US1738058A - Wardrobe trunk - Google Patents

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WARDROBE TRUNK Filed April 2, 192e 4 sneetsmsneet 2 Dm., 39 EQZEL F. w MEYER M'BMM WARDROBE TRUNK Filed April 2, 192e 4 sheetsheelu 4 N ma@ d 3y M429 'Pent rnaoSS EMAIQVK NV. MEYER, 0F OSHKOSH, WISCNLN, ASSGNR TU ll-E GEHKOSH TRUNK CUMPANY, 0F OSHKOSH, VJIECOlll'oIlil, A Ct'BJEtIQGRAtON OF W'ISCONSIN Application filed April Si Y on line 4-4 of Fig. l;

Fing. 5 is a iront View ot the latch assembly tor the door ot the ohi'l'ionnier section;

lig. 6 is a horizontal sectional. View taken online 6-6 ot' Fig. 5;

Fig'. 7 is a trent View, with parts in section, ot one ot the loelrs for the door et the wardrobe section;

8 is a vertical sectional View taken on line c3-S et 4 to show the endwise movable aotnatiiugI bars and associated bolts ot the main looking mechanism;

ins. 9 and 10 are enlarged detail sectional views taken on lines 9--9 and itl-l0, respectit7 y, oi Fig. 8; and

i. s. ll and i2 are sectional and elevational rie resoeetirely ot a modiiied 'form ot structure tor actuating' the bolts oit the lool(- ingg; meehanism. Fig. il being taken on line il oit i2.

ltly improved trunk has a rigid body, de signed to stand on one end in the manner ot wardrobe trunks. rlhe body is divided vertiilly into two compartments l, 2 by an ap- 'ht pa tition wall 3 arranged at right-an- Jes to the rear wall 4 and parallel to the side i...il 5 o''i the trunk7 as shown in itin' 4. The Compartment l opens through the 'irontoit' the trunk so that drawers 6, 6 may be slid endwise into and out oit the same. nthe drawers are arranged in a tier in the compartment i and make the same the ehii'fonnier section oi' the trunk. Suitable guides or supports are provider in the compartment i for the drawers to slide on, as usual in trani; design. 1

For the section l., l provide a door Y,

hinged along" one 'vertical edge, as at 8 8) to the side wall 5 adjacent the open end ot the sectionj as shown in iii l, 2, and 4. The lowern'iost drawer 6 entends down to the bottom wall 9 oil" the trunk, while the uppermost drawer extends to the top wall l0 of the trunk, thus inalriini` the tier ot drawers occupy the 'l'ull buign ot the section. By reason ot this fact, it is necessary to have the door 7 of a length to extend from the top to the bottom of the trunk; that is, trom the top wall l() to the ,Y

oottom wall 9. as shown 1n l* lgs. l and 3.

The section l has an outwardly projecting strip li at open end. T he member ll ei;- tends alone; the side, top, and bottom walls of the trunk section, as shown. The door 7 is shaped to have its portions l2, l2 overlap the inei'nber ll on the outside when the door is Closed. rl`hes members l2 abut against the :trent edges ot the top, bottom, and side walls ot the sections, and the door carries metal strips itl to overlap the joints when the door is Clos d, as shown in 3. The bottom wall 9 ot the trunk is spaced above the floor by casters i4, so that the lower end of the door may swing` beneath the lower portion oi the member ll, as shown in Fig. 8. The casters may be in the term oi balls so that the trunlt may be readily moved about the `tioor in any direction.

The eon'lpartment Q opens through the side ofi the trunk opposite the side wall 5, and is equipped with extensible trolleys l5, 1 5 and a follower lG to make the compartment serve as the wardrobe section ot the trunk. The rear wali 4 ot the trank extends on opposite sides of the partition 3 to the 'full extent oi the compartments l and 2, as shown in Fig. 4. ity reason ot the tact that the compartment l opens through the trent of the trunk, the front wall 4 ertenes only trom the partition 3 to the openingl et the wardrobe section 2., and thus shorter than the wall 4.

For the wardrobe section f2, l provide door i7 liingget. at i8 to the rear wall 4. Set in the open end et the section 2 and seoured to the trent.. rear9 and bottoni walls oit the trunk, is a substantially tl-shaped frame 19. This trame ezends outward troni the seeti on j and 'itis overlapped by th e n" ltlO tions 20 of the door 17 when the latter isclosed. The portions 20 close against the opposed edges oi the trunk walls deiining the section or compartment 3. These walls include the front, rear, and bottom walls of the trunk and a lid or closure 21 for the upper end of the section. This closure is hinged at 22 to the .adjacent edge of the permanenttop wall 10 of the section 1, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 8. The wall 10 extends beyond the partition wall 3`so that the closure 21 is not hinged to said top wall along the line of the partition. The door 17 carries a surrounding metal strip 23 to overlap all the walls defining the section 2 when the lid 21 and the door 17 are closed.

To simultaneously lock and unlock both of the doors 7 and 17, I provide a locking mechanism common to both doors. This mechanism has all of its moving parts mounted on and supported by the short front wall 4, and therefore is intermediate the doors and is in position to readily reach the free vertical swinging edges of the doors which close against the front wall 4a. lVith the door 7 hinged to the side wall 5, said door is swung away from the front wall 4a in opening the door and does not swing back against said wall to interfere with operating the locking mechanism.

The locking mechanism includes an endwise movable means inside of the iront wall 4'L and extending vertically along the same. This means is composed of upper and lower bars 24, 24, with the upper bar having its upper end pivoted to a crank arm 25 lixed to an axis member 26 extending through and rotatably mounted in the front wall 4, as shown in Fig. 10. A plate`27 is fixed on the axis member 26 on the outside of the wall 4a and has a haspV 2S hinged to it, as shown. The hasp carries a key operable lock 29 to enter a socket 30 on the outer side of the vertical swinging edge of the door 17 when the latter is closed and locked. To reach rthis socket, the hasp 28 is turned into a horizontal position extending across `the meeting edges of the wall 4a and door, as indicated' by the dotted lines` in Fig. 1.

On the outside of the wall 4a along its upright edge against which the door 17 closes, are a set of 'spaced locking fixtures 31, 31. Each ixture houses a locking member 32 Vcarried Vby an axis member 33 extending through and rotatably mounted in the wall 4a, as shown in Fig. 7. The members 33 are connected with the bars 24 by links 34. The upper bar extends to the intermediate -link 34, while the lower bar extends from said link to the lower one and is pivoted thereto, as shown in Fig. 8. The adjacent ends of the bars 24 overlap at the intermediate link and are pivoted thereto by a common pin. This connection is made so that the links willbe turned on moving the bars. The door 17 is provided along its vertical swinging edge with a set of inwardly projecting lugs 35, 35, one for each of the members 32 and having eyes therein to receive the hooks on said members, as shown in Fig. 7 Turning the hasp 28 from the vertical position shown in full lines in Fig. 1 to the horizontal position shown in dotted lines, mores the bars 24 and turns the members to carry their hooks into the eyes of the lugs 35 to lock the door 17. Reversing the action unlocks the door, as is apparent. The locking mechanism so far described is covered by my prior patents Reissue llo. 14,143, granted May 3l), 1916, and No. 1,454,329, granted May 8, 1923, the latter relating specifically to the outside lock assembly as detailed in Fig. 7.

Arranged inside of the front Vall 4 are bolts 36, 36. These bolts are at the opposite ends of the set of' bars 24 and have pivotal connection with the crank 25 and lower bar, respectively, so as to be given endwise movement in the actuation of said bars. The bolts extend toward the upright edge ol the wall 4, against which the door 7 closes, and there operate through cleat 37 along the inside of the front wall adjacent the edge referred to, as clearly shown in Fig. 9. These ends f the bolts 36, 36 are supported in loop shaped brackets 38, 38 applied to the inside of the wa1l4a at the cleat, as shown in Fi 8 and 9.

For these bolts 36, the door 7 carries apertured lugs 39, 39, which extend across the associa-ted edge of the door from the metal strip 40 at such edge. The front wall 4 is provided with slots 41 so that the lugs 39 may extend through the wall and be in position to receive the outer or free ends olE the bolts 36 when the door is closed, as shown in Fig. 9. In the structure illustrated, two bolts 36 are employed. These serve to lock the door 7 closed adjacent their upper and lower ends. For the middle portion of the, door, I provide a spring pressed latch. member 42 to co-operate with a socketed keeper Ai3 on the outside of the front wall 4R. This latch locks the middle portion of the door closed and prevents the door from gapping at its center. This latch is also used to hold the door closed when the bolts 36 are withdrawn from the lugs 39.

By the structure described, the doors 7 and 17 of the chiliionnier and wardrobe compartments, respectively, may be locked and unlocked simultaneously by merely being required to turn the hasp 23. This avoids the necessity of having a separate set of independently operable locks for each door, as heretofore required in trunks of this general tyl e. Thus locking and unlocking the two doors is greatly facilitated by having only one member to grasp and actuate, and that member being located adjacent the top oi.' the trunk is conveniently located -for grasplsaid wall for one door, and means connecting the hasp with both sets of movable locking members whereby the same may be moved simultaneously into and out of locking engagement with the locking members on both doors. v

6. The combinationl with a wardrobe trunk having a rigid body adapted to stand on one end and divided vertically into outwardly opening wardrobe and chionnier sections with two doors hinged to the body, one for each section and closable toward an upright wall of the body between said doors, of a locking mechanism for said doors, compris- ',ing bolts and hooks mounted on said wall for the respective doors for locking and unlocking the same, an endwise movable means disposed transverse to said bolts and connected with said bolts and hooks for operating the same, and a locking hasp on the outside of said wall for one of the doors and connected with said means for actuating the same.

7. The combination with a wardrobe trunk having a rigid body adapted to stand on one end and divided vertically into outwardly opening wardrobe and chi'onnier sections with two doors hinged to the body, one for each section and closable toward an upright wall of the body between said doors, of a locking mechanism for said doors, comprisinglu'gs carried by the respective doors at their free edges with lugs on one door entering' slots in said Wall when said door is closed against the same, a locking hasp on the outside of said wall for the other door, movable locking members on the inside of said wall for both vsets of said lugs, and means connecting the hasp with the movable locking members whereby the latter may be simultaneously moved by the hasp into and out of locking engagement with the lugs on both doors. 8. The combination with a wardrobe trunk having a rigid body adapted to stand on one end andl divided vertically into wardrobe and chiffonnier sections with two doors hinged to the body, one for each section andclosable against an upright wall of the body between said doors, of a locking mechanism for said doors, comprising locking members carried by said wall for the respective doors and cooperating therewith for locking and unlocking the same, a locking hasp on the outside of said wall for one of lthe doors, and means connecting the movable locking members for both doors with said hasp for simultaneous operation thereby, said hasp being rotatably mounted on said wall and movable between horizontal and vertical positions in the locking and unlocking of said doors.

9. The combination with a wardrobe trunk having a rigid body divided into wardrobe and chiffonnier sections with two doors hinged to the body, one Jfor each section and closable against an upright wall of the body between said doors, of a locking mechanism for simultaneously locking and unlocking said doors, said mechanism including bolts and hooks and an endwise movable means on the inside of said wall, said bolts being operated in a straight line from said means by a rack and pinion connection therewith, and a locking hasp on the outside of said wall for one of the doors and connected with said means for actuating the same.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature this 25th day of March, 1926.

FRANK lV. MEYER.

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