Abstract:
A collapsible bedside table having a horizontal base, a vertical guide post and an elevatable table top. The table top has a support portion adapted to cooperate with the vertical guide portion to maintain the table top horizontal as its vertical position is varied over a range. A first hinge member is secured between the base and the vertical guide post to permit a relative pivoting movement therebetween. A second hinge member is secured between the vertical guide post and the table top to permit a relative pivoting movement therebetween. The first and second hinges permit a movement of the base, the vertical guide post and the table top to a condition of parallelism therebetween.
Abstract:
A bedside table for use over a bed or like object. The table has a base and a vertical guide thereon. A table top having a support thereon is adapted to cooperate with the vertical guide on the base to maintain the table top horizontal as its vertical position is varied over a range. A constant force spring is connected between the base and the table top to apply a constant force tending to raise the table top over the range. Releasable locking means are provided to lock the table top at any vertical position within the range. The locking device includes a vertical surface and a pivotally mounted cam secured to move into and out of engagement with the vertical surface. A spring is provided for continuously urging the cam toward engagement with the vertical surface. The spacing between the pivot axis for the cam and the vertical surface is less than the length of the cam between the pivot axis and the free end of the cam. The cam is to become tightly wedged between the pivot axis and the vertical surface upon a downward force being applied to the table top to lock the table top in a desired vertical position in its range of movement. This camming action also causes the looseness between the table top and the vertical guide to become tightened. A release device is provided for moving the cam downwardly away from the vertical surface and out of engagement with the vertical surface against the urging of the spring to facilitate a vertical adjustment of the table top.
Abstract:
Safety actuating device for a press. In a press, as a punch press, having a one-way clutch and a rod responsive to actuating means for operating said clutch to control the press, there is provided means interposed between actuating means and said rod to insure that the press will operate only in response to a force occurring in a predetermined manner and place. The rod is connected to a pivotally mounted lever whose operation is first resisted and then effected by successive operation of two linkages responding to energizing of a pressure cylinder. One linkage first, and normally, provides support means under said lever for positively preventing it from effecting movement of said rod. A pair of hand switches are each connected to a valve for energizing the cylinder when both of the operator''s hands are on the respective switches. With the device of the invention in place and the actuating cylinder energized, the first operation is to pull the support means out of locking position and thereby to permit downward movement of said lever. This is followed immediately by engagement of said lever by said second linkage which draws the ever downward sufficiently to effect such movement of said pull rod as to energize the clutch and initiate one operation of the press.