US1569832A - Knockdown cabinet - Google Patents

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Jan. 12 1926.` 1 1,569,832

W. L. .BYRNE Er A1 'KNO CKDOWN CABINET` m//fam L. @We

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Jan. 12' l1926.

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` Hart/6]. 5665/6] BY ,THEIR ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 12, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM L. BrRNn'AND HARVEY A.' BEESLEY, or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

xNooxDowN CABINET.

Application mea :une 1,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM L. BYRNE and HARVEY A. BEESLEY, citizens vof the United States, and residents o f the city of Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Knockdown Cabinet, of which the following is a `specification.

This invention relates to cabinets,l such as may be used for radio sets, and especially to cabinets that may be readily set up from its componentparts without the aid of any tools or `fastening means.

It is one of the objects of our invention to make it possible to provide .an inexpensive andsturdy cabinet, that is not only ornamental, but that can be readily assembled or' taken apart, as for shipment or the like.

Another object of our invention is to provide a shelf structure in a knockdown cablnet' in which lthe shelves serve also as the b races for the cabinet to render it rigid.

Still another object of our invention is to provide a radio cabinet that can readily be made to accommodate radio panels of differentsizes. J

Our vinvention possesses many other ad vantagies, and has other objects which may be made more easily apparent from a consideration cfa form of' our invention. For this purpose we have s'hownan embodiment in the drawings accompanying and forming part'of the present specification. W'e shall nowl proceed to describe this embodiment in detail, which illustrates the general prin ciples of our invention; but it is to be understood that this detaileddescription is not to be' taken in 'a limiting sense, since. the scope of the invention is best ldefined by the appended claims. n f p Referring to the drawings:v

Figure 1 is a front elevation'of an Vassembled radio cabinet embodying our invention;

Figure 2 is an-isometric view, showing the cabinet partly assembled, and a few other parts in position tube assembled;

F igureV 3 is a horizontal sectional View taken along plane 3--3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the shelves used; and Y Fig. 5 is an elevation of a part of one of the sides.

The cabinet ,in this4 instance is shown as made from wood, although other material can if considered desirable, be used. The4 l1925. serial Ng: 34,094.

cabinet has two side members l11 (Figs. 2 and 5) which can be made from a solid piece or from a number `of pieces permanent- 1y attached. Each side member preferably includes a pairof corner posts 12, shown as l of substantially square cross section. The bottom portions vof these posts can be formed into ornamental legs 13, which serve to support the entirecabinet at a suitable height. Between the corner posts foreach side member 11, there is ,a panelinglfor the like,

which extends entirely across from one post to the other. In the present instance these panelsare shown as glued or'otherwise fastened in grooves located in the contiguous faces of the posts 12, and as being provided at the top and bottom with border strips 15 and 16. VThese side members l1 could obviously be made in other equivalent ways.

One ofthe important features of our invention resides in the manner in which the twosides 11 are held rigidly in s aced relation to 4each other by the aid o separable elements.V Forthis purpose, we. use one ormore shelf structures'l? and 18, which of course also serve for the accommodation of the apparatus to be supported'in the4 cabinet. Each' shelf is provided at each of its ends with a cleat 19, fastened to the shelf, and having tongues 20 (Figs'r2, 3 and 4) which extend transversely of the cleat.

These tongues are arranged to entersnugly v into grooves 21 provided in the inner faces of the posts 12. The cleats and the tongues are moreover so proportioned that the ends of the shelves lie closely to the innerv surface of the sides 11, as indicated in Fig. 3. Since the cleats 19 and the shelves form a consid-` erable area of contact at these places, and p since the tongue and groove connection holds the parts tightly against each other, it is seen that a rigid structure is secured.

This is enhanced when, as in the present instance, more than, one shelf is utilized as braces; Q

In order to ensure that the shelvesl'` and 18 will be properly spaced apart a predeter- 'l mined distance, there are preferably provided on the inner surface of members 11, a

pair 4of shelf rests 22, upon which th'e ends of the shelves `are accommodated.

It is further to be noted, as shownmostv clearly in Fig. 2, that grooves 21 do not extend entirely to the top of posts 12, but

stop short thereof. It is vthus necessary,

when assembling shelves 17 and 18 with sides 11, to incline these shelves so as to permit placing the ends olf the shelves in slantwise between the posts 12, and then to return them to a horizontal position, while tongues 2O simultaneously enter the grooves` 21.

The bach for the cabinet can be provided in any wrll `known manner, but we prefer to arrange it so that it can be separated into several parts tor convenience in transporting. Accordingly we show the back in Fig. 2 as made up of a plurality of thin sheets or boards. :22) and 24. These are accommodated at their lateral edges in grooves 25 `formed in the posts 12; the grooves being suiliriently tight to torni a good joint. In order to conceal the place where the two parts 23 and 2l come together, there is provided a strip 2G grooved at the top and bottom, arranged to take the bottom edge ot' the board 231. in. the upper groove, as wellV as the top edge of b oard 23 in the lower groove. The strip 2G also provides a panelled eil'ect ior the back of the cabinet.

A top strip 27 having a bottom groove for the top edge of board 24 is also provided in order to form a wide frame at the top of the fabinet. This strip has tongues 28 litting snugly within grooves 25. All ofthe parts 23, 2G, 2st, and 27 can be readily slippcd in and out of place, while the shelves 17 and 18 are insposition.

The front of the cabinet is also preferably sectional. For exam le, a lower section' 29 is provided, whici is panelled as shown, havingl a top strip 30 and a lower strip 31. This section 29 is preferably permanently fastened to these top and lower strips, and its edges enter into grooves 42 similar to grooves 25. Furthermore, at

about the central portion of this lower section 29, there is a veneered panel 32, which has a cut-out ornamental design on it. It

intended that a loud speaker be accommodated immediately behind this design in the cabinet.; but otl course other forms for the lower section could also be used.

The upper border' strip 30has a groove 3G in its .upper edge, to accommodate the elements that form the upper section. This upper section is preferably formed in such manner that a radio panel 38 can be conveniently and separably supported in the grooves 36 at the bottom edge of the panel. The sides ofv the panel 33 can be accommodated in grooves in the borderstrips Bt, which. have tongues at their bottoms entering into the 'groove 36. A pair of panels 37, one at each side of the panel 33, have their bottom edges accommodated in groove 3G; one side edge of each is accomm'odated,V as shown, 1n F1g. 3, 1n vertical grooves in the contiguous border strip 34;, while the other side edge is accommodated in that groove 42 which is adjacent. It is evident that various arrangements can beprovided ior three panels and 37, as regards size and relative position.

The top edges oi all three panels are held in a groove 38 formed in the bottom ot a border strip 39, similar in all respects to the border strip 27-at the back oi' the cab inet. This strip also has tongues (such as 28 on strip 27) which enter snugly into grooves 42. Furthermore the vertical border strips 8l have tongues t0 at their tops that enter into the groove 38.

A cover 111 rests on top of the cabinet. This may be either hinged at the back, or else cleats can be fastened to the lower side of the cover, which tit into the corners of the top and serve to aline the cover with respect thereto.

Theradio apparatus may be distributed in any convenient or desired manner in the cabinet and on the shelves 17 and 1S. The cabinet can very readily be modified to take' care of various sizes of radio panels, as by proper choice of the size of the panels 37. The connections for the apparatus can be passed from one shelf to the other at the front or'rear of the shelves, there being suiiicient clearance for this, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 2.

The description oi. the cabinet is now complete. There remains to be described merely the manner in which the cabinet may be assembled and taken apart. First ot all, the shelves 17 and 18 are positioned Aproperly as regards sides 11, to form the structure illustrated in Fig. 2. Then parts 23, 26, 24 and 27 can in this order be placed one on top of another between grooves 25. The back is then complete. For the front, the lower section 29 is first placed in position between grooves +12: then panels 37 are spaced in grooves l2 and The border strips 3-1- `can-be then positioned, and after- 'a rd, the panel 33. Then it is merely necessary to place strip 39 over the panels, and the assembly is complete except for the placing of cover 41.

It is evident that the assembly takes less time than it does to describe it; and that a rigid, although inexpensiveconstruction, is provided thereby. The manner of taking the cabinet apart is evident from the foregoing.

It is of course possible to utilize the cabinetA forother than radio apparatus, although it is best fitted for such use.

When the cabinet is taken apart., it can readily be packed in a small space. The largest parts are the side-members l1. The tact that the front and back are both made from several pieces makes it possible to secure this compaetness. Due to this feature, the shipping or transportation cost is very materially reduced. Another important llU feature is that "all of the` parts canbe'very inexpensively' manufactured,` so that Ithe. Aultimate cost ,to` the purchaser is. maintained at alo'wvalue. y, u g

A divisionalapplication Serial No;- 77,509,

filed December Q4, 1925, isfdirected to sub-` ject-matter not covered in the claims of. the Present application.

.We claim.;

1. In a radio cabinet, a 4striphaving aa groove 1n its upper surface, side `portions having; .`vertically, `oppositely formed grooves,'a top striparranged witha groove in its 'lower surface, said grooves defining an aperture lhaving' a groove arou'nd itsy inner edge,'a pair .of'detaeh'ablepanel ele-V ments, each resting at its bottom edge in the lower groove-at one side edge in 'a side edge in the upper' groove, and a pair o detachable laterallygroove, 'and at its to shiftable upright grooved strips in which the other edgesof the panels are respectively laced, said strips falso having tongues resting Ain the topA and bottom grooves, as well as grooves'dening with said top and' bot-- tom grooves, an aperture inwhielijairadio' panel can be detachablyl supported at its edges bythe aidof said grooves. y f

2511i aknockLdown radio cabinet, means forming separable side vandrbaek members,

Y said side members having ,inwardly/.facing grooves in the edges thereof, a bottom por-A tion forming' .part of the front -of the cabinet andV having a groove in its upper edge, a detachable top portion engaging the grooves-in the side members and `havinga downwardl opening groove opposite the groove 'in t e 'bottomlp'ortioma pair of veritically disposed .laterally shift'able strips,

v'member com yrising lower andiippergsections, the sai lower section having a groove 1n its upper edge and a sound exrt opening comprising `two vertically. and one' horizon-` tall disposed separable strips provided wit y tongues-- Ion theA ends thereof, said `horizontal strip being provided with a downwardly opening, groove, said vertical strips being y-disposed between said lower section and said horizontal strip with their tongue slidably enva'incf said grooves and' detachable panel eleneltits filling the V spaces between said vertical strips` and said Y nook-down radio rcabinet having .intermediate its ends, said upper section 'side members, the said vertical strips being separated-to provide a spacefor aradio panel. n WILLIAM L. BYRNE.

HARVEY A. BEESLEY.

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