US2025416A - Cabinet - Google Patents

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Dec. 24,. 1935. c. LIMERlcK, JR

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UNrraoA vSTATES This invention relates to cabinets and its general object is to provide acabinet that is primarily designed for kitchen and household use for storage of articlesheeded daily, in that the articles can be easily and conveniently placed therein and-removed therefrom and a maximum number of articles canbe stored, yet the cabinet is relatively small and takes up minimum space.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cabinet that includes rotary shelves or trays to vreceive the articles, so that easy access may be had to any and all of the articles merely by rotating the shelves to place vthe article desired adjacent the door opening of the cabinet.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cabinet that is insulated, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to assemble and extremely eihcient in use and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describlng'my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like 'or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure l is 'a vertical sectional view taken through the cabinet which forms the subject matter of the present invention with-parts in elevation.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 2 2 of Figure 1, looking in the direc-- tion of thearrows.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 3 3 of Figure 1', looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a detail view of parts of my cabinet. Referring to the 'drawings in detail, it will be noted that I have illustrated la cabinet that includes a rectangular housing, but the housing can 'be circular" in cross section or any other shape, without departingfrom the spirit of the invention. The housing as shown includes top and bottom walls l and 2 respectively and the front wall is provided withan entrance opening which is closed by a hinged door 8 which is .provided with any suitable latching means to retain the same in clwd position-as The housing as shown is likewise of thai.' insulated type, in that the-.walls as well as the door are made up of spaced portions having insulating material! between the same, and the housing is also provided with legs, which as well as theintapered portion is Inate adjacent the top wall thereof.

will be apparent.

sulating feature may be dispensed with if' deseured .to the top and bottom wensA l and 2`v are bearings each ofwhich include ball race sections 5 and 6l which are curved and the curved portions cooperate to provide ball receiving pockets. Each of the curved portions of the sections are provided with annular flanges 1 that are apertured to receive bolt and nut connections 8 that not only hold the companion sections in cooperative association, but secure the bearings tov the top and bottom walls as clearly vshown in Figure 1. Ball bearings 9 are disposed within the ball receiving pockets. i e

A shaft lo having a. tapered lower end re-l5 ceived in the lower bearing is vertically disposed within the housing, and it will be noted that the curvature or the b'aus a.

The shaft I0 is of course centrally disposed within the housing Aand is of a length to termi- Slidably mounted on the upper end of the shaft l0 is the inwardly curved to follow the' longitudinally split portion of a sleeve il, the

sleeve being split to set up a frictional fit with the upper end of the shaft as will be apparent, and received in the unsplit portion of the sleeve is the reduced portion I2 of a stub shaft i3, the

'reduced portion providing a shoulderl for the sleeve, with the upper end of the latter engaging the same, and the upper end of the stub shaft vis tapered in rounded formation-to be received in the upper bearing and to follow the curvature of the balls therein. 'I'he split portiony of the sleeve is held xedly associated with the upper end of the shaft through the instrumentality of a clamping band M.

Arranged on the shaft in equl-distantly spaced Vrelation with respect to each other and held thereon accordingly through the instrumenality of set screws are hubs l5 which are provided with annular grooves in their lower portions to lreceive and support shelves or trays I6 that are provided with disk shaped bottoms, the latter havingopenings centrally arranged therein, with the edges of the openings received in the annular Krooves.

Reinforcing means inthe form-of disk members are provided for the shelves and engage the bottoms thereof, and these reinforcing means which are indicated by the reference numeral II also havev centrally disposed openings with the edges of the openings arranged in the annular grooves. The bottom portions of the hubs are countersunk as at il. so that the lower edge portions of the annular, grooves can be disposed in clamping engagement with the reinforcing means to flxedly hold the latter and the shelves with respect to the hubs. 'Y

The shelves are provided with annular sides i9 which have their upper ends rolled outwardly upon themselves to provide beads 20. Cover disks 2l may be provided for the shelves and thesecover disks have downwardly directed annular iianges 22 arranged on the outer edges thereof openings 23 arranged in circular formation, as-

best shown in Figure 2, to receive articles such as bottles, condiment holders and the like. While the openings 23 are shown as being circular it of course will be understood that they can be of other shapes, for fitting association with various articles used in the household and kitchen, but the main object of the openings is to hold the articles in an upright position as will be apparent.

From the above description and disclosure of the drawings, it will be obvious that I have provided a cabinet that includes a plurality of shelves or trays that are xed to a shaft mounted for rotation in bearings, and the shelves are adjustable on the shaft due to the use of the set screws, so that the distance between the shelves can be varied in accordance with the users desires. The rotary mounting provided for the shelves makes it possible for the disposal ,of any article carried by the shelves, adjacent to the door opening, so that ready access may be had thereto, without reaching over other articles.

Itis thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my 10 invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope 15 of the appended claim. y

What I claim is:`

In a cabinet, a vertical shaft mounted for rotation centrally therein, hubs adjustably secured to said shaft and each hub having an annular groove in its lower end and a reduced upper end, shelves inY the form of trays having openings therein with the edges of the openings received vin the annular grooves, flanged disk members engaging the bottom of the shelves for reinforcing the same and having portions received in the annular grooves with the lower walls of the latter disposed in clamping engagement therewith to fix the shelves and disk members in the grooves, and

article receiving cover disks for the shelves and having central openings thereinl received by the reduced upper ends of the hubs.

CHARLES LIMERICK, JR.

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