US2406750A - Toilet or the like cabinet - Google Patents

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' J. H.-DYETT TOILET OR THE LIKE CABINETS s iu 3. 1946.

Filed June 5, '1944 INVENTOR. h fljyefi dffarwqy-s' Patented Sept. 3, 1946 UNITED", STATES "orFicE TOILET on THE LIKE CABINET James H. Dyett, Buffalo, N. Y., assi'gnor toH'ard:

Manufacturing Company, BuffalmN. Y.-

Application June 5, 1944 Serial. No, 538,867

(o1. s1 2 1s9 1" Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in toilet cabinets or the like, such for example as are used in hospitals and institutions for holding and housing toilet articlesor appliances. for the'convenience'of' nurses'or the, use ofpatients or inmates. One type of cabinet rather extensively employed for such purposes comprises an upright body or casing provided. atits upper or top portion with a sliding drawer adapted to contain small" articles; beneath. this a compartment for housing a wash basinor. the. like, which may be supported on a swingingbracket' by which the. basin. can be shifted from aposition within the compartment to aposition. convenient for use in front or outside of the. compartment; and another. or ,tom compartment adapted to house or. conceal a bedpan, or other receptacle or device, the cabinetbeingprovided with afront door for opening and closing the compartments. or portion. of the cabinet chamber below the sliding drawer. In. some cabinets.- of this type the. front or outer door is also. supplemented by an. inner door or closure memberfor the bottom, or bedpan, compartmenafso arranged that'this compartment may be kept closed to conceal or isolate its contents when the outer door is opened to give access to the other compartment or compartments of the cabinet. Heretofore, in order to meet the demands of different users or purchasers of said cabinets, the manufacturer or dealer had to produce or stock cabinets of two different models, one equipped with the inner door and a cheaper one which did not havethe inner door.

One object of my invention is to provide a cabinet of the type indicated which is equipped with the usual outer door, and with guide or mounting mean for an attachable and removable inner door, whereby it is only necessary for the manufacturer or dealer to produce or stock a cabinet of a single model, which can be, according to the requirements of the purchaser or user, either furnished with or left without the inner door, without involving expense or labor, other than the cost of the inner door, when it is used.

Another object of the invention is to provide a practical, desirable and pleasing cabinet of the type indicated, which is of improved, novel construction.

Further objects and advantage of the invention will appear from the following specification of the preferred embodiment of the invention shown in the accompanying drawing, and the novel features of the invention as set forth in the appended claim;

In said; drawing:

Fig. '1 is a front view of. a cabinet; embodying my invention, showing the outer door open' and the inner doonin place, closing a bottom com.- partment of the cabinet, and showing the top drawer partly in transverse section.

'Fig. 2 is a similarview thereof but. showing the inner door raised to give access to the bottom compartment.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary, sectional. plan View thereof on a larger scale, on line 3-3', Fig. I.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation thereof, partly in vertical section, showing'the manner of placing the inner door in position and removing it.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary, longitudinal sectional elevation of. the cabinet showing the inner door raised against the top drawer.

As illustrated in the. drawing, the casing or body H! of the cabinet is of. chambered or hollow, substantially rectangular form both horizontally and vertically, and is provided, at its top or upper portion with a slidingv drawer H, which may bev mounted in. any suitable manner, as on supporting guides l2 at its opposite sides on the side walls of the cabinet to adapt the drawer to be slid into and out of the cabinet in the usual manner. The cabinet has a front or outer door l3, which may be hinged or mounted in any suitable manner for movement to open and close the front of the cabinet chamber below the drawer II. Preferably, the chamber of the cabinet is divided by a horizontal partition or shelf l4, into two compartments [5 and Hi, the upper of which is adapted to house a wash basin or other desired article or articles, and the lower of which compartments is ordinarily intended for housing a bedpan or other receptacle or appliance which it may be desired to keep concealed or enclosed when the front door I3 is opened.

As best shown in Fig. 3, the front edge of the partition I4 is spaced somewhat rearwardly away from the front door I3, when the latter is closed, so as to provide between the front door and the front edge of the partition M, a vertical space within which an inner door or closure member I! for the bottom compartment [6 is located and movable. Preferably, this inner door I! is a sliding door or plate arranged to slide vertically for closing and opening the bottom compartment [6, and is guided in its movements by suitable verrtical guides 18 provided in the cabinet at the opposite sides of its front portion. The guides I8 shown consist of metal channel strips which are suitably secured, as by welding, to the side walls or upright side members of the casing for the outer door l3 and the side edges of the inner door IT project into and are slidable vertically in these guide channels. When the front door I3 i open, the inner door I! can be left in its down or closed position, shown in Fig. l, in which it covers or closes the bottom compartment l6 of the cabinet, or it can be raised or slid upwardly to give access to the bottom compartment, as indicated in Fig. 2, as desired. The inner door slides up and down in front of the partition M, which thus does not interfere with its movements.

When the drawer H is in place in the cabinet, the inner door I! can be raised high enough to give the necessary access to the bottom compartment I6, but the door guides l8 are of such length for the inner door, all that i necessary is,to insert the inner door into the cabinet and slip it into guiding engagement with its guides l8. N0 attached part or mounting device or element has to be detached to remove the door and no part has to be attached or provided for putting the door in place in the cabinet. It is only necessary for the manufacturer or dealer to have on hand the cabinets without the inner doors, and a supply of the'inner doors, in order to supply a customer either with cabinets with or without the inner doors, and practically no labor or expense as to prevent displacement or disengagement of the door therefrom while the drawer H remains in place in the cabinet. However, said guides, as shown terminate at their upper ends a distance below the top of the cabinet chamber or of the head member casing of the outer door l3 or other overlying portion of the cabinet, a istance at least equal to the vertical'height of the inner door 11, or of the guide portions thereof which engage the guides l8, so that by first removing the drawer l I of the cabinet, the inner door I! can be raised to a position above or out of the upper ends of its guides l8 so as thereby to permit the placing of the door ll in or its removal from the cabinet, as illustrated in Fig. 4.

Thus, it is possible for the manufacturer to make the cabinet equipped with the side guides I8 for the inner door H, and if the purchaser requires a cabinet furnished with the inner door, it is only necessary to put the inner door in place in the cabinet in sliding engagement with its guides, whereas if the purchaser does not want to incur the additional cost of the inner door, the latter can be left out. In this way, with a single cabinet, the manufacturer or dealer can meet the requirements of the purchaser, giving him a lower priced cabinet without the inner door, or if the purchaser is willing to pay the additional price is involved in applying the inner doors.

In this application the cabinet is illustrated as being of sheet metal construction, but manifestly the provision for the attachable and removable inner door, as disclosed, is adapted for use with cabinets of wooden as well as metallic constructions. If it is desired to ventilate the compartment l6 which the inner door I! closes, this can be done, for instance, by the provision 'of ventilating louvres l9 in the rear wall of the cabinet, as illustrated in Fig. 2. v

I claim as my invention:

In a cabinet having a chambered casing with a front opening, a drawer movable forwardly and rearwardly in the upper portion of said casing, a partition dividing the casing chamber below said drawer into upper and lower compartments, and an outer door arranged to close the front opening of the casing below said drawer, the improved construction comprising a vertical inner door located in the casing in front of said partition and in rear of said outer door when the latter is closed, and guides at the sides of the casing beneath said drawer by which said inner door is guided to slide vertically in frgnt of said partition for covering and uncovering said lower compartment when said outer door is open, the upper ends of said guides being spaced downwardly from the bottom of said drawer, when in position, a distance less than the height of said inner door, whereby said inner door is disengageable from said guide by upward movement only when said drawer has been removed.

" JAMES H. DYETT.

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