US3186780A

US3186780A - Sewing machine cabinets

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Publication number: US3186780A
Application number: US251223A
Authority: US
Inventors: Schaerf Stefan
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1963-01-14
Filing date: 1963-01-14
Publication date: 1965-06-01
Anticipated expiration: 1982-06-01

Description

June l, 1965 s. scHAERF 3,186,780

I SEWING MACHINE CABINETS Filed Jan. 14, 196:54

United safes Patent O 3,186,780 SEWING MACHINE CABINETS Stefan Sehaerf, Gld Chum Creek Road, Healesville, Victoria, Australia Fiied Jan. 14, 1963, Ser. No. 251,223 3 Claims. (Cl. S12-30) This invention relates to a sewing machine cabinet of the type comprising a box, having the head of the machine pivotally connected to the boxmfor movement from a se@ eluded position Within the boxto an operative position supported upon, and projecting from the top of the box.

In known cabinets of this type it is customary for the top thereof to comprise a hinged portion, and a fixed portion which together define an aperture through which the head is raised and lowered. The hinged portion is raised to permit movement Vof the head between the operative and inoperative position and lowered to support the head in the operative position. A separate hinged lid is also provided to cover the apertured top when the head of the machine is in the inoperative position so that an uninterrupted flat top surface is presented.

Although this cabinet is satisfactory in use, it is expensive to manufacture both from the aspect of material and labour due to the double top construction.

It is therefore the principal object of the present invention to provide a sewing machine cabinet of the type herein specified which is relatively inexpensive to manufacture, effective in operation, and of pleasing appearance and finish.

With the above stated principal object in view there is provided according to the present invention a sewing machine cabinet of the type herein specified having a closure member comprising two sections shaped and arranged to interlit in one assembled position to present an uninterrupted surface, and separable for relative rearrangement to define an opening through which the head ot the machine projects to be supported in an upright operative position by said two sections of the closure member.

More specically there is provided a sewing machine cabinet of the type herein specied having a two section closure member constituting the major portion of the top of the cabinet, said two sections of the closure member being separable and shaped and arranged so as to interfit in one assembled position to present an uninterrupted closure and in another to define an opening through which the head of the machine projects to be supported in an upright operative position by said two sections of the closure member.

Conveniently the two sectioned closure is slidably mounted in the cabinet so that each section can be slid longitudinally relative to the cabinet. Each section of the closure member is L or step shaped at one end and the projecting sections of these stepped ends intert in assembly to form an uninterrupted fiat surface when the machine head is located in the inoperative position within the cabinet. Y Y

When it -is desired to use the machine one section of the closure member is removed from the cabinet, turned over, and reassembled inthe cabinet so that the projecting sections of each stepped end are in abutting alignment, and thereby form an aperture through which the head of the machine projects.

The invention will be more readily understood from the following description of one practical arrangement of the sewing machine cabinet as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the closed cabinet from above.

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of the cabinet from below.

FIGURE 3 is a view similar to FIGURE 1 with the 3,136,780 Patented .lune 1, 1965 ice cabinet closure in the open position to support the machine head.

FIGURE 4 is a plan view of the cabinet with the closure removed., Y

FIGURE 5 is a sectional view along line 5.5 of FIG- URE 4.

Referring now to FIGURE 1 the cabinet Ycomprises-a box 6 of sufficient depth to house the machine head, .sup-

ported on four legs '7 each inclined outwardly at its lower end. The legs 7 are screwed into sockets 8 fitted to the underside 9 of the box 6 so that they may be removed to facilitate transportation of the cabinet.

The top of the box has a marginal rail 10 on one side to which the head of the machine is pivotally connected by conventional hinges 11, A groove 12 is provided along the inner vertical edge of the rail 10 'and a similar groove 11a is provided on the opposite side wall 13 ofthe box to form tracks for the closure member 1d. The groove in the Wall 13 is visible in FIGURE 5.

The closure member 14 comprises two

hat sections

15 and 16 each having a thickness at its longitudinal edges to t into the respective grooves 11a and 12. Each closure section has one end shaped in the form of a step deiined by two parallel transverse edges 19 and 19a eX- tending across half the width of the section, and a longitudinal edge Ztl of a length equal to half the length of the aperture required for the machine head to project through.

When the two

sections

15 and 16 are assembled in the grooves 11a and 12 so that the respective stepped ends interfit as shown in FIGURE 1 they form a complete closure for lthe cabinet, and when assembled with the projecting

portions

21 and 21a ofthe stepped ends abutting they form the rectangular aperture 22 through which the head 24 of the machine projects. The projections Z1 and 21a are dimensioned so that the length and width ofV the aperture 22 is less than the corresponding dimensions on the base of the head 24 so that in the projected operating position the head is supported on the marginal portion of the two sections surrounding theV aperture, as shown in FIGURES.

With the two sections assembled to define the aperture 22 they have an overall length greater than that of the cabinet, and this additional length provides a Work table 25 to support the material being sewn, as shown in FIG- URE 3.

The interior of the box 6 has three compartments, 23, 29 and 3i) bounding the space 31 occupied by the machine head when it is in the inoperative position. The

inner walls

32 and 33 of these compartments extend to contact the under face of the

closure sections

15 and 16 and provide additional support when the machine head is resting thereon. Preferably the compartment 2S is of such dimensions that the legs i can be placed therein when removed for transporting the machine.

A handle 35 may also be provided on one side of the box to facilitate carrying.

I claim:

1. A sewing machine cabinet of the type herein specified having a two section closure constituting the major portion of the top of the cabinet and mounted in a common horizontal plane for sliding movement in a longitudinal direction relative to each other and to the cabinet, each section being step shaped at one end so that in one assembled position of the sections the step shaped ends intert to present an uninterrupted closure and upon inverting one of the sections the projections formed by the step shaped ends are in abutting alignment to dene an opening through which the head of the machine projects to be supported in an upright operative position upon said two sections.

3 f 2. A sewing machine cabinet of the type herein specified having a closure member comprising two sections shaped and arranged to interit in one assembled position to present an uninterrupted surface, and Vseparable -for relative rearrangement to delne an opening through which ,the head of the machine projects to be supported in an upright operative yposition by saidtwo sections Vof the closure member, each section of the closure member being step shaped at one end so that in one assembled position of the sections the step shaped ends interlt to present the uninterrupted closure, and upon inverting one of said sections the projections formed `by the step shaped ends are in abutting alignment to define the opening.

3. A sewing machine cabinet of the type herein specified having a two-sectionfclosure member constituting the major portion of the top of the cabinet, said two sections of the closure memberk being separable and shaped and `arranged so as to interi-it lin one assembled position to present an uninterrupted closure and in another to dene an opening through which the head of the machine projects to be supported in an upright operative position by said two sections of the closure member, each section References Cited by theExaminer 1 UNITED STATES VPrfffEN'l" 150,775 5/74 Murphy. 224,993 3/80 Burgess. v1,342,820 6/20 Lee 312-30 1,396,291 11/21 shaw 312-20sx 2,483,106 9/49 sanaey 112-217.1 2,575,537 11/51 Trume@ 312 3o 2,815,999V 12/-57 visant 312-241 FOREIGN PATENTS 706,483 3/54 'Great Britain.l

FRANK B. SHERRY, Primary Examiner.

Claims

1. A SEWING MACHINE CABINET OF THE TYPE HEREIN SPECIFIED HAVING A TWO SECTION CLOSURE CONSTITUTING THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE TOP OF THE CABINET AND MOUNTED IN A COMMON HORIZONTAL PLANE FOR SLIDING MOVEMENT IN A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER AND TO THE CABINET, EACH SECTION BEING STEP SHAPED AT ONE END SO THAT IN ONE ASSEMBLED POSITION OF THE SECTIONS THE STEP SHAPED ENDS INTERFIT TO PRESENT AN UNINTERRUPTED CLOSURE AND UPON INVERTING ONE OF THE SECTIONS THE PROJECTIONS FORMED BY THE STEP SHAPED ENDS ARE IN ABUTTING ALIGNMENT TO DEFINE AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE PROJECTS TO BE SUPPORTED IN AN UPRIGHT OPERATIVE POSITION UPON SAID TWO SECTIONS.