US327592A - Shelving - Google Patents

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H. T. REED.v

SHELVING.

(No Model.)

Patented Oct.v 6, 18851.

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Be it known that I, HUGH T. .BEER a mi zenv of the" United Statesfresiding atlBich- I. mond, in the countyof Wayne and State of Indiana, have inventedeertain new and usefull Improvements in Shelving; and" Ido hereby Y declare the following to be a full, clearfand exact description of the inventiom'sncluaswill; enable others skiled in the` artV .to which it" appertains lto make andnse thesame. 1 y

My' invention consists of metallic Vknockvdvvnshelving adapted lfor general4 purposes.v The novel features of this shelving are spe'ci.v ieally-pointedout in the claims' at the close j of' this specieation, and the construction and'. combination ofthe different partsare clearlyl set forth kin thefollowingdetailed descriptionljvr aided by the a'n exd 'draw-ings. sdth-at-'nyj 'person' skilled in the art can make and usethe tical parts in all the figures.

invention from -the information here given. y

' Figure 1 is aiperspeetive View of a panelof my metallic knoekdowu shelving, also indi'a eating the mode of joining to it asecond panel. Figs. 2 to 6 are detail. 'views of parts drawn on a larger scale than Fig. 1. Fig. 7 illus: trates a modification in which the shelvesare inclined. Fig. 8 illustrates, in end elevation,

a duplex form of my shelving. Figillus-` trates a modified form of shelf support or cleat.

The same letters of reference indicate iden- My knoekdown metallic shelving is cornposed, in' the main, oteorner standards or pillars, A, preferably tubular, adjustable shelf supports or cleats B, and shelves. The pillars A may be set in suitably-formed hase-pieces,

a adapted to be. screwed or bolted to the door,

i required. The cleats B are slipped -on the y pilla-rs, and are-supported thereon by pins 6,-

which are thus confined bythe cleat so that.

they cannot be displaced accidentally. To

adjust the height of a shelf, the cleats are lifted.v`

as 'to .fiiiliioting-pins, which are then -tirithdrawn andy shiftedto such other A each tneiaghoiqis formen for the holesare'seifei'al other holes,

AItis vobvious that `Where a v'eonfiiist of a fwirecloth, E, stretched on sti angular.' flanges B ofthe cleats B. j-.The wireable frame in any known manner; but in or der to provide a light and yet rig'id frame, and a convenient and secure mode of seeming following novel construction: The frame 'is made of channelfiron, aroundwhieh thestrau'ds of `the wire`eloth are bent, in the manner shownin Fig'. 3, so as to project into the channel. Where heavy articles are to be support ed on the shelves the frames F may be constructed with an intermediate Ylongitudinal rail,F, as'shown in 'Fig.1, top'sheif-fra'me. The shelves may be secured to the cleats Aby hook-boltsvG, applied =as shown in" Fig. 3. WhereV the shelving has no wall-support the appliedv at the rear side, as shown in Fig. l;

wall the rear pillars may be secured to such wall by the ordinary gasbraces omit-ted. Y

lIt is .common to place goods for\s'how purl I poses on an' incline on shelves. Y For such purf yposes I modify the construction of the cleats holes'inlthe pillarsjaswv'ill piace the lslelf atl thedesiredk'elevation.- The cleats are' east.' skeleton* barsV of isuhstantially rectangular pillan-,aud intermediate bedapted'ffo thei'eeeption of 'upright Vbars D, bars re required to'fbridge the but when `erected as a permauency against la.'

angular-Hangs. B', the Y o otjvhchis designedtosup;

f, While the vertieaV '6,0'. .,slateal displacement of the A' peego ornposed of a single panel:- fonly is'req ejiwo angular iianges B at -"one sidej,'o ty he yieiits'zxiay be omitted; but I i :prefer tbl p 'such aiiange at each of the l.fou-r `corners all cases, so that additional panels mayb addedat anytime. Theshelves fi-ames E, adapted to rest at the corners inthe t 'cloth may bestretched and secured to a sntthe wire-cloth thereto, I' have contrived the panels may bebraccd by diagonal braces H,

tters" lhooks, and

ofniy shelving to the form shown in Fig. 7,

i and the shelvesshould then be placed upside cast with upright'lugs B2, for engaging theA ends of the shelf-frame, so that hook-bolts .may be vdispensed. with. Set-screws b may be applied to these lugsto fasten' the shelves.

One of the advantages of niy shelving is that it can be taken apart, packed in' a srnall compass for transport, and readily erected by any person of 'ordinary intelligence.

It is obviousthat some parts of my inven tn may be used-Without other parts.l For instance, the metallic shelves may be replaced by wooden shelves. 4Instead of wire-cloth,

perforated metal or other styles of screening may be used in the construction of the shelves, or they may be made of rods. vIn ease doors are required fer this'shelving, suitable yprovision will be made for hanging them. Y The pins b may be merely a bent wire.

I claim'as my inventionl. rI-he knockdown shelving, substantially as before described, composed of corner pillars, cleats slipped on said pillars, 'and independently-detachable shelves supported on the cleats, but otherwise independent of the pillars.

2. Thecombination, substantially as before set forth, of the corner-:pillars provided with Vertical series of holes, projecting cleat-sup porting pins inserted in said holes, and the shelf-sustaining cleats which are slipped on the pillars and have` sockets to receive and cover vthe supporting-pins.

7 =3. Themetallic shelf composedofgwire-cloth or its ,equivalent stretched on ai'raine of channel-iron, thestrands of the wire-cloth being bent around said frame and project-ing into the channel thereof, substantially as before set forth.

4. The combination, substantially as before set'forth, of the corner pillars', the metallic shelf, and the shelfsupporting cleats provided with hooks or lugs for hooking onto the ends of the shelf.4

' In testimony whereof I aiiivr my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HUGH T. REED.

NVitncsscs:

B. E. J. ELL-s, E. T. WALKER.

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