US2346705A - Phonograph record rack - Google Patents

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April 18, 1944.

o. SABIN PHONOGRAPH 'RECORD RACK Filed March 8, 1943 Patented Apr. 18, 1944 PHONOGRAPH RECORD RACK Oliver Sabin, New York, N. Y., assignor to Paul Puner, I. R. Gwirtz, and Oliver Sabin, copartners, doing business as Century Distributors, New York, N. Y.

Application March 8, 1943, Serial No. 478,364

3 Claims.

My invention relates to a rack for phonograph records or for objects of similar shape, and more particularly, to a rack adapted to keep a large number of disk-shaped bodies in a position where said bodies are vertically inserted in the rack.

An object of my invention is to provide a rack of this kind which can easily be transformed from a flat or not bulky condition adapted for shipment or storage into the condition of use, and vice versa.

Other objects are to provide a structure of such a rack which can be easily, inexpensively and quickly manufactured, assembled and dismounted, which can be made from non-metallic material, which has a low weight and which can be shipped inexpensively.

Further objects are to provide a rack which receives a large number of records or disks, which holds the same safely in vertical positions'separate from each other, which supports the same at a height where they do not touch the table or bases on which the rack rests, and which has a good stability.

One of the main features of my invention is the use of a resilient plate or sheet having a wide area and a relatively small thickness and containing slots for the insertion of the rec- Olds or disks. Still further objects are to provide such a plate which can be repeatedly bent from a flat condition into a bent condition and vice versa which can be bent and used bent in opposite directions, which acts resiliently or spring-like in either bent condition, and which retains this quality after repeated bending operations.

Still other objects are to provide simple and reliable means to hold said plate in bent condition and to support the same in a position adapted to receive the records or disks. Further objects and advantages will appear from the following description of an exemplifying embodiment of the invention, from the appended claims and from the drawing in which:

Figure 1 shows a view of an embodiment of the invention in a condition adapted for shipment.

Figure 2 shows a view of the same embodiment seen from the right side in Figure 1.

Figure 3 shows a side view of the same embodiment in the condition of use with two inserted records.

Figure 4 shows a front view of the embodiment shown in Figure 3.

Figure 5 shows a view of the embodiment shown in Figures 3 and 4, seen from the upper side.

Referring to the drawing, numeral l indicates a thin plate or sheet made from resilient material, preferably from fibre, veneer, pasteboard or any other suitable non-metallic material. A large number of parallel slots 2 are cut through the plate I. The slots 2 end at some distances from two opposite edges of the plate 1 whereby two coherent margins are left at said edges of the plate. In the shown embodiment, the plate I has a rectangular area which is sufiiciently broad for slots 2 of suitable length and for marginal parts of suitable width and which is sufficiently long for the arrangement of a large number of slots 2 with separating distances. These slots may run in an oblique direction, but preferably they are cut in a direction perpendicular to two opposite edges or the plate I. The number of the slots may be larger than shown in the drawing, their width being shown relatively exaggerated for the sake of clearer representation.

The said marginal parts of the plate I are stiffer than the slotted part of I and may be made still stiffer by affixing a reinforcing or holding ledge or ridge 3 to each of said marginal parts. Preferably, said ledge is made from wood and has a longitudinal slot 4 at one of its smaller sides for the insertion of the marginal part'of I. The part of the plate I which is inserted in said slot 4 of the ledge 3 may be glued to the ledge or held by pressure or afiixed by any other suitable means. In the shown embodiment, the ledge 3 covers the edge of the plate I and a portion of the width of the marginal part thereof. If the ledge covers the entire width of the marginal part, the ledge forms the end of the slots 2. In the latter case, the slots may originally extend throughout the plate which, in this case, is divided into a number of strips held together by the ledges which determine the length of the slots 2 and the width of the marginal parts.

In the condition of use, the plate l is so bent that that part thereof which lies in the middle between said two marginal parts forms a curved top, and that the marginal parts or the ledges form lower ends inserted into slots 6 of bars or crossing ledges 5, preferably made from wood. Each bar 5 extend from one ledge 3 to the other and has two slots 6, one for each ledge 3. The distance between the two slots 6 of one bar 5 is smaller than the width of the plate I or the distance between the ledges 3 whereby the plate can be inserted only in bent position into the slots 6, and the bar holds the inserted plate in the bent position.

The slots 6 open to the upper sides of the bars 5. The distance between the openings of two slots of one bar may be smaller than the distance between the bottoms of said two slots,-,

that is to say, the slots are cut in directions obliquely spreading to the lower side whereby the marginal parts of the plate I are held in' oblique directions determining tangents of the curvature of the plate I.

Preferably, the bars 5 arepositioned parallel to each other, their lower sidesforming the bases' of the rack and resting on a tableor on any other surface supporting the rack, Two bars 5 positioned at the ends of the ledges 3 are used in the shown embodiment.

The length of the slots 2 is determined bythe diameter of the disks to be inserted, the ends of said-'slotain the bent position of the plate Lhav ing a distance smaller than the diameter of the 3, 4 and 5, the remaining slots 2 being ready forthe reception of'further records,

Theoriginal' condition of the plate I is flat or even;- When theplate I is inserted inthe bars 5 as described; the resiliency of the plate tends to spread'the marginal parts whereby the ledges 3- arepressed'againstthe'outerwalls of the slots G an'd a firm 'grip results, even ifthe slots 6 are broader than the ledges 3. Repeated bending of th'eplate' I 'in' the same direction or continual use of the plate bent in the same direction may lead to weakening of this spring-like quality; and the plate may1not 'return readily into the flat condition. This' drawback is easily avoided by using the plate'bent alternately in the one or in the opposite direction;

The bars and theplate can be easily separated and" packed or stored without requiring much space; for example, in the position shown in Figures 1 and z. If a number of racks is to be packed, the bars of all racks may be arranged in oneflat row, and the plates may be put one overthe otherin fiat'positions whereby storage and the'shipment is facilitated.

I desire it "understood that my invention is not confined to the particular forms and uses shown and described, the same being merely illustrative, and that the invention may be carried out in other ways without departing from the spirit of my in- Vention as it is obvious that the embodiments shown and described are only a few of the many that can be employed to'attain the objects of my invention,

It should be understood that although I have described the slotted plate I as being made of nonmetallic material, it may nevertheless, in some instancesbemade of metal or other material havingthe. desired resiliency.

Having describedirthe nature of my invention, -w-hat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1.. A rackforphonograph records or the like, comprising a' plateor sheet made of resilient materialand having two marginal parts at opposite edges and a plurality of slots cutting said plate and extending frorrr one of 5 said marginal parts to the other, two "ledge'seachof-"which" is *aifixed tooneofsaid marginal par-ts'; and at least one bar havingtwoslots cutinto one-ofitssides, each 01 said latter slots having a widthlarge enough to grip one of said ledges, the distance between said latter slots being smaller than the-distance between saidledge's whereby saidbar is adapted allel slots cutting said plate in a direction from edges, andatleast'onebar having 'two slotscut into one of its sides, each ofsaid latter slots having-a width large enough to grip one of said'leclges,

the distance between said latter slots being 0 smaller" than the" distance between said ledges whereby said barisadaptedto'hold-said plate in a resilient bent position;

3L phonograph record rack comprisinga resilient normally fiat plate having-oppositelydis adapted to rernovably*errgage the marginal ends 0 of the resilient plate when infiexed position, the

being greater "than' th e 'distancebetween the an gular slots in each supporting bar,- whereby the plate "can beheld-fin theflxed conditiomby the 5 bar. OLIVER SABIN;

posed "marginal ends and 'a series ofslots for the reception" of phonograph records, and supportingbars provided'with an angular slot at'each end,

distance'b'etween the-marginal ends'of the plate

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