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 FRANK I’, WILLIAMS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
SHEET-METAL CABINET.

Speci?cation of Letters Patent. Patgntgd June 13, 1922“

Application ?led May 2, 1921, Serial No. 466,004. Renewed April 10, 1922. Serial No. 551,422.
To all whom it‘ may concern: forwardly~projecting fold 7c at the top
Be it known that I, FRANK P. VVILLTAMS, against which engages the turned-down
a citizen of the United States, residing at ?ange Z of the top sheet 72/. The rear plate
Detroit. in the county of Wayne and State a_has a forwardly-projecting fold perpen
of Michigan, have invented certain new and dicular thereto designated a. This serves as 60
useful Improvements in Sheet-Metal (‘labi a ledge to support the top sheet 72, at the
nets, of which the following is a speci?ca back, the top sheet being provided with a
tion. reversely located lock-seam fold 10 to look
This invention relates to sheet metal cabi over this ledge. The top sheet 7a is prevent
10 nets, and has for its object a sheet metal ed from buckling 0r dropping down at 65
cabinet that may be constructed almost the center by the strengthening channels
wholly of folded sheet metal and which may 15 (see Fig. 8). These are simply sheet
be used for various uses, such as a chiffonier, metal channels with ?at end extensions 16
buffet bureau, or the like. Its advantages which at the front engage in between the top
15 will be better appreciated after the detail sheet and the fold 7a and at the rear engage 70
construction is understood. in between the lock-seam fold 10 and the
In the drawings, main body of the top sheet. These reinforc
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the cabinet ing strips 15 also serve as assistants in guid
in the form of a bureau. . lng the drawers7 as they engage the turned—
20 Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2—2 of over ?anges 17 of the drawers (see Fig. 3) 75
Fig. 1. ‘ and hence prevent the drawers tipping up
Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3—3 of and guide the drawers at the top.
Fig. ‘"2. The rear plate a extends up above the top
' ‘ 1i is a section on the line 4:‘"4: of
of the cabinet body for the purpose of af
25 (the drawers being omitted). fording a mirror support. It is provided so,
Fig. 5 is a section on the line .5-—5 of with an opening 0 which has the portions
F ig. 1 (the drawers being omitted). around the opening turned back as at p to
Fig. 6 is a cross section on the line 6—6 make a ?nished edge for the metal at the
of Fig. 3 (the drawers being omitted). opening. The sides of the rearplate a above
30 Fig. 7 is a section taken on the line 7—7 the body are turned back to form folds (1 85
of Fig. 3. (F 2) which receive the edges of the shal~
Fig 8 isa perspective of the top reinforc low channel sheet 71 to lock the same in place.’
ing channel This channel sheet 1* has a ?ange '8 turned
The cabinet comprises a body made up of into the rear plate at the bottom to support
35 a rear plate (0 provided with outwardly and the glass at the bottom. The glass simply
backwardly turned locleseam folds that slips into this channel sheet between the
slide into lock-seam relation with the right~ channel sheet and the rear plate, as is
angular lock-seam folds b of the side plates plainly shown in Fig.
0. The front plate (Z looks into the right The upper drawer support is a four-times
angular’ front lock-seam folds of the ‘side ribbed sheet t. the ribs a being formed 95
plates in precisely the same manner that the simply by doubling the metal at the required
rear plate does. This front plate (Z, how place. These ribs are arranged in spaced
ever, is provided'with drawer openings 6 pairs to guide the sheet. metal drawers 1)
which have turned-back strips 7’ (Fig. Ll) which will not be described here in detail as
which ‘fold over the upwardly-extending re they are made the subject of a separate ap 1.0 O
inforcing strips f/ of heavier gauge metal so plication. _ This drawer support is provided
as to reinforce the front, which would other; at the front with a reversed lock-seam fold
wise be‘weak by reason of‘the large amount 20 which can be hooked into the rearwardly
of drawer opening therein. ' extending ?ange x at the bottom of the
50 The top of the cabinet is formed by a drawer opening. At the rear the drawer 105
sheet of metal h which has right-angularly support is provided with a downwardly
turned~down lock-seam folds i which can be depending ?ange y that can be dropped into
slid from front to rear over the box-like the fold .2 made in the body of the rear plate
folds turned over from the top of the side and which is turned over parallel with the
.55 plates. The front plate is provided with a main plane of the plate and opens upwardly. 110
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This securely locks the drawer support in lock-seam, the said side plates being pro~'
place without the aid of any separate fas vided with continuations down below the
tening device. ’
main body of the cabinet in the form of
The lower drawer support comprises sim strips continuing the corners longitudinally 70
ply a plate 1 with turned-down ?anges 2 on and medianly folded and also folded back
all four edges that simply drop into turned upon themselves on the inside to reinforce
up folds 3 of the sides, front and rear plates. the legs.
At the center the plate is bossed or raised 4. In a sheet metal cabinet, the combina
to form the drawer guide 4t. “Where this tion of front and rear plates, the latter ex
10 guide joins the remaining part of the sup_ tending considerably above the former and 75
porting plate a step is formed over whlch being provided with a perpendicularly and
the depending flanges 5 of the drawer rest. forwardly projected fold, side plates con
These two steps act as a guide for the nected with the front and rear plates, and
drawer against lateral displacement while a top sheet of metal adapted to be slid over 80
15 the main body of the drawer support acts the tops of the side plates and having its
as a rest for the drawer. rear portion supported on the fold of the
The legs 6 are simply continuations of the back plate as a ledge.
side plates but folded double as is shown in 5. In a sheet metal cabinet, the combina
Fig. 7 to reinforce them and give them tion of side, front and rear plates, the rear
plate extending considerably above the front 85
20 suflicient stability.
From the above description it will be plate being provided with a perpendicularly
apparent that this cabinet is made solely of and forwardly extending fold, the front
sheet metal (outside of the mirror and plate being likewise provided with a for—
knobs) and that this sheet metal can all be wardly-ezrtending fold, and a top sheet
25 fashioned on a large production scale by
adapted to engage over the tops of the side
dies and presses. This, therefore, affords plates and to rest on the folds at the front
an article of furniture that lends itself to and rear plates.
production at a very small cost and at the 6. In a sheet metal cabinet, the combina-v
same time, by reason of the way the parts tion of a front plate provided with a drawer
30 are joined together, it affords a knock-down
opening, a rear plate provided with a fold 95
piece of furniture which, if need be for horizontally extending across the rear plate
economy, may be shipped in knock-down and bent back parallel thereto so as to be
condition to its destination. The use of the opening upwardly, and a draw support in
cabinet is not alone con?ned to bedroom the form of a plate supported by the front 100
35 furniture or to a buffet but manifestly there plate and having a turned-down ?ange
are a great many other uses, such as kitchen adapted to be forced into the upwardly
cabinets that could be included within the extending folded portion of the rear plate.
possibilities of the article. 7. In a sheet metal cabinet, the combina
What I claim is: tion of a front plate provided with a drawer
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40 1. In a sheet metal cabinet, front and rear opening having a flange turned-back at the
plates having turned-over or folded edges, bottom of the drawer opening and extend
side plates having turned-over edges that ing perpendicularly therefrom rearwardly,
are adapted to engage the folds of the front a rear plate having a horizontal fold up
and rear plates to lock the said plates to wardly directed parallel with the plate and 110
45 gether, some of said plates being provided opening upwardly, and a drawer support in
each with continuations folded longitudi the form of a plate having a reversely-po—
nally and medianly into an angular cross sitioned lock-seam fold at the front adapted
section to form supporting legs. to hook into the rearwardly-extending ?ange
2. In a sheet metal cabinet, the combina at the drawer opening and having a down 115
tion. of front and rear plates having turned wardly-extending flange at the back adapt
back edge portions forming lock-seam folds ed to be slid into the upwardly-extending
at the sides, and side plates having perpen folded. portion of the rear plate.
dicularly~formed folds forming folds adapt 8. .ln a sheet metal cabinet, the combina
ed to lock into the folds of the front and tion offront, rear and side walls secured to~ 120
55 rear plates to complete the lock<seams at the gether at their edges and having their bot
corners, said folds of some of said plates tom edges turned up into folds, and a drawer
continuing down below the main body of support comprising a plate having turned
the cabinet with folded continuatious form down edges locking in the said folds and
ing legs at the corners of the cabinet. having its center portion forced up into a
boss forming steps where the center portion 125
60 ‘ In a sheet metal cabinet, the combina
tion of front and rear plates having turned joins the remaining portion of the plate,
back side edge portions to form portions of which steps serve to act as a guide for a
lOCl§~SQ21IDS, and side plates having perpen drawer with depending side portions.
9. In a sheet metal cabinet, a plate having
dicular folds adapted to engage the folds 130
of the front and rear plates to complete the an opening therethrough and having its side
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edges turned back, a shallow channel sheet with a forwardly-projecting fold, a top 25
having turned-out ?anges locked under the sheet adapted to rest over the tops of the
turned-back edge portions of the plate and side plates and front plate and provided at
having at its bottom a turned-in ?ange, said its rear with a reversely-facing lock-seam
shallow channel sheet being located behind fold adapted to engage over the forwardly
the opening in the said plate and adapted projecting fold of the rear plate, and a 80
for serving as a support for a mirror. channel reinforcing member having ?attened
10. In a sheet metal cabinet, the combina ends, the rear end locking in between the
tion of side, front and rear plates connected lock-seam fold and the main body of the
10 together, a top sheet supported by the same, top sheet and the front end locking in be
and a reinforcing member lying under the tween the top sheet and the forwardly-pro 35
top sheet for preventing the sagging of the jecting fold of the front plate.
center of the same. ‘ 13. In a sheet metal cabinet, the combina
11. In a sheet metal cabinet, the combina— tion of front, side and rear plates all con
15 tion of side, front and rear plates connected nected together, the front plate provided
together, a top sheet supported upon the with drawer openings, a top sheet supported 40
tops of the same, and a reinforcing channel upon the said plates, and a reinforcing sheet
for preventing the sagging of the top sheet metal member in the form of a channel un
and bridging across from one plate to the derlying said top sheet and having the chan
20 opposite plate. nel wall edges in position to engage the top
12. In a sheet metal cabinet, the combinai' edges of the drawing to act as a guide for 45
tion of side, front and rear plates, the rear the top of the drawer.
plate being provided with a forwardly-pro In testimony whereof I a?ix my signature.
jecting fold, the front plate being provided FRANK P. WILLIAMS.