US2257658A - Kitchen utility - Google Patents

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Sept, 3o, 1,941'. H TERRY n 2,257,658 KITCHEN UTILITY Filed June 3, 1940 I 'll VOLI VOLZ VOL3 Vpb/i VOL5 VOLG n.5-, ,-7, I lnverltor l Allorney Patented Sept. 30, 1941 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE KITCHEN UTILITY Hazel Terry, Valparaiso, Ind.

Application June 3, 1940, Serial No. 338,510

(Cl. S12- 155) 1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in a kitchen utility cabinet and it more especially relates to the features pointed out in the annexed claim.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a self-contained sheet metal cabinet for holding Separate recipe books or containers comprising compartments that are in pivotal relation on a suitable base; that includes a sheet metal back, a sheet metal base, and hollow sheet metal ends; that has a forward projection of the base which serves as a limit stop when the books are swung forward of the pivot while the cabinet is sup-.- ported on a wall; that providesa stop for the raised containers against the sheet metal back; and that provides containers formed of sheet metal throughout leaving an open rear edge which when the containers are standing vertically rest adjacent the back; that relieves the rod on which the containers are assembled from supporting their weight, and that makes the cabinet serviceable on a table as well as on a wall.

With these and other ends in View I illustrate in the accompanying drawing such an instance of adaptation as will disclose the related features of my invention without limiting myself to the specific details shown thereon and described herein.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation partly in section.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of Fig. 1 partly in sec` tion.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of Fig. 1, partly in section.

Fig. 4 is an end elevation partly in section.

Fig. 5 is a partial bottom plan view.

Fig. 6 is a partial top plan View.

Fig. 'l is an enlarged detached section of a modified pivot.

Fig. 8 is a detached section of a container top or bottom.

In the practical use of my invention I may utilize whatever equivalents or 4alternatives of construction and adaptation of parts that the exigencies of varying conditions may demand without departing from the broad spirit of the invention.

My kitchen reference utility cabinet comprises a sheet metal base I having its ends 2 bent down. The` rear edge 3 is bent down and brought forward at d. The front portion of the base iS beveled at 5, bent down at 6, and bent back at 'I as shown in Fig. 4. At each end of the base a hollow standard S is positioned. This is built up of two sheet metal sections 8 and 9. The inside portion 9 passes into the outside portion 8 similar to the body of a box passing inside of its lid. The sheet metal back I0 extends from the under edge of the base to the upper edge of the recipe containers B, designed to look `like books. It is secured to the two ends S by tongues II which when they are bent over lie flatwise against the rear surface of the back. The endportions have tongues or projections I2 that extend through slots on the upper surface of the base. These projections II and I2 are bent over so as to hold the parts in rigid relation.

The hollow portions of the ends S near their front and bottom edges receive the non-projecting rod I3 on which the containers are pivoted. On the bent under portions 4 and 1 of the base semi-spherical projections I4 are formed on which Vthe utility may rest on a table or otherwise without any risk of scratching the table.`

The back has slotted openings AI5 in which screws 2'! are passed when the utility cabinet is secured on a wall (Figs. 2 and 3). The relation of the recipe cards I6 is shown in Fig. 2 and the construction ofthe top and bottom of each container is shown in an enlarged relation of a portion of Figs. 2 and 8 associated with the main ligure by a bracket. A portion of the hollow ends is also shown in an enlarged scale alongside of Fig. 1, with which it is associated by a bracket. Similarly, in Fig. 6, the fastening of the back to the two portions of van end are shown in enlarged relation associated with the figure by a bracket.

Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 show a group of simulated books, or containers with their bottom edges raised a slight distance above the base when the pivot rod I3 passes through the inside of a container. in contrast to its position on the title face of the containers as shown in my Patent 2,181,440. The lower edges of the containers directly below the pivot rod I3 will clear the base as a container is tilted forward, whether the cabinet is on a table or otherwise. When a container is tilted forward the contents are accessible through the open edge of the container that is facing upwards. With this construction as shown in Figures 1-4 the entire weight of the containers is on the rod which causes a sagging of the rod at its center. To prevent this, as one expedient, at about the center of the rods length (Fig. 1) a washer I'I of suicient diameter `may be placed between two adjacent containers so that its circumference will rest on the upper surface of the base I. 'Ihis prevents the sagging of the rod but does not free the rod fromsustaining the weight of the containers. I overcome this as shown in Figure 7 wherein the upper surface of the base, near the front edge, is curved downward at I8 to approximate a convex recess throughout the length of the space between the two upstanding ends. This lengthwise concavity allows the lower edge I9 of the containers to freely pass by this curved portion when the containers are tipped forward. At all other times when the containers are not tilted their entire weight rests rmly on the bottom I, and at the same time the open faces of simulated books or containers are close to the back, so as to protect the contents against the entrance of dust.

Each container is formed of sheet metal so that the sides 20 and titled face 2| are shaped from a single piece of metal. The top and bottom edges are formed of sheet metal portions 22 having flanges 23 over which the sides 20 and edges 2l are folded as at 24 (Fig. 8). the sides of each container and the front edges ofthe top and bottom are also folded over. Each side has a cut-out portion 25 as a iinger space. This'cut-out portion makes it easy to instantly remove the entire contents lof a single container. I ffdesired, ,tab` cards 26 may be used to further separate the contents of each container.

. jiThe-4 containers, which may appear as books on the titled or front faces may be identified as Volumes -1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and '7.V In` addition, they may have separate designations, for instance, such as, Volume l-Bread, Rolls, Waflies; Volume zy-C'akesf-Cookies, Doughnuts; Volume S-Pies, Puddings, Desserts; Volume Ll--Soups, Vegetables-Salads Volume -Meats, Fish, One- Dish Meals; Volume 6-Candies, Fritters, Sandwiches; Volume 'L -Jellies, Preserves, Pickles. For artistic `effect the ends S may be curved as shown inFigs, 2 and 4. From Fig. 3 it is seen that the back is practically as wide as the overall length ofthe cabinet including the hollow ends, and it remains this width to the lower face of the base, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Ihaveshown my kitchen cabinet called Chefan-Vette assupported on a screw 21, against a wall, but the value of it is not limited to wall use The rear edges of as the contents of each container is as readily accessible when the container is swung forward on the pivot rod to rest on a table with the open edge facing upward.

Whether my device is used on a wall or on a table the unique feature of supporting all the weight of a full set of containers on the base and not on the rod is a distinctive structure.

My system does not have the limitations of conventional cook books because the contents of such containers could be added to, revised and modied in any desired manner in my cabinet, thus keeping the utility up-to-date at all times an attainment that is utterly impossible in a bound cook-book. A loose-leaf system, in substance, is the equivalent of separate cards, however, to

' make the latter types available to the busy housewife, my ling system is necessary.

There is a flexibility in the use of my Chef-anette which is not attainable in any otherl way. Several cabinets may be used at one time; one for current recipes, another for special occasion recipes and still another for recipes of olden times, etc., etc.

What I claim is:

A kitchen utility comprising a plurality of hollow sheet metal containers open at one face and having a closed titled face, a base on which the weight of the containers is supported and having a forward projection, 'a back projecting upward from the base to cover the adjacent open faces of the containers, suitable ends upstanding from the base and attached to the back defining' the space to be occupied by the containers, all the containers being pivotally supported on a single rod which terminates in the end supports and passes through all the containers above the bottoms and inside of the titled faces, and a concave recess formed on the upper face of the base beneath the rod so that the lower front edge of a container will clear the base as it is swung forwar-d on the said rod to rest upon the projection of the base when the utility is supported on a wall.

HAZEL TERRY.

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