US1251253A - Spacer for wings or panels of display-fixtures. - Google Patents

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SPACER FOR WINGS 0R PANELS 0F DlSPLAYFl X TURES;

- APPLICATION. FILED MAY 13. I916.

1,251,253. Patented Dec. 25, 1917 2 SHEETS-SHEET l- 9 OOO0OOOQOOOOOODOQOO WITNESS Anna/mm;

H. V. LOUGH. SPACER FOR wmqs 0R PANELS 0F DISPLAY nxrunas.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, I915.

Patented Dec. 25, 1917.

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HECTOR v. LOUGH, or NORTH' PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO GOLDBERG DISPLAY FIXTURES, or NEW YORK, N. Y., A ooEroRATIoN on NEW YORK.

SPACER FOR WINGS or. PANELS or DISPLAY-FIXTURES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 25, 1917:

Application filed Mavis, 191s. Serial memes.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Hnc'ron V. LOUGH, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of North. Plainfield, county of Somerset, and State of New Jersey, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Spacers for Wings or Panels of Display Fixtures, of which the following is a specification. i

In display fixtures in which a Series of vertically arranged, parallel, pivoted or swinging leaves or panels are used, it is necessary to provide some means for spacing said panels apart at their outer or free edges in order that the goods displayed ,on one panel'will not contact with or be disarranged by the goods on the adjoining panels. It has been the practice to provide rigid spacers or dividers on the panels, arranged to contact with adjoining panels, said dividers extending outwardly a sufficient dista'nce'to protect the goods displayedon one panel from the goods on the adjoining panel. These spacers or dividers have been rigid castings, and it has been necessary to provide said castings of various lengths and sizes in order to provide for a variable spacing between the leaves.

In display fixture provided with swinging panels, the panels are mounted in horizontal supporting bars having bearing openings or apertures spaced equal distances apart. The panels are spaced apart in these bearing apertures a distance suiiicient. toaccommodate the goods to be displayed, said panels being spaced various distances to accommodate the various classes and Sizes of goods. It is the main object of this invention to provide an adjustable spacer or divider adapted to be secured to the panels near their outer edges and bymeans of which the panels may be spaced apart at said outer edges the proper distance, to correspond with the spacing between the panels at the pivots thereof, the Saidvariation in the spacing of the panels at theirouter edges being secured by merely adjusting the spacer device;

Another object of the invention is .to provide a spacer consisting-of two identically shaped parts which may be adjusted over each other in such manner as to secure the desired regular or irregular spacing between the adjoining panels or leaves.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front eleva-. tion of a display fixture consisting of a series of vertically arranged pivoted leaves or panels;

Fig. 2 a planv View thereof showing the spacer of this invention applied thereto, and showing variable spacing between the panels Fig. 3 an enlarged plan view of the spacer, the spacing arms being shown in dotted lines in various positions to secure the variable spacing .of the leaves;

Fig. 4 a sectional view of one of the. horizontal arms of a swinging leaf or panel, the spacer being shown in side elevation and one of the contact rollers being shown in sectional View; r

Fig. 5 a detail sectional view on the line VV of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 a. transverse sectional view of one of the spacer arms, taken on the line VIVI of Fig. 3; and V Fig- 7 a detail plan view of one of the spacer arms. 7

Referring to the various parts by. numerals, 1 designates the usual supporting frame for display fixtures of this type, and 2 designates the pivoted panels. These panels are pivoted at their inner ends and Swing freely at their, outer edges. These panels are spaced apart on the support 1 at various distances in order to accommodate between them the goods which are to be displayed on the panels. Means must beprovided to prevent the panels contacting with each other, and also to prevent the goods displayed on one panel from contacting with the goods displayed on adjoining panels. As shown in the drawings, this spacing means consists of two arms. These arms are constructed exactly alike and consist of thecentralhub-like portion 5 and the radial arm portion 6, said arm.

portion carrying at its free tend a contact roller 7 These arms'are preferably stamped from sheet steel and the hub-like portion is formed with a series of radial semicircular grooves 8 and corresponding ridges 9 on the opposite sidefrom the grooves 8.

aperture 10 is formed through the center of the hub portion, as shown clearly in Fig. 7, and is adapted to receive a thumb screw 11.

The panels or leaves are preferablytormed of cylindrical rods or tubes 12.

In applying the spacer to the panels, two

of the arms are arranged With the radial groovsg of one arm fitting over and receiving the corresponding radial'ridges 9 of the other arm, as sho vn clearlyin Figs. The;

two arms thus arranged are placed onthe hor zontalcylindrical bar lEZ otthe panel or leaf/the said bar fitting in the grooves so that the spacer maybe connected to either the top or bottom bar of thepanel, or both,"

asinay be desired.v The rollers 7 are so located that they are adapted to contact:

With one of the horizontal bars of the adjoining panels or leaves. It Will, of course, be, understood that it isonly necessary to use a spacing device on. every other panel, as'clearly shown in Fig. '2 of the'draivin'g.

"By'means of the two similarly constructed arms having the radial grooves and ridges, the'said arms may be adjusted upon themselves around the centralsecuring screvv' l'l, in order to bring the contact rollers'a'greater or less distance away from tlie'supportii g panehas indicated clearly in Fig. 2. It i's manifest too,'that if it be desired to 'use only one of the arms 6, that arm'niay be adjusted on the horizontal bar of the-panel to the desired position, the gr'ooves'8 'in the hub portion thereof permitting the arm to be adjiistedand securely held in its proper position with respect tothe panel bar.

It is manifest from the foregoing that the manufacture of spacing devices as'de'scribed herein is very simple as the spacer arms are eractly alike and may be stamped from anysuitable sheet metal. It is also manr.

fest that the radial grooves and ridgesji'i'ot only permit the arms *to'be nicely adjusted on each other, but permit the spacing device to be .securely anchored and locked'tothe bars of the display panel, so that there will not be 'anyshifting or moving ofthe said arms by reason of the engagement of the contact rollers vvith'the barsof the adjoiniiig panels. v This is important as it enables place by means of a single setscreiv. From the foregoing it 'Willbe clear that I provide a spacer ordivider Which maybe readily adjusted to correspond to the variable spacing of the panels on their supports. It is also clear that my improved spacer or divider' nay be readilyadjustedto adapt it for use on swinging pa-iielscarryingvarious kinds and various sizes of merchandise.

What I claim is: l "spacer; t'or"swinging leaves of display fixtures, campus-si ma 'iiidep ehdently adjnstable arms, an annular series of cooperating interlocking devices carried by said arms, and means for clamping saidarms in their l f positions upon one edg f 2. In a display fixture, thecon bination of. a support, a swinging" by, "a fspacerf having two oppositel as end is nd'pb e y. 5 e i istab r d means for holding said spacer i PQ lj one edge the leaf, said means being operable to permit fiiidependiit adjustme lit j Of the.

movement. I

3. The combination of avert callyf'arfen dpi o f afj o ned i h p p and,

rangedfpivotedleafformediv'ithfupper; and l'o verhor zontal bars, and a; spacer ff ompr'ise in'g' two spacer-arm each;beingformdivitlr a hub l port i hav ng radial grooves and r dges, thefgro'oves jot oneflarm rece ving the ridgesof the other arm, and a clamp ng means connecting the farmslto' fone of tlie,

may be radiallyadjustedtovarytlieir angles to the leaf.

with fresp ti res comprising a pair offspacer arms, a hub "port on formed fat" one end of eachof sa d arnis, 'corresp'ondingradial grooves and arms and to I lock against relative ridges formed: in said hub portions, the

ridges of'one' hub: being adapted to fit within arms --miy be radiallyfadjustedj on each other.

6; The combination of a vertically ara ranged sw nging leaf hav ng upper and 7. In a display fixture, the combination tending through the super-imposed inner of a support, a swinging leaf supported ends of said arms, whereby the angle of said 10 thereby, and a spacer held to one edge of arms with respect to each other and to the said leaf comprising two outwardly extendleaf may be varied and the arms held against ing independently adjustable arms, coopmovement in their adjusted position. erating interlocking devices carried by the In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my inner ends of said arms, and a clamping signature. screw held to one edge of said leaf and ex- HECTOR V. LOUGH.

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

Washington, D. G

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