US1036358A - Reinforced display-receptacle. - Google Patents

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J. G. SKINNER. REINFORUED DISPLAY REGEPTAGLE. APYLIOATION FILED NOV. 22, 1911.

. 1,036,353 Patented Aug. 20, 1912. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV.22, 1911.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

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. UMIE JOHN COETLANDT SKINNER, O13 FRESND, CALIFORNIA.

nnrnroncnn DISPLAY-RECEPTACLE ?atented-Ang. 2%, i912. Application filed November 22, 1911. Serial No. 651,774.

1,036,358, Specification of Letters Patent.

- enedby. being'widened as at 13 so that the lid'tapers from back to front and surrounding the edge thereof is a reinforcing wire which'has the edge beaded thereover as at 60 14. fThis bead has the edge portion cut... away at certain points as at 15 so that hinges To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, John :C. Sn NNnR, a citizen of the United States, residing .at- Fresno,' in the county of Fresno. and State 5 of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reinforced Display-Receptacles, of which'the following is a specification, reference being had therein tojthe accompanying drawing. 1o; Th 1s invention relates to display and vending receptacles such as are used in grocery stores and the like for containing groceries and other articles to be sold. One object of the invention is to provide I a,d 'evice of the character described wherein a plurality of receptacles may-be piled one upon the other and access may be had to the 16 may be secured around the wire left open and attach the lid to the rear of the box.

The lower part of the front of the box is 65 =alsocut away as at 17 while the upper part ofthis box is slitted along the dotted lines 18' and 19 in Fig. 1 so that the portions left may be bent to reinforce the box front. The

upper portion above the'upper slit 18 is 70 'fdoubled back upon itselfasat. 20 and the. -lower portion below the lower slit 18 is "doubled up as at 21, thence outward andup ward as at 22, and back and down again as 1 and the door both opened; Fi-gJQQis a trans contents of each without disturbing any of the remaining receptacles. 1'20? A second. object of the inventioni-s -to provide a display I eceptacle having 'apor 3 .tion of the front forming a door of the drop- 1 down type, said door being likewisea'iapted for the display of the goods to be vended in a neat andorderly manner.

" A third object of the invention is to provide a door of this character with side wings t' o prevent spillin of-thegoods fromthe receptacle, said si e wings being housedin suitable housings to preventinjury, t -the goods contained by the-edges of the side wings as they move backward toward the [clos ng ofthedoor. 1

3 iv'ththeaboveand other objectsin-view '85} the invention consists in general" of certain 7 novel details of construction, and couibina-- tionsand arrangements 'of'parts as will be hereinafter fully. described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically claimed.

' In theaccompanying drawings,-1ike characters of reference indicate'like parts in the: several-views, and Figure 1 is-aperspective view of the improved receptacle with the lid at 23,"andt'erininates in connection'with a mertical partition 24, spaced from the front,

by means of a floor '25.: "E ach of the side portions between the slits 18 is bent back- "wa'rd as "at 26, thence forward again in space'd'relat-ion as at 27, thence backward as at 28, and thence rearward as at '29, the free edge of the portion 29 being soldered to the partition 24 and to the side walls of the casing 10. To the rear of the partition 24 there'is provided a'platfor'm or partition 30 which rests upon the edges of vertical housing walls Slat each side and'in spaced relation to the sides of the casing 10.

Extending between the sides of the casing 510 is a rod 32 whereon are spring hinges 33 .which scrve to connect the door 3 l'to the rod 32. This door is cut away centrally and is provided with rearwardly bent portions 35 and similar parallel portions 36 which fo1'1n species of U-shaped clips for therej-ception of glass 37. In spaced relation to the glass 37 the door is provided with a partition 38 which is carried by wings 39 of segmental form. These wings havetheir front edges secured to the side edges o'flthe door and slidable'betwe'en the housing} walls 31 in the side walls of the receptacle; ldrono the bottom of the partition 38, extends a floor 4O which is upwardly and then downwardlyj'bentjas at 41 to keep the bottom i 9 iedge of. the. glass 37 from sliding rear-' wardlyi} Below the floor'LO is a guide plate 42 so that when the door is opened the con g. tents of the receptacle 10 can be drawn out without bruising the same against the sharp edge.

The lid and casing and verse median section through the invention. Fig. 3' is-a section on the line 33,-Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 41,'Fig. .Fig. 5, is-a section on the line 5 5, Fig. 3, 50 the sect-ion being partly broken away. .Figg.

.ti isfa detail view of the rear edge of the upper-lid orfilling lid of the invention.

' The invention consists of a casing 1.0 which is open at the top as indicated at 11 55v and on this top portion there is fitted a lid 12. This lid has its hinged edge strength- 0 the doorand casing are provided with suitable forms at latch as indicated at 4'3 and it will be plain that the upper portioir'of the front of the casing is likewise provided with suitable glass 44 closing in the opening made in this upper portion. The goods to be displayed can be placed both in the compartmentformed between the partition 2% and the upper part of the front and in the compartment formed between,.the partition 38 and the door so that-these goods can be seen through the glass-in both places, thus making an attractive display. When it is desired to fill the receptacles the lid 12 may be opened and goods placed therein, certain of the goods being arranged in an orderly manner in the compartments just referred to. When the lid of a receptacle is closed other receptacles may be stocked and by means of the door at the lower portion of the front this receptacle can be emptiedor partly emptied at any time without disturbing those superposed thereon. It will be obvious that the door may be placed either at the front or the side'in which latter case necessary modifications will have to be made in the display device.

There has thus been provided a simple and efficient device of the kind described and for the purpose specified.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

In a display receptacle, a casing provided with a shallow compartment having a glass front, a lid attached to the body of the easing and said compartment, :1 door provided with segmental side wings and pivoted along its lower edge closing the lower portion of one side of said casing, said door carrying a shallow compartment, said door being provided with a glass front and a beveled lower end, said lower end being beveled to permit ready withdrawal of the contents of the receptacle, housingfor said Wings, a plate behind the first-mentioned shallow compartment and resting onsaid housings, constituting a retaining plate, said lid being provided around its rim with a reinforcing ring, and guards for retaining said glasses in said compartments.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. JOHN CORTLAND SKINNER. Witnesses:

C. It. Love, L. HUSHAW.

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