Table and covering therefor.

Application filed February 27,1917. Serial No. 151,327.

To dll whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, James L. Cline, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cordell, in the county of Washita and State δ of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tables and Coverings Therefor; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as 10 will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures or reference marked thereon, which form a 15 part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in coverings for tables, and especially to a reel of paper which is mounted so that, when a .section is soiled, the 20 paper may be reeled up and present a fresh covering.

The invention consists further of various details of construction, combinations and arrangements of parte which will be here25 inafter fully described, shown in. the accompanying drawings and then specifically de·· fined in the appended claims.

My invention is clearly illustrated¹ in the accompanying drawings, in which:—

Figure 1 is an elevation of the apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal view, and

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the roller and parts on which the paper is reeled. 35 Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the frame of a table mounted upon suitable legs, having casters and provided with a top D. Each end of .the frame is provided 40 with chambered portions B designed to con, tain paper to form a coyer fpr tne table top.

Each chamber has a hinged lid C which closes the same and_? when in closed relation, has its upper surface flush with the upper 45 surface of the table top D. A shaft N is journaled in the walls of one table and has squared ends designed to engage square outlined apertures O® in the cylindrical blocks O which are fitted within 4he ends of the 50 shell O⁸. Each of said blocks Ό is provided with a lug O' projecting therefrom and which is adapted to engage intermediate the edge of the shell 0^s and forming means for rotating the shell upon which the paper E 55 is adapted to wind from the shaft F journaled in the other compartment at the other end of the table. Said paper passes underneath the roller P at one end of the table and over a similar roller P' in the other compartment. A ratchet wheel X', shown 60 in the disassembled view Fig. 4, is fitted to one squared end of the shaft N and is mounted within the casing X', and a pawl X² is pivotally mounted upon the end of the casing and is adapted to engage the 65 ratchet teeth, provided for the purpose of holding the paper taut upon the table top.

A paper tightening device, designated by letter S, is provided upon an arm W, to which is connected one end of a spring W', 70 . the other end being fastened to the wall or the chamber. Said tightening device S is adapted to bear against the surface of the reel to bear frictionally upon the surface of the paper as it is unwound from the reel 75 upon the shaft F.

A suitable beading M is fastened to the edge of the table top a,nd extends preferably the length of the table, including the chambered portion. A crajnk L has a cylindrical 80 portion L² provided with a squared outlined portion 1/ in its end, adapted to receive one end of the squared end of the shaft N, while the cylindrical portion has a bearing in the recess L⁸ of the plate I?. 85

In operation, the roll of paper is placed upon the shaft F and placed underneath the roller P and over the lid C and the table top, thence over the shaft P' and its end fastened to the shaft N. As the shell is 90 rotated, the paper may be unwound from the shaft F and wound upon the shell and. kept taut by the tension means and the ratchet and pawl described.

By the provision of an apparatus em- 95 bodying the features of my invention, it will be noted that a simple and efficient means is afforded whereby a fresh covering for the table may be provided by simply unreeling the paper and winding the same 100 in the manner described.