US1752315A - Shelf rack - Google Patents

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April 1, 1930. 4: w, N. VANCE 1,752,315

SHELF RACK Filed March 15, 1929 Patented Apr. 1, 1930 UNrran srA' Es PATENT OFFICE, 1*

WALTER N. VA1\TCE, OF NORTH AURORA, ILLINOIs, ssIeNoR o LYON METAL BROD- UGTS, INCO PORA ED, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS SHELF RACK Application filed March 15, 1929. Serial NO. 347,241.

which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, discloses bodiment thereof.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevational view of an illustrative form of shelf rack to which the invention may be applied; f

a preferred em- Fig. 2 is a. vertical section taken on the,

line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and 1 Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of one Ofthe divider spacing and retaining members. I

The illustrative shelf rack may include a plurality of spaced uprights 11, supporting between them a plurality of shelves 12 and a plurality of dividers or dividing "plates 13 1 arranged vertically between the shelf members for the purpose of subdividing the shelf space between any pair of uprights 11 into a plurality of separate compartments. The uprights 11 may be of any suitable material or form, such as rolled steel, and are preferably arranged to receive the shelves 12 and to rest upon the floor or other surface.

The shelves 12 of the illustrative rack are preferably of sheet metal and may be formed to engage the uprights 11 in any suitable manner to be supported thereby, and may be spaced in the uprights as desired. A closure plate, preferably of sheet metal, may be positioned to close'the back of'the rack. The shelves 12 are provided at their rear edges with depending flanges 15 which are secured by bolts 16 or other suitable fastening devices to the back closure plate 14. At their front edges, the shelves may be provided with downwardly bent horizontally extending flanges 17 to engage the inturned horizontal flanges 18 of the bin fronts 19. Shelf bearers 20, extending between and supported by the uprights 11, engage and support the respective shelves 12in the rearof the ,downturned flanges 17.

The dividers 13, preferably of sheet-metal,

are formed with horizontally projecting, frontto rear extending flanges 21 at their top edges and with horizontally projecting,

front to rear extending flanges 22 at their bottom edges. The top and bottom flanges 21 and 22 preferably project in opposite directions from; the plane of the divider'plate, as shown in Fig. 3. At their rear vertical edges the divider plates 13 are preferably ,provided with vertically extending flanges 23, which project in the side to side direction of the rack, and are secured to theback closure plate 14 by bolts 24 or other'suitable fastening devices. V I I y The dividers 13 are positionedin spaced relation to each other and to the uprights 11 according to the number of compartments de sired in the shelving between the uprights 11.

In the illustrative rack, there is'provided an improved construction for'spacing the dividers and retaining them at their upper edgesby inter-engagement with the, flanges Referring more particularly to Figs. 2 to 1, inclusive, eachshelf is provided on its hottom face with a pair of,preferably front and p 7 rear, spacing strips 25, which may be spotweldedor Otherwise securely fastened to the shelving. These strips extend in the horizontal, and side to side direction of the rack and are constructed and formedto receive andretain the upper edges or flanges21 of the shelf dividers and to permit positioning of the dividers in the various locations that maybe desired. Each strip 25 is slit at 25 to set off retaining portions 26 which are depressed (as shown in Fig. 4) to provide spaced retaining abutments at the sides of spaces 27 into which the flanges 21 of the dividers may be fitted and retained against lateral movement. The retaining portions 26 may be formed by pressing from a strip 25 a discontinuous rib or corrugation which provides such retainingportions as short,

downwardly arched or curved sections of the discontinuous rib.

In assembling the. dividers between uprights and any pair of successive top and bottom shelves 12, the top edge of each divider is located so that its flange 21 extends through registering companion spaces 27 of the front and rear spacing strips 25. The lower flanges 22 of the, dividers may be bolted or otherwisesecured to the bottom shelf, as indicated at 22.

The spacing strips 25 provide an efficient means for spacing and positioning the top edges of the dividers 13. They may be manufactured cheaply, and the depressed retaining portions 26 being rounded are without sharp edges likely to damage articles stored on the shelves. i

It is thought that the invention and many of itsattendant advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof. Moreover, it is not indispensable that all features of the invention be used conjointly, as they may be advantageously employed in various subcombinations and other combinations. it I claim:

1. The combination with a shelf rack having shelves arranged therein, one above the other, of depressed projections extending longitudinally and downwardly from the bottom face of a shelf between the sides of the rack and disconnected therefrom, and a vertical divider arrangeable between an upper and a lower shelf and between said projectionsand held against lateral displacement by said projections.

2. The combination with a shelf rack having shelves arranged therein, one above the other, of a flatstrip detachably secured directly to a face of a shelf and slit to set off divider receiving spaces and depressed between slits to provide divider holding projections, and a vertical divider arrangeable between said shelves and in a divider receiving space and held against lateral displacement by said projections. l 3. A divider support comprising a strip, spaced arched projections punched from said strip and in alinement with each other, a flat portion intermediate the ends of the arched projections for receiving a flange on a vertically arranged shelf divider, said strip being adapted for attachment to a face of a shelf member, whereby the flange of the divider Will fit in the straight portion between theends of the arched projections to hold the divider vertically in position between a pair of shelves and of the divider.

prevent lateral displacement scribed my name.

WALTER iv. VANCE.

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