US267428A - Sectional show-case - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

P. HBNRIGHS.

SBGTIONAL SHOW CASE.

Patented Nov. 14, 1882.

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P. HENRIGHS.

SEGTIONAL SHOW CASE.

Patented Nov. 14,1882.

7j. gada/wv, Peter )Q2u/tais' @M WM. Per #Mh/maag lJnTTn STATES BaTnNT @Trina APETER HENRICHS, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

SECTIONAL SHOW-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,428, dated November 14, 1882.

Application filed November 16, 1881. (No model.)

To all lwhom it may concer-a:

Be it known that I, PETER HnNRIcns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sectional Show-Gases; and I do hereby declare that the following` is afull, clear, and eX- act description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and theletters or gures of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to the construction of sectional show-cases.

The object of this invention is to provide a sectional show-case so constructed that easy access is obtained lto all parts of the interior of the case.

The construction herein shown is such as to specially adapt the case for the exhibition of ribbons, umbrellas, canes, and various small articles. However', the case may be used as a boolrcase, a pigeon-hole case, and for various other purposes. In conjunction withthis case I also show a specially-devised shelf for holding bolts of ribbon, also a specially-devised rack for holding umbrellas and canes. If the case is used for the other purposes above named, it will be provided with shelves or other proper apparatus. In a previous patent to me, dated May S, 1877, and in two other contemporaneous applications I have shown sectional eases presenting many of the features of construction herein shown. Of such features I will not treat in this connection further than to say that they form no part of this invention. The case here shown is a double one, having swinging sections on each side of the stationary section; but of course the double feature is simply duplication, and forms no essential part ofthe invention, and the peculiarities of construction about to be'described are as susceptible of use in a single ease as a double one. In one sense, however, the case maybe called double, however constructed, for the essential feature of my invention is that two swinging sections are used on one side of the stationary section.

My device'and its appurtenances are shown in the accompanyingdrawings as follows:

Figure l is a perspective view of the case, the swinging sections being shown as partly open. Figs. 2 and 3 are details of the ribbonshelves, Fig. et is a detail of the umbrellarack. Fig. 5 is a detail of the hinge by which the two swinging sections are mounted together to swing upon a common pivot.

Dis the base of the case, and E vthe top. C is the stationary section of the case. A B and A B are the two swinging' sections on each side of the. stationary section. rIhese two pairs of swinging sections operate precisely alike, so I will confine myself' to those on the right of Fig. l-viz, A and B. It will be observed that section B is twice as wide as section A and is the same width as section G. These two sections B and G can be twice as wide as A, because there is free access when the case is open on both sides of them. This, however, would not be true ofthe section (l if the case were not a double one. The section A, being closed on one side, has access only from one side. These two sectionsA and B are hung upon common pivots at top and bottom, (see F F.) To do this requires that the pivot be on the side of section A nearest the stationary section. and on the case B on the side farthest from C. The two sections, being pivoted thus, can move together or singly, so therefore the case can be opened only between B and C, or only between A and B, or both between A and B and B and (1 -this is the condition shown in Fig. l-and this, too, from one side of the ease. VrIhere is no other way of pivoting` the sections by which this can be accomplished except to hinge them upon each other, and such an arrangeinentpresents faults which are wholly overcome by this inventionviz., throwing the burden ofboth sections upon the pivot of one. Each of the swinging sections in my case sustains its own load independent ofthe companion section. The hinge I use is provided with wings extending in dit'- ferent directions, and the center of motion is so placed that the pivot-bolt 3 does not have to pass through the bottom part of the section.

The relative sizes of the sections as to width should be as follows: Whatever article the case is to contain section A should be wide enough to hold it singly and section B doubly-as, for example, see the arrangement of ribbon-bolts in Fig. 1. This relative proportion is, however, not an essential feature, but is for convenience very advantageous.-

The ribbon-racks Gr are shown inFig. l as both double and single, and in Fig. 2 a double IOO rack is shown, while in Fig. 3 the end iron of a single rack is shown. Vhether single or double, the construction is substantially the same, and is as follows:

g g are the end pieces. They are of iron, and are provided with holes of proper form for receiving the longitudinal strips 5 5 and 6. These arc placed so as to bring the center strip, 6, lower down than the others, and thus form a kind of trough-shaped rack in which the bolts of ribbon will lie. For convenience I make the strip 6 tlat and slightly dishing on top, and the strips 5 5 are made round; but the shape of these strips is not essential, their position being such as to hold the ribbon-bolts, no matter what form the strips are. These racks will hold large or small ,bolts with equal facility. A single board made trough shape will serve as well to hold the bolts; but such a shelf or rack will appear heavy and cumbersome, while my rack looks light and fragile, and can be constructed much more cheaply, for the strips can be sa wed oi' of long strips, made rapidly by machinery, and little lumber is consumed in their construction. These racks are attached in the case by the hook g on the end piece g hooking over pins t' i on the corner-pieces of the case sections.

The umbrella and cane rack shown in Fig. 4 is constructed as follows: Studs or pins h arranged` at intervals along the rail K or any suitable place are provided on their outer end with eyes, through which are pushed rubber pieeesj, which are pointed at each end, and are provided with a slight groove in the middle to tit in the eye ot' the pin It. These rubber pieces project toward each other on substantially the same line and nearly meet at their points, and, being flexible, an umbrella or cane can be shoved past them and set between the pins, and the rubber points will retain it there until it is pulled out past them. In Fig. l the rack is shown as being formed by putting the pins into the stile ot' the sash oi' the case, while Fig. et shows a manner of constructing it for a double rack to go into the sections B or (l. The end piece L is for attaching the bar K to the corner-pieces of the case, and the end piece M may be used to attach the bar K when the sash has a cross-stile, if so desired. This umbrella-rack may be used in other places than an exhibition-case; but it is especially valuable here, as it allows the nmbrcllas to be put in or removed without lifting them up, as they go in and out sidewise.

I am aware that bookcases have heretofore been made ot' movable sections connected together by a strap and mounted upon a common pintle; but this device ditl'ers from mine, in that it is so arranged that when one section is opened or closed the other section is opened or closed, while in mine one of the sections may be opened without interfering with the other.

I am also aware that solid racks for ribbons have been pivotcd upon a bracket, which revolves and brings each rack before an opening, through which rolls of ribbon may be taken from the case; but they differ from mine, in that rny trays are detachably fixed to the case, and consist of slats, through which dust may pass, whereas in the trays above referred to the dust remains in the tra y,and when the rolls are moved soils the ribbon thereon.

I am aware that picture-frames have been made with swinging sections pivoted independently upon a common center and arranged to swing together or singly, and that I do not claim; but

XVhat I do claim is- 1. In a sectional show-case, two swinging sections, mounted independently between the top and base of the case on common pivots, and supported bythe base when opened or closed, and adapted to be opened -together or singly, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a sectional sho\vvcase,the combination, with a stationary section having a projecting base and top, ot' two swinging sections pivot-ed independentlyupon common pivots fixed in said base and top, and adapted, as shown, to swing together or singly from said stationary section.

3. In an exhibition-case, a rack for holding ribbon-bolts, consisting ot' end pieces, g, and longitudinal strips 5 5 and 6, arranged in the manner and for the purposes shown.

4. In an exhibition-case, a ribbon-rack, consisting of longitudinal strips 5 5 and (j, arranged as shown, and end pieces, g, having hooks g', in combination with pins t' t on the corner-pieces of the case-frame.

5. In an exhibition-case, an umbrella-rack having pins h, and rubber pieces j, placed transversely upon the ends ot' the pins, and projecting toward each other upon substantially the same line, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day ot' November, 1881.

PETER IIENRICIIS.

Vitnesses JNo. K. IIALLoCK, JACOB F. WALTHER..

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