GB361684A - Improvements in racks for disc gramophone records - Google Patents

Abstract

361,684. Cases or holders for gramophone records. GRANDJEAN, R.,54, Rue Louis Blanc, Courbevoie, France. Jan. 3, 1931, No. 286. Convention date, Jan. 4, 1930. [Class 18.] A rack for disc gramophone records comprises two plates spaced apart by rods or tubes with record holders pivoted on one of the tubes; and each holder is constituted by sheets of stiff paper &c. separated by a plurality of independent distance pieces and connected together by metallic eyelets such that a record will rest in the holder with its periphery touching one or more of the distance pieces. Holders 1, Fig. 4, consist of two right-angled triangular sheets of cardboard &c. with the distance pieces and eyelets at the apices, and the holders pivot on a metallic tube 8 passing through one set of eyelets, this tube being threaded at its ends and screwed between plates 9 of sheet metal, e.g. iron, which are spaced apart by rods or tubes 11, 12. The plates 9 are outwardly flanged and have ears 13 for holding the rack when inserting it in a case or box. One set of eyelets is constructed to constitute finger-pieces 7 for raising the individual holders and the fingers are staggered and rest opposite an index 14 constituted by a strip fixed to the tube 12. In another form the holders are lowered when it is desired to project the records. The rack may be provided with a locking device. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a) comprises also modifications in which each holder consists of (i) a spring plate with claws or a U-sectioned piece of iron 15, Fig. 8 (Cancelled), provided with a finger-piece 17 and rings 16 through either of which the pivoting rod runs ; or (ii) an envelope of cardboard made from a blank, Fig. 12 (Cancelled), with the joins formed by metallic seams. This envelope pivots about apertures 33 and has notches 35 to facilitate taking hold of the record ; or (iii) two boards 22, Fig. 10 (Cancelled), spaced apart and pivoting at 25, and provided with a finger-piece 26. In a modification, Fig. 11 (Cancelled), of this last form the record rests on the floor of the rack and, to cause it to project further, the end 30 of the holder is depressed against the action of a spring 32. The rack may be inserted in a bag and it is stated that the locking device prevents deformation of the records. The index 14 is formed of a strip of sheet iron on which paper is glued. This subject-matter' does not appear in the Specification as accepted.