US1069108A - Stamp-rack. - Google Patents

Description

A. BUHL.

STAMP RACK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1912.

1,069,108. Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

co ul .BIA PLANOGRAPH C0,, WASHINGTON, Dv c.

AUGUSTIN BUI-IL, 015 FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

STAMP-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 27, 1912. Serial No. 717,394. a

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AUGUSTIN BUI-IL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort \Vorth, in the count-y of Tarrant and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stamp-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to racks and more particularly to racks for bread stamps, and

the object is to provide a simple and useful rack which will carry a spool of stamps in convenient reach of the user or operator.

The present practice is to take a string of stamps from the supply of stamps and then put them on the bread. This takes the time of the workmen because they have to leave the work and go to the supply source (usually the stamp rolls are hung on the wall) and then go back to the work with a string of stamps trailing downward and frequently in the way of the operator. I have provided a convenient rack which can be hung on the operators belt or on the Waist of the trousers or on other hanging devices in a position which is convenient for the operator to tear off one stamp at a time without appreciable loss of time.

Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in the following description and the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rack with a spool or roll of stamps mounted thereon. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the frame without the brace, showing the manner of mounting the stamps on the spindle.

The rack frame is preferably made of a single length of wire. The ends of the wire are placed together to bind them together and at a distance from the end, one arm of the wire is formed into a loop and then twisted to form a spindle 1 with an eye 2 at the end of the spindle. The two wires are then further extended and twisted to form one side 3 of the frame. One arm of the wire is then extended laterally and formed into another part 4L of the frame and an eye 5 is formed in the outer end of the part t and a slot 6 is formed bet-ween the two parts of the wire. Two arms of the wire are then further extended and twisted together to form a connection and then formed into a hanger for the rack. The

Patented Aug. 5,1913.

wire members are first spread and then extended upwardly parallel to each otheror bent downwardly parallel to the parts: 5 and then bent to form the connecting bar 6 to complete the hanger. To prevent the roll 7 of stamps from leaving the spindle, a guard member 8 is provided with one long arm and one short arm. The long arm is inserted in the eyes 2 and 5 to hold the roll of stamps on the rack. The short arm rests on the eye to make the guard project above the eye 5 and also bears against the long arm at the lower end of the short arm to form a loop to prevent the guard from being removed from the eye 5. The guard is thus securely attached to the rack whether in operative posit-ion or out of operative position, and may be removed from the eye 2 for the purpose of placing a roll of stamps thereon. A brace 9 is placed on the hanger to strengthen the hanger and hold it rigid. The brace 9 consists of a piece of sheet metal having the edges bent and clamped on the bars 5. The roll of stamps is placed on the spindle as shown in Fig. 1, and the strip or string of stamps is run up through the slot in the cut-off member. The strip or string of stamps is perforated between each two stamps so that the stamp which is drawn through slot can be torn off after being pulled through the slot. WVhen a roll of stamps has been used up, a new roll can be placed on the spindle by removing the guard member as shown in Fig. 2.

l/Vhat I claim, is,

l. A stamp rack comprising a length of wire bent and twisted together to form a frame, a spindle projecting therefrom and a cut-off member cooperating with said spindle, and to form a hanger, and a guard member carried by said cut-off member and cooperating with said spindle.

2. A stamp rack comprising a frame, a spindle rigid with said frame and having an eye in the end thereof, a cut-off member rigid with said frame and having an eye in the end thereof, a hanger formed on said frame, and a guard member slidably con nected with said cut-off member and adapted to engage the eye in said spindle.

3. A stamp rack comprising a length of wire formed into a supporting frame and a spindle and a cut-off member and then formed into a quadrangular frame and the all frame bent to form a hanger, and a guard member slidably connected with said cut-ofi' member and detachably connected to said spindle.

4. A stamp rack comprising a length of Wire formed into a supporting frame and a spindle and a cut-off member projecting therefrom and a hanger, a brace for said hanger, and a guard member slidably connected With said cut-0E member and adapted to engage said spindle to prevent removal of stamp rolls therefrom.

5. A stamp rack comprising a length of Wire formed into a supporting frame and a spindle and a stam'p-cut-ofi member projecting therefrom and a hanger, a brace for said hanger, said spindle and said cut-off 1nemher having eyes formed in their outer ends, and a guard member slidably connected with said cut-off member and adapted to engage the eye of said spindle.

In testimony whereof, I set my hand in the presence of two Witnesses, this 21st day of August, 1912.

AU GU STIN BUHL. WV itnesses A. L. JAoKsoN, L. T. KNIGHT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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