US1528724A - Fixture trim - Google Patents

Description

Patented Mar. 3, 1925.

l A 1,528,724- UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

Application led June 30, 1924. Serial No. 723,210.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. ZAHNER, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fixture Trims; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

'such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being 'had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a fixture trim, the primary object being to provide a novel means for securing the trim or finish strip on metal furniture or fixtures such as tables,`

counters, ice boxes and the like. Usually store furniture or restaurant furniture is made up of metal commercial bars or shapes, these being bolted or riveted in place and then a thin sheet of highly finished metal is put on as a trim or finlsh. The sheet metal trim or finish is usually nickeled and of rather thin gauge. As a result when the trim is rubbed or polished, the impression of the bolt or rivet is imparted to the trim which mars the artistic effect of the trim.

My invention contemplates the provision of means for applying the trim in such a manner that it will be protected from the head of the rivet or bolt. Therefore the objection above noted will be eliminated. The invention consists in certain novel parts and arrangement of parts all of which will be specifically described hereinafter, reference bein had to the accompanying drawings in w lich- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one end of an article of furniture to which my invention is applied, parts being broken away to better illustrate certain other parts.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view through one corner of the furniture.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View through a trim strip between the ends of the furniture.

Fig. 4 is a perspective sectional view of one corner of the furniture, and

Fig. 5 is a sectional View througha modi-l fied form of my invention.

The anels 1 and 2 designate side and end panels rought together to form butt joints. The corners are fastened by angles 3 and 4 between which the panels 1 and 2 are secured, there being bolts 5 passing through the angles and through the panels 1 and 2 between them. The heads of the bolts are preferably received in counter sunk recesses 6, the threaded ends of the bolts being on the inside of the wall of the furniture and they are adapted to receive nuts 7 to draw the angles together in order to clamp the panels.

The bolts are originally relatively long so that a pair of pliers may grasp the bolts to hold them while the nuts are tightened or screwed down in place. The heads of the nuts are covered by protecting strips 8 and 9 which are brought together with butt joints as shown so that a square corner will be provided. The strips 8 and 9 entirely cover the ends of the bolts and on the outside of the strips is a metal finish strip 10 shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, as in the form of an angle with its ends bent ove-r in the form of channels 11 and 12, the free edges of the channels being interposed between the angle 4 and the panels 1 and 2, the flanges being inserted before the nuts 7 are screwed in place. The body of the finish strip will therefore bend against the protector strips or pads 8 and 9. The pads 8 and 9 are of metal and of thick enough gauge to protect the finish strip against receiving the impression of the head of the bolts so that an unbroken surface will be maintained for t-he finish strips after long use, this being impossible where the finish strips bear directly against the heads of the bolts. Therefore the finish strips will at all times present an attractive appearance.

The intermediate panel strips 13, of which there may be any number may also consist of angles if desired and they are fastened to the panels by bolts 14 which pass through the reinforcing strips 15 through the panels and through the angles 13. The strip 15 will be provided with a metallic pad or strip 16 against which the finish strip 10 may bear, the respective longitudinal ends of the finish strip being bent over in the form of channels 18 and 19 with the free edges between the panel stripl and the panel.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a slightly modified form of corner in which the inner angle 3 is omitted, the bolts 18 passing through the panels and through the outside angle 19. The pads 20 and 21 correspond to the pads 8 and 9 and the finish strip 22 corresponds to the finish strip 10. In other respect the corner shown in Fig. 5 is substantially the same in construction as that shown in Fi s. 1, 2 und l. It should be here noted that w iile the bolts are relatively long when they are 1n serted so that a pair of pliers may hold them while the nuts are being screwed down to draw the parts together and that after the nuts are in place the ends of the bolts wlll be severed.

Vhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with panel securing strips and panels and bolts securing them together, pads on the outside tac-es of the strips covering the bolt heads and metallic trim strips covering the pads and secured to the panel securing strips.

2. In combination with panel securing strips and panels and bolts .securing them together, pads on the outside faces of the strips covering the bolt heads and metallic' trim strips covering the pads and secured to the panel securing strips between the panel securing stri )s and the panels.

In com ination with panel securing strips and bolts securing the panel strips to the panels, pads on the outside faces of the panel securing strips covering the bolt heads and trim strips bearing against the pads and having their respective edges bent in under the securing strips and clamped between them and the panels.

4. In furniture, a corner structure comprising an angle stay strip, panels bolted to the flanges of the angle, pads on the outside faces ol the flanges of the angle to cover the bolts and metallic trim strips fitting over the pads and conforming to the angles, the ends ol the trim strips being bent in under the edges ol' the angles and clamped between them and the panels.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

HENRY F. ZAHN ER'.

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