US2278214A - Record rack - Google Patents

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- REGORD' RACK Filed Dec. .1 1941 Herbert-Bra arson I h INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 31, 1942 UiTED STATES PATENT orricis Application December 1, 1941, Serial No. 421,211

1 Claim.

My invention relates to the orderly disposition of phonograph records; and the objects of my improvement are, first, to provide a rack for supporting phonograph records in an easily accessible .manner; second, to afford facilities for spacing and shielding with records one from the other so as to eliminate damage thereto; third, to combine the record protecting means with record identification to facilitate selection of a predetermined record from a group of records; and, fourth, to provide a rack fashioned to facilitate similar racking of records removed to lend accessibility to a selected record.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a rack in accordance with my invention, illustrating two groups of records associated therewith;

Figure 2 is a top plan view;

Figure 3 is an end view with two records and one separator illustrated in section;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the separators; and

Figure 5 is a perspective View of a different form of separator.

In the embodiment selected to illustrate the invention, the base I0 carries an upright wall I2, which wall is firmly secured to and balanced on the base by reason of braces I4. To the upright wall I2 is secured two record supporting pins I6, each of which parallels the base I 0 in the same plane and is bent upwardly a small degree at its outer end, as at I8 in Fig. 3. The pins l6 are of small diameter so as to pass freely through the central openings in the records 22.

Wall I2 is of such length as to permit the two groups 24 of records 22 to be accommodated between the braces I4, and the wall is also such height as to provide a large backing area for the two groups of records, with ample spacing between the groups and the base I0.

Fig. 3 illustrates the pins I6 as projecting inwardly of the base I0, with the base of such width as to balance the rack structure with a heavy load of records as well as with a limited number of records on the pins. To aflord protection against scratching of the records, such as is incident to direct contact one with the other, separators 26 are mounted on the pins I'B between the records 22. In Fig. 4, the separator 26 illustrated therein is provided with a central opening 28 of suflicient diameter to freely receive the pins, with the separator contoured in the form of a disc having a record identification tab 30 projecting beyond the perimeter thereof. All

the separators 26 are identical in construction so that the description of one applies to all.

The separators 26 may comprise light weight material, such as cardboard or other suitable material. Thus the separators protect the faces of the records from scratching. Record identification, as at 32, may be printed or written on the tabs 30. In use, the record identified by a particular tab 30 may conveniently be positioned in front of its respective separator for the sake of order. Thus an intermediate record may be easily rendered accessible by removing records and separators in advance of the record to be selected. In maintaining a given order of placei ment between the records and their respective separators, a large number of records and separators may be removed from one pin I6 as a group and transferred onto the other pin when a given record is being selected. Thus the records placed on the other pin will have the same order of placement with respect to their separators as the records and separators in the enlarged group.

To maintain the identification tabs 30 in convenient and easily readable alignment, a weight 34 may be embedded in the separators diametrically op osite the tabs 30 to weight the separators so as to support the tabs vertically above the pins. Accordingly, the tabs may be aligned as illustrated in Fig. 1, which grouping facilitates selection and removal of the records.

Fig. 5 illustrates a separator 36 having an opening 38 corresponding to the opening 28 but 10- cated so as to bring the center of mass of the separator considerably below the opening. The tab 40 is of considerable length and merges into the separator substantially in horizontal alignment with the opening 38. Tab 40 is of sufiicient length to extend beyond the periphery of the record and is considerably lighter in weight and the main portion of the separator located below the opening 38. Thus the separator of Fig. 5 is shaped to maintain a balanced position on the pins without the aid of a weight, such as that illustrated at 34.

The rack structure is sufficiently large to afford balance and support for a relatively large number of records, but it may be moved with convenience and its contour and structure is suitably designed for the sake of appearance. When the records and the separators are pressed firmly together and against the wall I2, the parts are balanced firmly in a compact and orderly arrangement.

Without further elaboration, the foregoing will so fully illustrate my invention that others may,

each having an opening freely receiving said pin 10 arranged to be alternately positioned between the records, and identification elements on said separators projecting beyond the peripheries of their respective records, said separators being heavier diametrically opposite their identification elements to cause the separators to gravitate about the axis of said pin and position the identification elements uppermost.

HERBERT B. PEARSON.

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