US774291A - Carton-cabinet. - Google Patents

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No. 774,291. v PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904. P. M. THORPE, CARTON CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED NIB. 6. 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented November 8, 1964.

PATENT Erica.

FRANK M. THORPE, OF LAMAR, MISSOURI.

CARTON-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION Application filed February 6. 1904.

T0 roll whmn it may concern.-

Beit known that I, FRANK M. THoRPE,acitizen of the United States, residing at Lamar, in the county of Barton and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carton-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cabinets for conspices or other merchandise; and my object is to producea device of this character which tornaticall y display them at points from which they can be readily removed.

A further object is to produce a cabinet of this character provided with inclined trays which can be readily removed to be charged with cartons and which are readily replaced.

Other objects of the invention hereinafter appear and are pointed out in the appended claims, and in order that the invention may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view of a carton-cabinet embodying my invention, the bottom tray being omitted to disclose its supporting-cleats. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the dotted line H of Fig. 1, the tray omitted from Fig. 1 being shown in dotted lines in this figure.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the cabinet, which may be of ornamental design, comprises a base 1, side walls 2, back wall 3, top 4:, and front wall 5, the latter by preference depending but a short distance from the top.

6 designates a series of cleats secured to the innersides of the side walls and pitched downwardly at about the angle shown clearly in I Fig. 2, said cleats by preference having substantially ii-shaped notches 7 in their upper The cleats are disposed a distance apart to accommodate trays of varying depth. The trays are preferably of skeleton construction and cornprise front walls 8, rounded at their upper and inner edges, as at 9, for convenience in removing the cartons, back walls 10, skeleton-bottoms in the form of a plurality of rods 11, connecting the bottoms of the front and back walls, and side Walls 12, the latter beforming part of Letters Patent No. 774,291, dated November 8, 1904. I

Serial No. 192,463. (No model.)

ing recessed at their front ends, as at 13, so as to make the cartons more easily removed. Lugs or catches 14 depend from the side walls 12 and by engagement with the notches 7 of the cleats hold the trays reliably in the cabi-' net, the trays being lifted slightly at their front ends to disengage said lugs or catches from said notches to permit the trays to he slid forward from the cabinet. The trays are provided, by preference, with longitudinal partitions 15, which correspond to the sides 12, said partitions being spaced with reference to each other and the sides of the trays to correspond approximately with the width of the cartons, so that the side edges of one series of cartons shall not come in contact with the contiguous edges'of the adjacent series of the same tray.

To increase the capacity of the cabinet without increasing the number of the trays, the latter are provided withrunways 16, formed, preferably, by bending wire to U.form and pivoting or hinging the ends of said wire to the back walls of the trays, as at 17, said pivotal or hinge point being a distance above the bottom of the trays slightly exceeding the thickness of a carton.

To charge or load a tray, it is withdrawn from the cabinet and the hinged runway 16 swung upwardly out of theway to permit a series of, cartons to be placed upon the skeleton bottom, which being made of rods, as stated, forms a smooth runway for the cartons for a purpose which presently appears. The hinged runways are then dropped down upon said series of cartons and a second series is placed upon the hinged runways. The tray is then slid into the cabinet. In the drawings the topmost tray is shown in Fig. 2 as completely charged. The tray next below discloses the appearance of the tray when its topmost series of cartons has been removed. The third tray is shown as empty and the fourth tray as partially empty and as containing cartons of greater thickness than the trays above.

When a carton is purchased, the salesman lifts it off the front end of the tray without moving the latter, and as he does so the remaining cartons of the same series slide down the runway until the foremost one is arrested I00 in the position occupied by the one which was removed, this action being repeated until all of the cartons ofthe upper series of that particular tray-compartment have been removed. To remove the lower series, he lifts out the foremost one and thememainder slide downward until arrested by the front wall, this action being repeated until all of the cartons of the compartment have been removed, when the tray is withdrawn and refilled.

single carton it will be know to the salesman, and he will also know when ehas exhausted the supply of any particular tray-compart ment.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced a carton-cabinet which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of invention and which is obviously susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the essential spirit and scope or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, it being obvious, furthermore, that by equipping the cabinet with a suitable door (not shown) the cabinet can be made substantially air-proof, so asto avoid deterioration of the contents of the cabinet.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. Acabinethavingitsfrontsideopen,trays within the cabinet and pitched downwardly and forwardly at a suitable angle, and a run- It will thus be seen that if the tray contains but a.

way in the tray which is substantially parallel with the bottom of the latter and has its front end occupying a plane below the upper edge of the front wall of the tray.

2'. Acabinet havingits frontside open,trays within the cabinet and pitched downwardly and forwardly at a suitable angle, and a runway in the tray which is substantially parallel with the bottom of the latter and has its front end occupying a plane below the upper edge of the front wall of the tray; the rear end of said runway being hinged to the rear wall of the tray.

3. A cabinet having its front side open, cleats therein which slope downwardly and forwardly to said opening and are provided with notches in their upper sides, and a tray resting upon said cleats and provided with depending lugs or catches engaging said notches.

4:. A cabinet having its front side open, cleats therein which slope downwardly and forwardly to said opening and are provided with notches in their upper sides, a tray resting upon said cleats and provided with depending lugs or catches engaging said notches, and a runway carried by said tray and adapted to extend substantially parallel with and between its bottom and upper edge.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in 'the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK M. 'lHORPR. \Vitnesses:

M. L. MARTIN, J. P. Moons.

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