US1845877A - Case for clocks - Google Patents

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F eb. 16, 1932. ss AM l,845,877

CCCCCCCCCCC KS Patented F eb. 16, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DUDLEY S. INGRAHAM, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOB TO THE E. INGRAEM COMPANY, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTIUT, A CORPORATION CASE FOR CLOCKS Application filed January 21, 1930. Serial No. 422304.

This invention relates to an improvement in cases for clocks and particularly to cases formed of Wood or other soft and easily bruised material.

It is a well recognized fact among manufacturers, retailers and users that the parts of wooden clock-cases most subj ected to bruising and marring are the sharp corners or edges thereof, and that such marring and bruising is especially noticeable at the sharp corners or edges at the junction of the front face and the top and side walls of the case.

The main object of this invention is to provide at a low cost for manufacture, an attractive case of the character referred to, which will be substantial proof against the bruising of its normally Visible edges.

With the above and other objects in View as will appear from the following, my invention consists in a case formed of relatively soft material and having a guard-strp of relatively hard material, such as celluloid, inset into a groove formed in one or more of its normally visible corners or edges, to prevent the bruising of the softer material adjacent thereto.

My invention further consists in a case for clocks and other instruments characterized as above, having certain other details of construction and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

F ig. 1 is a View in front elevation of a tambour type clock-case embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a top or plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a broken transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, but on a larger scale;

Fig. 4 is a sectional View corrcsponding to Fig. 3, but showing the case before the guardstrip has been installed therein; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the guardstrip, detached.

For the illustration of my invention, I have chosen a clock-case of the well-known tambour type, though it is obvious without further illustration, that my invention is not limited to this particular design of case. The

case in question consists of a relatively thick front-panel having a thin sheet of veneer 11 cemented to its forward face, a backpanel 12, a base 13 and a curved and relatively thin top-sheet or wall 14, all of which parts are of wood or other easily-bruised material. The under sides of the respective opposite ends of the base 13 are provided, as shown, with the usual resilient hemispherical feet 15.

By reference to Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, it will be noted that the curved topsheet or wall extends forward over the frontpanel 10 to which it is secured by glue or other suitable means, and that is terminates substantially flush with the rear face of the thin sheet of veneer ll. It will also be noted that the upper edge of the veneer 11 of the front-panel 10 registers with the under face of the top-sheet 14 before referred to, so as to produce in the upper forward edge or corner of the case a curved longtudinal guard-receiving groove 16 extending below the upper surface of the top-sheet 14 and the front surface of the veneer 11.

F or the purpose of protecting the exposed surfaces of the top-sheet 14 and the veneer 11, adjacent the groove 16, from bruising or other injury, I inset into the said groove a long strip 17 of celluloid or other relatively hard bruise-resisting material, which is curved in longitudinal form to conform to the curvature of the upper forward edge of the clock-case. The said guard-strip may be secured in place in any approved manner such as, for instance, by cement.

By means of my invention, I have obviated one of the main sources of loss occasioned to manufacturers and retailers as well as users, since the eXposed and normally visible front corner or edge of the case is guarded against bruising or marring by the presence of the relatively hard guard-strip 17, which in addition to serving as a guard, enhances the appearance of the case to which it is applied.

I claim:

In a clock-case, the combination with a front clock-case panel having a convex upper edge, of a convex top-member overlapping upon and Secured to the upper edge of i the said front panel; a relatvely-thn Sheet 'of Veneer Secured to the front face of the said front panel and having its upper edge termnatng short of the top surface of the said top-member to form a guarcl-recevng groove; and a boWed guard-strp of relativel'y-hard bruise-resstng material installed 'n the said groove n position to rest upon the upper edge of the said front Veneer to symmetrcally j on the front surface thereof with the convex upper surface'of the said topmember. e i

In'testmony Whereof I have signed this specificaton. r

DUDLEY S. INGRAHAM.

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