and be sustained in this plane by 60
said cleat F. It is also essential that both
ends of the recess a should be closed by the
upright end pieces of the casing B, so that
when the cover D is shut there will be npas
sages for iermin. This being the case, the 65
bread-board must be adjusted a little oblique
to the length of the, top of the body of the
cabinet when either one of the bins is un-
covered, in which position one corner of said
board will bear upwardly against the shelf 8, 70
which shelf forms the bottom of the drawer-
receptacles and rolling-pin receptacles.
Resting upon the top of thecabinet, and cov-
ering the flour and meal receptacles, is the
bread-board G, the rear edge of which is in- 75
serted in a recess, a, under the lower edge of
the casing B,which serves to prevent the board
from tipping when it is moved to one side to
gain access to the contents of the receptacles
in the lower part of the cabinet. o80
It is evident that the casing B may be either
formed by extending the sides and back of the
cabinet-casing, or may be made separately and
secured in place.
An essential feature of our invention is the 85
bread-board, which, it will be perceived, is ca-
pable of being moved endwise either way for
disclosing or partially disclosing one of the
bins below it. When moved to one side, as
shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, one of its in- 90o
ner corners will catch under the ledge of the
groove and retain it in position, so that the
contents of the bin may be arrived at without
disturbing the materials or articles which have
been placed upon the board. The board does 95
not have to be taken off bodily with its con-
tents in order to arrive at one of the bins, but
only moved endwise, its corner beingheld an.
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Lane, Fernando G. & Acheson, Charles S. Kitchen Cabinet., patent, May 3, 1887; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171518/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.