US1698409A - Telephone cabinet - Google Patents

Description

E. I EwERs E1- AL TELEPHONE CABINET Filed sept. 2, 192e Jan. s, 1929.

salmi Patented Jan. 8, 1929.

TELEPHONE CABINE-ir.4

Application filed September 2, 1926.: v S,eria1-No. 1u33,142. i

This invention relatesto'improvements in furniture, iarticularl'v cabinetsV and ymore l particularly to a telephone cabinet which is adapted toreadilyreceive a telephone instru. ment, and it is the principal object ofthe inventionto provide a telephone cabinet which will positively prevent the use ofthe `telephone instrument by unauthorized persons.

Another object of theinvention is the provision of a telephone cabi-net which may be supported on a. table, tripod-or any other suitable support and which. has combined therewith a small desk serving as containerv for pencils or the like articles, and allowing the taking of messages.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a telephone cabinet having an opening in its front wall for the passage of the speaker or mouth piece which is surrounded bya luminous circle in order to allow the operation in the dark.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a telephone cabinet provided with doors which can be locked and which are equipped with suitable alarm bells or the like.

Other objects are the provision of av mirror in front of the cabinet and of'suitable ornamental featnres on the front wall, a hinged cover for the cabinet which covers a falsetop spaced therefrom and suitablefor the reception of ash trays,-match`and ash receivers, cigarette receptacles and the like articles, while the inner face of the hinged cover may be adapted to display pictures or the like. It is furthermore an object of the present invention to combine the cabinet with a cash receptacle into which the cash for calls may be deposited and which is arranged within the cabinet protected by the closed doors thereof. The cabinet furthermore contains a shelved container for the reception of notes, etc., and on the inner door face a list of the telephone exchanges and numbers more frequently Called by a subscriber is arranged.

These and other objects and advantages of our invention will become more fully known as the description thereof proceeds, and will then be more specifically defined in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing the single figure illustrates as an 'example the preferred form of our telephone cabinet in perspective view.

As illustrated, the telephone cabinet according to our invention comprisesl a frame give an alarm when the l() havingy a bottoni l1 and top 12 to forma esterni?, oFFicE.- y

cabinet forthe reception ofthe telephone in-A .strument 13 to be placed therein from one of,

4thesides which is then closedby a doorll h inged to thefi'aineiO, while the opposite side is closed by means of a side door l5 also hinged to the frame.` Both doors. are equipped with` suitable locks 16 to close i the cabinet with the telephone instrument inside thereof so as to prevent its use by unauthor ized persons. Thespeaker-of the phone is illustrated at "17 and ladapted tobe passedI through a hole in the front wall 0f the cabinet as 1S and a luminous dial indicated at 19 is provided near said transii'iittenv A mirror or the like 20 is attached to the front .Wall of the cabinet beneath the speaker. Other ornaments of any suitable desired nature may surround 'the speaker and mirror on the front wall, the y are generally indicated at 2l. Y

-The bottom ll of the cabinet is extended at the front thereof, as shown at 22, and a small desk is supported thereby designated23, forl the reception of pencils 24 or the like, and

kclosed by a lid 25 hinged to the frame which may be provided with a lock, and cari'ieson its upper face a pad or slate 26 for the taking down of messages notes or the like.'r A pad of a multitude of paper sheets for this purpose is indicated at 27 and may be suspended from the frame extension, as indicated at 28.

The cabinet is supported by a suitable support or table 29, which may also have the 'i form of a tripod or the like, if this form is more suitable for the special purpose.

A box 30 equipped with a plurality of superposed shelves 3l is arranged Wit-hin the cabinet for the reception of various articles i `such asv messages, watches, etc.

At the inner face'ofrone of the doors, preferably door 15, a list 32 is provided containying the names, exchanges and numbers of people which aremost frequently called by a subscriber. `'The doors are also equipped with suitable alarm bells 33 or the like which obvious reasons. o

The cover or top l2 covers part of thev cabinet only, and beneath the same a false top 34 is provided carrying ash trays 35, match Vholders 36 and cigarette packages holders'37 or the like, and a lid 38 hingedto the upper edge of the frame on the rear thereof closes over the false top which is suitably spaced from the lid, and can be closed by a suitable lock 39 or the like.

doors are opened forA Vim It will be "clear that our cabinet can be manufactured from any suitable Wood or material of a shape and eolortoharmonize With the color and general appearance of the thereof, andA it is to be understood that such y changes as come Within the scope "of theappended claim maybe made in the general ar-j rangement of our'device and in the construe` parture from the gist of, the invention.`

tion ,ofthe minorv details thereof Without de- Having thus described ourY invention, what weclairn as new, and des'ireto secureby Letters Patent is:

In a cabinet ofthe `Class described,a

of fraine'like design including a bottom, front and 'rear Walls` and a top, said top beingv y being hinged to the rear Wall, compartment formed in eonnectionwith saidtopandadap-ti i ed to belcovered by thehinged` vsection of the formed of two"`sections,fone` o-saidJ sections f latter, a pairof side doors in the body, hingedy 1y connectedto the rear Wall thereof andA `providing closures Jfor said frame like-body,

means orlocking'saiddoors to theront Wall "i of the body, to prevent unauthorized entrance f yto the compartment closed by sai-d doors, legs supportingsaid body andfanextension on the y' bottorn of said cabinet rejecting forwardly Hof the front wall thereofP a platform desk thereon,vthefront Wall of "said body being" provided with an opening y l 4therein`,as and or the purposes described.` V 3" and4 adaptedto form Sgnedat N ew York in thecountyofNeW York and State of New York this 1st of `September' A. D. T1926.

y jjEDWARD LEWERS. f i

Almnrrrz` A; RIoKLEs.

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