US2012035A - Sway type partition and drawer - Google Patents

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J. R. CLARK 2,012,035

SWAY TYPE PARTITION AND DRAWER Aug. 2Q, 1935.

Filed Aug. 16, 1934 INVE NTOR.

my TTORNE Patented Aug. 20, 1935 TED fS-TATE s g SWAY TYPE-g PARTITION AND-DRAWER James R, Clark, Rochester, N. Y., assignorto The 'Yawman & Erbe Manufacturing Company,

Rochester, N. K, a corporation of; New york Application; August 16, 1934, skeria1 No, 740,046

:ZClaims. (01. 129-16) v m r erie a the 'drawer by-securing the ,same directly to the of Figure 1 and looking in the direction of the drawenstructure. arrows.

,It iso mm npractice, in drawers of this, gen- Figure 3 is .a view in sectionltaken on line 3-3 ,eral character, toj p'roviderods running longituof Figure 2, and looking in the direction of :the "dinallyof the' drawer, t he se rods beingi eceived arrows.

in channels forme'd in the bottom of thedrawer Figure 4-is a segmental enlarged detail view it? fln efii qih la guide for the drawerpartitions; showing the hook-formation on thepartitions of Such partitions have been formed with depending Figures 2 and portions which may or may not be provided with I ,Figure 5 is a .view in horizontal section, taken grommets through which the rod extends. It now on line 5-5 of Figure 4 and oo g i the -i H 1 becomes desirable to reduce the overall height tio t e a w t 1 5 of drawers asmuch aspossible and the use-of rods Referring to the abov rawin a d aw r must therefore be avoided. illustrated having a bottom i'iland sides ll. Ad-

In order that drawers may be provided wherein J'acent either side of the bottom I t, apertures, the overall height is reduced toan absolute minare formed, t e pe tur being Suitably p 20 imum, at the same time providing partitions which in-trensv s pa longitudinally of the bottom 20 may be secured in the drawers, the present in- The parti u pos o and spacing f these p vention hasbeen designed and'an object thereof tures are of no i p a e insofar as the present is to provide an improved drawer and partition invent on is Concerne The ape u may be therefor wherein the partition may be secured formed with ofiset notches I3 for a pu to be to the drawer at desired stations longitudinally described hereinafter. The sides I! of the drawer 25v thereof without the use of retaining devices which are formed with channels I 4 adjacent their upper would increase the overall height. edges which may be provided with downwardly A further object of the invention is to provide en flanges 7 a drawer and partition of the above character In accordance with the present inv t D wherein the partitions may be removably secured tition members I? are pr vi the Opposite Sides to the bottoms of drawers at desired stationslonof which may have laterally extending tabs 18 gitudinally thereof. which are received Within the channels M. The

A further object of the invention is to provide tabs are freely movable i the Channels t us D a drawer and partition structure of the above mitting the pa t members to Swing e y character wherein the partitions may be secured about the hinges at the bottom edges thereof. to the bottoms of the drawers at desired stations, Adjacent the bottom e s of the partitions, hook the securing of the partitions thereto being efplates 19 provided, these Plates preferably fected by a simple manual operation requiring no being received within recessed portions 20 of the mechanical adjustments nor relatively movable partitions and suitably se d o, as by parts other than the unitary drawer-structure and welding. The hook plates are preferably of heav- 40 unitary partitions cooperating therewith. ier gauge metal than the material of the parti- A further object of the invention is to provide tions in order to impart sufiicient strength to the a partition and drawer structure wherein. the structure. In this connection, the invention 0bpartition may be secured tothe bottom of the vious'ly covers the formation of the hook memdrawer at desired stations longitudinally thereof, bers as an integral part of the partitions as, for 45 the drawer and partition being formed in such instance, when the hook members are formed fashion that the partition may be installed and directly from the same blank as the partitions. removed by bowing or flexing it and engaging The hook plates extend below the edge of the cooperating portions thereof with suitably formed partition and each plate has a lower edge 2| and portions in the bottom of the drawer. a downwardly extending portion 22 formed with 50 Further objects of the invention will be apparan ofiset or hook 23. The hook 23 is spaced from ent as described in further detail in connection the edge 2i in such fashion that the bottom of with the accompanying drawing, wherein: the drawer may be received therebetween.

Figure 1 is a plan View of a drawer constructed In inserting a partition within the drawer, the

in accordance with the present invention, the downwardly extending portion 22 of one of the 'l'he present invention, relates to, partitions for filing drawers and embodies, more specifically, an improved drawer and partition structure-wherein the partitions are positioned longitudinally of drawer beingv proVidedwithtwo sway partitions which vare also constructed. in accordance .with

the present invention.

.Figure 2 is a view'in section taken on line 2-2 hook plates l9, together with the hook 23, is inserted within one of the notches l2 in the bottom of the drawer with the bottom of the drawer lying between the hook 23 and edge 2|, and the tab l8 on the adjacent side of the partition lying within the corresponding channel [4. The partition is then bowed or flexed and the downwardly extending portion 22 of the hook plate upon the opposite side of the partition is inserted in the corresponding aperture I2 at the opposite side of the drawer. If the apertures l2 are formed sufiiciently wide to receive the width of the downwardly extending portions 22 of .the

hook plates only (the preferred construction) .it

is necessary that the offsetportions or notches I3 be provided in order that the hooks. 23 may be movedinto the apertures 12 when the partitions are flexed. This will bereadily apparent when it is observed that the flexing of the partitions shortens the effective distance between the spacedhook plates'on the bottom of a partition.

After the extension 22 and hook 23 on the 'opposite side of the partition have been .thus in-' serted in the correspondingaperture l2, as above described, the tension on the partition is relieved and the hooks 23 engage beneath the bottom of the drawer to form an effective hinge for the partition. The length of the apertures 12 may be such as to afford a degree of adjustability in positioning the partitions both longitudinally of the drawer as well as angularly within the same.

While the invention has been described with particular reference to the specific structure shownin the accompanying drawing, it is not to be limited save as defined in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In combination, a drawer, aresilient partition member adapted to be received in the drawer, the bottom of the drawer being formed with pairs of apertures spaced adjacent the sides and longitudinally thereof to which the partition is adapted to be secured, the apertures havin notches forming L-shaped apertures, hook plates on the bottom of the partition having portions extending below the partition, and oppositely outwardly extending hooks in the extending portions thereof to engage a pair of the apertures, whereby the hooks may be inserted into the notches and the portions of the hook plates below the partition received in the apertures to lock the sametherein. j

2. In combination, a drawer, a thin resilient partition member adapted to be received in the drawer, the bottom of the drawer being formed with pairs of apertures spaced adjacent the sides and longitudinally thereof to which the partition is adapted to be secured, the apertures be ing' elongated and formed with inwardly extending notched portions forming L-shaped apertures, hook plates on the bottom of'the partition of greater thickness than the partition andihaving portions extending below the partition, and oppositely outwardly extendinghooks in the'extendingportions thereoftoengagea pair. of apertures," whereby the partition member may be bowed andthe hooks may be inserted into the notches and the portions of the hook plates-be lowthe partition received in-the apertures to lock the same therein. I

I JAMES R. CLARK.

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