US1181028A - Table. - Google Patents

Description

W. G. MILLER.

TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 4. 1915.

Patented Apr. 25, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 310., WASHINGTON, n. c.

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APPLICATION FILED DEC. 4, 1915.

Patented Apr. 25,1916.

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WALTER G. MILL-ER, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

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Application filed December 4, 1915.

ships tables.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a table of this character wherein the same will be sustained level irrespective of the direction of the roll of the ship or its tilting action, thereby avoiding the disturbance of the articles upon the table while the ship or other like craft is in motion.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a table of this character wherein the same is novel in construction to assure reliability and efficiency in operation and avoid any possibility of the rocking thereof under the influence of'themotion of the ship, vessel or the like.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a table of this character which is simple in construction, strong, durable and inexpensive of manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a table constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional elevation; Fig. 3 is a horizontal transverse sectional View on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the pendulum regulating means.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in the several views throughout the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A

designates a portion of the flooring in a ships hull, upon which is mounted a shell B, preferably made from metal, and formed with a restricted bottom 10 having an opening about which is concentrically disposed a flange 11, through which are passed bolts 12, the latter also being passed through the flooring A. for permanently fastening the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25, 1916..

Serial no. 65,095.

shell rigidly to the same. Formed in the top of the shell A is an opening 13 having passed therethrough the depending stem 14 of a table top 15, the lower end of said stem being provided with a weight 16 preferably of spherical shape and hanging within the said shell A, and this stern and top are supported so that the table top will be sustained in a horizontal position, while the stem will be sustained in aperpendicular position in a manner presently described.

Formed in the wall of the opening 13 at diametrically opposite points are notches 17 constituting seats in which rest trunnions 18 formed on and projecting from opposite sides of a rocking ring 18 which surrounds the stem 14, the latter being fitted with a supporting yoke 20 having pivot legs 21 at opposite ends engaged in the ring 19 at right angles to the trunnions 18 thereon, thereby effecting a universal joint for sustaining the stem perpendicular irrespective of the direction of tilting action of the ship, vessel or the like.

Formed on the weight at three points thereof are cars 22 which are arranged at equal distances apart and have pivoted thereto, at 23, the inner ends of hollow arms 24 in which slidably telescope the solid arms 25 pivoted at 26 to ears 27 formed interiorly of the shell B in alinement with the ears 22 on the weight 16, the arms 26 being formed at their upper edges with ratchet teeth 28, with any one of which engage ratchet dogs or pawls 29, each being pivotally mounted upon the hollow arm 24 supporting the same, and are adapted to normally gravitate into locking engagement with the ratchet teeth 28 on the solid arm 25 to lock the arms in relative adjusted position.

Fixed to the stem 14 above the weight 16 is a cross hanger 30, to which are pivoted, at 31, the stems 32 of depending weights 33 and to each of the stems 32 of the said weights 33 at points on opposite sides of the pivot 31 are connected the branches 34 of an operating cord or cable 0 which is connected to the pawl or dog 29 so that on the rocking of the ship the weights 33 will be sustained in perpendicular position and thereby act upon the cords or cables 35 to automatically release the pawls or dogs 29 from the arms 25 which are free to slide in the arms 24 so that as the shell B shifts the stem 14 will be sustained perpendicular and the table top 15 sustained in a horizontal plane. When the table has become level the pawls or dogs 29 lock with the arms 25, thereby sustaining the table top 15 in level position to avoid 7 any slight tilting thereof or swaying of the same resulting from the vibrations of the ship, vessel or the like or the slight swaying thereof.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and manner of use of the device will be clearly understood and,

therefore, a more extended explanation has been omitted.

Having thus described, my invention, I claim;

1. A self-leveling ships table comprising a shell, a stem passed into the shell and having a weighted terminal, a table top supported by the stem, universal connection between the stem and the shell, extensible connections between the weight and the said shell, and means for automatically locking the extensible connections and releasing the same. a

2. A self-leveling ships table comprising a shell, a stem passed into the shell and havinga weighted terminal, a table top supported by the stern, universal connection between the stem and the shell, extensible connections between the weight and the said shell, means for automatically locking the extensible connections and releasing the same, weighted members cooperative with said means, and pivots connecting the extensible members with the respective first named weight and said shell.

4. In a ships table, a shell, a stem passed into the shell, a table top supported by the stem, a weight on said stem, hollow arms pivoted to the said weight, solid arms pivoted to the said shell and slidable in the said hollow arms, latches carried by the hollow arms and engageable with the solid arms to lock the same against sliding movement, and balancing mechanism carried by the said stem and connected with thelatch members for automatically controlling the same.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER G. MILLER.

Witnesses:

W. J. BISSMAN, FRED MJLIJER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

, Washington, D. G.

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