US1757600A - Gun rack - Google Patents

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y 1930. w. J. SPRCIJWLE 1, I I r In GUN RACK Filed June 24, 1929 /f 4 mwvor.

Ziqwm 7 aorowze Patented May 6, 1930 WILLIAM J. srnownn, or Bunsen, new HAMPSHIRE GUN RACK Application filed. June 24,

This invention relates to racks for securely holding in upright positions articles that are desired for occasional use, and the object of my invention is to provide a rack for 5 holding a series of machine guns all of which may be securely locked in the rack, such racks being especially useful in armories.

With such object in View, my invention consists in the construction and combination of parts substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

Of the accompanying drawings which illustrate one of the preferred embodiments of the invention Figure 1 is a plan view of the rack.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same, and

Figure 3 represents a section on line 38 of Figure 2.

Similar reference characters indicate similar parts or features in all of the views.

Rigidly supported by a base 12 is a post or standard 13 having annular collars or shoulders 1 1 which firmly'and non-rotatably support three horizontal shelves or disks 15, 16, 17, of which the lower one, 15, is the largest and has marginal recesses or notches 18, the upper one, 17, is smaller and has marginal recesses or notches 19, and the intermediate one, 16, is quite small and has arms 20 at the outer ends of which are eyes or sleeves 21 for a circular ring 22 carrying hook members,

23. For a reason presently explained, the diameter of the ring 22 is less than that of the lower disk 15, and somewhat greater than that of the upper disk 17 when consideringthe diameter of the latter as that from the bottom or inner edge of one notch19 across to the bottom or inner edge of an opposite notch 19.

Pivoted at 24 to the disk 16 is a lever 25, said lever extending over the ring 22 and having a slot 26 through'which a pin or screw 27 extends from the ring 22. The lever has a handle 28 and a lug 29, and one of the arms 20 has a lug 30. The two lugs 29, 30,have

holes 83 through which the hasp of a padlock may be passed. The margins of the recesses or notches 19 are preferably cush- -o ioned as indicated at 32 in Figure 1. Strips 1929. serial No. 373,210.

ofleather secured to the margins of said notches provide v suitable cushions.

The marginal portions of the lower disk at the side ends of the notches 18 are upturned to form lugs 31 whichserve a purpose presently explained.

around far enough so that the hook members 23 extend'across the outer sides of said articles. Such shifting of the ring 22 brings'the two lugs 29, 80, close together,and a pad-lock may be employed to lock the lugs in that positionand effectively prevent either of the articles from being removed. Y

My improved rack however is especially intended for supporting machine guns of the Browning type, and for locking them in the rack when occasion renders such locking desirable. As is, well-known, armories arernot always so well guarded as to certainly prevent would-be thieves from gaining access thereto. The mounting of such guns in my improved rack, whereby unauthorized removal of one or more of them from the rack is. practically impossible, will now be explained. 1 V

Machine guns when in use are usually supported'on tripods, but are separated from the tripods when not in use. Each Browning machine gunhas a certain aperture which is known asthe adapter mount, and has another part known as the elevating bracket.

Such guns when placed in my improved rack,

have their elevating brackets fitted to the.

recesses of the lowerdisk and portions of said brackets extend onto the projections at the ends of the recesses and behind the lugs 31,

and the guns are leaned back into the recesses 9;

of the upper disk, the series of guns then being in positions leaning toward a common center where they will readily remain withoutrhaving any portion thereof resting on the floor. In other words, the lower disk supports the guns clear of the floor and all tendin engagement witharticles resting in the reing to remain in such positions without slipcesses of the disks.

ping out of the disk recesses. To aid in hold- In testimony whereof I have aflixed my siging the guns accurately, the ring 22 is shifted nature. to cause the hook members 23 to enter the WILLIAM J. SPROWLE. 7O

adapter mount apertures of the guns, and then, if it is desired to reliably lock the guns in the rack it is only necessary to employ a pad-lock with its hasp in the holes-33 of the l p lugs 29, 30. The marginal recesses of the up- 7 per and lower disks provide sockets in which the guns rest, whilethe intermediate member consisting of the ring and its hooks provides means for so engaging the guns that are e 15 mounted in the sockets that unauthorized rer moval of any of the guns is practically impossible.

Having now described my invention, I claim:

1. A-rack of the character described, hava v ing an upper series of stationary sockets and a corresponding lower series of stationary sockets, and an intermediate rotatable member having means thereon etoengage articles 25 mounted in said sockets when? said member is rotatedin one direction.

2. A rack of the character described, having an upper series of stationary sockets'and a corresponding lower series of stationary v I so sockets, and an intermediate rotatable memher having means thereon to engage articles mounted in said sockets when said member is rotated in one direction, said rotatable memher having means whereby it may be locked 5in article-engaging position. r V I 3. Ina rack of-the character described, the combination with an upright having upper and lower disks fixed thereto,said disks having marginal recesses, of a laterally shitftable I 40 ring supported by said upright intermediate the upper and lower disks, said ring having laterally extending prongs positioned to shiftably engagearticles resting in the recesses oi the disks.

45 i 4. In a rack of the character described, the r 1 7 V combination with an upright having upper and lower marginal recessed disks *fixed thereto, of an intermediate disk also fixed to the upright and having a circular series of bearings, a ring mounted in said bearings and having laterally extending prongs, and means for locking said ring in position with its prongs engaging articles resting in the recesses of'the disks. I

v5 In a rack of thecharacter described, the combination with an upright having upper and lower marginally recessed disks fixed thereto, the lower disk being larger than the 60 upper disk and having upright lugs at the 12.3

ends of its recesses, of an intermediate'circular series'of hook-shaped members supported by the upright and rotatable relatively to the disks, means being provided for locking said 65 seriesof hooked-shaped members in positions v r

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