Cabinet.

Application filed April 15,1904. Serial No. 203,284.

To all, whom it may concern:

• ^Be I™⁰™^{that T}’ ^Angus McKenzie, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Canton, m the county of Stark and State of 5 Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, in which_

F igure 1 is aperspective view showingparts broken away and illustrating a cabinet with two filing-drawers. Fig. 2 is a view showing a 5 portion of the back or rear end of the cabinetcasing’· ^’f·. ^{* 3 * is a} horizontal section of the top of the cabinet-casing, showing a portion of the back plate Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 illustrate slight modifications of connections for the in²⁰ U·'' Urt,^{outer ca}sing of the cabinet proper.

Fig 8 illustrates a modified form from that illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7. Fig. 9 is an edge view showing a portion of the outer wall.

lhe present invention has relation to cabi²° nets designed to be formed of sheet metal and may be of any desired size or shape, reference being had to the various uses and purposes to which and for which cabinets of different styles and sizes may be employed or οθ used, lhe cabinet casing or body proper is composed of two parts or walls, one constituting the inner casing and the other the outer and the inner and outer casings or walls spaced from each other for the purpose of pro35 ducing an air chamber or space, said air chamber or space being located upon the sides, top, and bottom of the cabinet and at the end thereof.

Similar numerals of reference indicate cor40 responding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 represents· the outer casing or wall, which is formed of _ a size and shape to correspond with the size 4? and shape ot the cabinet designed to be constructed or to produce a single section of a cabinet if m the event a completed cabinet is designed to contain more than one section

The outer ivall or casing 1 is provided with the flange 2, which flange is formed at the 50 fiont or forward end of the body portion and is spaced from the portion from which it is formed any desired distance. The inner wall or casing 3 is connected to the flange 2, formed upon the outer wall or casing at its forward 55 end, and said inner wall held in proper relative position by means of said flange either by the use of the connecting-plates 4 and suitable nvets 5 or the inner wall may be provided with the open grooved end 6 and the 60 ²f’ ®^e.^ate^.^lnt°^tllfL°Pen grooved end, as illustrated in Fig. 7. Plates or strips 7 may ^a°^c\^located as illustrated in

F !_&s. b and 8, which strips are so formed that they will form a recess between the inner wall 5 5 and said strips and into which recess the flanges 2 may be inserted, as illustrated in said Figs. 6 and 8. .

^{8 a heav}.V inner wall is illustrated:

but tins is a question of judgment as to ma- 70 teiial only as to the thickness of the wall.

For the purpose of closing the rear end of the cabinet proper theback plate 8 is employed which back plate is provided with the flanges 9, which flanges are located upon all of the 7; edges of the rectangular back plate 8, and the flanges so located that the extended portion 10.of the outer wall or casing 1 can be seated mto the grooves 11, formed by the flanges 9. The extended portion 10 is of 80 such a length that when the back plate 8 is properly connected its inner face will abut against the rear end of the inner wall or casing 3, as illustrated in Fig. 3. It will be undei stood that if the open grooved end 6 is 8ς employed no rivets will be required to connect the forward portions of the inner and outer casing or walls together, owing to the tact that they cannot be displaced with reference to each other after the back plate 8 90 ha_o been properly riveted, as illustrated in

Kg. 3, the same being true with reference to the riveted plates 7, (shown in Figs. 6 and 8 ) and the riveted plate 12. (Shown in Fio·. 3.)

For the purpose of giving a neat appear- 95 ance the forward end or edge of the inner

778,696 wall plate 3 may be provided with the bead 13, as illustrated in Fig. 4, and also form a stop as against the inward movement of the drawers 14. The drawers 14 aie o course to be located within the chamber formed within the inner casing or shell, which drawers may be of any desired kind or style, reference being had to the purpose toi which they are to be used. .

io It will be understood that by forming the cabinet proper of sheet metal and providing two casings or shells spaced from each otnei that comparatively thin sheets of metal can be employed and at the same time protect15 ingto a great degree the articles contained in the cabinet from fire, owing to the fact that the inner shell is spaced from the outer shell, thereby producing an air-chamber and preventing direct contact to the inner wall.

2o .Having fully described my invention, what