US2325231A - Bottle rack - Google Patents

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E. s. CURTIS July 27; 1943.

BOTTLE-RACK Filed Sept. 26, 194;

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2 Claims.

This invention relates to a bottle rack.

An object of the invention is to provide a bottle rack shaped to be fitted into a cooler and provided with separators whereby different kinds of drinks, in bottles, may be kept separate, said rack being provided with adjustable indicators on the separators to indicate the location of the cold bottles in the container, or cooler,

As shown they are constructed of angle irons, illustrated more clearly'in Figure 3.

As shown in Figure 1, the horizontal flanges of the side members I are formed with perforations or openings 3. Y

The frame is supported by the corner legs 4.

The rackhas a plurality of. separators 5 extending transversely across the same. .These sep- At the present time it is customary to keep bottled soft drinks in coolers and accessible to purchasers. As the drinks are sold and the cooler partially emptied it is from time to time refilled with bottled drinks that are not cool and no provision is made for distinguishing the cool from the warm drinks so that the purchaser at times is given a warm drink rather than a 0001 one and this is not discovered until the cap is removed from the bottle.

It is a prime object of the present invention to equip a cooler with a rack so constructed that the particular type of drink desired can readily be found by the purchaser and provided with in dicators whereby a cold bottle may be readily distinguished from one that hasnot yet bee cooled.

It is another object of the invention toprovide a bottle rack of the character described having separators that may be readily adjusted so as to arators may be of any selected form. As shown they are in the form of bars or straps having de pending studs 6 at their respective'ends which fit into the oppositely disposed openings 3 ofthe side' members I. I I these separators may be adjusted as desired along the frame so as to vary the capacity of the bottle space between them. This is clearly illustrated in Figure 5.

Adjustably mounted on the separators are the In use the rack is located in the cooler as shown in Figure 5. The separators 5 are adjusted as desired so as to take the required number of bottles between them. In practice the cold bottles are at the front of the cooler with theindicators readily vary the capacity of the spaces for receiving difierent kinds of drinks and having in clicators readily adjustable along the separators.

With the above and other objects in View thefl invention has particular relation to certain novel features of construction, arrangement of parts and use, an example of which is given in this specification and illustrated drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 shows a plan view of the rack.

Figure 2 shows a side elevation.

Figure 3 shows a cross-sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 shows a fragmentary edge view of a in the accompanying located between the cool bottles and those that have not yet become cool with the arrows pointed towards the front of the cooler and thus towards coolbottles. When the lid of the cooler is opened the attendant, or the purchaser, can at once a select a bottle with the assurance that it will be cold-said cold bottles being located in front of said respective arrows. When a cold bottle has been removed another one immediately behind it and which will have become cool will be moved.

forwardly into its place. As the cooler is replenished the warm bottles will be placed at the rear of the cooler that is at the side away from The drawing and description are'illustrative merely while the broad principle .of the invenof the separators, and the frame, being provided one-with studs and the other with openings to It is] therefore obvious that and forming-bottle separators, xthe ends of the 10 3 bars and the horizontal flanges of the side membersof the frame being formed one with studs and the other with openings to receive the studs thus providing means for the adjustment of the bars alongthe frame to selected positions and indicators adjustable longitudinally along each bar, said rack being insertible into and bodily removable from the cooler as a unit.

7 EDWIN s.- CURTIS.

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